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Old 17-01-2003, 00:10
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Can't help thinking that the only people living in Albert Square these days is the Slater Family. Over the past 18months or so, nearly all major storylines seem to have centred arounf this family:
Kat/ Uncle Harry
Kat/Zoe - mother /daughter
Zoe - running away (twice!)
Little Mo/Trevor
Kat/Zoe/Anthony - Love triangle
Gary/Lynn/Lauras baby

Why are the producers so interested in this particular family. Don't get me wrong, the stories involving them are very good, but no wonder so many characters are getting the axe, when all the best storylines are going to the Slaters.

They could have played up the Robbie Jackson and father story more, but he's now getting the axe.

I jst think it is time for the Eastenders producers to leave the Slaters for a while and concentrate on the other characters, otherwise it becomes boring and almost unbelievable that so much could happen to just one family.

What do others think??
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Old 17-01-2003, 07:26
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Eastenders was getting quite boring when the Slaters joined, then I was sick of some of the characters and I thought it was good how this new Family were being developed properly and given some good storylines. It's nice to have some new people involved in Storylines, but they are still running otherones alongside their main ones and the only big Storylines at the moment is Laura and Ians baby which is yet to be seen if it's Garrys and what happened to Lisa. I think those comments made by Jack Ryder is just him being bitter because he's lost his job. They are getting rid of a lot of people, but Characters such as Robbie and Nita weren't going anywhere and they have brought in new ones too such as Kate, Alfie, Spencer and Nanna Moon as well as Kerry? and they are now bringing back Vicki Fowler.
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Old 17-01-2003, 11:29
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The Slaters were brought in to liven things up - as a new family we needed to know something about their past history and background and there would have been no point just bringing them in to be wallpaper.

Once the Kat/Anthony story has ended then they've just about exhausted the major stories and hopefully will move on to someone else.

We HAVE had Alfie Moon, Jamie's death, Laura's baby recently. The big Christmas stories were Jamie and Laura.

I suppose things are going to happen around a family like the Slaters.
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Old 17-01-2003, 13:37
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It wasn't that long ago though that the Jacksons dominated every story too.

Carol/David/Bianca
Carol/Alan/Frankie
Bianca/Ricky miscarriage/wedding/liam
the bank robbers/kidnapping
Carol/Bianca/Dan
etc etc etc

We'll probably see the same thing happen with the Slaters. Actresses like Jessie Wallace and Kasey Ainsworth won't stay with Eastenders forever and will go off the same way that Lindsay Coulson and Patsy Palmer did.
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Old 17-01-2003, 14:23
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What about the story line around Barry / Nat and Ricky


also not so long ago

Janine / billy / Steven - All the letter writing, drugs, postition

sonia / Gus - when sonia went out with Gus

Pauline / Drerk / Martin - Gay story line

Dot / Jim - The marrage / and Dots epodode on her own.



So just cus there older then a month dont forget them. There not always about the Slaters. A lot are yes but not all.
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Old 17-01-2003, 16:11
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Even the Laura storyline is focusing round the Slaters though, with Gary's involvement!
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Old 17-01-2003, 16:23
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Originally posted by kitty_uk
Pauline / Drerk / Martin - Gay story line
Oh, I think I must have blinked and missed that one.

Sonia and Gus was a bit of a non story as well and obviously the producers thought so too as Gus has completely disappeared.

Obviously there have been other storylines in the last year, but the really big ones, the ones that people have been talking about, have been Slater storylines.
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Old 17-01-2003, 16:29
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At least Gary and Lynn have gone on holiday for a little while
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Old 18-01-2003, 11:34
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EE aint the only soap to focus on a particular character ......what about Corrie!

The Richard panto horror show?
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Old 18-01-2003, 12:47
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isn't the slaters always getting the major storylines one of the reasons why Jamie left? wel at least thats wot i think i heard n e way.

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Old 18-01-2003, 15:13
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I'm not overfond of the Slaters myself, but there is a real lack of strong characters in EE at the moment, so it's not surprising that they are over-represented in terms of plot development. That said, I think it is a bit wearing.
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Old 18-01-2003, 17:23
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Yeah I think that the Slaters storylines will slow down a bit as they focus on other Characters more. At the moment we have the Ricky and Natilie affair, Phil and Kate/ what happened to Lisa and the Alfie Moon story so I think these ones will be the big storylines for until Febuary at least, I don't think anything more "major" is planned for the Slaters except Kat getting Pregnant, but she runs away, so that doesn't really count.
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Old 19-01-2003, 14:56
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At least in Coronation Street we have breaks of Richard, but in Eastenders it seems to try and fit the other stories in around the Slater ones, which drag on for ages.
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Old 20-01-2003, 12:13
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Originally posted by youngpassion
At least in Coronation Street we have breaks of Richard, but in Eastenders it seems to try and fit the other stories in around the Slater ones, which drag on for ages.
If Kat's pregnancy is the last major story for a while then that's fine. But if anything else happens I'm going to get really, really bored with them!
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Old 20-01-2003, 16:21
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Originally posted by SmokefreeGirl
If Kat's pregnancy is the last major story for a while then that's fine. But if anything else happens I'm going to get really, really bored with them!
SmokefreeGirl you'll be pleased to know that, the Kat baby loss storyline is the last major storyline the Slaters are going to have for a very long while!!!!!
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Old 20-01-2003, 16:30
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Originally posted by lala
SmokefreeGirl you'll be pleased to know that, the Kat baby loss storyline is the last major storyline the Slaters are going to have for a very long while!!!!!


Phew......................
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Old 20-01-2003, 17:07
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Originally posted by peppie
Phew......................
I'll second that!
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Old 20-01-2003, 19:36
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*GATE CRASHES THREAD*

I love the Slaters !!!

*runs away before I'm chased out*
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Old 21-01-2003, 10:56
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Originally posted by Nike

I love the Slaters !!!
I do too - but it's stretching credibility a bit much that one family could have so much happening to them. (Given how true to life the rest of it is! )
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Old 04-09-2003, 17:57
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Originally posted by Nike
*GATE CRASHES THREAD*

I love the Slaters !!!

*runs away before I'm chased out*
lol! Well you may have gate-crashed the thread, but I've now brouhgt it back from the dead!

Sheesh! It must be old, cos some of Smokefreegirl's posts are here!

Hmmmm...January!

Well its now brought back from the dead!
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