EastEnders, Part II

[QUOTE] Stop blaming the victim

I'm not, snowflake - I'm just saying that realistically there would be an array of reactions to rape/sexual assault. Yolande's frozen reaction as a meek Church lady was realistic. Linda's, less so, as she could have yelled the Vic down and alerted others living there. Ben Mitchell has beaten up so many characters that there's no way he wouldn't have fought the barman off. The guy was a similar height and build to him, not some Travis Kelce type who could have overpowered him.

RAVI is hot!

Ranveer is hotter.

Bianca's.coming back again, thankfully sans Milton Keynes.

Just to add about Shazza, she fought back with her nails when mad Dougie tried to rape her in 1994, leading to an armed siege at The Vic and 'chelle getting shot! I started watching as a kid around this time and thought Sharon was the height of glamour!

Another Sharon flashback, tricking Grant to propose to her before leaving him. She wouldn't be back for six years after this exit. As a little gay boy I used to act this out in my living room (playing Sharon of course!)

Sharon and Dennis just returned to Walford on Classic EastEnders, which means Dennis is about to die and Chrissie is off to the clink soon.

R7 killing Dennis off was a stupid mistake. Letitia was already leaving so they could have just left together happily.

Olly Alexander, Eurovision pass around bottom, will be visiting Walford.

Love Olly! He should be given a part in the show. Maybe he can play the new Ben Mitchell.

Not sure I see Olly fixing motors in The Arches, but who knows?

Olly could only play Ben, if we were to learn that, while in prison, Ben's love for musical theatre was reawakened, and he ended up starring in several inmate-produced plays staged for the prison rec room. He wowed the crowd with his Lady Gaga in "A Star Is Born."

Glad to see the back of Jade. Wish Denise and Jean would leave too. Whitney is being ridiculous over this lame Britney kid. Saying she'd pick Britney over Zach! Hope he leaves her.

Awwww I really love Jean, and she's a finer actress than meets the eye. I hear you wirh Denise, though. It's kabuki at this point.

Sad last days for Whitney. She exits in a month or two, as she's already filmed her last bits.

Bianca coming back!

Big ginger Patsy only skulks back when she needs help with the mortgage payments. Lindsay Coulson (Carol) was one of the shows finest actors ever

How big a career can Patsy Palmer have as a DJ in LA, anyway? And is her son still acting?

Tense Patsy Palmer interview on GMTV that she cut short.

R18 haha I actually love her for that, she was dignified but not putting up with any smarmy bullshit

She was on last night's episode and looks like she's hit the wall. She's only 51, but she has the ginger curse and looks closer to 60. Use sunscreen, people!

[quote]Bianca's.coming back again, thankfully sans Milton Keynes.

Ricckaaay!!!

Fucking hell she was annoying and so accurate a type.

And could Phil Mitchell's head possibly swell any more?

The jowels on Patsy Palmer. Jesus. Also did someone knock out her teeth and she had to get dentures? She looks awful.

How come Sharon didn't make bail? Why can't Lynda give her an alibi for when Keanu was killed?

They've clearly rewritten the plot as something's up with lovely Letitia

I think it’s pretty clear Tizzy Lish suffers from clinical depression.

We call her "Tits" in our house. She's currently chewing scenery with Dennis (sad last days) on Classic EE.

R25 what makes you say that?

Yes, Patsy looks terrible with that saggy lower face. Closer to 70 than 50. The actual 70 year old, Gillian Taylforth, has had excellent surgery and looks 55.

There are too many cast members over 50 and not enough in the 20-40 range. They keep bringing back the over 50s too (Cindy, Ian, Bianca) and kicking out the younger ones (Ben, Keanu, Lola, Whitney).

Characters between 20-40: Ravi, Chelsea, Priya, Jay, Callum, Lauren, Penny, Felix, Vinnie, Gina, Zach

Characters over 50: Billy, Phil, Sharon, Kat, Alfie Moon, Patrick, Yolande, Denise, Jack, Kathy, Rocky, Suki, Nish, Jean Slater, Harvey, Cindy, Ian, George, Elaine, George's Dad, Bianca

R27, she has a history.

As I posted (in the other thread?) Dean had some sort of breakdown over her impending divorce. It conveniently happened at the same time that Dennis was stabbed to death and Sharon left Walford. Someone who worked on the show at that time told me poor Tish was almost catatonic and had to get her dialogue seriously reduced. And the bits of dialogue which were still there had to be spoon fed to her by an off camera floor manager.

And it seems to be more than a coincidence that Tish appears to have gone down another mental spiral folliwing scenes in which Keanu was stabbed to death.

Dennis stabbing will be airing on Classic EE in a month or so if you want to see Tits' catatonia in action. That happened at the end of the year in 2005, and it looks like we're at about July right now with Zoe freshly gone.

R30 thanks, I remember your post and I recall Sharon not speaking to anyone apart from Phil when Dennis was killed. I assumed she would have had part of the storyline of getting revenge on Johnny

I just thought her divorce was later than 2006.

R33, it may have been. I guess it was in 2006 when they separated?

[R30] I thought the breakdown was because she finally came to terms with the fact that she couldn’t conceive?

She had a breakdown because she had to say goodbye to Nigel Harman's big hairy cock

Is Johnny on Walford's most popular hookup site "Crusadr" ... or just boringly celibate like all gay men his age?

When Ben was seen using the site, it said there were over 4 million downloads.

Johnny is into cruising on Walford Common and uploading his exploits onto fetish websites. He's strictly arse out, no chat, no faces.

If Johnny is on Crusadr his username is "SausageE20"

No one's ever removed the Crusadr profile for alpha top, "KushPush26cm."

No face pic at the site, but you can tell who it is by the tattoo on his arm.

That photo at OP looks like variations of the same man.

Are there no gingers or blonds in Walford Square?

R41 "Jay" played by Jamie Borthwick is a ginger, and "Peter" played by Thomas Law is a bottle blond with frosted tips.

Paul Nicholls (Joe Wicks) was such a beauty. Anybody remember him? The runor at the time eas the actor who played his father (Michael French) couldn’t hide his attraction to him, if you know what I mean.

