Members BetterForgotten Posted December 12, 2018 Members Share Posted December 12, 2018 @DRW50 will be happy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted December 12, 2018 Members Share Posted December 12, 2018 I was thrilled, and shocked! I have had no real use for the show the last few years but I'm glad they are reconnecting to their history, their real history, after bastardizing it so badly with things like the Gavin fiasco. Mary and Lofty were two of my favorite characters of their era and it will be great to see them back. It also mean that the Michelle recast can be even more consigned to the bin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted December 12, 2018 Members Share Posted December 12, 2018 Holy crap. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Vee Posted December 26, 2018 Members Share Posted December 26, 2018 I caught the Kat/Alfie showdown tonight. I doubt he's dead, but that scripted material was brutal, especially re: Alfie; not sure how they can come back from some of that narratively, but I was never one of their bigger fans even back in the old days. Maybe a more invested or regular viewer could offer their opinion on tonight's scenes vs. the Kat/Alfie romantic heyday, which I have some familiarity with but not a ton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted December 26, 2018 Members Share Posted December 26, 2018 (edited) I think it's best if this is the end for Kat/Alfie. Alfie needs Kat more as a character than she needs him. Hopefully they can move her on intelligently from him. Jessie Wallace was at her best in this episode, she's definitely deserving of being one of the show's leading ladies and press icon. When she's on form, it's impossible to take your eyes off her. i don't think most actresses on the show currently have that quality about them. Edited December 26, 2018 by BetterForgotten 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted December 27, 2018 Members Share Posted December 27, 2018 I'm just glad that they didn't go the cliche route and simply kill Alfie off. I am so over the UK soaps and their murder and disaster Xmas episodes. They were endearing when the story was there and well plotted; however, it isn't nowadays. I'd just prefer they focus on being more festive and cease the doom and gloom for awhile on December 25th. Has Shane Richie exited from the show for the foreseeable future? I'd honestly like to see Alfie take the baby and flee for a few years. We need a break from Alfie Moon... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted December 28, 2018 Members Share Posted December 28, 2018 Somehow Mel has managed to be more unlikeable this time around than in her original stint. Her return has been an epic fail and I don’t know why they are centering their New Year’s around such a poorly told story with characters just about nobody cares about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted December 29, 2018 Members Share Posted December 29, 2018 I still have no idea why Mel came back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted December 30, 2018 Members Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) This is a touching surprise. Barbara Windsor speaks up for Shane Richie at his Christmas panto: Edited December 30, 2018 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted December 30, 2018 Members Share Posted December 30, 2018 I get the feeling John Yorke didn't care for the relationship so he decided to take the hammer to it. The material has been so depressing and heavy and while Alfie has been a bastard at times, he was never this openly manipulative and ugly. The Christmas episode I thought was surprisingly strong, one of the best in years, but the rest, especially anything involving Hayley, was garbage. I agree. Jessie's been good for most of this return but she has been phenomenal recently. I just hope she gets the showcase she deserves next year. The video of Shane and Barbara is touching. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted January 1, 2019 Members Share Posted January 1, 2019 Kate Oates speaks about some of her plans in 2019 for EastEnders: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KMan101 Posted January 1, 2019 Members Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) Seems the UK soaps are just as bad with shuffling the same producers back and forth on all the soaps, lol. In the times I've watched EE, I never enjoyed the Kat/Alfie relationship ... Edited January 1, 2019 by KMan101 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 1, 2019 Members Share Posted January 1, 2019 Kate Oates is the first to go from ITV to BBC as producer, but Corrie and Emmerdale do trade producers (usually they go from Emmerdale, the lesser soap, to Corrie, the big soap)...often this is not the best idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KMan101 Posted January 1, 2019 Members Share Posted January 1, 2019 Thanks. I don't pay as close attention to the UK soaps comings and goings but I do try and keep up. It does seem they swap a lot, at least in the last decade or so I feel like I kept hearing the same names go from soap to soap and it usually doesn't work out. Much like how we recycle the same HWs and Producers and it usually doesn't work out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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