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Brilliant episode of Eastenders last night.

PorkchopExpressPorkchopExpress Posts: 5,534
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Thoroughly enjoyable, apart from the scenes involving NewBen.

Some brilliant Halloween touches and brilliantly delivered "'Ello Ma'."
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    Lady VoldemortLady Voldemort Posts: 10,088
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    I loved his cheeky "'appy 'alloween" at the end :D
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    Hit Em Up StyleHit Em Up Style Posts: 12,141
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    It was fantastic. The only stupid thing for me though was Sharon at the party in the Vic. I get that it was Ronnie and Charlie's engagement but why wasn't it at The Albert?! lol Sharon is never there despite being landlady. So funny. :D
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    soap-leasoap-lea Posts: 23,851
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    agree and watching it between those episodes of corrie made it seem even more so.

    Dot was outstanding last night, the only down point for me was Charlies speech in the vic
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    oldhagoldhag Posts: 2,539
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    You cheeky little jester you! We all know it was solid crap until Nick's appearance.
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    david_leewarddavid_leeward Posts: 2,519
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    I thought I was watching scream for a moment
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    David WrightDavid Wright Posts: 4,013
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    I could have done without all the Halloween nonsense to be honest, but there's no doubt Eastenders has got it's mojo back under Treadwell-Collins.

    The episode was great fun. Most important;y there's a feel about the thing that it's actually relevant again. It's hard to explain but you get a feeling from the acting and writing when a show is in the doldrums or when it's in the ascendancy . Eastenders feels like a show re-born.

    Long may it continue.
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    lou_123lou_123 Posts: 12,706
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    Agreed, Ben is awful, that whole age group are annoying! The 16-25 year olds are used way too much these days, Kirkwood and Newman introduced this, and DTC hasn't stopped it, or cut that age group down, it's also the group with the most deadwood... Fatboy, Dexter, Tamwar, Lee, etc... But yes it was good, that Nick scene at the end will probably go down in history, I don't normally like the likes of Abi and Lauren, but they were quite good last night! weird how Emmerdale beat it in the ratings, **** knows why, but tbf EastEnders need to get their viewers back on side, naked calendar shoots and Tosh and Tina isn't the way to go about this... But yes, back to the point, it was a ios episode!;)
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    lou_123lou_123 Posts: 12,706
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    David Wright wrote: »
    I could have done without all the Halloween nonsense to be honest, but there's no doubt Eastenders has got it's mojo back under Treadwell-Collins.

    The episode was great fun. Most important;y there's a feel about the thing that it's actually relevant again. It's hard to explain but you get a feeling from the acting and writing when a show is in the doldrums or when it's in the ascendancy . Eastenders feels like a show re-born.

    Long may it continue.

    Sometimes DTC gets it spot on, but others I'm like 'wtf?' It's like you said all the Halloween nonsense... Stuff like musical bingo, karaoke, etc... Wouldn't have happened in the true EastEnders... The gritty 80's and 90's one! But yes he has made it a lot darker than what the awful LN did!
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    Much better because it wasn't dragged down by tedious Carter shite.
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    david_leewarddavid_leeward Posts: 2,519
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    lou_123 wrote: »
    Sometimes DTC gets it spot on, but others I'm like 'wtf?' It's like you said all the Halloween nonsense... Stuff like musical bingo, karaoke, etc... Wouldn't have happened in the true EastEnders... The gritty 80's and 90's one! But yes he has made it a lot darker than what the awful LN did!

    Nothing can be perfect all the time
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    GeekInfectedGeekInfected Posts: 6,372
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    lou_123 wrote: »
    Sometimes DTC gets it spot on, but others I'm like 'wtf?' It's like you said all the Halloween nonsense... Stuff like musical bingo, karaoke, etc... Wouldn't have happened in the true EastEnders... The gritty 80's and 90's one! But yes he has made it a lot darker than what the awful LN did!

    What are you on about? Angie Watts was doing A karaoke night every other night of the week.
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    Check it outCheck it out Posts: 1,231
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    GeekInfected wrote: »
    What are you on about? Angie Watts was doing A karaoke night every other night of the week.

    I was just about to say the same. And who an forget the drag nights they had.

    This idea that EastEnders in the 80s was this completely glum and dark show is ridiculous. There were those elements, but there was a lot of fun in it as well.
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    valdvald Posts: 46,057
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    GeekInfected wrote: »
    What are you on about? Angie Watts was doing A karaoke night every other night of the week.


    Then we had extra teens drafted in to form a dreadful pop group in '86, and half the cast trying to launch music careers. In addition there was any excuse to gather round the piano for a sing song.

    The only drama I remember from the first couple of years was a murder, a cot death and a teen pregnancy. I do remember they devoted an episode to Pauline voicing her disgust that Michelle was using disposable nappies.
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    oldhag wrote: »
    You cheeky little jester you! We all know it was solid crap until Nick's appearance.

    Agreed. I thought it was awful until John's deadpan delivery of "Happy Halloween".
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    It was a boring episode. Only good thing was the ending
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    lou_123lou_123 Posts: 12,706
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    GeekInfected wrote: »
    What are you on about? Angie Watts was doing A karaoke night every other night of the week.

    I know but it was done is so much more of a grittier way (that sounds stupid I know), but we never had the inflatable guitars and shit, it all feels a bit forced now!:p
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    lou_123lou_123 Posts: 12,706
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    david_leeward wrote: »
    Nothing can be perfect all the time

    Yes, I am aware? Where in my comment, did I say it has to be perfect all the time?:/
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    lou_123lou_123 Posts: 12,706
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    Check it out wrote: »
    I was just about to say the same. And who an forget the drag nights they had.

    This idea that EastEnders in the 80s was this completely glum and dark show is ridiculous. There were those elements, but there was a lot of fun in it as well.

    EastEnders in the 90's then, gosh...:D (am I going to be given a list of fun events held in the 90's now?:()
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    I loved it last night. yes there wasn't much going on but I love night episodes and the ghoulish atmosphere was enjoyable
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    lou_123 wrote: »
    EastEnders in the 90's then, gosh...:D (am I going to be given a list of fun events held in the 90's now?:()

    aren't you 15 ?
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    Why she dressed as Nanny McPhee? cracked me up

    Good episode though
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    Lady VoldemortLady Voldemort Posts: 10,088
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    vald wrote: »
    In addition there was any excuse to gather round the piano for a sing song.
    Wicksy was so attached to that piano, it's a wonder he had time to knock Cindy Beale up. Was he the only resident who could play? No wonder they got rid, they were buggered when he left.

    And Ethel's ginger wig always came out for a singalong too :D
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    Shazla09Shazla09 Posts: 29,336
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    Lady Voldemort wrote: »
    Wicksy was so attached to that piano, it's a wonder he had time to knock Cindy Beale up. Was he the only resident who could play? No wonder they got rid, they were buggered when he left.

    And Ethel's ginger wig always came out for a singalong too :D

    Aaah Ethel's tilted wig for big events at the Vic! Those were the days!!
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    SuperSoaperSuperSoaper Posts: 5,724
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    It was really atmospheric and that masked figure (who turned out to be just Abbi) really terrified me!
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    MrJamesMrJames Posts: 8,127
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    lou_123 wrote: »
    Sometimes DTC gets it spot on, but others I'm like 'wtf?' It's like you said all the Halloween nonsense... Stuff like musical bingo, karaoke, etc... Wouldn't have happened in the true EastEnders... The gritty 80's and 90's one! But yes he has made it a lot darker than what the awful LN did!

    Oh it would, it really, really would. Things like karaokes and theme night have existed since the very beginning. Honestly.
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