R43 I couldn't blame him luv. Even though he was my Grandson I kept trying to get a butchers at his meat 'n' tackle n'all!

Sexy black man cast as George's son.

[QUOTE] I thought the breakdown was because she finally came to terms with the fact that she couldn’t conceive?

And then she conceived without any IVF and with ancient Phil at the age of 48! Completely unrealistic.

R46 I think he meant Letitia not Shazza. And she was 49 when Phil's ancient sperm did it's job. Saying that, she was probably already flooded by so much of Keanu's spunk that something has to get through.

That Yolande/Patrick two hander last night was surprisingly good. Angela Wynter was actually really wonderful. I thought she’d trot out all the same shit she normally does as Yolande-the raised eyebrows, the haughty attitude-but her performance was varied and extremely powerful and ultimately touching . A home run from her. I know he’s still getting on in years but, damn, I still think Rudolph Walker is a sexy old devil. And I don’t normally take my men like I take my coffee.

Just watched it and couldn't agree more. Really well-executed.

One of the best episodes ever! Bravo to Angela and Rudolph!

How can the storyline explain Sharon not getting bail? I wonder if she finally turns to women in clink?

Love Patrick but Yolande annoys me.

Does Whitney's 3 month goodbye end this week? What a dumb storyline. Looks like they're setting up Zach to stay in Walford and be Lauren's.

Why do so many men find dumpy Lauren attractive?

Beats me, R54. She’s also a mouthy cow.

[quote] Why do so many men find dumpy Lauren attractive?

Because the script tells them to. They tend to have the guys on these shows go for the actresses who are popular with female viewers. Some type of affinity factor.

This Bianca return has been a total flop, and I think it's going to get worse. She looks terrible and they've made her really one-dimensional.

I take it back. She jumped.on the BBC tonight!

BBC = George's newfound son, who shagged our Bianca at Sonia's (Dot's), then had his wife and kid pick him up on the square.

Is is true Nugget is gay?

With those Dumbo ears of his I’m sure he’ll do very well in the clubs.

Will Nugget hook up with Denzel?

Sharon back and looking terrific! I thought she was in prison?!

Sharon got out and they framed Deano for Keanu's murder.

Sharon's wig look like it weighs more than her now.

Thank god Whitney’s finally gone. Never liked that little bitch.

Instead of Julia's Theme, they should have sent Whitney off to Wakefield to the tune of Linda Ronstadt singing Warren Zevon's "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me."

Now most of the EE cast is over 50.

It seems r68 is as fast and loose with facts as she is with commas.

Over 50s:

Phil, Sharon, Kat, Alfie, George, Elaine, Ian, Cindy, Patrick, Yolande, Billy, Nish, Denise, Jack

Sharon looks 42

Not since she's slammed down she hasn't!

Slimmed*

Bring back Carol and David to fortify the over 50s group!

Didn't Pat leave Bianca her house? Did she sell it?

R75 I believe Janine got the house, and simply rented it out for years, with Bianca and others being her tenants.

Recall, Pat had debts, and Janine had loaned her a bunch of money with the house being used as collateral. Then, Pat died.

Thanks R76. How did Big Pat get into so much debt? Earrings? Renting hot cock?

R77 I think Pat had already been using the house as a piggy bank of sorts and could only make the monthly payment as long as she had money coming in from Ricky. But then, he became skint after he took a holiday to Dubai and lost big and couldn't make his contribution. Pat was going to lose the house, so Janine paid off the other creditor(s), which then became Pat's loan to her. Something like that.

HOW IS MAH COATNEY DOAN?

R79 she almost shagged her own brother by accident, Tiff. In her defense he was smoking hot!

Is Nish really dying? I think not.

Already sick of Lauren’s return. She’s dumpy and makes faces all the time,

I'm behind as I have too many classic Eastenders episodes from 2005 to catch up on. Sam's in jail for Den's murder, Chrissie is slowly melting down before our eyes, Sharon's balooning, and Peggy's finally back. Skeletor Pauline's sad last days coming soon.

Sharon looked hot when she returned in 2001 complete with long hair and pout

She looks great now, though.

Is Callum still in it? I heard Ben left.

Dullum should have been written off to Wakefield with his BFF Twitney.

Sharon is on a really high dose of Ozempic. How long can you stay on it ? For life?

[QUOTE] Is Nish really dying? I think not. Already sick of Lauren’s return. She’s dumpy and makes faces all the time,

If Nish is faking a terminal illness it's a ridiculous story line considering Suki did that just a few years ago. She was introduced to the show faking Stage 4 cancer.

We're supposed to accept Lauren as a femme fatale type and she was 60 pounds ago but not in her current form.

[QUOTE] Is Callum still in it? I heard Ben left.

Callum is still in it. The actor who played Ben was fired for turning up drunk on set one too many times but I can see him making a return in a couple of years.

With a different head, R89. They ain’t bringing back the same actor whatsisname. He burned his bridges by his behavior.

Not necessarily, R90. They've brought back badly behaved actors before after giving them a few years grace. Whitney will probably return too eventually.

R89 Ah okay, I didn't realise. That's pretty bad; presumably he has an alcohol problem.

It's almost like an EastEnders storyline - character turns to drink, gets sacked from their job, then comes the inevitable redemption arc. Though I can understand that the EastEnders staff didn't want to wait for the last part to play out in real life.

R87 I thought the same! She went from very overweight to skinny - a bit like Adele.

Funny how ozempic wasn't really widely known about when all these celebs started on it, so everyone assumed it was due to a good diet or a gastric band. But now it's obvious pretty much any celebrity who dropped a lot of weight in the last few years almost certainly were on ozempic.

I heard it was coke, not just booze.

It’s my understanding that the actress who plays Kat Slater was a handful and at one point was made to leave the show to get her shit together. Well, if that’s true, she’s been back for a while.

The rumours are she's still a handful, and that's why she wasn't one of the six.

Yeah she definitely seems like an actress who essentially just plays herself.

