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EE jack telling the kids
I got a bit frustrated with him as i felt like Amy wasnt getting the fact they had died. He only said they have gone away and not coming back. Amy first thought he meant they had actually gone away not died. Just because he said they wont ever be coming back still didnt make it clear to her that they weren't coming back becauce they're dead. It ended with her looking confused, not upset and at her age there would definitely be tears.
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I agree. He should definitely have asked the liaison officer to at least be there to step in if he couldn't get the words out correctly. Think he's played the part well though!
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I thought it would have been more realistic if Max had stepped in to clarify for her what Jack was trying to say to make sure she understood. I guess the kids are quite young and it's a difficult part to act so they didn't want to make it too emotional for them.
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Of all the off screen reveals the kids would have been the more appropriate one, or at least one like they way they did with Claire being told by Nigel that her mother had died, where we saw it but didn't hear them, its easier for the child to "act" being upset from a distance.
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Maybe off screen they got the kids to understand that Ronnie and Roxy are dead.
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He could have just put the New Years Day episode of Eastenders on iPlayer for them? That should give them the gist of it.
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He could have just put the New Years Day episode of Eastenders on iPlayer for them? That should give them the gist of it.
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20 years from now those kids will still be expecting their mothers to return from their holiday.
What I'd have done is sat the kids in front of me screamed "THEY'RE DEAD!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!! YOUR MOTHERS ARE DEAD!!!!!". That would get the message across clearly. |
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20 years from now those kids will still be expecting their mothers to return from their holiday.
What I'd have done is sat the kids in front of me screamed "THEY'RE DEAD!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!! YOUR MOTHERS ARE DEAD!!!!!". That would get the message across clearly. |
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I agree. He should definitely have asked the liaison officer to at least be there to step in if he couldn't get the words out correctly. Think he's played the part well though!
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"I'll not raise you alone Children, so Ricky and Amy you're being left in a basket on the Mitchells doorstep, and Matthew you are not my responsibility so can you please get out of my house please.....now"
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To spare them the pain, Jack should tell the kids that Ronnie and Roxy went on an advanced swimming course in Ibiza to learn how NOT to drown themselves in a wedding dress.
Jack: "They'll be back in a few years, don't worry, kids." Eventually when the kids get older, Jack can tell them the truth. Sure they'll be mad at him, but I'd rather their pain was spared. I mean what child would want to know that their mother died as a result of cocaine and a desperately low IQ.
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20 years from now those kids will still be expecting their mothers to return from their holiday.
What I'd have done is sat the kids in front of me screamed "THEY'RE DEAD!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!! YOUR MOTHERS ARE DEAD!!!!!". That would get the message across clearly. |
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It's the BBC being all politically correct why not say "Mummy in heaven now" just the pc world we live in not wanting to upset anyone
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It's the BBC being all politically correct why not say "Mummy in heaven now" just the pc world we live in not wanting to upset anyone
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Well it being EE they might have only gone away and could possibly come back in a few years.
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Yes pretty dissapointing
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It's the BBC being all politically correct why not say "Mummy in heaven now" just the pc world we live in not wanting to upset anyone
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I thought at one point he was going to tell the kids that R&R had gone to live on a farm.
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Not only did he do it badly he spoke only to Amy , poor Ricky was left out in the cold . Despite Ronnie being his mother figure as well he left Ricky perched on the couch without even looking at him
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It's the BBC being all politically correct why not say "Mummy in heaven now" just the pc world we live in not wanting to upset anyone
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Amy's eight so she's old enough to understand the concept of death. It was frustrating the way Jack was just saying "they're gone and not coming back" he really wasn't making it clear to her that they're dead.
My granddad died when I was only five and I remember being able to apprehend what had happened when told. |
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give the guy a break - he has just lost his wife in horrible circumstances - Im not surprised he is having a hard time telling the children what has happened as he is still in shock himself
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It's the BBC being all politically correct why not say "Mummy in heaven now" just the pc world we live in not wanting to upset anyone
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It's the BBC being all politically correct why not say "Mummy in heaven now" just the pc world we live in not wanting to upset anyone
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