Oh for God's sake. Really, SOC?
I was just thinking that they could really do a good job with giving Denise a horrible, out of nowhere disease that can befall any of us at any time. God knows the actress has the talent for it, and it would be very well done, I'm certain of it. But nope. Yet another baby. This obsession with baby plots isn't a DTC thing - I think it's just ingrained into EastEnders.
See, an illness plot would take research. Time. Money. But a baby plot, with topless Kush in the middle... nice and cheap. How crap.
Lauren and Steven were up to something as well, I noticed. Hark at Lauren, living with the people who let her father rot. Oh, how I love this character, even now.
I literally will come out and say Ben Mitchell is by far the best thing about the show at the moment. That whole storyline has been brilliant. Well paced, well acted, involving other issues, such as Jay's estrangement, Phil's illness, Grant's return... it's just been very entertaining. Kudos to Harry Reid - I seriously hope this guy is sticking around. And Jay. Go Mitchells, in a nutshell.
Mark Jr (yet another casting from a Next catalogue by the look of it) and Courtney. Ewwwwww. No doubt this is how the whole Grant has a son thing is going to come out.
Average.