Some of you EE fans might enjoy this video of Ross Adams (from Hollyoaks) doing his Sharon Watts impression.

Today was Ross' last day on set playing "Scott Drinkwell." He's been with the show since 2012, so he was putting up some of his goodbye scenes with cast and crew as well as recapping some of his funny moments in IG stories.

Bottle of red..garlic bread

Thanks, R98, that’s fantastic.

Jesus Christ, the guy playing Peter is terrible. I hope this finally shuts up the fraus on WW who insist that when characters are brought back they be played by actors who’ve previously played them, even if they were children at the time. Like, SORRY, Megan Jossa (sister of the Lauren actress) was never entitled to play teenager Courtney Mitchell just becausr she’d played her for a few weeks back when she was 8 or whatever. Same went for the horrendous child who played Dottie Cotton. Thank god TPTB at EE reject this notion most of the time. But they fucked up big time bringing back the one playing Peter.

I would still give Thomas Law a lingering blowjob, even if the other Peters were hotter by comparison.

Speaking of the other Peters, I've read five reviews of this indie flick that Ben Hardy is starring in called "Unicorns," and they're all praising the film and the performances. It was shown at some festivals in 2023, and is now being released July 5.

Classic EE is at the end of 2005 Out goes Chrissie and Dennis, in comes Kevin Wicks and young Dean, all with his ex Denise. Also Pauline's last year.

I think the kid playing Kat’s son Tommy has gayling potential. There was just sonething about his “mm-hmm” in that scene with Reiss when he found Maya Houssain on Facebook (or whatever it’s called in Walford).

Honey's kid Will is gay.

Classic EastEnders is about to run that terrible Naomi and Sonia lesbian storyline that everyone hated.

Some new Mitchell fellas on their way…

The boy in blue is unfortunate looking. .. And what's with that pink sweater worn like a gay preppy from the 80s?

I gather the boy in blue is going to be autistic. Haha re: the pink sweater.

New thugs to replace Ben Mitchell.

The guy on the right (Elijah Holloway as "Harry Mitchell") looks styled to be a Keanu replacement.

R112 will be have a go in Sharon? Everyone else has

He*

Sorry I'm on the vodka

Well, it is a day ending in y...

Cindy and Junior are a couple of nasty hoes. Cindy is starting to look like Shirley.

Sharon is the most beautiful castmate over 40, Cindy can't compete

OK, so when in Junior going to pork Sharon? She hasn’t shown a predilection for Black men so far, though.

Sharon has had some great cock. Grant, Fireman Tom, Dennis, Jack, Keanu.

That guy in the center of OP’s picture looks like the type who’d leave a massive shit in your toilet and not bother to flush.

R120 'Ere, you haven't a go at my Phil?! 'Cause if you are you'll 'ave me to deal wiv! I'm not some cuddly old lady; I'm Peggy Mitchell! I'm old East End, real East End. Propa. You don't mess wiv me!

Phil probably stinks the place up with his chronic diarrhea due to Immunosuppressant drugs he has to take the rest of his life because of his liver transplant.

R122 Our Tracy never had that problem when she got my Samir's prime kidney

Why isn’t the hammy bitch who plays Elsine gone yet? Are they waiting for the one who pllays Shirley to come back or what?

Oops, sorry, and it’s ELAINE. (cackle)

I was looking at Kellie Bright (Linda Carter) last night and thinking that's a hard looking 43. She has so many wrinkles and her skin just sags. She looks older than Leticia Dean (56). Most 43 year old actresses have barely a line on them.

Kathy (68) has also had some excellent surgery.

I was looking at Kellie Bright (Linda Carter) last night and thinking that's a hard looking 43. She has so many wrinkles and her skin just sags. She looks older than Leticia Dean (56). Most 43 year old actresses have barely a line on them.

Kathy (68) has also had some excellent surgery.

Gillian Taylforth (Kathy) looks FABULOUS!

Kellie Bright's bio says that she will be 48 in three weeks, so she is somewhat older than 43. Part of it might be having two more babies after age 40.

Ali King (Carla on Coronation Street) is 51 and looks terrific

Kelpie has needed a face-lift since her late 30s.

We need Shirley back badly.

Also, watching Dawn Swann's debut on Classic EE and she really is a great character. We didn't know what we had with Kara Tointon.

The actress playing Karen now has extreme Ozempic Face after losing around 60lbs. Bernie needs to get on it next as she is vast.

Transwomen who take huge quantities of oestrogen are getting breast cancer in their 30s. The strain on the heart of the excess hormones in both sexes over time is similar to that caused by of anabolic steroids. The only reason we're not seeing more deaths from heart failure is because those who've been prescribed the drugs since they were ten are still young. These people are not going to survive four or five decades on the meds.

Good god, the “softening” of Katen towards Sharon was diabolically bad. Just awful.

I think it’s pretty obvious now that Reiss will murder Priya and maybe even Bianca.

R135 what happened?

Bianca isn't going to be murdered. She's a recurring character who's going to be brought back intermittently for decades to come.

Damn. She's a fucking harpie this round.

R138, you don’t know that. Patsy Palmer has made her life in LA. Plebty of “iconic” characters have been killed off over the years to generate story. Bianca seems to have reached a dead end in her story. There has to be a reason Reiss suddenly turned on her the way he did.

July 4 - Sharon enjoys a flirty drink with a Walford newcomer.

R141 Sharon must have stopped grieving for Keanu's big sweaty cock

Sharon is no doubt going to flirt with the new Mitchell dad-and on General Election Day, no less.

Sharon has a vaginal rejuvenation and is ready to mingle

Yolande is overacting dreadfully again.

But Levi and Junior are SEXY.

Sharon and Phil kissing 🤢

Classic EastEnders is better. We're at the other side of Chrissie Watts at the end of 2004, the Mitchells just got the Vic back, and we're leading up to Pauline's exit.

