Another week in soap has passed but
what has been happening?
EastEnders- The week’s BIG story
Finally! This week saw some proper kitchen sink drama in
EastEnders, courtesy of an unbalanced Shirley Carter who is played to
perfection by Linda Henry. Shirley’s life has unravelled ever since she
discovered the horrific truth about who killed her best friend Heather. Leaving
Phil and vowing to destroy him, Shirley turned to drink to numb her pain. As
the week progressed we saw Shirley becoming increasingly volatile after Kat
chucked her out of the Vic because she blamed her for the bed bug infestation.
(The real source was Kat as it turned out her flat she shared with her mystery
lover was the place from which she had spread the bugs).
Thankfully, Jean took pity on Shirley and told her that she
needed to sort her life out while she still had the chance. She urged Shirley
to move on as living in Walford was clearly eating away at her. This was true
and the scenes were acted to perfection by Gillian Wright and Linda Henry. We
even had some dark comedy as Shirley branded Jean a “nutter” and saw some real
chemistry between the two. I hope this unlikely friendship is developed when
Shirley returns later in the year. Back to this week, and Jean’s kindness and
words of wisdom didn’t last long as Shirley turned to booze again and ended up
sleeping on a bench in the square and on the floor outside the minute mart.
Denise showed her some compassion and urged her to come back to the B&B
with her as she really needed to pull herself together. After bumping into Jay
and being urged by Patrick to forgive him, Shirley attacked him and told him that
she would never forgive him for the lies he had told to protect Ben.
Clearly
dismayed at her inability to forgive (and who can blame Shirley for that?!),
Denise said that maybe Shirley should move on. Denise and Jean’s words of
wisdom were both spookily accurate- Shirley had to heal away from a place that
held such bad memories. Indeed, days earlier Shirley had nearly been attacked
after a man wouldn’t take no for an answer. Luckily Phil punched him and sent
him on his way but Shirley still didn’t want to know.
Indeed, Phil realised that Shirley needed her daughter’s
help after she visited him and tried to make him turn to drink again. Not a
good move when he’s an alcoholic, eh Shirl! Phil said that he wouldn’t turn to
drink because he loved her and wanted to be there for her when she came round
and forgave him. This angered Shirley and deciding that she would leave
Walford, she stumbled through the square before falling into a gutter still
clutching her bottle of scotch. This was what Carly first saw as she returned
to the square and being unsurprisingly disgusted at her mum’s condition, she
proceeded to walk straight back out of her life.
This led us to the last episode of the week and what a treat
it was!
Denise pleaded with Carly to stay and hear her mum out. Phil
also approached Carly and offered her cash to take her mum away from the
Square. Of course we were left wondering if he wants her away from the Square
because of her health or because she keeps threatening to tell the police that
he was protecting Ben all along. Carly was disgusted at Phil’s offer and raged
that he had taken half of her mum away. Yes, Carly did listen and stuck around
long enough to have a mini heart- to –heart with her estranged mother.
There
was a beautiful moment when Shirley held her newborn grandson in her arms and
smiled a proper genuine smile. This was so nice to see as we rarely see Shirley
smile! Carly then offered her mum the chance to go and live with her until she
got back on her feet so to speak. Shirley accepted and after forgiving Jay for
his part in Heather’s death, warned Phil that when he least expected it, she
would be back! So that is the end of Shirley for a few months at least as Linda
Henry takes a well deserved break. This storyline has really brought Shirley to
the forefront of the show and this can only be a good thing!
In Other News:
Zainab showed some compassion towards Ian and accompanied
him to the doctors.
Sharon and Tanya made friends after Sharon confessed that
Dennis has been murdered.
Lucy began to soften towards Ian.
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