EastEnders: Discussion Thread

[Vee]

Jessie Wallace has been such a mess for so many years, it's easy to forget how sharp her instincts could be. The fact that she screamed that line (her own choice, not the writers) has stayed with me for years. Sometimes you have to punch it.

[DRW50]

@BetterForgotten sorry - I see what you meant. Yeah I think the cast have mostly long given up. The writing for Stacey has been terrible the last few years and doesn't seem likely to improve.

Edited September 7, 2020 by DRW50

[wingwalker]

So it returned last night.  Grading on a curve and giving them some leeway to adjust to the new filming techniques, it was a fairly decent episode. Not sure if "fairly decent" is enough though. The overnights it got 3.35 million viewers, which is about a million viewers less than what it was getting in the Spring. So similar drop off that B&B and Y&R experienced. 

 

 

[Skylover]

 

Did they have breaks from transmission and did their ratings improve once viewers realised they were back?

[wingwalker]

 

They were off the air for about the same length that EastEnders was. Here's the link to the latest ratings thread: 

 

 

Y&R is still way down. B&B looks to have recovered somewhat, but both are still 1 million lower versus last year. 

Edited September 9, 2020 by wingwalker

[Forever8]

Actually, I'm not surprised by this exit. 

 

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jake-wood-quits-eastenders-115512338.html

[Dion]

I'm not surprised either.

 

Max hasn't really served any purpose since his revenge story flopped and was truncated by two years.

 

 

Edited September 16, 2020 by Dion
originally wrote 'truncated by a year' but then remembered it was originally supposed to go for 3 years so it was truncated by 2 years

[wingwalker]

I'm not surprised either. I never really liked Max much, so I'm personally not that upset, but it does suck to loose another familiar face though. 

[victoria foxton]

I wasn't a big fan of Max either. I hope he isn't brutally murdered. EE just loves splashy deaths. 

[wingwalker]

 

The show said they won't be killing him off and will leave the door open to a return. 

[Manny]

Oh I loved Max, Tanya, Lauren and Abi.. this whole family was one of my favorites! I am glad they will not kill him off.

Edited September 18, 2020 by Manny

[wingwalker]

Well it looks EE is pulling a DAYS: 

 

Lacey hasn't returned yet and already announced she's leaving: 

 

 

 

Plus this rumor that could easily pass for our almost yearly "DAYS in Crisis" articles: 

 

 

 

Edited September 19, 2020 by wingwalker

[Forever8]

Distinct Nostalgia did a interview with Pete Dean (Who Played Pete Beale) from 1985-1993 

 

https://distinctnostalgia.buzzsprout.com/650596/5590180-eastenders-at-35-albert-square-original-peter-dean-who-played-pete-beale-takes-a-trip-down-memory-lane

 

Edited September 24, 2020 by Forever8

[Ben]

I did think of Days, but Lacey is pregnant again, so their isn’t really a “crisis”. 

[wingwalker]

I don't think Lacey going on maternity leave disproves the other story. The actor that plays Max, is a high paid actor, leaving the show and from the articles, sounds like it was a show decision. Adam who plays Ian, is the highest paid actor on the show, is going on a ten week "story dictated break".  Actress who plays Sonia has yet to appear in a single new episode and the show has been back for 3 weeks. Judging from her social media, doesn't look like she's been filming much. 

 

While it might not be a crisis as dire as that article makes it sound like, I think there is very much some degrees of truth to it.