Eastenders - Current Episode Discussion - VIII

[Dazzle]

Well I really didn't expect Phil to go through with giving up Ben to the police! That was quite out of character I think. I felt really sorry for Jay...

I enjoyed Keeble and Bryant's glee at getting one over on Marsden.

Abi conveniently left out the fact she fought and hit Lucy herself instead tells Phil she thinks her dad Max killed Lucy

I don't think Abi would betray Max unless she genuinely suspected him. After all she helped clean up Lucy's blood from the car lot. What I want to know is, if she's suspected him all this time, why has she been behaving relatively normally towards him? I know they haven't been getting on, but there's been no sign she suspected him of murder since the blood incident.

Phil really played Abi telling her she'd be part of the \"family\" and that Ben always loved her etc., he knew exactly what he wanted to hear, she is very needy

The stupid thing is she cottoned on to his manipulation at one point, and then fell for it again in the next sentence.

Anyone notice that Paul wasn't the least bit perturbed about Ben being a murder suspect? He even seemed quite impressed! I think he must be an amoral character as he doesn't seem out-and-out nasty.

[parkerman]

Who had Denny, Matthew, Lexi and Amy during the Mitchell "family" meeting?

Denny who? Is he a character in Eastenders?

I presume Peter and Lauren wont let Max go to prison

I'm not so sure. They are conveniently out of the way in New Zealand and never heard from. I think the fact they are so far away and out of sight, out of mind, may well be a nice little scriptwriters' convenience.

[Dazzle]

I'm not so sure. They are conveniently out of the way in New Zealand and never heard from. I think the fact they are so far away and out of sight, out of mind, may well be a nice little scriptwriters' convenience.

Peter's in contact with his family so it would be strange if Lauren weren't in contact with hers (unless she wasn't speaking to them when she left?). If the Beales are going to let Max rot in jail, they're unlikely to admit that to Peter, so it's reasonable Lauren won't find out yet if she doesn't speak to her family.

[Dora Sudds]

Does anyone else think that Eastenders has lost what made it a good show? It used to have some humour, but now it's just depressing. I read an interesting article about whether it's time for it to end, but I'm still not sure. I still like some of the characters.

[Dora Sudds]

The link if anyone wanted to read the article from the Metro.. I'm not sure I agree with most of it!
https://thesunnevershinesontv.wordpr...n-metro-co-uk/

[Dora Sudds]

[parkerman]

And Abi's "evidence" amounts to what exactly?

[Perdita]

..

[Perdita]

And Abi's "evidence" amounts to what exactly?

I was thinking exactly that too

[Dazzle]

This week's EastEnders had been fantastic. I'm in awe of the tight plotting and interwoven storylines, the seeds of which were planted many months ago. I just wish the rest of the show were so well thought out.

Does anyone else think that Eastenders has lost what made it a good show? It used to have some humour, but now it's just depressing. I read an interesting article about whether it's time for it to end, but I'm still not sure. I still like some of the characters.

Hi, welcome to SoapBoards Dora!

EE's still capable of greatness but it's been more down than up recently. I've found this week's continuation of the Lucy Beale murder story particularly well done, but I've been doing a lot of moaning about other storylines, characters and poor decision-making lately.

As for humour, there hasn't been much lightness recently but is there ever? A few of the characters tend to have some cracking one liners (Sharon and Shirley spring to mind) but they haven't really been appropriate at the moment. Saying that, I found Ben and Paul's sex scene at the undertaker's (complete with double entendres by Pam and Les) hilarious. However, I've read a lot of complaints on other sites by people who found it distasteful. It was black humour for sure, but I've seen worse before the watershed in the past and the sex was only implied.

The article you linked to refers to Phil Daniels' recent diatribe. I don't think that should be taken too seriously be EE fans because it comes across as very bitter. He probably regrets being killed off because Kevin's family are the biggest on the square now.

I definitely don't think EE should be cancelled, but Dean REALLY needs to go.

And Abi's "evidence" amounts to what exactly?

She knows about Lucy's blood in the car lot because she helped clean it up. Strange she hasn't told the police about that yet as I think it would be very strong evidence against Max. No doubt it'll come out in the next few days.