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It looks like she'll be getting acquainted with Max pretty fast, which I think is good, since she's a new character that was specifically created to interact with Max. I think EastEnders typically offers 6 month contracts for new characters, then they'll extend from there.

EastEnders will be moving around the schedule a bit in a few weeks due to football and whatnot, and coupled with summer approaching, ratings are sure to be effected during those two weeks.

According to the spoilers I've read concerning Kirkwood's first week in the credits, it looks like the Lucas storyline will really be taking off under his watch, Denise is heavily involved as well. Kirkwood will first be credited on June 7th of course, here's what's happening during that week: Monday, 7th June Scheduling TBC Phil returns from a weekend binge determined to win Ben back, but he faces bigger battles than he anticipated. Meanwhile, an increasingly unstable Lucas is rattled by idle gossip. Elsewhere, who is the bewitching new girl on the Square? Tuesday, 8th June Scheduling TBC Denise battles with Lucas after discovering a shocking truth about the attack. Meanwhile, Darren is met with a surprise discovery of his own after a date with Jodie. Lucy makes a desperate decision about her exams. Thursday, 10th June Scheduling TBC It's the day of the court case – will Jordan's new evidence change Ben's fate? Meanwhile, Max discovers Vanessa has been economical with the truth. Lucas embarks on a chilling and violent mission of salvation. The original episode due to air on Monday 7th is now airing on Friday 4th.

The stuff with the students in the haunted house was awful, most of these characters need to be written out or die. They're horrific. Glenn Wallace, Jennifer Metcalfe, and Claire Cooper were great in Thursday's episode though. Tomorrow's episode should be great though, as I mentioned. I don't know who was originally supposed to be the killer. It was either someone out of left field or someone too obvious. Marquess wasn't happy with who it was, so he changed it. There were some hints in Thursday's episode.

I hear tomorrow's episode is one of the best episodes in a LONG time, and Jorgi Porter (Teresa) does some of the best work she's ever done on this show.

Santer had to approve of it, since it was likely pitched and approved while he was still involved with the show.

If Marquess' work starts on Hollyoaks next week, like many predict, then after. We still don't know the exact date of Marquess' first episode. We do know Kirkwood's first episode on EastEnders will be aired on June 7th (he'll share the EP credit for the first two weeks with Santer, a product of the handover period in late-February earlier this year, I'm sure).

I'm ready for Kirkwood's material to start. June 7th can't come soon enough. This show is just threading water, and obviously Santer and team didn't bother to develop most of the final stories of this regime. This show needs a burst of energy, and by the sounds of it, Kirkwood's debut episode will be getting on that fast. But of course, even when we get to the Kirkwood era, the first two months or so will still be a transitional phase, but it has to be better than Santer's final weeks.

I'm not going to lie, I laughed my ass off in Monday's episode when Stacey thought she was going into labour, and Janine wouldn't get out of the cab so Stacey could be rushed to the hospital. :lol:

I don't know what he meant in terms of the stunt. I think by the time it airs, most of the actors he originally fired would have already been off the show for some time. Though, of course, I do expect some deaths to result from it.

Kris asked two of the questions I submitted. The one about his overall vision for the show, and the one about Steph, which came from discussions in this thread on whether or not he had anything in store for the character.

What are your thoughts on the Marquess interview, Carl?

Paul Marquess' interview for Producer Season: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/interviews/a220221/paul-marquess-producer-hollyoaks.html Some teasers from Marquess: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/scoop/a220233/loads-of-hollyoaks-gossip-from-paul-marquess.html

I'm hearing this week will be great with the wedding and climax of this flashforward crap. About time too, that story drained a show a that was already boring and aimeless. I've been hearing good things about this upcoming week, though... With Marquess expected to be in the credits next week and knowing he tweaked some of the material that will be airing this week, I think now is the time for me to start watching again... BTW, I hear the next interview Kris Green of Digital Spy will post will be with Marquess, either later today or tomorrow...

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It appears Danny was always supposed to stick around for a short time... http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a220054/eastenders-danny-has-satisfying-exit.html

I believe Marquess said he arrived just as this wedding stuff was being taped or had already been written, so he just tweaked some details. His name will probably be in the credits during the week AFTER the wedding stuff.

New Claire Cooper (Jacqui) interview: Page 1: http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/interviews/a217947/claire-cooper-jacqui-mcqueen-hollyoaks.html Page 2: http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/scoop/a217948/claire-cooper-on-jacqui-her-new-boss-and-eastenders.html

Casting news... http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s3/coronation-street/news/a219768/new-bad-boy-for-coronation-street.html

More on why Devon Anderson was allegedly barred from attending the British Soap Awards: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/playlist/view/134970/Eastenders-Devon-Anderson-thinks-it-s-the-end-of-the-line/

Walford Web has some exclusive pics of the EastEnders winners at the British Soap Awards: http://www.walfordweb.co.uk/item.php?id=2387

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Can he be barred permanently from EastEnders, too? Sounds like he may be on the chopping block, hopefully, it happens...

To be fair, he didn't want to speak to Jane at the beginning of the episode, and she wasn't pleased with him either, but eventually they broke the ice. I think the two of them have always had some mutual respect for one another though. As for coming with Jane to Florida, I think he was just depressed and shocked after Zainab basically told him she wanted a divorce. I think this marital trouble is a consequence of Syed's mess, so it really doesn't seem all that strange to me. Both Zainab and Masood were doing things intentionally to piss one another off, they're both to blame in a way. It's hilarious how desperate Syed is, and when he was naming all his qualifications and Janine replied "and I hear you can make a cracking cup of tea!" Lucy is such a liar without a conscience. She has the potential to be the next Janine of this show. This show is clearly in transition though, it's obvious Santer spent too much time focusing on that damn Live episode that he neglected crucial parts of the show. The show will remain in transition until Kirkwood's stuff really takes off in a few weeks.

It was "daft!" :lol: