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Time no longer exists in EastEnders
Tonight's episode (9th October) was set on Sunday 28th September, the day after Phil and Sharon's wedding.
Walford is now 11 days behind the rest of the world; it no longer follows the laws of soap time, for soon either it will be permanently out of date or a period of real time will no longer exist (with no effect on story time). ![]() However, the episodes have been phenomenal even if the jump "back up to date" will likely never be directly referenced on screen.
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I reckon there will be a big jump soon, they are aware of it, tuesdays ep did have a phone calender say it was only 28th.
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I reckon there will be a big jump soon, they are aware of it, tuesdays ep did have a phone calender say it was only 28th.
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It's shocking! We've barely moved since DTC began.
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You reckon? I would like the jump to be referenced but soaps rarely do this when it gets very behind.
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You reckon? I would like the jump to be referenced but soaps rarely do this when it gets very behind.
EastEnders will be 'Real time' again. This is not the first time EastEnders has had a number of episodes set on one day and then the follow ups being the next day. |
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They will. Doctors does it a lot.
EastEnders will be 'Real time' again. This is not the first time EastEnders has had a number of episodes set on one day and then the follow ups being the next day. At some point Linda will wake up after a night's sleep and the date will be a week later, but she'll feel the same. etc. |
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There was no major cliffhanger tonight!! The last few weeks have had episodes end on major cliffhangers for them to continue when the next episode begins! I'd imagine it will be 2 weeks later from tomorrow onwards!
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They have Halloween as a must catch up period.
Althought that is three weeks away yet |
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This means we will be having Christmas day when Eastenders will still be a week behind
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Ha ha! Reminds me of when Sunset Beach had a wedding day that spanned over about two weeks.
Sons & Daughters used to skip time by putting on-screen: "Two Months Later" or whatever. Crossroads Mark III did similar and had a caption: "One Year Later" in which the entire Hotel, staff and management were all new!! |
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If you add up all the days Eastenders have skipped from the start its roughly 1995 in Walford. We're living in the future
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I thought I was seeing things when it said September28th on Linda's phone.
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It's officially Groundhog Day.
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It's not as far behind as Downton...
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It's so funny! In EastEnders time, the fire was a week ago!:O
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It's a bit like when Neighbours has its season finale, and it's Christmas, but when it returns picking up the cliffhanger (and being the same day), Christmas is no more.
Usually in these incidences, it's best not to reference the date. |
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It's so funny! In EastEnders time, the fire was a week ago!:O
![]() Would be so cool to get a "2 weeks later" caption. |
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I suspect if we kept track of the dates from New Years Day on screen, for the whole year, we would very quickly find time is screwed up, but we would find that out about the other soaps as well.
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It was announced that the drama would be taking place over a few days
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I don't think the jump in time was acknowledged as expected
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This is hilarious!
![]() So it's still 3 weeks ago? ![]()
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This is hilarious!
![]() So it's still 3 weeks ago? ![]() ![]() |
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I've often wondered if they bother keeping track of the days in soaps. Sometimes on a Monday it's obvious that a few days have passed since Friday's duff duff but have they really skipped a week or so where we're supposed to believe nothing of note happened, and it's now more than 3 weeks since the Linda and Dean thing?
I suppose it's a soap, it doesn't matter.
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I've often wondered if they bother keeping track of the days in soaps. Sometimes on a Monday it's obvious that a few days have passed since Friday's duff duff but have they really skipped a week or so where we're supposed to believe nothing of note happened, and it's now more than 3 weeks since the Linda and Dean thing?
I suppose it's a soap, it doesn't matter. ![]() |
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