Well, goodbye to the best young adult Eastenders had in years.

 

Yes, I too will miss Tamwar :P

I'll miss Tam too tbh. His speech made me tear up a little.

Really loved both Nancy and Tamwar. Perfect couple, so very happy they got a great send off!

Masood seems redundant now, time for him to go. Going to miss Tamwar though, Maddy Hill could come back down the line, if she decides to return.

Just caught up on last weeks episode. I was SCREAMING @ Denise, especially her putting that pic of Louise stealing on the door @ the Minute Mart :rofl: :rofl:

Denise can do everything.

''Vaguely racist oven gloves'' is still one of the best lines ever.

DENISE FLUSH THE POO

Denise and Kim are utter comedy gold together.

I never thought I see Denise making out with Phil :lol: never a dull moment in Eastenders :lol:

Everyone's all like "ugh the writing for this is horrible" but I think the writing and acting during the confrontation scenes have been wonderful and very true to life without anyone acting out character. It's not often these days in soap that we're truly invested in a character and care about what happens to them, yet that's what makes good drama. So no, Jay's character hasn't been "ruined" and the writing isn't "terrible" - it's gritty, it's real, it's not sensationalism, it's going to spark debate at least socially and hopefully change attitudes.

Yasss Liam, drag those DS twats

I'm assuming its them cus they hate everything.

I'm delving into a bit of weave-snatching! :heehee: Yeah, it's namely them and they can't seem to make up their minds - they complained about sensationalism but still aren't happy when the show returns to the sort of thing that made it so successful to begin with! Not to mention the fact it's something that an underrated/underused character/actor like Jay/Jamie can get their teeth into and have a chance to shine.

I haven't had a problem with it at all tbh. As has been said, all reactions have been in character. Except maybe Bex but then she barely has a character.

 

I could watch episode after episode of drunk Phil and drunk Denise. It needs to happen.

 

It was pretty embarrassing to see Sharon attend police interviews in her darts team jacket.

 

And now we know where Bex was when Sonia and Martin were off being atrocious parents all the time: shagging her way through school.

We perhaps haven't seen enough of Bex to really know her character; it was just assumed that she was nice because she isn't your typical troublesome teenager that soaps love to portray all people of that age range as. I imagine she is "nice" but also quite naive and impressionable, thinking that one case fits all when it comes to an under-age girl and an adult male.

 

Plus with Sonia as a mother, it's surprising she is even that decent of a human being! :lol:

My main problem with Bex's reaction is that she doesn't seem to listen to her supposed friend. I guess she's concerned for Star which makes sense but it still seems a bit off. Then again, as you say, f***ing SONIA is her mother so what can we expect?

I imagine Bex to be someone who reads far too into things and, like most people her age, is influenced by what they see in the media or other adult's opinions, so would treat Star/Linzi's pleas as trying to protect Jay who has deluded her vision and taken advantage etc. What I find more unconvincing was the scene with Sonia, saying she's "had sex loads of times" and the general bitterness towards her (okay we know Sonia is Satan in human form but I don't think we've seen anything precisely between the two of them that would warrant that sort of disrespect, unless I've missed something).

I am kind of living for sassy slag Bex. Great episode tonight I agree, DS need to lighten up! They complain for ages that he has nothing to do then the second he has a storyline that's it, he's ruined. I am really liking this storyline so far, it's one that will spark a debate for sure and something a bit different, with a lot of complex things to consider. It's certainly better than something like another affair, another pregnancy storyline or anything like that!

This storyline reminds me of Alo in Skins and the 14 year old girl!

 

Anyway...I'm assuming all of Rebecca's supposed sexual partners have all been her age then and not a day over 16? And she's still breaking the law by having sex underage regardless anyway, so her reaction seems extreme even though she's obviously trying to protect her friend here from someone she feels is taking advantage.