I've watched Eastenders since its very beginning, and I have to say that I've never known a more unlikeable bunch of youngsters on the programme. Indeed, I've never known so many youngsters at one time; but most of the young people who've been on the show in the past have had a drive or a purpose, or - at the very least - some positive part about their role and their direction on the show.
The first lot of youngsters - Sharon, Michelle and Ian - wanted to better themselves, to move ahead of their parents in aspirations, and ofttimes, they struggled against all sorts of odds in order to achieve their goals. Michelle, and later Sonia, were teenaged mums, who managed to achieve degrees and professional qualifications against all odds. Even Tiffany Mitchell and Bianca, during her first stint, progressed from dippy, irresponsible, mouthy schoolgirls into wives and mothers.
But this lot - in particular, Lucy, Lauren and Whitney - are privileged, entitled, spoiled brats, sustained by over-indulgent parents in the past, lazy and with no direction in life or arrogant beyond belief in their self-victimisation. Did I mention rude? Well, rude too.
Lucy AKA Lollygag Luce and Lauren were particularly slappable tonight. I'm referring to the scene in the cafe when Max approached Lucy about seeing Ian, only to be rudely rebuffed by that skinny-assed, little bitch who loftily informed him that the only opinion she valued was her own. And of course, leave it to Lollygag to poo-poo the idea of talking out her troubles with Tanya, an adult and a mother; instead, the patron saint of gurning, Lauren, offers her services and invaluable judgement, instead - especially, her advice to Fatboy to walk away from any career-enhancement suggestions to his boss. Why? Because, in Lauren's inestimable opinion, Fatboy's boss is a fascist. As if she even knows the meaning of the word.
Lauren doesn't work. So she sits in the cafe her BFF has hoisted from her father - and I'm STILL trying to figure out how Lucy's got control of Ian's business accounts and has become signatory on them - most probably getting freebies from Lollygag Luce, she of the gaping mouth. Max and Tanya do absolutely nothing about pressuring her into getting a job.
Lollygag Lucy showed how stupid, callous and what an all-round vicious little bitch she is by screaming blue murder when Ian entered the cafe, which she'd named after her mother, the original Walford slut, whom she idolises. She is so patently stupid she doesn't even realise that Ben is not a Beale. And I positively cringed when the Toad's Tadpole threw Ian out then solicitously sought to help him. I was glad Christian was on hand for that and that he called Lucy a liar. I'd have called her something more for the remark she made about Jane.
Lucy had no right to say what she said about Jane not being a part of their lives. Lucy treated Jane like shit. Lucy was the reason behind Jane getting shot and being unable to have children. Lucy lied to Jane about her abortion, supported by the father she thinks "abandoned" her, and even if Lucy thinks and believes all of the above, encouraged by Tadpole's magic tadpole porking her skinny fanny adams nightly, she should know that Jane is actually Bobby's legal mother and can whisk him away to Wales in a fucking New York minute.
Lollygag whines that Ian "chose" Mandy over her; her sainted mother was Ian's original trophy wife, who betrayed him twice - and was rescued after the first betrayal from a squalid bedsit by Ian. Mandy was a much-needed link with Ian's past after Jane left. Mandy remembered Ian's parents, his Auntie Pauline and Mark. With Pat dead, and Sharon and Michelle living far away, Mandy was the Ian's last link with his past, even moreso when Ben made his confession to him; and if even a cretin would have been able to see that Ian was on the cusp of a breakdown, but all Lucy was concerned about was herself and sabotaging Mandy.
Then we have the interminably distasteful Shaggerman storyline, with Alfie's slut of a wife, Katshit, now cooing flirtatiously with the mystery man down the phone, absconding all work responsibility at the pub she runs with Alfie in order to go off with her porker without a soupcon of guilt or remorse. This is beyond low, and I seriously hope that Newman shows brass and slaps this botoxed po-faced slapper with the heavy karma she needs. The majority of viewers want Kat gone and gone before Christmas.
