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Old 30-08-2014, 10:19
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Linda's constant miserable face has really made me go off her lately. I started off quite liking her when she was all sunny and enthusiastic about life, but she's been a bit of a harridan lately and has become rather unlikeable.

I've done my best to try and warm to Mick, but I have never really liked Danny Dyer, so I've struggled to overcome my negativity towards him. I really feel nothing for his character at all and was unmoved by his struggles with swimming.

If these characters were not centre of the show's plots as owners of the Queen Vic, I would tolerate them, but they are going to be hogging the screen for years to come by the sounds of it.
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Old 30-08-2014, 11:23
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Yes Linda should have been a lot more jolly about the fact her husband has a criminal conviction just to protect a man they barely know.
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Old 30-08-2014, 11:24
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Yes Linda should have been a lot more jolly about the fact her husband has a criminal conviction just to protect a man they barely know.
Why does everyone have to be sarcastic on this forum ?
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Old 30-08-2014, 11:34
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It's a relief that they're not Mr & Mrs Perfect. Mick treated his family with complete disregard and is paying the price. Linda is being a drama queen, but this is so her way...Johnny is very much like her. It's nice to see the cracks appearing.
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Old 30-08-2014, 11:42
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I think it's because they literally have no friends between the entire family. Not one. Not a single cordial relationship. Friendships take up too much time that could otherwise be spent singing and dressing up for their mother.
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Old 30-08-2014, 12:08
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On a more positive note, I like Linda's friendship with Sharon.
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Old 30-08-2014, 12:24
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Linda is becoming seriously annoying tbh. If this is how she is acting now then i wonder how she would treat Mick if it was him who slept with Rainie!

She cares way too much about what other people think, which is highly irritating. She gets influenced easily.
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Old 30-08-2014, 12:33
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I still don't get why it's such a big deal that they aren't really married and it has to be kept secret from the kids.
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Old 30-08-2014, 12:33
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The entire family leave me cold. They are EE's answer to ED's Spencer clan.
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Old 30-08-2014, 12:34
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On a more positive note, I like Linda's friendship with Sharon.
I'm hoping that Sharon shoots Phil and then the whole square find out that not only did Linda know she had a gun but knew that she was out for revenge on Phil. Mick covering up for Ian will seem small fry compared to her covering up for Sharon.
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Old 30-08-2014, 13:21
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It's the constant having to cheer up Linda that is getting tiresome.

The problem between Mick and Linda is they seem to be laying bare the cracks in the foundation between their relationship.

Mick's seemly indifference for his 'wife' and family at times in putting other people before them well specifically her, he also is slow or even non existent in defending her with his family it obvious this is leading to a separation at some point.
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Old 30-08-2014, 19:04
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I find Mick having to constantly cheer Linda up and make everything better every other episode boring. Why can't he just leave her alone and let her work through it herself? She's not exactly emotionally fragile. The way Mick made his kids not attend the Notting Hill Carnival so they could throw together a "Walford Carnival" to cheer Linda up was seriously lame.

