Eastenders [News, Spoilers and Discussion]

Frigga_92

The last few minutes of that dreadful The Midwife programme seemed to go on forever! This better be worth the wait.

emanresu esrever

does Mick have to be in EVERY scene?? I half expect him to pop up in the Cottons scene to light her fag

pmasterson95

emanresu esrever wrote: »

does Mick have to be in EVERY scene?? I half expect him to pop up in the Cottons scene to light her fag

Alrite luv lemme get that for ya, top notch geezer is me, wont tell nuffink to none about old Nicholas, why dont head to the Vic for a few eh eh

JP Liz V1

emanresu esrever wrote: »

does Mick have to be in EVERY scene?? I half expect him to pop up in the Cottons scene to light her fag

Tonight's episode is Cartermania so yes

dirkmeister

Jane is the only person without a Christmas hat at the dinner table.


She did it!!!:eek::eek::eek:

emanresu esrever

What is Cora's problem?? All a bit vicious attacking an ill alzheimer old lady and pathetic if out of jealousy. bit needless writing if you ask me

emanresu esrever

dirkmeister wrote: »

Jane is the only person without a Christmas hat at the dinner table.


She did it!!!:eek::eek::eek:

jane 100% killed her. Im putting money on it tomorrow.

emanresu esrever

Cora is a disgusting pig. Being jealous of witnessing a terminally ill man and an alzheimers suffering old woman being at the same table.

dastardly00

BOOM!
Quite the finish!

emanresu esrever

meh, pretty underwhelming tbh. Was very expected that exact version of events would happen from day one.

Frigga_92

emanresu esrever wrote: »

What is Cora's problem?? All a bit vicious attacking an ill alzheimer old lady and pathetic if out of jealousy. bit needless writing if you ask me

emanresu esrever wrote: »

Cora is a disgusting pig. Being jealous of witnessing a terminally ill man and an alzheimers suffering old woman being at the same table.

I want to box Cora in the face!

JP Liz V1

Are Peter and Lauren back together as why else are Brannings and Beales having dinner together?

fr336

Same old, same old. Anything slightly better than normal service is hyped to death. Really not worth bothering with, I thought Mick was going to trash the Vic as well tonight but I wait another day lol....

yerwanthere123

Well that reveal was predictable!

hoodwinked

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Well that reveal was predictable!

yeah but i was hoping with the hour long episode they would do it half way through and let us enjoy the entertainment. separating the aftermath from it has ruined the whole build up imo.

fr336

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Well that reveal was predictable!

I can't believe these people are in charge of what's supposed to be the BBC's flagship. More imagination in a university drama department.

JP Liz V1

"He's your brother" only in EE so typical


I would have preferred if Sylvie or Babs had told Stan than Mick isn't his son he is Shirley's son

pmasterson95

1st half hour waste 2nd half good......crap use of time. Good episode overall

emanresu esrever

Was really a very poor ending to a year dedicated to the build up. I dont know what I was expecting but that was the whole point. You need an unexpected turn of events. The whole "He is your bruvahhh , you can't kill him" line was so predictable. I thought Shirley believing Dean was unbelievable too, she knows what he is like, she was viciously attacked and harassed by him and she has seen his issues and the issues of other psychotic men.

emanresu esrever

going by this anti climax tune in in march where on the stalls one Monday morning Donna just mentions to Kush "Oh did you hear what happened over the weekend..... it was uncovered that a random mugger killed Lucy and the Beales are just going to forget about it"

emanresu esrever

Jane is now favourite, no surprise. Still worth a bet at 9/2

fr336

emanresu esrever wrote: »

going by this anti climax tune in in march where on the stalls one Monday morning Donna just mentions to Kush "Oh did you hear what happened over the weekend..... it was uncovered that a random mugger killed Lucy and the Beales are just going to forget about it"

It was probably Donna or Kush tbh SHOCKER!

hoodwinked

i think we all know it will be whichever actor decides to leave come the "live" episode time.


if being in every scene is annoying Danny Dyer so much maybe it will be him

emanresu esrever

hoodwinked wrote: »

i think we all know it will be whichever actor decides to leave come the "live" episode time.


if being in every scene is annoying Danny Dyer so much maybe it will be him

they wont do it that way. in fact the person who killed her will have made no reference that they are leaving up to the reveal. otherwise it wil be pointless. i dont know the ins and outs but i anticipate the main suspects ( lauren, jane, peter, jay, abi, nick, denise, ben, massood, les, nick, etc etc) are on temp contracts and eastenders have informed them that they are in the frame. the story is also supposed to roll on after the "reveal" anyway. so it could be later on in the year that culprit gets "caught" . i dont think jane is back for long haul, and she is a big enough character that fans wont consider it a cop out and also a fine actress to pull off the scenes. i can see an increasingly troubled denise getting involved in the story and perhaps being involved in the reveal. Lauren will do a runner i suspect as suspicions grow .

leahyl

Thought the acting was brilliant tonight especially from lady who plays Linda, thought it was a great episode and I know it was a bit predictable at the end with the whole "he's your brother" line but I still enjoyed it!

First 30 minutes was good then it seemed to drag on until the last 5 minutes ending was pretty meh tomorrow should be much better and how did Jane see Luaren she was not on the square at the time

Galwayguy35

Deleted User wrote: »

First 30 minutes was good then it seemed to drag on until the last 5 minutes ending was pretty meh tomorrow should be much better and how did Jane see Luaren she was not on the square at the time

She just happened to be looking out the window or something at the same time, how convenient!