WEDNESDAY SPOILER:

[quote] Callum is in the firing line when he gets too close to the truth about Keanu's murder.. He's been uneasy about the investigation and senses that Dean's arrest for the killing is off somehow. When Sharon bumps into the copper in the cafe she's alarmed as Callum shares that he's been doing his own digging into the case and is talking to the detectives who were assigned to it. A freaked-out Sharon meets up with Linda, Johnny, and Jack and spills that Callum could be about to destroy everything they've done to protect themselves unless he's stopped. Fellow cop Jack insists that he'll speak to Callum, suggesting that he needs to avoid interfering in the investigation as it goes against protocol. Although Callum seems to take Jack's words on board, lawyer Johnny is worried that it's not enough to stop Callum. With his mum's freedom on the line, how far will Johnny go to shut Callum up?

Maybe Johnny can stick his cock in Callum's mouth!

It's obvious they're setting up Johnny and Callum, and it's kinda forced.

ugh. The two gay villagers trope.

Chrissie Watts is returning to Walford for a short stint. Woo hoo!

Another old git returning! Boring.

They're starting to tease the 40th anniversary lineup as well. It could be a red herring but there's rumors of a plane crashing on Watford based on some architectural drawings that were found and circulated on reddit.

A plane crash? I hope not. Why not have the tube train come off the bridge instead or have they done that?

So many tedious storylines at the moment but Harvey and Maya is the worst.

Too many characters over 50.

R155 I'm guessing a tube coming off the track would be a direct copy of Corrie's 50th special disaster.

A plane crash sounds very similar to Emmerdale 1993.

How about a nice flood? Big Kat could leave the taps on at the laundrette while washing out her fishy knickers.

I think the leak is a decoy. The Emmerdale '93 plane crash is famous as the first of the major soap stunts. It's what eventually brought us the Funfair disaster.

Excuse me R157? The first big soap stung was a lorry crashing into The Rovers and almost crushing Our Tracy!

*stunt. Sorry, I'm not used to these predictive chat thingys

When Sean O'Connor did the double decker bus crash in 2017, it ended up crashing into the overhead bridge on Market Street, and it looked like this would lead to a second catastrophe in the next episode, since the tube Shirley, Tina, and Sylvie were traveling on was approaching the station. .. But they didn't do that.

Angie Watts Back from the Dead!

Lol R160 can just see Shirl flying out of a tube car and land headfirst into a market canopy, fishnet legs dangling in midair

r161, you may be joking but that would make me extremely happy. Angie Watts is my all time favorite EastEnders character.

Didn’t the bus crash episode happen because the one they had in the can was “unwatchable” and the bus episode was hastily shot and used as a replacement?

They're about to kill off Dennis on Classic EastEnders. Poor Shezza.

If only he'd left like Sharon wanted him to.

Denny would have turned 18 last week.

I’m glad they killed him off. The child actor was unbearable and the character was being written as an irredeemable piece of shir. I bet Leticia Dean welcomed the decision because she didn’t want Sharon to be turned into a younger version of Dot Cotton.

And now she has Albie who will probably go the same way.

Well having Albie at 50 does make Sharon seem younger. Letitia is just a couple of years younger than June Brown when she first joined EE!

If the pandemic hadn't interrupted filming I think that could have been Sharon's best storyline, Tish really can act when given good material, like when Den returned from the dead or being a pill addict.

Young twinky Dean's first day on the show in 2006 on Classic Easties today.

I wonder if they pre-taped a bit where someone is all glum that England lost in the Eurocup final.

R171 Since they did the insert about England in the Eurocup last week with Martin, Alfie, and Harvey, they may have had the same trio film both a winning and losing bit.

No 6 AM download today, so they must be adding some scenes with Euro 2024 tears. ⚽😭

Why bother film an outcome where England won? Haha

Thank fuck Teddy seems to have stopped wrapping a cardigan around his shirts. What the fuck was that?

Teddy isn't nearly hot enough for Sharon

Teddy's giving me dirty lothario vibes like Max.

I agree, R176. They should finally bring back Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass) for Sharon. He’d thoroughly clean her pipes and Phil would go mental.

Strong chatter about original Lisa Fowler return.

Jane.

Lauren stomping about with her elephantine legs and hot Peter trailing after her ... not realistic at all.

R181 That scene made me laugh.

R74 Just for you ....

I hope they figure out a way for the ghost of Pat to come back again.

She's only come back for Ricky, David or Janine

We're about to get young Ben on Classic EastEnders. It's going to be delicious to watch Phil be annoyed with Ben's showtunes.

It was actually lovely character development to watch Phil accept his gay son (eventually)

Really? I don’t agree. I didn’t think it was believable or moving at all.

It was moving when cute little sausage Johnny came out to Big Mick. I did shed a tear for the inner gayboy of my youth who had the same fears

Very sad to read about the death of one of my favorites, Roberta Taylor (Irene Raymond). Her performance when Irene’s young lover was banished from Albert Square by her husband was unforgettable. This is a lovely obit, though.

She was a really good actress RIP Roberta

That Tommy Moon is a little shit, and must not know who his mum is.

Those idiots over at WW voted Yolande as their favorite character. YOLANDE.

We're at ginger heartthrob Bradley's entrance on Classic EastEnders. Stacey just had her drink spiked by Deano, and Bradley's being blamed for it.

[QUOTE] Those idiots over at WW voted Yolande as their favorite character. YOLANDE.

She's a disaster, always overacting. So glad her abuse storyline is over so I don't have to look at her. Patrick deserves better.

I guess Yolande's just too black for y'all and how grey dare she emote in a way that's typical of her culture.

How very dare^

[QUOTE] I guess Yolande's just too black for y'all and how dare she emote in a way that's typical of her culture.

Given this, it was NOT realistic when she froze and went silent while the evil pastor was rummaging around under her skirts. Someone as histrionic as Yolande would be screaming 'Lord, no you do not!' and that reaction would have attracted onlookers and he'd have stopped.

I'm sure your deep and evident experience in how people react to sexual assault makes you an authority on these matters.

Meanwhile, it's early days for Honey on classic EastEnders. The inaccurate pun gag still holds up.

I apparently already blocked the asshole who’s crying out “RACIST!”. Yawn. So tiresome.

