Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Form an orderly queue, ladies and gentlemen
HOT! EastEnders, BBC1, 7.30pm
Everybody's favourite soap opera about humourless harridans and comedy gangsters has tried many things to get itself back on track - lesbian trysts, unlikely affairs, much-loved characters returning from the dead - but we think they might have actually stumbled on one that'll work now. It's easy, when you think about it - cast an attractive young actor. Hooray!
We've never been that moved by most of the male eye candy in 'Stenders. Spencer was wet, Dennis was wooden, Deano looks simple, and Jamie needed a good wash. Perhaps we're a little more finicky in our tastes than the average soap viewer, but we've been reared (steady) on the best that soap has to offer, and so we're not easily pleased. However, new character Sean Slater looks like he might be able to smoulder his way into changing our minds, and frankly we'd have no problem with that.
The fact that he arrives in the Square with nefarious doings on his mind shouldn't factor into this, of course. We're just going to be shallow and focus on the pretty. Meanwhile, there's a family reunion to be had when he unexpectedly bumps into his sister Stacey, whom we still love. Seriously, if all goes well, build the soap around these two and Bob's your uncle. (Er, except Charlie's probably their uncle, so never mind.)
(And if you haven't played Beale Or No Beale on the EastEnders website yet, you really must.
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