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Eastenders Jumping the Shark tonight
Kathy has had both sons think she was dead for 10 years. Then she just "walks out of the shower" back into the show.
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Kathy has had both sons think she was dead for 10 years. Then she just "walks out of the shower" back into the show.
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nah wait til they explain it first
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Stupid decision to grab ratings, now they ave to bring her back for good, if they dont it will look even more ridiculous. really cant believe that someone high up thought it was a good decision. they have ripped EE to shreds in doing so.
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I'll wait for the explanation first, but yes it is a bit ridiculous. People generally don't come back from the dead
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Stupid decision to grab ratings, now they ave to bring her back for good, if they dont it will look even more ridiculous. really cant believe that someone high up thought it was a good decision. they have ripped EE to shreds in doing so.
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It's not new territory for EE. They brought back Dirty Den after all and he was proper dead in the canal. Ok we didn't see him actually die and no body was ever found but it was implied he was shot dead.
What I don't like is how random it's been.. no build up.. no indication of how Phil has even been in touch with her.. no hint of anything. So it feels like she's been forced into things. This whole week has felt very forced which is a shame. |
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I'd say it was more implausible with Den because they found his body and put an end to it.
Kathy never died on screen and she was buried before Ian even got there. So it did always open up the chance this could happen. |
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I'm going to wait for the explanation first as opposed to judging (I know that's not possible for some). A lot more plausible than Den though who we saw getting shot
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There are plausible explanations. I bet similar things have happened in real life.
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I get a bit bored of people saying soaps have to be realistic and 'plausible', its just a bit of escapism, no?
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Stupid decision to grab ratings, now they ave to bring her back for good, if they dont it will look even more ridiculous. really cant believe that someone high up thought it was a good decision. they have ripped EE to shreds in doing so.
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Stupid decision to grab ratings, now they ave to bring her back for good, if they dont it will look even more ridiculous. really cant believe that someone high up thought it was a good decision. they have ripped EE to shreds in doing so.
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Originally Posted by 2shy2007;77036920[B
]Stupid decision to grab ratings,[/b] now they ave to bring her back for good, if they dont it will look even more ridiculous. really cant believe that someone high up thought it was a good decision. they have ripped EE to shreds in doing so.
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How was it to grab ratings when it was a secret? I reckon the cast didn't even know as it was shown live
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I think EE got the idea from 'Scandal'.
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They bought Dirty Den back so they can do this. She is worth jumping the shark for. We can't bring Pat back and Cindy is harder to explain as she died in childbirth. Kathy died in South Africa, by the time Ian would have got there for the funeral maybe he would not have seen her body, or maybe she had been buried etc.
The show needs a strong woman, Ian has lost his daughter and likely his wife again - they needed to balance that. |
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It hasn't jumped the shark!
If we took that attitude, EE jumped the shark when Kirkwood wrote the baby swap storyline. In fact, his entire stint on the show. Most off screen deaths on soaps, particularly of major characters, always have the door open. Kate Harwood might have intended it to be for real, but she didn't bank on the fact that nothing was ever shown on TV. If that's the case it has allowed Dom to retcon. |
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Ridiculous. Very silly indeed.
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Let's see how it develops first before bashing it.
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Hardly jumping the shark. For that to happen there would have to be no plausible explanation. Obviously there is in this case. Not to mention she was 'killed' off screen and ian never saw her body because apparently she already got buried so there was set up for her to return. I really do believe that DTC has thought this out really well and wouldn't have risked bringing her back without a very good explanation as to why.
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Kathy's death never made much sense. She dies off screen so there's always been the possibility that she could return. The time lapse makes it a bit more difficult but it's worth it to have Kathy back!
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How was it to grab ratings when it was a secret? I reckon the cast didn't even know as it was shown live
Exactly.Viewers said they would forgive EastEnders for bringing her back. Kathy was one character that should never have been killed off. |
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Yeah, because no other soap ever does that, I knew you would say something like that, really surprised you still watch EE, you clearly don't like it.
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How was it to grab ratings when it was a secret? I reckon the cast didn't even know as it was shown live
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