For the record on WW I voted for Denise Fox as my favorite character. Unlike Yolande, Denise is a three dimensional individual with many different facets to her personality. Diane Parish has been highly watchable even when Denise’s storylines have been unworthy of her.

I do think Angela Wynter nailed the episode where she told Patrick about the sexual assault. I do think Rudolph Walker did a beautiful job when Patrick suffered a stroke. However both performers have been saddled with an out of date stereotype 99.99% of their time on the show.

The Moon child is being a frustrating little shit.

Classic EastEnders is deep in Yolande vs. Pat,.and it's quite violent!

Tommy needs his ass whip! I’m getting so sick of these bratty ass kids on this show.

He’s Denny 2.0. This show just recycles the same shit over and over.

I miss the Denny episodes but from what I heard, he sounded like a real little POS.

Denny! ... The son who was in the kitchen eating a biscuit!

R205, he really was. And he was played by an abysmal child actor who smirked and sneered a lot. I certainly cheered when he was killed off.

Denny up until the age of ten was played by a child actor with golden hair and big blue eyes. He then re-emerged played by an actor with dark hair and small dark eyes. In appearance he went from a Golden Retriever pup to a weasel. 100% unrealistic.

What a waste Dennis Rickman ended up being.

Though, the child actor with the golden hair couldn't act and that's all he was: BIG HAIR ... and more like a Lhasa Apso than a Golden Retriever pup.

Patrick and Pat did on yesterday's Classic EastEnders, which means the Yolande fistfight at the Vic is soon.

Also, the cable channel that shows a classic EastEnders rebranded and Cher's in the relaunch adverts. It's a very odd contrast.

Bowden is saying burnout is what pushed him out of EastEnders.

That little blond Denny was very creepy.

Had Reiss killed his mother-in-law yet?

Yes, he killed her this week.

No, he didn’t, R215. I think you meant his wife.

That mother in law has a really strange head, approaching human Picasso. Maybe more Dubuffet.

Johnny's got that faraway look. The father away he is, the better he looks.

Linda's mum Elaine's hair made her look like this the other day and I had to share.

I can't believe the person who plays this Elaine creature was Fleur on AbFab.

Elaine and George look like mother and son. She looks 75 and he looks 55. Terrible casting.

Elaine's got BAS (British aging syndrome)., which Cindy and George have comparatively escaped. They're supposed to be late 50's/early 60's, and sexy junior is in his early 40's.

Hot Junior would not be interested in a post menopausal shrew like Cindy.

They're bragging about how good the sex is, so old Cindy must do blowjobs and anal.

Young gayling Ben has arrived in Walford on Classic EastEnders, airing in the UK, where it's spring of 2006. It's the zenith of Martin and Sonia, Pauline just married the man who will eventually murder her, and Grant's set to return. I can't remember if this is when he shags Jane or if that's later.

From the guide for Wednesday August 14;

[quote] With Linda in a dicey situation, Johnny is grateful when Callum Highway provides a shoulder for him to cry on. Misinterpreting the married copper's kindness for something more, Johnny moves in for a kiss. Callum faithfully promised his jailed husband Ben Mitchell that he would wait for him until he returned home but can Johnny tempt him to cheat?

Oh puhleeze. Johnny can do much better than Halfwit. Just get on "Crusadr" like Ben used to.

P.S. In case you've missed it, Jonny Labey (Ben's dead ex, Paul Coker) is on Hollyoaks now steaming up the toilets with resident gay, Ste Hay.

Johnny's a miscast. I wonder if they'll course correct.

The guy playing Johnny is too posh to be a Carter.

Oh, man. For a while, I was confusing Fleur with Bubble. Gotta watch the gummy intake.

So tired of drunken Linda chewing the scenery.

Same. At least the Yolande storyline is over.

Johnny is hot. The height helps. I don't think he's miscast as any perceived poshness can be attributed to his years away and being a solicitor, presumably mixing in loftier circles

I just can't get past that grill.

R233 I agree about the perceived poshness. It fits with Johnny's education and career, and I'd already considered they could easily get this across by having an ex-bf show up from the six years "Jonathan" was away who also served to influence this persona.

Good scene with Johnny and Linda last night. They have chemistry as acting partners and there continues to be zero chemistry between Linda and Elaine.

It was a good scene because Linda spent most of the time cowering. This storyline is terrible. No way the family would have let Linda carry on for eight months drinking like this.

No Ian for a while. Ben's not doing well in America, it seems.

R238 not used to all those uncut cocks, takes a while to adjust

Harriet Thorpe is playing Elaine as if she were a Disney villain.

I don’t think Elaine works at all. She’s playing to the cheap seats and looks too old to be with hot George.

Elaine looks 75 and George about 55. Junior wouldn't have looked twice at ancient Cindy or fat Lauren.

Her daughter also looked a lot older than Mick when they arrived.

I'd definitely give Johnny a good noshing off.

Old Shezza in the clink for mouthing off to a barrister who slut shamed her.

Anna is preggers. Sounds like Freddy is the Dad and Bobby will leave Walford to go crying to Jane.

Well well well. Linda has confessed. But I think the DCI is corrupt and will still railroad Dean to a prison sentence,

Word is the coppers and court won't believe dear Linda because she's a pathetic drunk. Personally,.I just want drunken antics Linda to quit taking so much precious airtime.

The rest of the Six will also go to prison under the UK's Joint Enterprise rule.

The sexual tension between Vinny and daddy Nish in tonight’s episode was palpable.

I despise Cindy. How long do you think we’ll have to wait until her and Junior’s affair is exposed. I really hope Bobby is the one to do it before he leaves. That would be glorious!

I thought this show was a soap about working class Londonites.

Vinyl was dressed like a gay man in a satin shirt and bangles, happily celebrating his 28th in a gay bar. He needs to come out.

Fuck autocorrect! I meant VINNY

Anybody else sad that Bobby is leaving? I liked him.

I want to like Freddie and Anna but their acting is a bit... well, off putting.

