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Please leave your dignity at the door.
From randy teenagers, and adults, to a poison dwarf and the ever so apparent problem of quality control. And people wonder why Wendy Richards decided to leave.
So, another week and another week long saga starting with Mr and Mrs Happy, currently residing at Pat's. Yeap, that's right. Fat Pat has managed to become a bed and breakfast, just like the eternally popular one round the corner.
And how lucky we were to be treated to some sex education, Kevin style. Forget a night of passion, meet the show room floor. And excuse me whilst I leave the room and make the tenth cup of tea since the titles rolled. Is this really the best Eastenders can come up with? Randy adults and an oversized house? Why don't we just cut the crap now and have a later edition called Eastenders in the City.
But of course, no soap would be complete without the token character, cue Ruby Allen. A one woman band who not only achieved record exam results without any form of education (and who said exams were dummed down?) but also now manages to run a night club and 'handle' Eastender's newest edition - Shaun, but I'll get onto him in a minute. She's single headedly managed to turn my remote to BBC Two and Four*. But she's ratings Viagra I hear you cry, well, that she may be but I generally tend to judge a continuing drama in terms of its drama not its prema-maradona act she's got going on.
Ahh, now turning to another hot topic. Shaun. Pity they couldn't have brought 'Barry from Eastenders' back, well, they mind very well have done in terms of the sheer levels of acting this no-hoper can perform. The initial meeting with some Army buddy still hasn't been explained but to be frank I couldn't really care. I mean, do we really need another Phil Mitchell?
Speaking of the Mitchell’s another contrived and ill-conceived storyline’s hit the screens in the form of Peggy's prejudice. I personally believe she was choose purely for the alliterative quality. And never have I seen such an issue handled so badly. It did a massive discredit to Barbara Windsor to have to sink to the depths of this meaningless and frankly insulting story line. The main story line, focusing upon Honey and Petal, has been handled so excellently it seemed an absolute crying shame to have this sort of debasement intrude upon it. Was it really necessary for this sort of aspect to creep in? and, why oh why, hasn't a single story line been developed upon? It may all be very well having a token episode but it does nobody any credit having this sort of hap-hazard approach.
And whilst we're on the subject must the Rebecca, Martin; Sonia double decker of tripe continue? Apart from its evident lack of ANY factual information it just serves to give us more air time of Lanky and Double Decker Sonia.
Ahh, speaking of going under, let's introduce another pointlessly stupid character. Yeap, it's SJ. Firstly, I take issue with the name SJ. But why stop there. Let's make the character totally useless 'I WANT A BABY', well, I want you to leave but we can't all have our way. Which, invariably, gives way to the East End's very own Broke Back Mountain.. Gary and Minty. Both of whom should have been extra in Eldorado.
And they wonder why Pauline's off...
*Fear of Fanny and Ms Beeton. Both programmes which show how drama's done. Just for reference.
Please leave your dignity at the door.
From randy teenagers, and adults, to a poison dwarf and the ever so apparent problem of quality control. And people wonder why Wendy Richards decided to leave.
So, another week and another week long saga starting with Mr and Mrs Happy, currently residing at Pat's. Yeap, that's right. Fat Pat has managed to become a bed and breakfast, just like the eternally popular one round the corner.
And how lucky we were to be treated to some sex education, Kevin style. Forget a night of passion, meet the show room floor. And excuse me whilst I leave the room and make the tenth cup of tea since the titles rolled. Is this really the best Eastenders can come up with? Randy adults and an oversized house? Why don't we just cut the crap now and have a later edition called Eastenders in the City.
But of course, no soap would be complete without the token character, cue Ruby Allen. A one woman band who not only achieved record exam results without any form of education (and who said exams were dummed down?) but also now manages to run a night club and 'handle' Eastender's newest edition - Shaun, but I'll get onto him in a minute. She's single headedly managed to turn my remote to BBC Two and Four*. But she's ratings Viagra I hear you cry, well, that she may be but I generally tend to judge a continuing drama in terms of its drama not its prema-maradona act she's got going on.
Ahh, now turning to another hot topic. Shaun. Pity they couldn't have brought 'Barry from Eastenders' back, well, they mind very well have done in terms of the sheer levels of acting this no-hoper can perform. The initial meeting with some Army buddy still hasn't been explained but to be frank I couldn't really care. I mean, do we really need another Phil Mitchell?
Speaking of the Mitchell’s another contrived and ill-conceived storyline’s hit the screens in the form of Peggy's prejudice. I personally believe she was choose purely for the alliterative quality. And never have I seen such an issue handled so badly. It did a massive discredit to Barbara Windsor to have to sink to the depths of this meaningless and frankly insulting story line. The main story line, focusing upon Honey and Petal, has been handled so excellently it seemed an absolute crying shame to have this sort of debasement intrude upon it. Was it really necessary for this sort of aspect to creep in? and, why oh why, hasn't a single story line been developed upon? It may all be very well having a token episode but it does nobody any credit having this sort of hap-hazard approach.
And whilst we're on the subject must the Rebecca, Martin; Sonia double decker of tripe continue? Apart from its evident lack of ANY factual information it just serves to give us more air time of Lanky and Double Decker Sonia.
Ahh, speaking of going under, let's introduce another pointlessly stupid character. Yeap, it's SJ. Firstly, I take issue with the name SJ. But why stop there. Let's make the character totally useless 'I WANT A BABY', well, I want you to leave but we can't all have our way. Which, invariably, gives way to the East End's very own Broke Back Mountain.. Gary and Minty. Both of whom should have been extra in Eldorado.
And they wonder why Pauline's off...
*Fear of Fanny and Ms Beeton. Both programmes which show how drama's done. Just for reference.