T K Mazin, who likes to pretend he knows more than others asks the question:-
Phil told Peggy right after Dennis's murder. He told her because he intended confessing to Sharon, himself; but Peggy persuaded him against doing that.
Peggy is gone, and she probably won't be back. If she didn't pop up when Ben confessed and went down, or even for Pat's death, then she won't be coming back now.
Phil told Grant, but Grant is in Portugal, and nothing's been mooted about Grant returning either.
Both Mitchell brothers are too clever to reveal anything of such to their dippy sister Sam (especially as long as she's played by Daniella Westbrook.)
Apart from that, who else knew? Sharon, herself, told Phil what had happened between her and Jonnie Allen. When Dennis appeared, all Jonnie thought was, perhaps Sharon had told him. Anyway, Jonnie is dead, as are the Moon brothers - Danny, who killed Dennis, and Jake, who killed Danny.
So, once again, that begs the question ... Who the fuck knows ... and more importantly, how the fuck serious is it?
Contrary to what a lot of people still worshipping at the altar of Saint Dennis believe, Phil didn't commit any crime; and - more importantly - Dennis, and only Dennis (who really wasn't very bright) chose to ignore the fact that he had a pregnant wife and that Jonnie Allen was a bitterly dangerous man and beat the living shit out of him. Then, to add insult to injury (pun intended: an insult to Dennis's perceived intelligence and Jonnie's injury), Dennis threw Jonnie a mobile phone, thinking Jonnie would call an ambulance. That wasn't evidence of Dennis's purity or goodness - Dennis, himself, was a murderer, remember?- that was just sheer stupidity. Even Sharon wouldn't have countenanced something like that.
And remember, it was to Phil whom Sharon ran after being attacked by Jonnie, not Dennis. And she begged Phil not to tell Dennis, because she didn't trust Dennis's reaction.
That's right. Read it again: Dennis's wife didn't trust him.
She didn't trust him to act like an adult and leave Walford for the safety of their child. And when there isn't any trust in a marriage, there isn't a marriage.
Dennis was louche, lax and irresponsible with money and immature. If he and Sharon had left Walford, she would have spent a lifetime being a mother, both to him and to Fauntleroy. How long before that became tiring?
So how would they retcon the story of Sharon finding out about Phil when no one knows? And, please, don't patronise me with the horseshit about Phil having told Shirley, because Phil, himself, didn't trust Shirley. (See above ... are they still together?) He told Sharon more about Ben and his travails in five minutes than he did in the three years he's had Shirley stuck to him like glue.
The story behind the demise of Dennis-the-nice-but-dim-murderer is one that needs to be left simmering on the background for a good few years- at least until Fauntleroy is played by a young actor who can deliver lines and who looks more like the street-suss grandson of Den Watts and less like a pampered little prince.
Do pay attention.
Why don't the writers hurry up and spill the beans about DennisThe answer is simple: because there's no one left, bar Phil, who knows what happened..
Phil told Peggy right after Dennis's murder. He told her because he intended confessing to Sharon, himself; but Peggy persuaded him against doing that.
Peggy is gone, and she probably won't be back. If she didn't pop up when Ben confessed and went down, or even for Pat's death, then she won't be coming back now.
Phil told Grant, but Grant is in Portugal, and nothing's been mooted about Grant returning either.
Both Mitchell brothers are too clever to reveal anything of such to their dippy sister Sam (especially as long as she's played by Daniella Westbrook.)
Apart from that, who else knew? Sharon, herself, told Phil what had happened between her and Jonnie Allen. When Dennis appeared, all Jonnie thought was, perhaps Sharon had told him. Anyway, Jonnie is dead, as are the Moon brothers - Danny, who killed Dennis, and Jake, who killed Danny.
So, once again, that begs the question ... Who the fuck knows ... and more importantly, how the fuck serious is it?
Contrary to what a lot of people still worshipping at the altar of Saint Dennis believe, Phil didn't commit any crime; and - more importantly - Dennis, and only Dennis (who really wasn't very bright) chose to ignore the fact that he had a pregnant wife and that Jonnie Allen was a bitterly dangerous man and beat the living shit out of him. Then, to add insult to injury (pun intended: an insult to Dennis's perceived intelligence and Jonnie's injury), Dennis threw Jonnie a mobile phone, thinking Jonnie would call an ambulance. That wasn't evidence of Dennis's purity or goodness - Dennis, himself, was a murderer, remember?- that was just sheer stupidity. Even Sharon wouldn't have countenanced something like that.
And remember, it was to Phil whom Sharon ran after being attacked by Jonnie, not Dennis. And she begged Phil not to tell Dennis, because she didn't trust Dennis's reaction.
That's right. Read it again: Dennis's wife didn't trust him.
She didn't trust him to act like an adult and leave Walford for the safety of their child. And when there isn't any trust in a marriage, there isn't a marriage.
Dennis was louche, lax and irresponsible with money and immature. If he and Sharon had left Walford, she would have spent a lifetime being a mother, both to him and to Fauntleroy. How long before that became tiring?
So how would they retcon the story of Sharon finding out about Phil when no one knows? And, please, don't patronise me with the horseshit about Phil having told Shirley, because Phil, himself, didn't trust Shirley. (See above ... are they still together?) He told Sharon more about Ben and his travails in five minutes than he did in the three years he's had Shirley stuck to him like glue.
The story behind the demise of Dennis-the-nice-but-dim-murderer is one that needs to be left simmering on the background for a good few years- at least until Fauntleroy is played by a young actor who can deliver lines and who looks more like the street-suss grandson of Den Watts and less like a pampered little prince.
Do pay attention.
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