|
||||||||
EastEnders - Lee and Whitney's wedding. Thoughts? |
![]() |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|
#26 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 1,283
|
Quote:
Whitney was so underused by DTC its good to see her at the forefront of the show under SOC.
|
|
|
|
|
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
|
|
|
#27 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 1,529
|
I wouldn't have batted an eyelid for how low key the episode was had it not been for the week's worth of hype. I feel misled.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#28 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Plymouth Devon
Posts: 12,471
|
I very much enjoyed it
|
|
|
|
|
|
#29 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 7,918
|
Quote:
This is why SOC is a genuine revelation and eastenders will last and thrive with him in charge. He doesn't do the general what's expected of soaps nowadays with the relentless and eventually predictable sensationalist nonsense. He won't lose the audience because his focus is purely on his characters and not unrealistic or done-to-death stunts. The characters are grounded again - believable to invest in and care about and be gripped by. That is what eastenders is - real, gritty, down to earth kitchen sink drama about people.
SOC seems very self-aware. Eastenders is in solid and sensible hands for the first time in over 6 years.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#30 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,885
|
Quote:
When was the last time he liked anything EE produced though?
I don't think it was a classic episode or anything but it was a nice change of pace to have a wedding go off without a hitch, for once. And Mick actually said something funny for a change! The "no dogs allowed" moment with Shirley and Lady Di genuinely made me laugh. Lady Di has been the star of the week, to be honest. ![]()
|
|
|
|
|
|
#31 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,885
|
Quote:
What I enjoyed about the wedding episode is that although it was 'low key' and there wasn't a huge amount of drama... actually there was. We didn't get the Newman 'nicey nicey' approach which a lot of people seem to think Sean has been delivering; instead we saw this beautiful wedding which was completely underpinned with Lee's depression storyline. There was a lot going on if you knew where to look. EE delivered the beautiful wedding Whitney deserved but still managed that dark undertone in that we not only know it won't end well but saw that tonight as Lee gradually unraveled. So no, it wasn't all perfect and happy and things definitely happened; they were just (as depression is) very much behind the scenes (but very visible to the audience).
|
|
|
|
|
|
#32 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 23,408
|
Quote:
What I enjoyed about the wedding episode is that although it was 'low key' and there wasn't a huge amount of drama... actually there was. We didn't get the Newman 'nicey nicey' approach which a lot of people seem to think Sean has been delivering; instead we saw this beautiful wedding which was completely underpinned with Lee's depression storyline. There was a lot going on if you knew where to look. EE delivered the beautiful wedding Whitney deserved but still managed that dark undertone in that we not only know it won't end well but saw that tonight as Lee gradually unraveled. So no, it wasn't all perfect and happy and things definitely happened; they were just (as depression is) very much behind the scenes (but very visible to the audience).
It was lovely to have a normal wedding with no.melodrama, fights, people dying. But there was an ubderlying foreboding which nade it gripping because Lee is falling apart at the seems and nobody can see it except maybe Jonny but he doesn't see how bad it is or what to do about it. And yes, Whitney looked beautiful. |
|
|
|
|
|
#33 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 2,445
|
Quote:
What I enjoyed about the wedding episode is that although it was 'low key' and there wasn't a huge amount of drama... actually there was. We didn't get the Newman 'nicey nicey' approach which a lot of people seem to think Sean has been delivering; instead we saw this beautiful wedding which was completely underpinned with Lee's depression storyline. There was a lot going on if you knew where to look. EE delivered the beautiful wedding Whitney deserved but still managed that dark undertone in that we not only know it won't end well but saw that tonight as Lee gradually unraveled. So no, it wasn't all perfect and happy and things definitely happened; they were just (as depression is) very much behind the scenes (but very visible to the audience).
Quote:
Well I haven't been in impressed by SOC so far, but tonight was great.
Jim Shelley never has anything positive to say about EastEnders ![]() My only criticism is the Facebook page did hype it up a bit much (Not DTC Levels), hence why Social Media weren't as impressed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#34 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Plymouth Devon
Posts: 12,471
|
Shona should become leading lady
|
|
|
|
|
|
#35 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 30,977
|
Quote:
Shona should become leading lady
|
|
|
|
|
#36 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 2,957
|
After all fuss made about the wedding and all the weeks of planning and preparation, and what was it really, just a quick trip to the register office and then back home to the Vic. Although Whitney looked gorgeous in her dress, it was just a bit too much for a low key wedding like that, it was more suited to a big church wedding IMO.
