Sorry if I got anyone's hopes up with the thread title. No I don't know what it is, I thought I would make this thread so we could speculate on it. Bobby being revealed as Lucy's killer? Something to do with Kathy? or could it be another Carter Christmas?. What you reckon?

Guaranteed it will miserable whatever happens.

Would we want it any other way?

Kathy could turn up on Christmas Day and then say Merry Christmas everyone with everybody in shock except the Carters

Probably won't shock anyone who didn't know her which is going to be the bulk of post-2000 characters, except for Jane who supposedly met her off screen.

I reckon Kathy will find out about Bobby killing Lucy. That'll be where the main drama comes from.

Could Mick and Linda's wedding be the backdrop? I sincerely hope not.

Hopefully the drama will be intercut with some normal and happy scenes of other characters having their little Christmas day issues. 2013 got that balance excellently. Last year, not so much.

There are loads of things they could cover:

Bobby/Lucy reveal
Ben/Paul reveal
Kathy reveal
Gavin/Sharon reveal
Lauren's return
Dean's comeuppance
Stacey key reveal

For me it's all about the Beales and Mitchells this December. I get excited just thinking about what an explosive festive season it could be.

Carter/ Dean Drama. Kat and Alfie Come back ? More Beale stuff. A wedding Might he Stacey and Martin. Vincent kills someone

I don't think Kat and Alfie will be back not this year anyway.

I think it's very possible they may be back for a week or so at most around the festive season .

Aargh! Christmas already!

I predict:

Inspired by observing Denny and Amy watching Rapunzel and despairing of life with Phil, Sharon ties all her hair extensions and wigs together and flings her new 20 foot hair over the Albert balcony in the hope that someone will save her.

Alas the plan goes horribly wrong when Billy starts climbing up her terrific 20 foot tresses. In disgust her extensions recoil and he plunges tragically to his death. It’s not all bad news though as Tina is walking underneath at the time drunkenly singing about Sonia's tits and breaks his fall.

Shirley is invited to go on Who Do You Think You Are? But the project descends into chaos when DTC sneaks in and adds 300 relatives to her family tree.

Jane is chosen to advertise the new range of Nissan Micras. She says "As a busy mum of 3, er I mean 2, I like to ensure that my car of choice has plenty of boot space."

Abi goes to see Ben who has somehow got a second job with the Cokers. She is somewhat perturbed when she hears Paul giggling and sees a sign that says "If the coffin's a rockin' Don't come knockin!"

Kathy grabs Ian and says "Come With Me if You Want To Live!" She reveals she is a Terminator come to rescue Lucy Beale from the forces of Skynet who have been sent to kill her in the guise of a brat in blue pyjamas. Ian starts blubbing and screams that Lucy was killed last year and shuffled onto the common. He asks why she's a year late. Kathy responds that she was delayed in a layby, then ended up in Canary Wharf.

Bobby and Denny duel to the death for hegemony of the Square. Denny is winning until Bobby strikes a fatal blow with Beth's My Little Pony. Sharon moonwalks in and screams "Denny are you ok? are you ok Denny? Denny are you ok, are you ok, are you ok, are you ok Denny?! Denny are you ok? are you ok Denny? Denny are you ok, are you ok, are you ok, are you ok Denny?! You been hit by, you been struck by a smooth criminal!"

Love it

Brilliant! DTC give that Man/Woman a job!

Especially love Sharon releasing her inner Michael Jackson

Sharon needs big xmas.

Ta EE Fan and Ash. I have a really dull spreadsheet I'm desperately trying to finish but threads like this keep me coming back to DS!

I agree Adrian. I hope she has a decent Christmas.

In more explosive Rapey Dean drama, Shirley will go over the Vic on Xmas eve and try to make amends with Mick, but then he'll tell her she wants nothing to do with her as she's protecting her rapist son. Then, before the duff duff, Tina will get a bit upset with Mick and say she just wants christmas to be perfect and ask Mick to sort it aaaaaht with Shirl.

The nation will spend all of christmas night tossing and turning, fathoming whether Mick will sort it before Linda and Elaine serve the big family dinner the next day. As the christmas episode opens, we see Mick approach the B&B, and knock on the door. Denise will probably open it, unless she's still too half-cut from the 7 bottles of 'medicinal' Rioca the night before, and make some snarky remark about not being the Carters messenger.

In the explosive, tension filled second half, Mick will walk into the front room of the B&B, see Buster, Shirley, and Rapey opening their presents, and storm out. Tina will get a bit upset and say she just wants christmas to be perfect and ask Shirl to sort it aaaaaht with Mick. But will Shirley make it to the Vic to sort it before Linda's finished the dinner?!

I can't wait.

Sadly, this probably isn't too far from the truth

I'm going to say Stacey and Martin baby born

Yes, I can actually see it panning out like this.

Downton's final blockbuster episode will trample all over EastEnders this year, no matter what DTC decides to serve up. Oh well.

yeah, I think they will be back for a few weeks find out about Kat's son then trot off to Ireland for the spin off

I could see the Kathy plot being dragged out that long, hopefully we do see her a few more times before then, even if its only with Phil.

This has made my day

I thought Tina had forgotten she was a carter since she shacked up with Sonia

think we will have a beale/mitchell xmas dinner going on resulting in Sharon and the dead woman having a bit of a fisticuffs before Lucy walks in bold as brass. If Kathy is not dead how can Pat or Lucy be?

there will be the normal carter falling out and making nice and the truemans/hubbards being rocked by the revelation that patrick and claudette are getting wed.

of course there wont be any more cast left by then so it will be alternating between the three stories

I think it's high time DTC gave you a job as scriptwriter!

It would be good if they showed cartoon emotions in the characters' heads, like Inside Out, I can just imagine Bobby Beale with a little red anger with flames coming out of his head!

Incidently, Anger off Inside Out reminds me of Phil Mitchell!