Yay for an advert, but I'll be happy when this storyline is done and hopefully forgotten.

this is just so awks.

Lol at Martin, just about to tuck into his lunch :lol: at that trailer

Mick is such a manchild, throwing strops when he doesn't get his own way but, when he does (like someone other than himself going to prison), he's happy as Larry.

 

Waiting for Shirley to tell her cellmate "piss off, you bastard" tbh.

Mick is unbearable, Whitney is not as bad but still awful. Stacey is slaying, Honey's random 2 second scenes are life-giving and of course Carmel's hat stole the show.

Carmel's hat has been the highlight of 2017 tbh.

 

And why can't Mick just 'man up' like he was so insistent his suicidal son should?

Edited March 14, 20178 yr by T Boy

Carmel is by far the best on the show right now but with the state the show is in its not saying much. I can safely say this current era is my least fave era of the show. Im just finding it incredibly boring and stale at the moment and i as i have said before there is no signs of anything great coming. For me its really starting to look that Sean O'Connor was a terrible decision as executive producer.

 

I think they really need to get someone in who knows what they are doing as the longer SOC stays the harder it will be for the next executive producer to turn the show around. For many characters its like the life has been totally sucked out of them.

I'm really at the end of my tether with this show now. Mick's ongoing debt problems and the "will they/won't they" crap with Whitney is getting insufferable to watch, we're no nearer to finding out wtf Max is supposed to be up to even though he's been back a while now, the Michelle/Preston stuff is awful and I have no idea where they're going with it? The constant references to Shaki's willy/endless scenes of Bex crying is getting very tiresome. And Jack. Just...Jack in general.

 

The only interesting part of the show is Slyvie and Tina but I only feel they're paying them more attention now because it's gonna lead up to one of them (or maybe even both) departing.

 

Add the random casting of Lee Ryan and this random obsession with Pauline Fowler's BFF Derek (he's on his way back), I'm just a bit done with it all.

Wait until Sonia's back. Then we'll all have much more to moan about,

Jack is the worst EE character EVER. Always wins too as producers love him.

Jack is the worst EE character EVER.

Preach it Michael! He's consistently awful, very frustrating to watch. Mick Carter is fast rivalling him though. :/

I'm really at the end of my tether with this show now. Mick's ongoing debt problems and the "will they/won't they" crap with Whitney is getting insufferable to watch, we're no nearer to finding out wtf Max is supposed to be up to even though he's been back a while now, the Michelle/Preston stuff is awful and I have no idea where they're going with it? The constant references to Shaki's willy/endless scenes of Bex crying is getting very tiresome. And Jack. Just...Jack in general.

 

The only interesting part of the show is Slyvie and Tina but I only feel they're paying them more attention now because it's gonna lead up to one of them (or maybe even both) departing.

 

Add the random casting of Lee Ryan and this random obsession with Pauline Fowler's BFF Derek (he's on his way back), I'm just a bit done with it all.

I agree with a lot of this actually! I've quite enjoyed Mick over the past few years but it seems he works best when Linda's there, he's been insufferable recently and I can't wait til he's off screen for a bit. I'm just finding the show a bit of a chore right now, and if we compare it to Emmerdale which is consistently great and Corrie which has hugely picked up recently, EastEnders is lagging a bit for me. It's a shame because they have a great cast but they aren't being utilised for the best storylines imo.

 

Oh and YES at the Jack hate, awful character. Sonia is at least ironically funny in how awful she is.

I'm actually kinda looking forward to Sonia's return. :ph34r: Remember she did actually improve when SOC's influence started coming through just before she went on maternity leave. I was actually cheering her on during the "I hope she bites ya!" scene with Shirley.

 

Apparently, after the next couple of weeks, we hit the point where the bus crash actually should have aired, so I'm hopeful the quality will improve once we've passed that point. At the moment, we're out of sync and all this should have been build up to the crash.

Yeah I'm the same definitely, Eastenders used to be the one that I could not miss but now I just watch it if I happen to be cooking downstairs and chuck the TV on. I don't go out of my way to watch it and I don'tcatch up, it's just so dull. I couldn't give less of a shit about Mick's debt, which doesn't help. The saving graces for me are probably Carmel, Denise and Bex, but the former doesn't have a real storyline and the latter two are kind of going round in circles with what they have.

I recall being very conflicted during Sonia's rant at Shirley. Everything she said was correct and yet she's f***ing SONIA therefore automatically awful.

Jack is the worst EE character EVER. Always wins too as producers love him.

Even worse than Tariq from the Ferrieras?

C**t :lol:

Again, I feel like they want me to feel sorry for Mick, but it's just impossible. He's such a child. How rude of Linda to go and help her ill mother instead of staying behind to shag all of Mick's problems away.

 

I love how he skipped over Lee's suicide attempt, the fact the he constantly told his son he wasn't good enough for Whitney, the fact that he ordered Lee to leave and the fact that he kissed Whitney again in the hospital.

 

And Whitney has also become such a cretin. It's creepy how she hangs around her ex husband's family when she has actual family across the square.

It was so great to have Linda back, I wish she was back permanently again. Her visit did prove how dependent Mick is on Linda, which is why he latched on to Whitney whilst she was away, and how Whitney wants Mick all to herself because she sees him as this big protector, which she feels she needs due to her insecurities based on her past. It's interesting stuff but it's just a shame Mick and Whitney are such unsympathetic, unlikable characters right now.

I'm so glad Linda knows everything now! Good to see her back tonight