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EE - DTC is a plonker if he kills off Nick Cotton!
Wtf he is an original character, I'm not sure he has thought this through, I was hoping for Martin Fowler and Nick showdown.
Then there is Dotty,
there's still life in him yet.
Have they not learnt from there mistakes, they need to keep hold of the cast that made it all happen.
Angie, Den, Pete, Kathy, Arthur, all these people are still alive today.
That's not brave, its just dumb.
Then there is Dotty,
there's still life in him yet.
Have they not learnt from there mistakes, they need to keep hold of the cast that made it all happen.
Angie, Den, Pete, Kathy, Arthur, all these people are still alive today.
That's not brave, its just dumb.
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I completely disagree. The description YOUVE gave is Kirkwood.
It's rather fitting that Dot finds out that Nick killed Reg Cox 30 years ago.
It's fitting that Nick will die in the 30th episodes and lets face it Dot won't be around much longer so I doubt a return for Nick would ever Happen.
June kinda wanted it reading one of the articles.
John stated he most likely wouldn't return again so he knew from the start the end of Nick was coming.
He stated that Pat should have never died but that was down to Bryan Kirkwood.
Again Den's death was under another producer and the reason he was killed off was because the Actor was being very naughty on a webcam.
Ratings didn't fall 'so low' the show declined yes but it's rated lower back in 2006 and 2007 for example.
John Altman made it clear this will be his last stint. Might aswell kill nick off in an explosive episode that will help mark the 30th.
Dot didn't believe him.
She didn't want to give him anymore 'second' chances.
I agree, especially as he has been so good in this stint. he doesnt need to be a permanent character he in works well coming in and out.
I dont think nick should be killed off while dot is alive
I'd rather him have a huge exit on screen then a death off screen.
Why???
In what way?
The actor might not want to keep on returning to do the same thing. Nick hasn't changed so it would just be more of the same.
Who could return without Nick being around.
Nick's been a druggie for years. How long can people go on abusing their bodies in that way with no consequences? He's also killed at least 3 people - should he not have to pay for that as well?
Why?
The actors are. Those are the names of the characters and they died. Maybe because the actors decided they wanted to leave.
No, it's sensible.
Nick can't keep returning, stealing money, or blackmailing people for it, doing drugs, wrecking people's lives/killing them, making Dot's life a misery and getting away with it all.
After a while it becomes boring, and the character, pathetic.
The actor might not have wanted to return at all, but was promised one last, good storyline. I know there have been actors, maybe not in EE, who've been asked to return simply to end a character's storyline or give them some kind of closure.
Why? Nick is a ridiculous, repetitive character who can only appear so many times doing the same old things. Why should the fact that he happened to be in the first episode guarantee John Altman a job for life?
What's the point in keeping someone around just because they have always been on the show? That's plain stupid. Ian Beale isn't the only reason we watch EastEnders. We can all do without Nick Cotton. Sharon Watts wasn't even on the show for 12 of the 30 years.
People just need to learn to move on.
It's hardly a job for life he has stated that he doesn't want to return again so would it not be better if he gets sent down for Reg's murder 30 years later?
I don't like the way Eastenders have handled the deaths of original & longterm character's in the past and just because its the 30th that doesn't mean that an original should die.
John Altman has strongly hinted that he doesn't want to keep coming and going forever and repeating the same storylines. That's fair enough.
Secondly, although storylines with 'Mar' have been a bit overdone now, if he's potentially going to have a son and Grandson on the square, possibly for years to come, the potential for future storylines exist and I don't see what good it would do to shut down that avenue.
I meant when she took his side at the start of the show.