Eastenders - Current Episode Discussion - VIII

[maidmarian]

One thing that concerns me is ( after all
the discussion about blood types) is whether
Buster can be the father of both an Blood type
AB and Blood type O child.

No he couldnt

Thats what I thought! It would be a shame if
he was Deans father and not Micks .But have to
wait and see if subject is ever mentioned on EE.

I do wonder how much research they did and
how much specialist advice they received
.And if theres still a surprise to come as there
seem to be some rare variations.

[Dazzle]

I'm glad Kat and Alfie got a happy ending - of sorts. I assume he thinks he can have secret treatment in Spain.

It felt like a goodbye for Big Mo too with the news of her engagement and sight of Fat Elvis at long last!

Spoiler:

This article says Fat Elvis' appearance was a one-off (for now) so it looks like we won't be seeing Mo again for the foreseeable either.

Nice to see Buster subtly nudging Shirley away from Dean and towards Mick. I was wryly amused that neither of his parents believed Dean that his daughter's alive!

so the nun visit to kat in the pub was pointless and wasted

It was deeply frustrating to be teased like that but I guess it served DTC's purpose by whetting our appetites for the spin-off.

One thing that concerns me is ( after all
the discussion about blood types) is whether
Buster can be the father of both an Blood type
AB and Blood type O child.

According to this blood type calculator, where one parent is an A and the other is a B they can have offspring with all possible blood types, so it's certainly possible Buster is both Mick and Dean's father. I believe this is possible because O is a recessive gene.

The babys paternity seems to be settled to most
people satisfaction( except Deans).

I think it is settled for Dean otherwise he'd have tried to prove Mick wrong. As it is he accepted the verdict straight away.

So the retribution could be that he is not the father of Linda's baby and is denied access to the baby he is father of. Hmmm.

In the meantime he stays around the Square running a successful business and as a constant reminder to Linda of what he did to her with Shirley always there to support him and believe he's done nothing wrong.

I really hope that is not the retribution planned.

I'm pretty sure that Dean will go sooner or later. He just can't be kept around the square or EE will lose a lot of viewers.

The writers can't be trying to whitewash him (as I feared) because he's been shown to be becoming more unstable and violent (Shabnam and Shirley were both scared of him the other day) so he has to get his comeuppance and leave the square at the end of the story (whenever that will be!). I'm still hoping that he'll go to prison if it turns out he raped Shabnam. If he doesn't, being outcast from his family (including his daughter) will hurt him deeply and permanently - so I think I could just about live with that.

[tammyy2j]

Are Kat and Alfie getting a mortgage to buy the bar in Spain and that is why medical tests were needed? The won a million pound they wouldn't need a mortgage

Alfie throws his doctor letter away in the Square, someone will find it, Sonia already knows he is sick by his medical questions to her about his friend

Also what did Alfie and Kat take with them, the car was packed, roof and trailer, was it furniture everything of theirs burnt

Mick always gives in to Shirley, Buster is right she has two sons she needs to start putting Mick first

I do like the scenes between Mick and Buster

I was expecting the Sr. to tell Stacey or Mo about Kat's son

So will EE address why Kat and Alfie end up in Ireland instead of Spain

[Mo Mouse]

I hope Dot rots in prison. She murdered Ethel now she has murdered her son. It's a pity we don't have The Chair any more. She should be locked up in a violent Borstal where she will get the abuse she deserves. Throw the key away.

[Dazzle]

Are Kat and Alfie getting a mortgage to buy the bar in Spain and that is why medical tests were needed? The won a million pound they wouldn't need a mortgage

I agree - I don't understand why they had to borrow money.

Also what did Alfie and Kat take with them, the car was packed, roof and trailer, was it furniture everything of theirs burnt

They've accumulated a hell of a lot of stuff since the fire, especially since they've been totally brassic!

Mick always gives in to Shirley, Buster is right she has two sons she needs to start putting Mick first

I really wish Mick wouldn't have a bar of Shirley until she admits Dean raped Linda and apologises profusely! Accepting anything less makes light of Linda's suffering (from the rape itself and the later accusations and harassment).

So will EE address why Kat and Alfie end up in Ireland instead of Spain

We may get some limited information from Stacey but I think we'll have to wait until the spin-off for any juicy details.

I did think the nun might write to Kat at her old address to tell her about her long lost son. Stacey can then forward the letter to her.

[parkerman]

I hope Dot rots in prison. She murdered Ethel now she has murdered her son. It's a pity we don't have The Chair any more. She should be locked up in a violent Borstal where she will get the abuse she deserves. Throw the key away.

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[xx_Dan_xx]

I agree - I don't understand why they had to borrow money. [url=http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/]

It makes some sense. If they dipped, quite a lot, into that million for the bar, starting a new life, etc. They'd have a lot less of a nest egg as opposed to have million pound nest egg and a payable mortgage from a viable business. In all honesty I would do this rather than just blast through the million. That way, I have a million quid, a profitable business and a large interest from the milion.

But then again, Alfie did say he'd buy the Vic for 900k so I dont think they are that smart.

[xx_Dan_xx]

I agree - I don't understand why they had to borrow money. [url=http://www.picgifs.com/smileys/]

It makes some sense. If they dipped, quite a lot, into that million for the bar, starting a new life, etc. They'd have a lot less of a nest egg as opposed to have million pound nest egg and a payable mortgage from a viable business. In all honesty I would do this rather than just blast through the million. That way, I have a million quid, a profitable business and a large interest from the milion.

But then again, Alfie did say he'd buy the Vic for 900k so I dont think they are that smart.

[Kim]

The paternity subject is closed by the careful selection of these blood groups. Any others and it wouldn't have been 100%.

O is indeed recessive meaning that you have to inherit a genotype of OO to be Type O. One gene comes from each parent. You can inherit one A or B gene and one O gene, and the A or B dominate. Inherit an A and B and they are co-dominant.

Buster can be the natural father of both Mick and Dean. He and Shirley must be genotypes AO and BO - passing O's to Mick and the A and B to Dean. Had Dean simply been A or B, they'd have to have got a DNA test as they wouldn't have known whether he was AA, BB, AO or BO. The first two would rule him out, whereas with the second two, he would still have had an O to give.

(That's assuming your medical records don't show your genotype. I don't think they do but I'm not certain.)

[Kim]

It makes some sense. If they dipped, quite a lot, into that million for the bar, starting a new life, etc. They'd have a lot less of a nest egg as opposed to have million pound nest egg and a payable mortgage from a viable business. In all honesty I would do this rather than just blast through the million. That way, I have a million quid, a profitable business and a large interest from the milion.

But then again, Alfie did say he'd buy the Vic for 900k so I dont think they are that smart.

Mick and Linda found a bar in Spain for about 150k, so I think they could've bought everything outright and still had half of it left.