Another week in soap has passed but
what has been happening?
EastEnders- The week’s BIG story
This week was a very exciting week
for EastEnders.
Walford played host to the Olympic torch
as it made its journey through London and to the Olympic Stadium before last
Friday’s Opening Ceremony. We were treated to two episodes on Monday and the
9pm episode had a special live eight minute segment as Billy Mitchell carried
the torch through Walford to the delight of the cast and crew and of course the
viewers at home. The live segment also included Lola giving birth on the floor
of McKlunkey’s chicken shop. Yes it wasn’t a glamorous birth and it is hard to
feel sympathy for Lola, but it was a touching moment as Lola gave birth, with
the help of Cora, to little Lexi Billie. Of course, the birth didn’t go
smoothly and we were left pondering why an ambulance wasn’t called, but these
oversights can be forgiven as the live segment was fantastically done by all
the cast and crew. It was brilliant to see the Olympic torch being carried by
Perry Fenwick (Billy Mitchell) and the obvious delight of everyone involved.
Indeed, Shirley Carter was happy and smiling which is unusual considering her continuing
grief for Heather.
Of course Billy’s role as torch
bearer didn’t run smoothly. He arrived with minutes to spare after becoming
trapped on the tube thanks to Anthony Moon pulling the emergency cord. The
laddish banter between Max, Jack and Derek was fun to watch as a) Derek wasn’t
being repulsive (which makes a change), and b) it was nice to watch three
brothers genuinely having fun together. This fun led to a minor scuffle which
was of course not dangerous to anyone, but Anthony pulled the cord and ensured
the tube ground to a halt. To be honest, this was the most interesting thing
Anthony has done whilst being on the square and I for one won’t miss him when
he leaves in the next few months.
All in all, the week started happy
and remained this way for the rest of the week. EastEnders is the soap which
causes the most excitement for me personally and the spectacle of the
procession on Monday was what sets EastEnders apart from the other soaps...
In other news....
Tanya
discovered a shock family secret whilst searching through Cora’s belongings
this week. Eager to replace her mum’s lost bracelet and make up for
embarrassing her in front of Patrick, Tanya and Lauren lied to Poppy about why
they needed her keys and then let themselves into Dot’s house. It wasn’t long
before Tanya found a mystery birth certificate and realised that she has a long
lost sister. Keeping the birth certificate, she later confronted Cora about it
who implored that she was to never ask her about it again. Will Tanya listen to
Cora?
Joey once
again scammed Derek this week by agreeing to drink with him. The agreement was
that if Joey was the last man standing then Derek would pay out. Seeing as it
was Joey ordering the drinks he was actually drinking water and not vodka. Of course the £500 went straight to a
struggling Lucy. Lucy was pleased, Joey was pleased and Derek was most
definitely NOT pleased after Kat told him his son had been downing water all
night. Will Derek take revenge on his son?
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