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Old 16-09-2014, 23:23
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People moan when EastEnders drag things on , and now they are moaning about the fire happening too quickly. Personally I thought the episode was brilliant and I am glad EE didn't drag it on for the whole week. Really looking forward to the aftermath, poor Kat
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Old 17-09-2014, 09:56
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People moaning about EastEnders, well I never.
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Old 17-09-2014, 10:04
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People moaning about EastEnders, well I never.
This! It's always going to happen. I love it at the minute though.
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Old 17-09-2014, 10:05
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What people dont realise is in real life fire spread very quickly it doesnt take a few day to get it started 😂
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Old 17-09-2014, 10:37
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I thought the build up was rushed (e.g. Mo only showing up in the episode of the fire, when she is at least partially responsible for the rent, as the house is in her name and it's written so she's supposed to live there even though we don't see her that much; not showing much of Alfie's difficulty in getting a job. If he'd almost secured a bar job (and we'd seen him get a number of other rejections) but Phil had decided to get one up on him and deliberately give a bad reference, I think there'd be more sympathy for Alfie.)

The fire itself I think was only rushed in that the action was really only in the last 10 minutes. I agree with not dragging it out all week, but I think it should have played more of a part in that episode. Mo was also a let down. Roxy seemed more bothered that Kat and Alfie were in there, and no-one was commenting on the horrific possibity that three kids could have been left orphaned.
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Old 17-09-2014, 10:38
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It just makes me laugh when people moan about it, it's like they could do a better job at running EE!
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Old 17-09-2014, 10:40
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Mo was in monday's episode, she didnt just turn up.
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Old 17-09-2014, 11:13
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What people dont realise is in real life fire spread very quickly it doesnt take a few day to get it started 😂
I don't think that's what they mean.

It's the fact that Johnny and Peter ran into the fire, came out seconds later, and Alfie not long after. No lives were at risk, Mick didn't really seem bothered about Johnny going in. I was hoping one of them wouldn't come out, then I would've been more interested.

Also, Stacey & Lilly's belongings were in that house. Stacey didn't seem all that bothered about it all.
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Old 17-09-2014, 11:19
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Firstly I thought the fire took too long to spread, that could have happened quicker, Alfie should have sold that Wembley 1966 signed framed Football shirt, he could have got a fair sack for that.

And I didn't get why they were on about where would Dot stay Carol has a tardis with plenty of room.

But apart from tbat what a good ep
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Old 17-09-2014, 11:54
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Mo was in monday's episode, she didnt just turn up.
She did in the sense that we've had a few weeks of looming eviction, financial problems (and her name on the paperwork) and Mo absent. Stacey was helping and she's only just got out of prison. If that late rent was nothing to do with someone, it was her.
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Old 17-09-2014, 11:59
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I don't think that's what they mean.

It's the fact that Johnny and Peter ran into the fire, came out seconds later, and Alfie not long after. No lives were at risk, Mick didn't really seem bothered about Johnny going in. I was hoping one of them wouldn't come out, then I would've been more interested.

Also, Stacey & Lilly's belongings were in that house. Stacey didn't seem all that bothered about it all.
I think Stacey was more worried about Kat and Alfie then hers and lilys belongings, someones life is more valuable than belongings that can be replace.
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Old 17-09-2014, 12:01
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The only complaint I have is that Mo (the reason the rent was late in the first place) has been absent during most of this storyline and then suddenly reappears on Monday just in time to sell some dodgy hairspray that causes the explosion in the first place. Poor consistancy.
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Old 17-09-2014, 13:23
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The only complaint I have is that Mo (the reason the rent was late in the first place) has been absent during most of this storyline and then suddenly reappears on Monday just in time to sell some dodgy hairspray that causes the explosion in the first place. Poor consistancy.
I understand what you are saying. Just like someone else has put up here, we never really saw Alfie's struggle with his job hunt. They could have given that more attention. Other than that I am loving EE right now.
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Old 17-09-2014, 13:29
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I think the writing for Alfie has been pretty bad in the build up - I don't feel any sympathy for him at all as he has hardly covered himself in glory in the last few weeks. But last night's episode was great.

Stacey's return has perhaps distracted attention from the story a bit, but I'm happy to wait and watch the aftermath as if it's handled properly it could be fantastic.
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Old 17-09-2014, 13:53
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Hasn't Alfie been running around like a headless chicken for most of this year looking for a job? we may not have seen much of it but every time he's been on it's been something to do with getting a job and supporting his family. This all goes back to when he started working on the market, was sacked from the market, and then had that rant at Aleks the other week.

As far as getting another bar job goes he isn't that experienced. He may have blagged his way into the vic through Peggy but elsewhere he would really have to prove his credentials as bar manager and that would be too much hard work to someone like Alfie.

