This week saw recent returnee Sharon Watts get a storyline
of sorts. I have been waiting for her to get a proper storyline since she
returned and I don’t count the return episodes as a proper storyline as they
were quite frankly, rubbish and over the top.
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This week saw Sharon enter a meeting for addicts
and declare herself an addict. And that is it. On the Monday she declared
herself an addict and then it wasn’t mentioned at all for the rest of the week
which was unrealistic and just stupid. So EastEnders give Sharon something to
do and then don’t mention her shocking confession for the rest of the week.
That makes sense. Not.
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It seems Sharon is addicted to painkillers and
keeps a stash in her bag and in the filing cabinet at work in order to ease her
anxiety. She doesn’t need them for physical pain of course; she is just
addicted to the feeling of calm they give her after the terrible anxiety caused
by seeing her husband murdered right in front of her. I hope in the coming
weeks and months we actually see this explained in some way and see Sharon
confiding in her good friends Phil and Ian. (I don’t count Tanya as a proper
friend because they’ve only known each other for five minutes.)
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Syed Masood is a character that has been
underused for months now and his only real storyline since his 2010 wedding is
his money worries and the fact that he has stolen from the family business in
order to clear his debts which have built up as a result of Janine’s exit. Left
in danger of bankruptcy, he forged a cheque on behalf of Tamwar and then lied to
Zainab about Tamwar’s business debts. Zee then gave her son her life savings
and ordered him to pay off Tam’s debts and not to tell anyone. So Syed has
returned to his 2009 self and this is the lying, shifty character who is ultimately
a coward beneath the bravado. I also don’t buy Zainab’s continued interest in
his partnership with Christian. She was a homophobe until like five minutes ago
and I bet Zainab is kicking herself now considering she gave Yusef’s
inheritance to Kim and Denise to rebuild the B&B and now it turns out she
really needs it. Syed confided in a city banker who was dining at the
restaurant and who was clearly flirting with him. Will Syed cheat? (I’m
guessing the answer is yes as he and Christian are due to leave next month.)
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Michael Moon is nutty at the best of times but
he’s really lost it now! He’s snappy with almost everyone and this week he
confessed to Roxy that he didn’t care what happened to Scarlett and this scared
him. I agree with Roxy- he needs help and if I were her I’d be straight on the
phone to social services because he’s clearly not coping with his daughter
without Janine. I never thought I’d say this but he really needs Janine at his
side as without her he is weak and lacking the spark that he previously had. In
the meantime, it looks like we will be treated to more scenes of Michael
looming over Scarlett’s pram and then palming her off with the latest neighbour
who agrees to baby sit while he attends a ‘really important business meeting’.
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Derek and Joey’s feud of sorts picked up pace as
Joey called the police and attempted to set his dad up with the police. It all
started when Joey pretended to be friendly to his dad and instead was plotting
his downfall. Derek and Joey began to reminisce about Derek’s old car and Joey
told of his regret in that he never actually got to drive the car. Derek told
Joey he would ‘sort it’ and of course Joey thought that Derek would steal one
to show him and so called the police and told them that there would be a stolen
car parked outside the R&R club that night. What Joey didn’t realise was
that Derek was one step ahead of him and so brought along a toy car which he
brought out of his pocket much to Joey’s disbelief. Joey was left humiliated and
I can’t say I’m bothered either way as I haven’t particularly warmed to the
character.
All in all it was a fairly good week, but nothing explosive
happened which is worrying as we are entering autumn which is traditionally the
season in which plots begin to seriously heat up.
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