The best laugh of the night was Babe and Sylvie dancing to Dexy's Midnight Runners, Sylvie was going mental!
|
|
|
|
|
|
#37 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 6,503
|
Nice wedding, but confused as to why Buffalo Bill from "Silence of the Lambs" was called in to pose as the registrar.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#38 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 13
|
Is Lee supposed to be depressed about his debt?
Soaps always exaggerate how disastrous debt is, the worst case scenario for Lee is that he would go on a Debt Repayment Plan and have a ruined credit report for 6 years. It would be different if it was something like 50 grand debt. |
|
|
|
|
|
#39 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 30,977
|
Quote:
Is Lee supposed to be depressed about his debt?
Soaps always exaggerate how disastrous debt is, the worst case scenario for Lee is that he would go on a Debt Repayment Plan and have a ruined credit report for 6 years. It would be different if it was something like 50 grand debt. |
|
|
|
|
#40 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 1,885
|
Quote:
Is Lee supposed to be depressed about his debt?
Soaps always exaggerate how disastrous debt is, the worst case scenario for Lee is that he would go on a Debt Repayment Plan and have a ruined credit report for 6 years. It would be different if it was something like 50 grand debt. It might seem minor to you but that's not how someone with depression sees it and taking into account everything else that has happened, he is falling back into the clutches of the illness of depression again... It's a really sad but very realistic portrayal of how depression can affect you.... It makes no sense to those who don't suffer from it but perfect sense to those of us who do or have done... It's a really lonely and terrifying place to be... |
|
|
|
|
|
#41 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Bridge Street
Posts: 3,084
|
Debt is often a symptom of depression, not necessarily the cause.
Spending and shopping often provides a short term distraction, but it is only short term. We've seen that with Lee buying the earrings, the flowers and the spa day. Now what was causing a distraction to his spiralling depression has now turned into a overwhelming burden. |
|
|
|
|
|
#42 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 13,401
|
I loved the episode, like previous posters have said it was subtle, not all weddings have to be high drama, fights and deaths. We could feel Lee's pain and that end scene with him pretending to be asleep was a really powerful duff duff in my opinion.
Also a contender for funniest line/scene of the year has to go to this... Linda ''where's Shirl'' Mick ''No Dogs allowed'' Shirley ''all that soppy stuff gives me indigestion ![]() ![]()
|
|
|
|
|
|
#43 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: It's CHRISTMASSSSSS!
Posts: 2,943
|
Quote:
I loved the episode, like previous posters have said it was subtle, not all weddings have to be high drama, fights and deaths. We could feel Lee's pain and that end scene with him pretending to be asleep was a really powerful duff duff in my opinion.
Also a contender for funniest line/scene of the year has to go to this... Linda ''where's Shirl'' Mick ''No Dogs allowed'' Shirley ''all that soppy stuff gives me indigestion ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I loved it. I have nothing more to say really!
|
|
|
|
|
|
#44 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: North East England
Posts: 6,289
|
Quote:
Lee has been suffering from clinical depression for some months and is on medication.
Whitney is a far more three dimensional character under the new EP. I am impressed with his work so far. It is a lot more realistic. |
|
|
|
|
|
#45 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: California
Posts: 1,366
|
I loved the rubbish truck turning up, a nice comedic touch.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#46 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,041
|
i only watched it today.
Whitney looked absolutly beautiful, but as far as soap weddings go i just felt for Lee all the way through it. If my hubby to be couldnt get his words out at the alter and didnt have a smile on his face id be thinking "wtf is wrong" and would of taken him out for 5 mins to talk................ he clearly had something on his mind during the vows....... he clearly had something on his mind throughout the epsiode to be honest, but you know what I loved the episode as I know people who have had doubts and went through with it, I know people who've started affairs shortly after their weddings, just because 2 people organise a day to say I DO infront of aload of guests does not equal a 100% happy relationship and this episode kinda showed that. Lee has problems and no doubt Whitney knows it but doesn't want to admit to it
|
|
|
|
|
|
#47 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 11,799
|
Was it low key.
You could tell even though the wedding happened, things wore run smooth, that is obvious to anybody who don't even now Lee is being written out. At the end last night, I was half expecting Whitney to walk into the bedroom, with Lee Hsnging |
|
|
|
|
|
#48 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 357
|
Happy and low key? Lee almost did a runner, pretended he was asleep on the wedding night, and cried tears of depression!
|
|
|
|
|
|
#49 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 11,799
|
Quote:
Happy and low key? Lee almost did a runner, pretended he was asleep on the wedding night, and cried tears of depression!
|
|
|
|
|
|
#50 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 6
|
EE - Lee and Whitney's wedding
Honey (setting up the reception) remarked that Billy was picking someone up from the care home. It sounded like Crystal. Any ideas?
|
|
|
|
![]() |
|
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 20:55.



