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http://www.heralddeparis.com/eastender-clements-leaves-soap/63109

Yeah, maybe they'll be more comedic situations, but I think Kirkwood will still be doing mostly hard-hitting dramatic storylines. The comedy will probably be more apparent, yet very low key. I have faith he's smart enough to know that EastEnders isn't Hollyoaks or Corrie.

This is from the Mirror, so take it with a grain of salt... http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/11/03/enders-boss-could-cheer-up-walford-115875-21793893/

I meant in the way stories are crafted, the types of stories being told, and in the the way they're executed, which seems to be a big problem with EE these days. Usually when a new producer comes in at one of the Brit soaps, there's always some overhauling though. I don't expect this transition to be any different, especially with Kirkwood.

I wonder if Kirkwood will give EastEnders an immediate overhaul when he gets there, kind of like what he did at Hollyoaks. By the sounds of it, EastEnders could sure use some type of overhauling. I recall UK LAW's post regarding Kirkwood in the Hollyoaks thread:

Santer is talented, but I don't think that he was exactly suitable for overseeing a serial and serialized storytelling on a day by day basis. His strengths seem to be be outside of the serialized format.

Bryan Kirkwood is coming to EastEnders in 2010, so for those of you who enjoyed his Hollyoaks and his recent installment of Later might want to give EastEnders a try next year, if you haven't already... http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a184853/kirkwood-replaces-santer-as-enders-exec.html

Wow, Kirkwood at EastEnders? Seems like a damn strange fit to me. I'm interested in seeing where this goes. I did enjoy most of his tenure at Hollyoaks.

I've kept up with EE over the years, and like many of the actors/characters, but I do prefer Corrie overall.

Aw, I can't believe Barbra is leaving, she's always been one of EE's biggest supporters and one of the "faces" of the show when I think of it.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/09/ratings-quick-hit-the-vampire-diaries-sinks-teeth-into-the-cws-biggest-premiere-audience-ever.html

Madonna - Drowned World / Substitute For Love http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yif5eAv_QiY

They played one of my favourite cues on GH yesterday during the Alexis/Molly scenes. I think I posted this cue a while back during the Stone/Robin flashback scenes, but I'm not sure. Starting 4:51 in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3p0v8Yvrg0

Oh wow, so I was listening to this music programme on the BBC. Anyway, they talked about this 16 year old from Brazil that committed suicide in 2006. He went by the name "Yonlu" online. He wrote a lot of songs and many of them were so mature and beyond his years. So much angst, despair, insecurity, and loneliness in these songs. Sometimes he would try to disguise them with upbeat productions, but they were so telling of the state he was in when he was living. Anyway, this kid posted on tons of boards on line. He even chronicled his suicide on a group on Usenet. Before he committed suicide, he created a thread on a music site where he posted a lot his songs, each song came with some depressing post about how he wanted to end his life, at the time, most took it as sarcasm or looked over it, but this kid was so damn talented in both his songs and photography. Here's one of his songs tiled "Humiliation." http://home.no/yonnerz/humiliation.mp3 Apparently, he wrote it about a girl he was in loved with that didn't like him much. His songs were recorded on Cool Edit Pro, so of course they're a bit rough. I liked the melody and lyrics in the song, I was impresses, since it was made by a then suicidal 16 year old. Here's another song, "I Know What It's Like": http://home.no/yonnerz/ikwil.mp3 Tragic stories like this always get to me, especially when they're about young people who were possessed so much talent, yet felt insecure and didn't live to see their potential realized.

So many are leaving towards the end of the year...

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For anyone wondering what song was played during Justin and Russ's final scene, it's Got A Suitcase, Got Regrets by Tom McRae... "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344">

Thursday's episode, I liked Nancy, Hannah, and Sarah. I like the friendship they have, and how when one of them are at their lowest, the other two are always there in the end to help their friend. Friday's episode, I CANNOT BELIEVE they Clare! They brought her back to her? I love how she told Sasha and Calvin at the end, "I'll be back!" I can understand it though, Clare committed too many crimes and harmed too many people for her to ever be a functional character in society ever again. But I just wished they had just left that red shoe scene alone and never had her come back for Friday's episode. Oh, and I can't stand Jacqui, Dom told her exactly what she deserved to hear. And poor Anita, being conned by Lauren, Newt, and Theresa again.

Yes, Russ and Justin drove off with baby Max with them.

I don't feel sorry for Jacqui at all. She had this coming and has been so unlikable for months. I like Ste more and more these days, for some reason. I really hope Hannah's exit if reuniting with Justin, I hope they don't kill her off in December.

Wednesday, it's also Russ's last air date.

And aw, Josh really stands by Hannah and believes what she says, unlike Rhys who thinks she's lying to save Justin. I like that contrast. That baby playing Max is too cute. I liked Nancy speech to Russ about how they saw each other through so many bad relationships, yet never noticed that there might be something special between them, but too little, to late, I guess. I'm actually rooting for Russ when he kidnaps Max, Jacqui and the McQueen's have been horrible to him. The was a nice end scene with Justin and Hannah at the end of Tuesday's episode. Too bad Hannah is going to get her heart broken again though.

Yeah, Lucy Allan sure kept the fantasy element at the beginning of each episode. You should see the one that airs on Tuesday with Ste's narration. LOL!

I've seen episodes here and there whenever I'm in England, but I didn't really start watching consistently until around late 2004 or so. though I was familiar with characters and storylines from years gone by through extensive reading. I have a longer history watching Corrie and EastEnders though, but for now, I'm not watching either, and I stopped watching Hollyoaks until Clare's recent return. I could never stomach Emmerdale, btw...

Justin and Russ's last episode is next Wednesday, by the way. Clare next appears next Friday. I don't know if this is her last episode though...