Was it entirely Mo's fault the rent wasn't being paid? if she spends a lot of time with Fat Elvis then surely the onus is on Kat and Alfie to maintain the payments. While not the principal tenants, I assume they are official tenants as Mo's family.
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Old 17-09-2014, 14:36
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Hasn't Alfie been running around like a headless chicken for most of this year looking for a job? we may not have seen much of it but every time he's been on it's been something to do with getting a job and supporting his family. This all goes back to when he started working on the market, was sacked from the market, and then had that rant at Aleks the other week.

As far as getting another bar job goes he isn't that experienced. He may have blagged his way into the vic through Peggy but elsewhere he would really have to prove his credentials as bar manager and that would be too much hard work to someone like Alfie.

Was it entirely Mo's fault the rent wasn't being paid? if she spends a lot of time with Fat Elvis then surely the onus is on Kat and Alfie to maintain the payments. While not the principal tenants, I assume they are official tenants as Mo's family.
Not entirely her fault no, but it's written so that we are supposed to believe she's there more often than we see her. (E.g. She went missing during the episode of Kat's baby shower.) We only don't see her more because she's a guest character and is paid by the episode. On that basis, she should contribute.

The big thing about Mo and the rent was that it was mentioned that though Alfie knew they were behind with the rent, Mo had said she would sort it, and it was more in arrears than Alfie knew of. It was never followed up, but if that was the case, Mo shouldn't have taken responsibility to sort it only to allow it to get more behind. Kat lived in the house previously and Mo was seen badgering Kat (and Michael and Alice who also lived there) for the rent. It's a bit inconsistent that she was so on top of it then, yet has now let it slide. If Kat and Alfie weren't giving her their share of the money, why hasn't she moaned about it?
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Old 17-09-2014, 16:43
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They could have made it clear That Alfies criminal convi tions and a lack of references meant it was hard cor him to get a job
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Old 17-09-2014, 17:22
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Sadly this soaps forum has descended into a farcical comments board from either childish posters or in fact children. I would love to know the average age of forum members as the age of when we use to have well thought out debate between members is long gone.

Most threads turn into name calling or trolling of sorts, usually backed up by no real substance or evidence.

I've been posting less and less over the past year and am now at the point where I'll go elsewhere. Such a shame as these pages use to be a fun place to hang out.
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Old 17-09-2014, 17:36
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Sadly this soaps forum has descended into a farcical comments board from either childish posters or in fact children. I would love to know the average age of forum members as the age of when we use to have well thought out debate between members is long gone.

Most threads turn into name calling or trolling of sorts, usually backed up by no real substance or evidence.

I've been posting less and less over the past year and am now at the point where I'll go elsewhere. Such a shame as these pages use to be a fun place to hang out.
No you need to stay, you're a great poster. The debates are still here
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Old 17-09-2014, 18:15
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No you need to stay, you're a great poster. The debates are still here
Well when people reference a shows Facebook page or Twitter as their point of reference I see red. This is usually followed by a comparison to what's currently going on in Hollyoaks and a statement about what their school friends say.
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Old 17-09-2014, 18:24
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Well when people reference a shows Facebook page or Twitter as their point of reference I see red. This is usually followed by a comparison to what's currently going on in Hollyoaks and a statement about what their school friends say.
I tend to ignore those posts as much as possible. There's still a great community here and we need to build on that rather than being pushed away
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Old 17-09-2014, 18:30
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If it helps, I think the quality of discussion took a huge turn for the positive when the summer soap lull was over. Whether the downturn in discussion was due to the annual soap shutdown where none of them seem to bother with storylines, or due to the school holidays meaning the children were out in full force, is another matter.

Several long-overdue bans got rid of some of the unsavoury types, though it looks like Mo and Uncle Quentin have sadly been victims of that string of bans Mo is still banned and UQ doesn't appear to have been back since his expired.
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Old 17-09-2014, 18:37
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Perhaps not but it could make an effort.
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Old 17-09-2014, 18:44
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If it helps, I think the quality of discussion took a huge turn for the positive when the summer soap lull was over. Whether the downturn in discussion was due to the annual soap shutdown where none of them seem to bother with storylines, or due to the school holidays meaning the children were out in full force, is another matter.

Several long-overdue bans got rid of some of the unsavoury types, though it looks like Mo and Uncle Quentin have sadly been victims of that string of bans Mo is still banned and UQ doesn't appear to have been back since his expired.
No way? What on earth were they banned for? Being funny? It would take a lot for me to report someone. A few posts wishing a horrible death on Ian Beale certainly wouldn't do it!
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Old 17-09-2014, 21:15
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You'll never get 100% unity in opinions about anything
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