Eastenders - Current Episode Discussion - VIII

[sarah c]

and nots forget Zoe Slater quoting the 'bible' back at Dot that time.....

[lizann]

It might be a bit difficult for Dexter and Ava to keep in touch with Cora as she doesn't have an address for them to write to and I can't imagine she has a mobile phone.

if it were my gran or mother id have cops looking for her id be down asking everyone had they seen her not showing any care seems out of character for tanya and ava, jane or billy could mention them calling by telephone or visit looking for cora if actresses wont return

[flappinfanny]

Line of the night goes to Cora "Have I died and gone back in time?" Ann Mitchell is a class act. Nice scenes in Church with Dot and Stacey, but why could it not have been normal, going to see your child in the service, without stupid and outlandish plots, then again this is DTC's EE.

[tammyy2j]

Honey inviting Les to Christmas with Phil, isn't Billy to stay away from Phil and all the Mitchells for them to work as a couple back together

That was fast work getting Cora a flat

We are not seeing Linda eating before when she goes to the toilet

[Dazzle]

Now I know for sure the EE team are living in a fantasy the way they solved Cora's homelessness! If only the thousands of unfortunate people on our streets tonight knew it was so easy...

Also, they missed a trick by not really exploring Cora's state of mind. I kept expecting some insight but it never came.

I notice Linda disappeared to the loo again. However, I'm still not convinced about her suffering from bulimia because she's never been shown eating compulsively or hiding the evidence of a binge. I don't know what else her behaviour could mean though...

[parkerman]

Now I know for sure the EE team are living in a fantasy the way they solved Cora's homelessness! If only the thousands of unfortunate people on our streets tonight knew it was so easy...

I know. That was just completely and absolutely ridiculous. I was figuratively jumping up and down hurling invectives at the telly. It just detracts from Cora's situation and the situation thousands of people like her find themselves in. As Dazzle says they could have explored Cora's mental state, but even if they didn't do that they could have explored the position homeless people find themselves in and actually how DIFFICULT it is to get somewhere to live. Instead of that they find a quick fix by blaming the Council and the individual head of the department who are probably having to work under very difficult circumstances with austerity cuts and the rest and by-pass the system just by a few people sitting down and a tweet. If only it was all that simple!

[Dazzle]

I know. That was just completely and absolutely ridiculous. I was figuratively jumping up and down hurling invectives at the telly. It just detracts from Cora's situation and the situation thousands of people like her find themselves in. As Dazzle says they could have explored Cora's mental state, but even if they didn't do that they could have explored the position homeless people find themselves in and actually how DIFFICULT it is to get somewhere to live. Instead of that they find a quick fix by blaming the Council and the individual head of the department who are probably having to work under very difficult circumstances with austerity cuts and the rest and by-pass the system just by a few people sitting down and a tweet. If only it was all that simple!

I completely agree with you! The whole thing makes me quite angry. If they couldn't do Cora's state of mind or the homelessness problem justice, they should never have tackled it in the first place.

[sarah c]

I completely agree with you! The whole thing makes me quite angry. If they couldn't do Cora's state of mind or the homelessness problem justice, they should never have tackled it in the first place.

we saw awhile back Cora reacting quite angrily to offers of help and refusing when people offered her food or a bath etc, so there was a story behind her being on the streets (losing Stan, heartbreak, grief?) - but she is now offered a flat and all is ok?

[Rear window]

I thought all the church stuff was way too much. If they wanted Stacey to have a moment of reflection there must have been a different way. The 'Kris Kringle' service made me laugh cos that's what I thought she was saying.

I've always seen Dot's quoting bible references as a bit amusing (in a bizarre Monty Python old ladyesque way maybe) - having a deeply evil child it balanced that out - Her Nick being as near the antichrist as EE has got and yet she still was happy to quote turning the other cheek and suffering not the children.

The Cora storyline - she's clearly not coping and as with many people who become homeless it's not about just rehousing them they need lots of support and help else they just become homeless again. Again there's only so many issues a soap can deal with in any sort of depth without making it all a bit wishy-washy.

[Rear window]

I thought all the church stuff was way too much. If they wanted Stacey to have a moment of reflection there must have been a different way. The 'Kris Kringle' service made me laugh cos that's what I thought she was saying.

I've always seen Dot's quoting bible references as a bit amusing (in a bizarre Monty Python old ladyesque way maybe) - having a deeply evil child it balanced that out - Her Nick being as near the antichrist as EE has got and yet she still was happy to quote turning the other cheek and suffering not the children.

The Cora storyline - she's clearly not coping and as with many people who become homeless it's not about just rehousing them they need lots of support and help else they just become homeless again. Again there's only so many issues a soap can deal with in any sort of depth without making it all a bit wishy-washy.