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.