Ray was eliminated as the Shagger suspect tonight, which lengthens the Brannings odds not to 80%, although there was a strong whiff of suspicion surrounding Michael tonight, who lied about being with Tyler and Anthony. Or maybe he was and I missed that. I hope Shagger isn't Michael. I still think Derek's the man in question, and he and Kat deserve each other.
I hope the storyline around Janine is pointing to her having post-natal depression, and that wouldn't surprise me at all. She's a new mother, who's been through a traumatic birth and a critical time with a sick child in hospital; and her trust issues with Michael are coming to the fore. The last thing she needed was creepy Jean coming around, with an apology which was half-assed at the best - apologising for telling Janine on her wedding day, when she told Janine her child wouldn't be loved - whilst, at the same time, "reminding" Janine of the pain she put Saint Jean and Even More Saintly Stacey through.
BULLSHIT! Stacey broke up Janine's marriage. Stacey contributed to Janine's emotional fragility, which was still evident when she became involved with Michael and was behind her reticence to become intimately involved with him when she fell pregnant. Add to that the fact that she is still mourning and missing Pat, and Jean's cack-handed apology was something she didn't need to hear. If anything, it freaked her out even more. I hate the fact that Janine is going to leave Scarlett because she thinks she isn't worthy to be a mother, based on bile that c*** Kat is going to tell her; but one thing I don't want to see is creepy Jean getting involved with Scarlett in her absence.
The Olympic scene was cringeworthy. Not only had Jean's noticeably shorter hair grown out suddenly, but Tony Discipline - one week before he's due to appear in Crown Court on a serious criminal charge - is still hanging around as a cast member.
And finally, Phil, who hit a new moral low tonight, perfectly at ease with and hoping that Ian remains in a catatonic state, with his mind gone in order to ensure Phil's and Ben's safety. Karma gonna hit Phil hard.
I'm amazed that Shirley, who's usually pretty sharp about these things, failed to realise that Ian's reaction in turning the television off came about when Shirley mentioned Heather's name and not when she mentioned St Lollygag of the Mouth-Breathers' Association.
Finally, we now begin the countdown to Ben's ultimate comeuppanc, with Denise unwittingly having possession of the instrument of Heather's demise.
The first lot of youngsters - Sharon, Michelle and Ian - wanted to better themselves, to move ahead of their parents in aspirations, and ofttimes, they struggled against all sorts of odds in order to achieve their goals. Michelle, and later Sonia, were teenaged mums, who managed to achieve degrees and professional qualifications against all odds. Even Tiffany Mitchell and Bianca, during her first stint, progressed from dippy, irresponsible, mouthy schoolgirls into wives and mothers.
But this lot - in particular, Lucy, Lauren and Whitney - are privileged, entitled, spoiled brats, sustained by over-indulgent parents in the past, lazy and with no direction in life or arrogant beyond belief in their self-victimisation. Did I mention rude? Well, rude too.
Lucy AKA Lollygag Luce and Lauren were particularly slappable tonight. I'm referring to the scene in the cafe when Max approached Lucy about seeing Ian, only to be rudely rebuffed by that skinny-assed, little bitch who loftily informed him that the only opinion she valued was her own. And of course, leave it to Lollygag to poo-poo the idea of talking out her troubles with Tanya, an adult and a mother; instead, the patron saint of gurning, Lauren, offers her services and invaluable judgement, instead - especially, her advice to Fatboy to walk away from any career-enhancement suggestions to his boss. Why? Because, in Lauren's inestimable opinion, Fatboy's boss is a fascist. As if she even knows the meaning of the word.
Lauren doesn't work. So she sits in the cafe her BFF has hoisted from her father - and I'm STILL trying to figure out how Lucy's got control of Ian's business accounts and has become signatory on them - most probably getting freebies from Lollygag Luce, she of the gaping mouth. Max and Tanya do absolutely nothing about pressuring her into getting a job.