Acting is ok but I'm fed up to the gills with Linda and Sharon. What's wrong with Sharon's face? Leathery and orange like DJT's.

I’m going to miss Bobby. I need Cindy and Junior’s affair busted soon EastEnders style, in front of others. I despise that ho!

R252 - "Vinyl Panasar" would be a great drag name.

In real life a hottie like Junior wouldn't go near stringy, 60 year old Cindy! He'd have some lush curvy woman in her 30s on his arm.

Or someone in her 40s with massive tits.

No Julia's Theme for Bobby. I hope he comes back and murders that cunt Cindy. I wonder what Ian will do when it comes out that she's fucking that sexy whore Junior? Sounds like we'll find out at Christmas.

Also not sure they're getting Freddie right. He's not feeling fully integrated in the show and needs more to do. I really hope they bring back Little Mo for a short stint to embed him more. It feels like Kat and Alfie are taking on the parental role for him, and it's not clicking.

Fucking love Suki, too. She's my kind of cunt.

Bobby will come back in 2030 recast as a hunky muscular guy of 6ft 2

Actor who plays Vinny pings to high heaven.

r261, I think he’s cute as fuck! I would hit it.

Urgh, Nish escaped death yet again!

I think he gets killed in a fire next month.

EP Chris Clenshaw is leaving in February. He’ll be replaced by Ben Wadey who was at Channel Four. I hope he has the courage to rid the show of its dead wood-Denzil, Nugget, Howie, Callum, Teddy, Barney, Reiss, Elaine, George and Anna.

I think Reiss is as good as cooked. I'd be surprised if he wasn't out by Christmas, thank fuck.

Looking forward to Nish-ka-bob

We need more hot men in their 30s like Ravi instead of all these ugly Boomers from the 80s being brought back.

[QUOTE] EP Chris Clenshaw is leaving in February. He’ll be replaced by Ben Wadey who was at Channel Four. I hope he has the courage to rid the show of its dead wood-Denzil, Nugget, Howie, Callum, Teddy, Barney, Reiss, Elaine, George and Anna

Ben worked on Hollyoaks for years so he'll probably want more focus on the younger generation.

The younger generation are pretty much all dog shit when it comes to acting.

Agree r270! The guy who plays Freddie Slater for example. 🙄

Cute face but his slushy vocal delivery of the dialogue is genuinely awful.

I like Freddie!

[quote] Cute face but his slushy vocal delivery of the dialogue is genuinely awful.

It’s those facial expressions. SMH

Wow! I didn't realize Freddie was a person! I thought he was a puppy.

I really need an infusion of hot actors and actresses. Sick of looking at the ugly haggard faces of Linda, Sharon, Shirley, Elaine, Denise, Jean, Ian, Alfie, Harvey, and even Stacey. Nugget is absurdly fug considering how good looking his parents are.

The actor who plays Freddie, Bobby Brazier, won the Rising Star at the 28th National Television Awards in September 2023.

He's Jade Goody's son, so don't be too harsh.

r277, ANNND!?!

Bobby Brazier used to be Harry Styles in a One Direction tribute band.

Uhhh, and... he's cute!

Yolanda over-acting again. She should have let Denzel punch the pastor.

Sorry, Americans, but the late Jade Goody's boy will always get love from the UK and you're just going to have to deal.

I'm an American but on some British messageboards poor Bobby Brazier gets slated for his acting chops. But I like him - I just wish he was paired with the character Gina instead of Anna because she's the better actress. And would Molly Rainford (Anna) please stop wearing that ghastly bright red lipstick?

It's so strange because Molly was so lovely on Strictly and is bombing on Easties.

I read that "Gina" got in an argument with the new EE star "George" and that's why she's headed nowhere. I hope it's not true. I really like her.

"Gina" can act her ass off and likely has a great career ahead.

Bloody Janine is going to be on Dancing on Ice.

RICKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Gina is the only young female character who hasn't piled on the pounds during her first years of being on set. Anna has done it, the girl who played Tiffany got massive, so did the ones playing Avani and so did Lily, Stacey's daughter. Anna is really obvious though. Gina still whippet thin.

Eastenders continues to peddle the fantasy that hot men in their 20s and 30s are interested in ugly women twice their age (Keanu & Sharon, Junior & Cindy)? Maybe if they were all living in a village in the mountains where options were limited, but in a city of 8m people? Not happening.

Francesca Henry got into an argument with Colin Salmon? Huh?

Lacey Turner is preggers again so I guess Stacey’s heading back to prison next year.

Ruby's obviously returning to facilitate that.

Yes, it’s sad that Brazier’s mother Jade Goody died of cancer so young but it also shouldn’t be forgotten that she revealed a very nasty, racist side to her on Big Brother when she bullied fellow contestant Shilpa Shetty.

But that shouldn't be held against her children.

Jade was complicated. Linked was a really good documentary about her that was on Channel 4.

Jade had a low IQ and her younger son is a dummy too but Bobby takes after his dad Jeff Brazier. More intelligent and thoughtful.

Britain knows Jade's mistakes aren't her boys' mistakes.

So many awful characters at the moment.

Melodramatic Yolande

Evil Penny in her wheelchair

Shrill strident Bianca

Nightmare mumbling Reiss

Ancient Elaine with her vast dry wig

Cindy the shrew

Jean whining and fussing

Hideous Kim

R298 Come now, Kim is the funniest character ever.

R299, uhhh…no, she isn’t.

The Yolande storyline has been given way more airtime than it deserves, i think EP Clenshaw jumped before he got pushed. He was giving the greenlight to stories and then spending way too much time emphasizing those stories. I hope the nrxt EP does better.

Michael French still looks hot. I don’t blame Priya for wanting him inside her quite deeply.

I think this Priya has legs, as it were.

I love Michael French and the David character. Really wish he was sticking around for a while but seems unlikely..

Jessie Wallace had more chemistry in five minutes with Michael French than she had with Steve fucking McFadden for five years.

Why is Michael French only there for a week? He better come back for a long term gig next year.

They should have offered him more money to stay longer he’s energised everything and has great chemistry with every one of his scene partners.