I get why Mick covered for Ian - his daughter has just been murdered - although I think he went too far pleading guilty. I also get why Linda is pissed - public humiliation is a bitch - but the truth is out now, so what exactly is she still sour about? I think the whole family overreacts. Nancy overreacted to the whole mess as well.
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Old 30-08-2014, 20:35
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I use to like them, now they are just a chore to watch. Mick and the whole martyr act was annoying to watch and I don't like the ott saint act. I understand Linda being pissed off, but even before that she stands at the bar with a constipated look on her face as if she dreads being there. I agree with the comments about Mick constantly trying to cheer Linda up is tiresome, considering most soap hubbys Linda is the luckiest one of them all.
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Old 30-08-2014, 20:55
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I think Linda is a fantastic character. I could see her running that pub for years. Mick, despite my love for Danny Dyer in other projects, has become one of the most tiresome and bland major characters in the show's history. He's essentially Alfie lite. I agree with all those who say Mick is the glue that holds the Carters together but it is not because he's a brilliant and interesting character. Obivously The Carters will fall apart when he's gone but I don't necessarily think that means Linda has to anywhere. She's a diamond of a character and not one to let go of. Her marriage troubles with Mick are boring but Danny Dyer won't be in Eastenders forever I'm sure.
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Old 30-08-2014, 20:56
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I like mick and linda. They are great together.
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Old 30-08-2014, 21:15
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I think Linda is a fantastic character. I could see her running that pub for years. Mick, despite my love for Danny Dyer in other projects, has become one of the most tiresome and bland major characters in the show's history. He's essentially Alfie lite. I agree with all those who say Mick is the glue that holds the Carters together but it is not because he's a brilliant and interesting character. Obivously The Carters will fall apart when he's gone but I don't necessarily think that means Linda has to anywhere. She's a diamond of a character and not one to let go of. Her marriage troubles with Mick are boring but Danny Dyer won't be in Eastenders forever I'm sure.
She's just not tough enough IMO. She'd rather sulk than confront her problems, run away than fight. The best Landladies are always as tough as old boots. She whines about Mick keeping secrets but hasn't confided in Mick about Sharon having a gun or planning to fleece Phil let alone told him she's being sexually harassed by Dean. All these things could have backfire on her and her family. I do like her but she does need to toughen up and grow up. Just lately it's felt as though Nancy is the adult in that family.
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Old 30-08-2014, 21:21
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The carters just annoy me now, they were so much better with tina, shirley, mick, linda, johnny, nancy shirley and Stan, now there's just way too many of them, and they literally think they run the place, every single one of them is wormed into every storyline/scene, it's so pathetic... Can't wait till they take a backseat and characters like stacey, ronnie, nick, phil, and sharon are taking centre stage!
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Old 30-08-2014, 21:30
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She's just not tough enough IMO. She'd rather sulk than confront her problems, run away than fight. The best Landladies are always as tough as old boots. She whines about Mick keeping secrets but hasn't confided in Mick about Sharon having a gun or planning to fleece Phil let alone told him she's being sexually harassed by Dean. All these things could have backfire on her and her family. I do like her but she does need to toughen up and grow up. Just lately it's felt as though Nancy is the adult in that family.
You'll get no argument from me. I think Linda seriously needs to grow up and start acting like a woman instead of a little girl. She's lived with her mother her whole life so she's probably been babied the whole time. This is the first time she and Mick have had to go it alone like grown ups. I hope Linda will develop into a strong person eventally but I do like her vulnerable side. I completely agree about Nancy being the adult in the family.
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Old 30-08-2014, 21:36
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You'll get no argument from me. I think Linda seriously needs to grow up and start acting like a woman instead of a little girl. She's lived with her mother her whole life so she's probably been babied the whole time. This is the first time she and Mick have had to go it alone like grown ups. I hope Linda will develop into a strong person eventally but I do like her vulnerable side. I completely agree about Nancy being the adult in the family.
You disappoint me The main thing is that the potential is there for her to be a great Landlady but she needs an injection of Pat Butcher.
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Old 30-08-2014, 21:41
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You disappoint me The main thing is that the potential is there for her to be a great Landlady but she needs an injection of Pat Butcher.
She's getting regular injections of Sharon Watts so she'll be fine
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Old 30-08-2014, 21:45
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She's getting regular injections of Sharon Watts so she'll be fine
Yeuk.
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Old 30-08-2014, 21:53
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I like them. They are brilliant and could become really iconic.
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Old 30-08-2014, 22:00
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I like Mick but don't like Linda. I don't like her favouritism of Johnny over the rest of her kids and I don't like the way she's constantly depressed/moaning/whining. She was entitled to be over the Ian stuff, but it's getting old now.
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Old 31-08-2014, 07:25
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This is a copy from my " the carters need to go now" thread... Can't stand them. Crappest move ever bringing them in. Would love to know which idiot thought this family would increase ratings and if they're regretting it now - not that they'd admit it...

Mick's constant rhyming slang is ridiculous!
Mick and Linda having 3 kids that look the same age as them is stupid
Lee is an idiot and the "one minute soldier one minute lad back in the square" thing is confusing - he's rubbish anyway
Er Johnny is gay. What else? Crap character
Nancy talks, walks, acts, dresses like a 5 year old (basketball player!). Awful.
And the dad they hate has just moved in after years of being estranged - just like that!
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Old 31-08-2014, 08:05
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Linda's being very annoying and over the top, her miserable face is starting to do my head in. Friday's episode seems to be suggesting that she's questioning whether to stay with Mick, which I find laughable.
I don't really get the whole thing of him being so inconsiderate to his family and putting someone he hardly knows first. He thought, and had reason to think, the whole thing would discreetly go away, he had no way of knowing how things would turn out. He didn't think his family would be affected.
Mick hadn't only just met Ian, he'd known him for about 7 months and they were becoming friends, and Ian had helped him. I think Mick was trying to do a kind and noble thing to help a man who had suffered a terrible loss, even though he didn't approve of Ian's behaviour.
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