The trouble with EastEnders

The telepathic twin ruined it. It's meant to be a soap, allegedly reflecting real life, though it clearly hasn't recently, yet they dub Lucy's clip with spooky noises...

I agree. I'd expect to see something like that in Lost, not EastEnders.

It annoys me Neighbours went instead of this to be honest. I know its a different battleground entirely but grrr.

Agreed. Neighbours is funnier, and doesn't take itself too seriously. EastEnders is just up it's own arse.

oh the hysteria - Neighbours hasn't gone anywhere, it's merely moving channels.
i wish i had the inclination to write 100-word posts on shows that were up their own arse.

Last night's episode was just ruddy awful, because:

- Tanya decided to have sex with Max whilst cooking dinner
- Max decided that he, his wife and 2 children should go on holiday, whilst the dinner is cooking. They all, rather peculiarly, packed their suitcases in 75 seconds (roughly)
- I thought the Max/Stacey affair was finally coming to an end. But oh no, just another thrilling half an hour of screaming, shouting and screeching
- Bradley tried to get Stacey to answer his questions. In an ideal world (ie not planet Walford), she would have just told him to eff off.

My other recent gripes:

- Peter/Phil/Ian/Ben were involved in a major car crash, which would have realistically left them for dead. But oh no, major after effects included Phil getting a bit of water in his ear, and Ian having a slightly sprained arm
- Phil not going mad when Billy let the video shop go bust, since he was going to let lively Ben have it when older
- The sudden influx of pyschopathic women (Stella, May, Shirley, Dot)

I'm doing some painting over the bank holiday. I might sit there and watch it dry whilst East bloody Enders is on. Far more entertaining, than watching an episode written by Stephanie Williams-Barringstoke or whatever the bloody writers are called nowadays

PS. Is it me or does Charlie Slater have bigger tits than Mo Harris?

Possibly, they have to be the same size at least

EE still blaming everyone but themselves for their appalling quality, now claiming the soap awards are fixed in ITV's favour!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a58330/bbc-unhappy-with-soap-awards-panel.html


Nope - EastEnders is crap, that's why you only got one award for most hammed acting or something!

As for the others - well, Lifetime Achievement for Wendy Richard - considering she's been in EastEnders for 20 years, what exactly has she achieved?

Being a sour-faced trout and smacking her husband over the 'ead with a frying pan.

Typical of EE to be so petty over this. Do they STILL NOT REALISE HOW CRAP THEIR SOAP IS???!!!

Oi, shatt it. You're well out of order, I can't believe I'm hearing this. Leave aaht woncha?

She's supposed to be a right diva in real life as well.

Wendy Richard was gutted about leaving EastEnders and you just know she hated the way the scriptwriters treated her character.