Lollygag Lucy showed how stupid, callous and what an all-round vicious little bitch she is by screaming blue murder when Ian entered the cafe, which she'd named after her mother, the original Walford slut, whom she idolises. She is so patently stupid she doesn't even realise that Ben is not a Beale. And I positively cringed when the Toad's Tadpole threw Ian out then solicitously sought to help him. I was glad Christian was on hand for that and that he called Lucy a liar. I'd have called her something more for the remark she made about Jane.
Lucy had no right to say what she said about Jane not being a part of their lives. Lucy treated Jane like shit. Lucy was the reason behind Jane getting shot and being unable to have children. Lucy lied to Jane about her abortion, supported by the father she thinks "abandoned" her, and even if Lucy thinks and believes all of the above, encouraged by Tadpole's magic tadpole porking her skinny fanny adams nightly, she should know that Jane is actually Bobby's legal mother and can whisk him away to Wales in a fucking New York minute.
Lollygag whines that Ian "chose" Mandy over her; her sainted mother was Ian's original trophy wife, who betrayed him twice - and was rescued after the first betrayal from a squalid bedsit by Ian. Mandy was a much-needed link with Ian's past after Jane left. Mandy remembered Ian's parents, his Auntie Pauline and Mark. With Pat dead, and Sharon and Michelle living far away, Mandy was the Ian's last link with his past, even moreso when Ben made his confession to him; and if even a cretin would have been able to see that Ian was on the cusp of a breakdown, but all Lucy was concerned about was herself and sabotaging Mandy.
Then we have the interminably distasteful Shaggerman storyline, with Alfie's slut of a wife, Katshit, now cooing flirtatiously with the mystery man down the phone, absconding all work responsibility at the pub she runs with Alfie in order to go off with her porker without a soupcon of guilt or remorse. This is beyond low, and I seriously hope that Newman shows brass and slaps this botoxed po-faced slapper with the heavy karma she needs. The majority of viewers want Kat gone and gone before Christmas.
Ray was eliminated as the Shagger suspect tonight, which lengthens the Brannings odds not to 80%, although there was a strong whiff of suspicion surrounding Michael tonight, who lied about being with Tyler and Anthony. Or maybe he was and I missed that. I hope Shagger isn't Michael. I still think Derek's the man in question, and he and Kat deserve each other.
I hope the storyline around Janine is pointing to her having post-natal depression, and that wouldn't surprise me at all. She's a new mother, who's been through a traumatic birth and a critical time with a sick child in hospital; and her trust issues with Michael are coming to the fore. The last thing she needed was creepy Jean coming around, with an apology which was half-assed at the best - apologising for telling Janine on her wedding day, when she told Janine her child wouldn't be loved - whilst, at the same time, "reminding" Janine of the pain she put Saint Jean and Even More Saintly Stacey through.
BULLSHIT! Stacey broke up Janine's marriage. Stacey contributed to Janine's emotional fragility, which was still evident when she became involved with Michael and was behind her reticence to become intimately involved with him when she fell pregnant. Add to that the fact that she is still mourning and missing Pat, and Jean's cack-handed apology was something she didn't need to hear. If anything, it freaked her out even more. I hate the fact that Janine is going to leave Scarlett because she thinks she isn't worthy to be a mother, based on bile that c*** Kat is going to tell her; but one thing I don't want to see is creepy Jean getting involved with Scarlett in her absence.
The Olympic scene was cringeworthy. Not only had Jean's noticeably shorter hair grown out suddenly, but Tony Discipline - one week before he's due to appear in Crown Court on a serious criminal charge - is still hanging around as a cast member.
And finally, Phil, who hit a new moral low tonight, perfectly at ease with and hoping that Ian remains in a catatonic state, with his mind gone in order to ensure Phil's and Ben's safety. Karma gonna hit Phil hard.
I'm amazed that Shirley, who's usually pretty sharp about these things, failed to realise that Ian's reaction in turning the television off came about when Shirley mentioned Heather's name and not when she mentioned St Lollygag of the Mouth-Breathers' Association.
Finally, we now begin the countdown to Ben's ultimate comeuppanc, with Denise unwittingly having possession of the instrument of Heather's demise.
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