I think I'm going to start a band called Bianca's Jumper.

The actor playing David Wicks has aged really well, unlike the woman playing stringy Cindy. Hard to believe both actors are 62 years old.

In a way I spplaud Michelle Collins for not going under the knife or using Botox/fillers.

Has Johnny gotten any cock since he's been back?

And please don't say Halfwit. Why is he still even around?

No, Johnny’s gotten nothing.

Big sprculation as to whose funeral is being shot over there this week. They’ve brought back Nancy and Lee Carter for it so the speculation is it’s either Linda’s funeral or Mick’s body has been recovered and it’s his funeral. I think it could be Shirley’s.

Agreed on Shirley. I wish it was Cindy.

[QUOTE] In a way I spplaud Michelle Collins for not going under the knife or using Botox/fillers.

She's had a face-lift but it couldn't smooth out her skin.

Fans are wondering if Kellie Bright (Linda) showing off a recent pottery project is some kind of message.

That Facetime appearance of Joe Wicks made me emotional. Back in the day Paul Nicholls was one of the most beautuful looking actors ever on UK soaps and easily the most beautiful looking one on EastEnders.

R316, I agree! Paul was gorgeous and gave a great performance as someone who was bipolar. With that said, now, he still looks okay but those teeth was pretty fucked up.

He’s apparently been through some very rough times. I guess substance abuse played into it.

The Sun did an article on Nicholls' drug problems in 2021.

Being trapped under a waterfall in Thailand for three nights and a stroke didn't.

Good god, Nicholls has been through a horrific time with his addiction battles. He's lucky to be alive! Hope he can do better now he's 45 and realizes how close he's come to dying.

Is this week ending with Eve’s permanent departure? Or will both she and ber wife Stacey end up in jail?

Eve - hospital in a coma

Chelsea - jail

Fuck the Murdoch Sun!

Nish fucked with Suki by having Eve's Mum beat senseless.

Nish has too much destructive energy for someone in heart failure.

New episodes come to iPlayer at 6 AM London time, and I LOVE it. Also the buzz is that streaming audiences are huge for the show, and Easties is becoming a national pasttime again.

[QUOTE] Also the buzz is that streaming audiences are huge for the show, and Easties is becoming a national pasttime again.

God knows why because the cast is laden with uglies in their 50s and 60s.

I wonder why Lacey Turner (Stacey) has been in so few episodes this year. Health issues?

She's pregnant, and I think she was due for a bit of a breather after becoming a grandma, Theo, fucking Jack, and the 6. She's been busy!

Lo and behold she was in Thursday’s episode, albeit briefly.

Perhaps Turner has been focusing her attention on that new podcast show that the BBC hired her to host.

Lots of eye candy on today's (Tuesday's) episodes with Harry Mitchell showing off his porn bod in The Arches.

Why have they paired hot Harry with Wheelchair Penny? FFS.

Well, she is very attractive

Wheelchair Penny makes me laugh so much. She just wheels herself into everyone's houses but don't they all have steps up to them?

Not so much since they built the new set. I think I only see the big outdoor space at what was Chelsea/now the new Mitchell clan's flat. I think that was Max & Tanya's back in the day, too?

Can Penny even have sex? Doubt it

Looks like they've lifted the embargo on talking about Christmas.

When was the last time EE had a fun Christmas?

R339, dark EE Christmases is a tradition. 😂

It's quite impressive they've managed to run the "The Six" storyline for ten months now.

I just find it amusing to see Jessie Wallace getting all this praise for acting her tits off with this abuse storyline when she herself has gotten in trouble with the law for flying off the handle and assaukting people.

Fucking Kat told Jean "You're dead to me" on yesterday's show. I told you people that turn of phrase was trashy!

R343 I hope Jean sends her this for her birthday! On a side note, how can Kat be so broke when she has a whole "Total Slag Pride" industry going on?!

The Kat abuse storyline doesn't make much sense. She's supposed to be this bad bitch and suddenly she's being bullied by a twelve year old.

R345 I think they're messaging that it's different when it's your kid, you don't fight back like you normally would.

The same thing happened when tough-as-nails Leanne started being abused by demon Simon Barlow on Corrie. If he'd tried that with Carla she would have knocked him out the window!

I imagine Bryan Kirkwood (and Kevin Rundle) have something to do with this Kat-Tommy story? .. But it made more sense when they did it on Hollyoaks with Misbah and her abusive son, Imran.

There’s definitely something up with Sharon not being present for most of The Six storyline. Speculation was Tish Dean doesn’t like the storyline or is pissed off that Keanu was the dead body. Something tells me Tish ain’t a team player and is pulling the diva card. Fuck her. She can’t act for shit, anyway.

She's most likely been ill. She is quite fragile. Tish seems to be loved by all the cast so I highly doubt she's any sort of diva like Jessie Wallace or some of the others

Tish Dean has a LOT of vacation time written into her contract. She's probably in the Maldives.

Not THAT much vacation time, R350. Tish has a history of “mental/emotional breaks.” It seems that this year has had more than its fair share of them beginning with Sharon’s abrupt exit to Australia in the winter just when The Six storyline was heating up.

I'd break down in mourning too if I lost Keanu's hot, horny cock

Finally, Avani is good for something.

The mammoth Ozempic weight loss probably messed with her head. She went from about 15 stone to nine.

She didn't use ozempic R354. She just started to eat more healthier and cut out binge eating.

When news articles about her massive weight loss hit the media, most of the comments revolved around either gastric surgery or Ozempic. It didn't help that she fudged about how much she'd been and how much she lost. She said she went from something like10 stone to 8. The comments back then put her well above that and more like 15 stone (as R354 says), and that type of loss, in that amount of time, isn't credible.

She always had big boobs which makes her look even heavier than she is. In the 90s she had breast reduction due to back problems

Wow, they really fucked up Nish’s exit. So unsatisfying. So he’ll just die in prison? This makes no sense at all. I’m beginning to think EP Clenshaw got canned for presiding over really bad storytelling.

