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killing off lucy beale for this utter shambles |
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killing off lucy beale for this utter shambles
for me to justify taking a beale twin out the show for good the storyline had to be perfect, it had to be brought to a satisfactory end as well. what did we get? bobby not even a poper character beale killing lucy, that completely ruined it imo, I'm not the only one either all over facebook people were saying what a letdown!
then its gets much worse as he has ruined so many characters by letting so many of them find out but all agree to protect the murderer bobby beale! even lauren said nothing until it was too late! utter **** up lucy beale should still be in the show, she was young she could have went on to become a real soap bitch, or who knows there were so many possibilitys for her. the block storytelling as well its a different show every bloody week!. I really hope he isn't planning onmaking mick a murderer! the carters were good until he decide to make dean a rapist! ruined dean as well. |
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So true. second only to killing off Pat in truly awful EP decision making.
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I agree. Lucy became a great character in the run up to her death. Ian,Jane,Phil,Sharon and Lauren have all been ruined now.
Agree on the block storytelling too, it's like an anthology show with Albert Square being the constant. |
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So true. second only to killing off Pat in truly awful EP decision making.
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Totally love the Lucy storyline and DTC did the right thing in my view. It has definitely paid off, and undoubtedly it was risk, but it's been engaging, infuriating, sad and utterly hilarious in parts, all of which are good signs of decent story telling. Thanks
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I agree. Lucy became a great character in the run up to her death. Ian,Jane,Phil,Sharon and Lauren have all been ruined now.
Agree on the block storytelling too, it's like an anthology show with Albert Square being the constant. is he secretly trying to destroy the show?
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So true. second only to killing off Pat in truly awful EP decision making.
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Totally agree OP, what a load of rubbish.
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I think Lucy had so much potential i think they killed her off too soon
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I think Lucy had so much potential i think they killed her off too soon
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I think Lucy had so much potential i think they killed her off too soon
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I think all this frustration at how certain aspects of the storyline have went only suggests that this storyline has been a success, whether its good feedback or bad people are talking about it
![]() I really don't think it's fair to say that killing of Lucy was a mistake, just because she was beale didn't mean she was a legendary character like Pat, Kathy, Cindy Sr. etc... I for one am enjoying it overall, but there are certain aspects to it that has been frustrating to me too, the storyline isn't perfect but there's no such thing as a perfect storyline there never has been and there never will be
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I think all this frustration at how certain aspects of the storyline have went only suggests that this storyline has been a success, whether its good feedback or bad people are talking about it
![]() I really don't think it's fair to say that killing of Lucy was a mistake, just because she was beale didn't mean she was a legendary character like Pat, Kathy, Cindy Sr. etc... I for one am enjoying it overall, but there are certain aspects to it that has been frustrating to me too, the storyline isn't perfect but there's no such thing as a perfect storyline there never has been and there never will be ![]() |
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I am so fed up of this story now i wish bobby would just go postal and kill everyone on the whole square.
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As I've written elsewhere on the forum, the who killed Lucy storyline was actually a really good idea and the build up to her death and then the subsequent build up to the reveal were fantastic. As someone who had actually stopped watching eastenders, I don't mind admitting that the storyline drew me back in.
However, the reveal of the killer as Bobby Beale was one of the biggest let downs in soap history. Here was all this build up and tension and the killer was a kid in his pyjamas with a music box. It was a total waste. as viewers we might have felt less cheated if Bobby had featured a bit more in the show or if it was a character that we actually had some rapport with. but even worse than that was the ridiculous pantomime that was to follow with Ian accepting and forgiving in less than half an hour the fact Jane had put his daughter in the boot and dumped her on the common. Then the farce of Jane and Ian coercing people to go along with their lie at the expense of reason, sanity, truth and clear judgement. That so many people would be willing to lie to cover up for bobby is just stupid. Whilst I don't agree with Ian and Jane's actions you can understand what the writers were trying to do with them, but for everyone else - Cindy, Liam, Sharon, Lauren, Peter and even Phil - it just tarnishes their character with no good reason in the name of sensationalism. For me, I think they shouldn't have done the big killer reveal, they should have proceeded to have max go to trial and be found guilty and then we'd have had the element of whether or not we should feel sorry for him as we wouldn't have known if he was guilty or not. If they had kept jake wood's return a secret we could have even been led to believe that he'd really left the show. Imagine the Explosions then when it's found out bobby was the killer and max was innocent? We'd be right there with the residents of Albert Square then, telling from the shock of the injustice of it all! |
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don't worry folks this storyline will conclude in november ...
