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Who is the Ultimate Eastenders Matriarch |
| View Poll Results: Who is the ultimate Matriarch | |||
| Peggy Mitchell |
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39 | 25.83% |
| Lou Beale |
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30 | 19.87% |
| Mo Harris |
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1 | 0.66% |
| Pauline Fowler |
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20 | 13.25% |
| Cora Cross |
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4 | 2.65% |
| Dot Branning |
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12 | 7.95% |
| Mo Butcher |
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1 | 0.66% |
| Pat Evans |
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40 | 26.49% |
| Zainab Masood |
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1 | 0.66% |
| Carol Jackson |
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2 | 1.32% |
| Kathy Beale |
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0 | 0% |
| Other |
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1 | 0.66% |
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#26 |
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Lou Beale all the way. Second would be Pat.
Don't believe Peggy's getting more votes than either of them, she's awesome but she's not as good as Lou and Pat... |
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Lou Beale. There hasn't been another like her since. She really was the lynchpin of the Square, a rare product of times gone by, absolutely no one crossed Lou. She struck fear into those she deemed needed it, was fearless herself and yet when you were down, there was no one better to listen to your problems and set you off with the perfect advice.
Pat, Peggy and Pauline all had elements and a scene with the three together was always the best of any episode, but no one encompassed all the qualities of a great soap matriarch like Lou. I don't really feel Dot qualifies as a matriarch at all. She's just a nice old lady, she isn't the head of a family, she doesn't have any power or clout in the community or amongst her neighbours. Similarly, Kathy doesn't qualify, she was never top of the tree. Dot is one of the heads of the Branning clan, they respect her. |
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No contest - Lou Beale. The original and the best.
http://youtu.be/bQtB6xi6HAg?t=6m38s Thought I'd share this AMAZING argument between Lou and Pat. The scripts were so sharp back in the day. |
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![]() I have never heard of that before, Patriarchs. ![]() Pauline was my choice, after Lou went it was Pauline who was the glue of the family. Apart from the very end of her stint when the writing was botched up for her, Pauline was always firecely defensive of her family |
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Pauline in her heyday definately!
Couldn't be Peggy...she only cared about the Mitchells...and a Matriach would be there to help anyone in trouble. |
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got to be lou for me
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Pat was there for everybody; and she never judged and she never shamed. That's what made Pat so brilliant and gave her such a unique position in the show's hierarchy - she'd been there, done that and got the T-Shirt, and she wasn't about to shame anybody else for doing the same. Offer some stern words of advice and tell a few home-truths; sure, but she'd have your interests at heart. She was always looking out for you, not looking down on you, and she'd never get on her high-horse because she knew damn well she didn't have one to get up on. That's why Pat is the ultimate matriarch for me, because she wasn't just the matriarch for her clan or those close to her; she was there for everybody.
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I think Kat is matriarch material. She always looked out for her sisters and Stacey, she is protective with Jean and she was lovely with nana and spencer. We've also seen her look out for Alice when her dad died and her being there for Whitney when she was in a state recently.
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Pat or Pauline for me by far.
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Me neither, she was a controlling rather than caring mother, and she looked down on most of the people in the square.
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I don't think Peggy was a good matriarch. She was more of a battle axe and a snob. I think Pat and Dot have been good matriarchs. People went to Pat for advice and the same can be said of Dot. Pat had a colourful life and didn't look down her nose at anyone. Dot is there for the younger ones. The only thing with Dot is her tendency to quote the bible which can be annoying.
Peggy was undeniably a matriarch because of her total control over her family - she is the only person (except Sharon) who held power over Phil and Grant. |
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Who is Mo Butcher?
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As soon as I saw the title of the thread LOU came straight to mind, she was bloomin' terrifying!
Pauline could have definitely followed in her footsteps if they hadn't pretty much destroyed the character before she was killed off.Peggy and Pat were also good matriarchs but I suppose the matriarch now is Dot. |
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Who is Mo Butcher?
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I'm so glad to see Pat back in the lead where she deserves
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I went for Pat.
I'd say Zainab was a good attempt at one though. |
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Peggy followed by pat, hated Pauline she was just a miserable cow!
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[quote=Lewi26;68710559]Peggy followed by pat, hated Pauline she was just a miserable cow![/QUOTE]
Just laughed at that
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[quote=dan2008;68710588] Quote:
Peggy followed by pat, hated Pauline she was just a miserable cow![/QUOTE]
Just laughed at that ![]()
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[quote=Lewi26;68710657] Quote:
It's true! Never liked the po faced joyless whinge bag ![]() ![]()
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[quote=dan2008;68710722] Quote:
I thought you'd both get on like an house on fire
![]() ![]() ![]() The cheek! I'm the happiest person in the world, I even praised eastenders every day last week
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[quote=Lewi26;68710788] Quote:
![]() The cheek! I'm the happiest person in the world, I even praised eastenders every day last week ![]() Care to share?
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[quote=dan2008;68710817] Quote:
Something must of happened to you last week for you to be in a rare good mood and to praise EastEnders.
Care to share? ![]()
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[quote=Lewi26;68710863] Quote:
I either got laid or the monkeys at the BBC decided finally pull there fingers out there arses and give us a few decent eps... You decide ![]()
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[quote=dan2008;68710893] Quote:
You praised it 5 times in one week so both I should think.....
![]() well when your a hot piece of arse like me... ![]() I didn't watch tonight's ep but heard it was back to the same old bollocks? Anyway Daniel stop going off topic - were talking about matriarchs here! |
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