And by the way fireworks on Halloween in London are about as ludicrous as snow at Christmas.

I don't think that's the exit. They usually do a round of press with big ones, and they haven't done that yet.

Notice the fireworks were in the colours of all of the Six's dresses? i don't think Nish turning himself in after Avani read him to filth, but Suki accepting the blackmail seemed unrealistic and regressive, ruining it for me. Nevertheless, I adore Balvinder Sopal and what she's made of Suki.

Avani came through big time. She absolutely did read Nish to filth. First time I cared about her and her brother Nugget. The way he got in front of his sister when Nish approached her was touching. Their father Ravi’s still ain’t worth shit.

All in all, I think the Big Six storyline is one of EE’s best but yeah, it was time for Clenshaw’s fat ass to go.

I wish Kheerat would get his hot ass back on the show. Ravi's too steroidal and just doesn't do it for me.

I totally agree R361! Kheerat has always been my favorite Panesar. Very hot man and too good for his fucked up family. Ravi’s a POS!

Ravi’s only a slightly hunkier Sanjay played by a weaker actor than Deepak Verma (who I think will make a surprise visit for the Market storyline).

R363 you're nuts. Ravi is a stunner. Sanjay was about as attractive as plain Jane Mark Fowler.

Ravi is the only hot male character. He needs to stay. Jean and Kim should go ASAP.

Ravi needs to get his knob out

Looks like Scott Maslen (Jack) got arrested for his part in a spat at his neighbourhood dog park. I'm not linking to the Daily Mail, so Google it.

I disagree that Avani read Nish to filth. All she did was whimper. She whimpers a lot when she’s not rolling her eyes and being snarky. The kids on this show really suck.

Bianca’s constant yelling gets on my nerves.

Oh, God, is Bianca back? RickYYYYY!

We all thought that Bianca's corpse was folded up in that gigantic suitcase. What a shame it wasn't.

R371 Bianca's been great recently. Patsy Palmer is a much better actress than she's given credit for. I don't like how the writers seem to have it in for the women on the show.

That said, Elaine needs to go. She acts like she's in a fucking pantomime every time she serves a drink or talks.

Bianca is great this round, but was a harpy on round 2.

Really love where they're going with Kat and Alfie. The issue they're covering with them figuring out sex without his dick working anymore due to prostate cancer is a good thing.

I am starting to wonder if they brought the new Mitchells in because Phil's on the way out.

Eastenders is scaring people by making it seem that Alfie is permanently impotent thanks to his prostate cancer. That rarely happens.

He just needs an 11" strap-on to service Kat

Bernie’s mean girl behavior in this latest episode makrs me hope she gets brutally mutdered by Reiss and tossed into a garbage disposal a la Fatboy.

She sure was an actor's banquet yesterday, wasn't she?

I'm surprised fuckboy Harry Mitchell isn't getting any airtime here. He always looks like he walked off a bareback porn set.

What was with that horrendous wig on Sharon? I think it’s possible the reason for Leticia Dean’s absences this year is because she is undergoing chemo.

Sharon's Weave is going to be my new band name.

Nicola has potential. She may very well save these new Poundland Mitchells.

Ruby back next week.

I still think the old Martin was worth a horny fuck.

I still think Letitia Dean had gastric bypass surgery. She's got that same look to her that Rose O'Donnell, Star Jones, and Al Roker had after their surgeries. (And there can be complications.)

So it turns out Elaine's ex, Linda's Dad, was closeted and had a longtime DL boyfriend. Elaine and the boyfriend duke it out here, and it's a moving hortrayal of an older gay man dealing with the lingering trauma of the AIDS crisis.

Well, Elaine and George’s wedding episode was as eminently fast-forward worthy as it promised to be. That “stunt” at its conclusion with that fuggo Cujo going off the rails (literally) was laughably bad.

I haven’t seen this for a while. Has Ethel found her Willy yet?

The sooner Elaine leaves, the better. She's so awful. I wish she'd joined Kojo going over that rail. So glad to be rid of him too.

I can't believe Elaine and George tied-the-knot. Was Jerry or Kramer there?

George, Elaine and Anna should all leave together. Gina can stay.

I love Gina! I read the actress had an argument with Colin Salmon, which may be why she's sidelined, but she's so so much better than Molly Rainford. BTW, what happened to the relationship between Anna and Freddie? I have a soft spot for Bobby Brazier, so I wish they'd pair Freddie with Gina.

[quote] I have a soft spot for Bobby Brazier, so I wish they'd pair Freddie with Gina.

I think that’s a great idea. I am not a big fan of Freddie, considering what he did to Bobby, a character that I really liked, but it would serve Anna‘s ass right if Freddie fell for her sister Gina. Plus,Freddie needs his own story. He spends way too much time in grown folks business.

I came back to Eastenders to watch Matt di Angelo and sheesh, what a mess that was. Then I started liking the character Bobby... and then, they screwed over him as well. Barely hanging on now - but I do like Gina and Freddie. I hate Elaine + George and all that malarky with Cindy/Junior.

OK, so who thinks Lauren is going to play the tape exposing Cindy/Junior on Christmas Day like she did exposing Stacey and Max years earlier? I think Cujo will come out of his coma not remembering anything, Cindy will be all smug thinking she’s gotten away with it and then BAM.

I've been hoping the tape would be played (innocently, as ambient noise)) at Ian and Cindy's wedding. It would be much more fun if they are already married.

Bianca has been in that storage unit for a month now. The writers seem to have forgotten about her.

Reiss forgot to pay his fee, so Bianca has been sold at auction.

They've fucked up by drawing Nish's story by drawing it out this long.

Nicola, on the other hand is total catnip. The scene where Honey basically caught her up on 30 years of Sharon and the Mitchells was fucking hilarious.

Also, Priya has LOTS of potential and I hope they don't kill her off in all the upcoming holiday and 40th anniversary drama.

Also, also: Catching up on this week and the Joe Swash return was really sweet. He backhandedly tied loose ends up for the Millers, and it looks like they're doing a series of these with all these brief returns.

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