does anyone actually care about it anymore? it's been dragged out to death and every character involved seems to have had a personality transplant. It should've ended during the great live week. That feels like a different show looking back
Im shocked at the number of injustices resulting from concluded storylines such as max being found guilty for a crime he did not commit but also dean not being imprisoned.
It is ruining EE and there should be a storyline now were theres some justice served.
Im shocked at the number of injustices resulting from concluded storylines such as max being found guilty for a crime he did not commit but also dean not being imprisoned.
It is ruining EE and there should be a storyline now were theres some justice served.
Hardly the first time someone has been wrongly convicted/not convicted.
I agree with the OP. Personally I thought the SL started off very promising and unlike other SL's was moving forward but the last couple of months it has just spiralled out of control.
The final straw for me was Lauran becoming part of the cover up.
Can't say I particularly care about it now. It has gone on too long and it probably will still run for longer but it's not even that. The whole square will find out soon. Lauren coming back and not even saying anything. Bizarre! Can't even think what characters I'm enjoying just now as they all seem to be slowly getting destroyed.. The show is a mess just now. Can't believe I'm saying that after a fantastic Live event
I think one of the real problems of this story is losing the principle actors in it for various reasons
This producer comes in he decides he wants to have a murder of sorts in the show.
He picks Lucy played by an okay actress but someone was quite significant to the show and the Beale family .
A couple of months into it Jacqueline jossa becomes pregnant in real life and someone who was a lead character in this was going to be missing at the key parts.
If she hadn't become pregnant the live episode would have been very different.
You then have Ben Hardy wanting to quit if he had gave an inkling a little it would have easier to kill Peter again more rewrites as per jossa.
These key characters leave at the key point and it just seems a mess.
Jossa returns but it not really explained why a boyfriend would let his heavily pregnant partner travel across the world alone.
Then Jake wood wants a break then bingo lets place it on him, what would have happened if he wasn't having a break.
J Jossa leaves again to return in a few months , then Jake wood will return in a year.
So these circumstances basically mean we have another 4 months to a year at least of this to go
Hardly the first time someone has been wrongly convicted/not convicted.
Never did I say it was the first time for wrongful conviction... My point is hardly ever has there been two story lines running at the same time were both have ended tragically and brutally wrong from moral perspective. First the Linda sl, Dean coming out of the storyline with 0 punishment and now max's wrong conviction. It leaves viewers feeling disorientated, hopeless and is ruining EE in some way. There should be some moral, positive story-line running in the background right now. I am hoping it is the Dean exist, which is yet to come, fingers crossed.
I think it's been a fantastic storyline from start to finish and I love how it has literally involved the whole square at some point. The only thing I would say now is that it is overshadowing other storylines and preventing other big storylines from developing. We really need a couple of real big storylines to get going over the next couple of weeks rather than just a few non-starters that start and look like they could be big and get really interesting but instead get dropped for weeks on end and then just fizzle out.
I stopped watching Eastenders regularly a couple of years ago, but watched it for a bit again round the live episode as I was interested to see who had done it.
Then I watched a couple the other week whilst having dinner at my parents, and wanted to see what would happen to Max so I've kept watching, and I think it's been really good. Granted there have been some silly moments, but sometimes you just have to suspend reality a bit. I've thoroughly enjoyed it.
That said, I have watched about a months worth tops, of an 18-month or so storyline, so perhaps that has something to do with it.
In my opinion the Lucy story line has been the best storyline since Bradley fell off the roof and Stacey admitted killing Archie in the live in 2010. If it wasn't for this story I may have stopped watching, thank goad I continued watching
I stopped watching Stenders for a few years when they first split up Kat and Alfie and starting heaping misery on them. It became a show full of unlikeable people shouting at each other. I came back for Danny Dyer, but at the moment, I only like Mick, Masood, Fatboy and the extras who barely say anything. Maybe Nancy and Tam, Patrick when he smiles.
There are way too many annoying and unlikeable characters, once again. There should be more of a balance.
I think the Lucy storyline is kind of in 2 parts. From when she was killed to the killer reveal was the first part and the second part is from then to now where it is more focused on Jane trying to make the best of a bad situation.
I think it is unfair to call them both the same storyline, thats like saying the Archie storyline didn't conclude until Stacey handed herself in.
The whole thing's a joke. How are they going to write Max back in if he goes to jail or if he runs away. Someone else will have to be blamed. Maybe Diane Parish will want a year's break next year and who knows who else the year after?? When will Bobby and Jane actually be punished?!
The whole thing's a joke. How are they going to write Max back in if he goes to jail or if he runs away. Someone else will have to be blamed. Maybe Diane Parish will want a year's break next year and who knows who else the year after?? When will Bobby and Jane actually be punished?!
If Maxwell escapes, the Police would close the investigation, unless Lauren grows a backbone.
If Maxwell escapes, the Police would close the investigation, unless Lauren grows a backbone.
Yes, but we know Max is coming back so someone else is going to have to be blamed when that happens. I just worry that this time next year we'll be having the same frustrating merry-go-round of people knowing, almost telling, being threatened by Ian or Phil etc. and Bobby and Jane still evading punishment.
It's been a brilliant storyline and has kept me interested in the show throughout the year.
Where would EastEnders currently be without this story? Pretty much every other major storyline in the show at present (bar Kathy's return) is dull as ditchwater.
Well when Max helped Stacey escape in 2010, that story was suspended until Lacey returned. It was concluded three years later with Janine withdrawing her accusation and Stacey using her bipolar to get her off the hook for killing Archie. Maybe something similar will happen with Max.