... 2028. bobby is in his 30's and confesses to ... ... lucy, who returned to the square in 2027 after faking her own death back in 2015 to escape all the drug and family woes, but then ... ... bobby confesses to lucy he's not really bobby, he's ... ... tiffany mitchell, or was. tiffany faked her own death in 1998 to get away from all her family woes, realised she was a man trapped in a woman's body so underwent gender reassignment. the only person tiffany (now timothy) felt they could trust with this secret when they returned to the square was (the real) bobby ... but bobby threatened to tell ... ...peggy mitchell who had returned to the square so tiffany, oops sorry timothy had to kill (the real) bobby to shut him up. timothy (previously tiffany) then had plastic surgery to look like bobby and, as a final twist of the knife to the dead (real) bobby he decided to confess to lucy but immediately after the confession he feels a wave of guilt wash over him for landing the (real but dead) bobby in it so confesses to being timothy (previously tiffany) but then ... ... lucy confesses she's not really lucy, she's ... ... den watts, who faked his death (again) in 2005 to get away from all his family woes, but then ... okay, i'll stop
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Definitely agree. I really started to warm to her and connect with her in the weeks leading up to her death. She became extremely relatable and I personally started to feel really sorry for her and wanted to see more of her character. I understand this was obviously done on purpose to make her death more shocking but she had such potential to be a great character that could have also been a long running cast member. I do wonder if DTC regrets the decision now Ben Hardy has left too, it just feels like a waste to make a big deal of killing one of Ian's twins then the other one leaves anyway, with the only chance of return in the near future being a recast.
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As I've written elsewhere on the forum, the who killed Lucy storyline was actually a really good idea and the build up to her death and then the subsequent build up to the reveal were fantastic. As someone who had actually stopped watching eastenders, I don't mind admitting that the storyline drew me back in.
However, the reveal of the killer as Bobby Beale was one of the biggest let downs in soap history. Here was all this build up and tension and the killer was a kid in his pyjamas with a music box. It was a total waste. as viewers we might have felt less cheated if Bobby had featured a bit more in the show or if it was a character that we actually had some rapport with. but even worse than that was the ridiculous pantomime that was to follow with Ian accepting and forgiving in less than half an hour the fact Jane had put his daughter in the boot and dumped her on the common. Then the farce of Jane and Ian coercing people to go along with their lie at the expense of reason, sanity, truth and clear judgement. That so many people would be willing to lie to cover up for bobby is just stupid. Whilst I don't agree with Ian and Jane's actions you can understand what the writers were trying to do with them, but for everyone else - Cindy, Liam, Sharon, Lauren, Peter and even Phil - it just tarnishes their character with no good reason in the name of sensationalism. For me, I think they shouldn't have done the big killer reveal, they should have proceeded to have max go to trial and be found guilty and then we'd have had the element of whether or not we should feel sorry for him as we wouldn't have known if he was guilty or not. If they had kept jake wood's return a secret we could have even been led to believe that he'd really left the show. Imagine the Explosions then when it's found out bobby was the killer and max was innocent? We'd be right there with the residents of Albert Square then, telling from the shock of the injustice of it all! |
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I had no problem with them killing off Lucy, i have never really been a big fan of the character anyway, but i hate the direction the story has taken.
A fair few characters have been damaged by this storyline now and it's become so boring with how long it has gone on for. |
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is he secretly trying to destroy the show?
