Friday, August 04, 2006
Get ahht of my pub!
SOAP! EastEnders, BBC1, 8.00pm
We've not paid a visit to Albert Square for quite some time. We tired of the comedy gangsters and the ludicrous faux-lesbian storylines, and there really wasn't much reason for us to keep coming back once the Estimable Chrissie Watts said her final farewells to the Square. However, it's been said to us in a hushed-up whisper that EastEnders is actually getting good again, so we thought we'd pay tribute to that by sticking it on the front page. Apparently it's melodrama and rubbish gangsters out, and believable character-driven storylines in! Can we get a w00t? Yes? Excellent.
So, what's new in Walford? Well, there are heaps of new characters that we're still learning to recognise, including a bunch of Brannings (one of whom is played by Jo Joyner from No Angels, who is a thoroughly welcome addition to the cast) and a whole gang of Foxes, one of whom appears to be improbably named Squiggle. It doesn't exactly run alongside Curly, Lofty, Sinbad and Bombhead in the list of all time classic soap opera character nicknames, but we appreciate the effort all the same.
In tonight's episode, Martin's birthday doesn't go according to plan. We suspect this is largely because it is a Soap Opera Birthday, and soap birthdays are never allowed to pass without some kind of depressing incident, especially in Walford. Meanwhile, Denise (one of the aforementioned Foxes) delivers some home truths to Owen (her ex, we believe), and he doesn't take too kindly to them, leading to tragic consequences. Hmm, for all the changes going around, life in Walford still doesn't seem much cheerier, does it?
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