Other than the Cora stuff that was actually a great episode, I didn't realise Danny Dyer could actually act.

Gee_G

OK so, for some reason I thought we were finding out the killer last night!!

One thing that confuses me is...how does Stan not know that Mick is not his son??

Lisha

Gee_G wrote: »

OK so, for some reason I thought we were finding out the killer last night!!

One thing that confuses me is...how does Stan not know that Mick is not his son??

Shirley and her mother went away when Shirley was pregnant. Shirley's mother returned and said baby was hers. So Stan believes it was his and his wife's baby.

pmasterson95

Is it on tonight? Excited to see the ramifications

pmasterson95

pmasterson95 wrote: »

Is it on tonight? Excited to see the ramifications

Yes it is 8pm

Jane going around pleasing everyone I think she did it now

Meauldsegosha

I hope poor Linda doesn't get forgotten about with everything else coming out now.

emanresu esrever

stan didnt know?? really didnt know that. i assumed he was in on the cover up.

drugstore cowboy

Deleted User wrote: »

Yes it is 8pm

Jane going around pleasing everyone I think she did it now

I don't think she did the deed but definitely has something to hide.

pmasterson95

Meauldsegosha wrote: »

I hope poor Linda doesn't get forgotten about with everything else coming out now.

I'm sick of her character let her go background.....Stan, Shirley, Nancy and Zsa Zsa were the only Carters out of about 15 rammed at us that I cared about.

emanresu esrever

can someone give me a breakdown of the ages of Stan, his ex wife, shirley, mick, tina, zza zza, the eldest of micks kids etc. ages dont seem to match up?

dastardly00

emanresu esrever wrote: »

can someone give me a breakdown of the ages of Stan, his ex wife, shirley, mick, tina, zza zza, the eldest of micks kids etc. ages dont seem to match up?

It's not what you asked for ... but here is the Carter family tree so it might make things a bit clearer .. it did for me! (it's from Wikipedia so apologies if something is inaccurate).

emanresu esrever

dastardly00 wrote: »

It's not what you asked for ... but here is the Carter family tree so it might make things a bit clearer .. it did for me! (it's from Wikipedia so apologies if something is inaccurate).

you are right..... im well aware the mechanics of the structure! just the ages seem a bit messed up. thanks though.

Tell me why did Shirley pretend to Mick sister in the first place ? why the big secret ?

ShazGV

I think Stan is recently 79 - they had a birthday party for him & he had them thinking he was 80. (Please correct me if I'm wrong on this one, not sure about it!) No idea of Sylvie's age but I'd imagine a few years younger.
The actress that plays Shirley is 51 so she's probably supposed to be around the same age in the soap. Tina was recently 40, back in the summer I think. Mick is 37, as is Linda.
Lee was 22 a couple of months ago, Nancy is 21 & Johnny is probably about 19/20.
I think I remember hearing that Tina had Zsa Zsa when she was 19 which would make her about 21 now too.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Tell me why did Shirley pretend to Mick sister in the first place ? why the big secret ?

She was very young?

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emanresu esrever

ShazGV wrote: »

I think Stan is recently 79 - they had a birthday party for him & he had them thinking he was 80. (Please correct me if I'm wrong on this one, not sure about it!) No idea of Sylvie's age but I'd imagine a few years younger.
The actress that plays Shirley is 51 so she's probably supposed to be around the same age in the soap. Tina was recently 40, back in the summer I think. Mick is 37, as is Linda.
Lee was 22 a couple of months ago, Nancy is 21 & Johnny is probably about 19/20.
I think I remember hearing that Tina had Zsa Zsa when she was 19 which would make her about 21 now too.

you see this is my problem. Mick and Nancy are supposed to have conceived three children between the ages of 14 and 16/17. Nonsense.

Galwayguy35

Lisha wrote: »

Shirley and her mother went away when Shirley was pregnant. Shirley's mother returned and said baby was hers. So Stan believes it was his and his wife's baby.

As far as I am aware Stan knows the truth about Mick.

Galwayguy35

emanresu esrever wrote: »

you see this is my problem. Mick and Nancy are supposed to have conceived three children between the ages of 14 and 16/17. Nonsense.

Don't you mean Linda?

emanresu esrever

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Don't you mean Linda?

oops that was meant to be a spoiler for next christmas .......

yeah sorry. i know its biologically possible but its highly unrealistic that social services wouldnt have intervened after one baby, let alone 3. its very bad writing if you ask me. oh and they were supposed to have owned their first pub by the time they were 19!! i mean where did they get the cash! what sort of lending institution would mortgage a pub to a couple of teenagers with 3 kids...... hmmmm

folamh

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

As far as I am aware Stan knows the truth about Mick.

I think a remember a part in last night's episode where Babe or maybe Shirley said that "Stan still thinks Mick's his son".

yerwanthere123

emanresu esrever wrote: »

oops that was meant to be a spoiler for next christmas .......

yeah sorry. i know its biologically possible but its highly unrealistic that social services wouldnt have intervened after one baby, let alone 3. its very bad writing if you ask me. oh and they were supposed to have owned their first pub by the time they were 19!! i mean where did they get the cash! what sort of lending institution would mortgage a pub to a couple of teenagers with 3 kids...... hmmmm

It's certainly ill-thought through. I mean, would it not have been easier to Just make Mick and Linda say, three years older, and thus make their story a bit more conceivable?

Meauldsegosha

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

As far as I am aware Stan knows the truth about Mick.

He knows that Shirley tried to drown Mick but that that he is her son. That was the secret Stan was keeping when he first came to Albert Square.