It's been a brilliant storyline and has kept me interested in the show throughout the year.
Where would EastEnders currently be without this story? Pretty much every other major storyline in the show at present (bar Kathy's return) is dull as ditchwater.
I agree that the Lucy storyline is the most exciting at the moment.
I agree that the Lucy storyline is the most exciting at the moment.
The trouble is it's the only thing. Last year there was lots going on, this year this s/l is all we've got. We've had a couple of decent episodes from Kat and Shab, but that's it.
started out as a fantastic storyline in my opinion
fell completely apart when Bobby was revealed as the killer and has now become a joke as more and more people know it was Bobby and yet are happy to sit back and see an innocent man on trial for something they KNOW he didnt do AND have to nerve to sit in the court and WATCH as he is found guilty
completely ruined when bobby was revealed as the killer, its still got another year to run as well! too think lucy was killed off for this absolute joke of a storyline!
I'm so tired of it, if it's on, I'll watch but I don't go out of my way to watch it.
I'm at a loss why everyone is trying to protect Bobby. Jane & Ian I can understand but Phil? Sharon? Up until last night I was gobsmacked that Lauren was still going along with it. He's her dad, he's made a lot of mistakes but letting him go down for murder that he didn't commit? I wanted her to stand up in that court room and scream that it was Bobby with Jane complicit in dumping Lucy's body.
It's gone on too long and I doubt many viewers care any more.
I'm so tired of it, if it's on, I'll watch but I don't go out of my way to watch it.
I'm at a loss why everyone is trying to protect Bobby. Jane & Ian I can understand but Phil? Sharon? Up until last night I was gobsmacked that Lauren was still going along with it. He's her dad, he's made a lot of mistakes but letting him go down for murder that he didn't commit? I wanted her to stand up in that court room and scream that it was Bobby with Jane complicit in dumping Lucy's body.
It's gone on too long and I doubt many viewers care any more.
With jossa and wood leaving temporarily it's got probably 4 months to year to go yet
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It is ruining EE and there should be a storyline now were theres some justice served.
Hardly the first time someone has been wrongly convicted/not convicted.
I agree with the OP. Personally I thought the SL started off very promising and unlike other SL's was moving forward but the last couple of months it has just spiralled out of control.
The final straw for me was Lauran becoming part of the cover up.
This producer comes in he decides he wants to have a murder of sorts in the show.
He picks Lucy played by an okay actress but someone was quite significant to the show and the Beale family .
A couple of months into it Jacqueline jossa becomes pregnant in real life and someone who was a lead character in this was going to be missing at the key parts.
If she hadn't become pregnant the live episode would have been very different.
You then have Ben Hardy wanting to quit if he had gave an inkling a little it would have easier to kill Peter again more rewrites as per jossa.
These key characters leave at the key point and it just seems a mess.
Jossa returns but it not really explained why a boyfriend would let his heavily pregnant partner travel across the world alone.
Then Jake wood wants a break then bingo lets place it on him, what would have happened if he wasn't having a break.
J Jossa leaves again to return in a few months , then Jake wood will return in a year.
So these circumstances basically mean we have another 4 months to a year at least of this to go
Never did I say it was the first time for wrongful conviction... My point is hardly ever has there been two story lines running at the same time were both have ended tragically and brutally wrong from moral perspective. First the Linda sl, Dean coming out of the storyline with 0 punishment and now max's wrong conviction. It leaves viewers feeling disorientated, hopeless and is ruining EE in some way. There should be some moral, positive story-line running in the background right now. I am hoping it is the Dean exist, which is yet to come, fingers crossed.
Then I watched a couple the other week whilst having dinner at my parents, and wanted to see what would happen to Max so I've kept watching, and I think it's been really good. Granted there have been some silly moments, but sometimes you just have to suspend reality a bit. I've thoroughly enjoyed it.
That said, I have watched about a months worth tops, of an 18-month or so storyline, so perhaps that has something to do with it.
There are way too many annoying and unlikeable characters, once again. There should be more of a balance.
I think it is unfair to call them both the same storyline, thats like saying the Archie storyline didn't conclude until Stacey handed herself in.
If Maxwell escapes, the Police would close the investigation, unless Lauren grows a backbone.
Yes, but we know Max is coming back so someone else is going to have to be blamed when that happens. I just worry that this time next year we'll be having the same frustrating merry-go-round of people knowing, almost telling, being threatened by Ian or Phil etc. and Bobby and Jane still evading punishment.
Where would EastEnders currently be without this story? Pretty much every other major storyline in the show at present (bar Kathy's return) is dull as ditchwater.
I agree that the Lucy storyline is the most exciting at the moment.
The trouble is it's the only thing. Last year there was lots going on, this year this s/l is all we've got. We've had a couple of decent episodes from Kat and Shab, but that's it.
fell completely apart when Bobby was revealed as the killer and has now become a joke as more and more people know it was Bobby and yet are happy to sit back and see an innocent man on trial for something they KNOW he didnt do AND have to nerve to sit in the court and WATCH as he is found guilty
I'm at a loss why everyone is trying to protect Bobby. Jane & Ian I can understand but Phil? Sharon? Up until last night I was gobsmacked that Lauren was still going along with it. He's her dad, he's made a lot of mistakes but letting him go down for murder that he didn't commit? I wanted her to stand up in that court room and scream that it was Bobby with Jane complicit in dumping Lucy's body.
It's gone on too long and I doubt many viewers care any more.
With jossa and wood leaving temporarily it's got probably 4 months to year to go yet