EE - Feel the love
I have to say in recent times i feel that ive got my EastEnders back. I really look forward to watching now rather than out of habit. Characters i used to hate have been completely turned around. We have had some intense, dramatic scenes such as Lees suicide attempt and Denises adoption reveal. The show seems to be climbing to new heights.
The drivel of comedy gavs mansion and grants return feels like a distant memory. I cannot wait to see what else SOC has got in store.
Anyone else loving the show right now?
The drivel of comedy gavs mansion and grants return feels like a distant memory. I cannot wait to see what else SOC has got in store.
Anyone else loving the show right now?
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Absolutely agreed. From SOC's very first episodes he stamped a new tone on the show. Simple things like a group of characters sitting outside Martin and Stacey's house helping them move in were just brilliant.
I think it's wonderful that he realises something "explosive" does not need to happen every week and when something dramatic does happen it has more impact. The invasion in the pub is one example (although I would have liked to have seen more on how such a traumatic event affects the people involved).
My only complaints - really liked Les and Pam, hope he gets rid of Vincent.
Also, *well done* on having the balls to recast 'Chelle, my all-time favourite miserable cow of a soap character.
I think SOC has done a really good job at picking the show back up and it really did need to be picked back up. DTC went off the rails a bit, for me, towards the end of his stint. Someone used Gavin and the mansion as an example and they're totally right. I was, however, a bit worried around October time that SOC hadn't got the balance quite right even though I was enjoying it - it seemed to be very much low-key drama and I felt the show needed some big drama, but I always said he was building to something. The show is unmissable right now and I think he's done a brilliant job so far. More of this please!
Scary Gavin's Nightmare Mansion was a low point in the entire history of EE. Laughably bad and thankfully quickly forgotten to never be mentioned again.
I also have a theory that when a darts team or 5-a-side football team rears it's ugly head the end is nigh for the current producer.
It's great to see a healthy mix of everyday life scenes and dramatic events - as well as previously unlikeable characters being redeemed.
Hopefully SOC will introduce a new family this year with no previous links to the square. I definitely think he has it in him to pull it off successfully.