Twas very well acted

I as  shocked as I had not heard/seen a spoiler from anywhere, which is quite unusual these days. But the actors were very realistic , very well acted .

Best bit of acting from Devon Anderson since the 1996 Meridian School Christmas Play

I knew the actor was getting the boot cos he was misbehaving or summink but I never knew his character was dying I love Lindsey Coulson (Carol) - always thought she was a brilliant actress, thought all of them were brilliant tonight (but Billy outshone them all).

I'm not sad to see Billy go cos I was fed up of him and his mates, but want to know what the cause of death was. Was he doing drugs with Lauren?

Only just seen this

I still think the most powerful death ever on Eastenders was that of Hassan Osman. For those who don't remember the earlier years of EE, Hassan was the baby son of Sue and Ali: the original owners of the cafe. The episode after Ali won a considerable amount from gambling, he and Sue woke to find that Hassan had died during the night: a cot death. EE was a huge talking point in those days, and I well remember the day after Hassan's death, with people discussing it in hushed tones it in the street.  The then-R1 DJ Steve Wright summed it up when he said on-air that he kept having to remind himself that Hassam was just a fictional character in a soap...

EL I remember that! It wasn't long after EE started, I remember Sue had a real obsession with babies or summat after that? (I was only young at the time )

Think he drank a whole bottle of vodka (30 units) which im guessing would most likely kill you... I could be wrong.

I think you were just lucky - one of the TV guides had it splashed across their front page last week. I was not happy when I saw it in the newsagents by accident.

Realistic indeed, poor Carol and Bianca.


Spoiler alert 2 returnees Alan a


nd Blossom

So he did the drugs then caned the whole bottle? On top of the beer and the shots? What a tool

This also part of Bianca's temporary leaving storyline.

I'm going to give a mention to Reg Cox's death, before Garage Joe arrives.

Just saw the 2 - one I was expecting but the other one??! She went out on square wheels man!

Not exactly a spoiler alert when you post it in the same post straight after it

Was that the first episode when they kicked the door in?

I didn't see any drug taking, apart from downing bottles of spirits.

Same here.... my face was like

It was.

I don't think people thought the death would be interesting as Billie isnt such a huge character or did the story get much attention... so it hardly got a mension, strangely though without the spoilers, I thought that Billies death made a bigger impact than any other EE death for the past 2-3 years.

Whitney should have stuck with Todd.

I remember the good old days of Nick Cotton being boarded up in his bedroom to do cold turkey and he managed to escape with a teaspoon.

Good times

Yes, that's right. Sue had difficulty conceiving another child, and became over-protective of "little Ali" when he finally arrived. She and Ali became estranged, and he snatched his son back while Sue was visiting Hassan's grave. Sue had a mental breakdown afterwards and left the series, with Ali following soon after when he lost everything gambling. (This was in 1989 - 4 years into EE.)

i remember the good old days of Zoe Slater and her mate Kelly.

Never been the same since

Oh yeah when Kat gave the prossie Roxy a beating.

MrMeatAndPotatoPie I saw that scene and wondered whether it would be even possible to drink a whole bottle of neat vodka without gagging, unless someone was a very hardened drinker.  He then went on to continue drinking and I'd have thought such an instant amount of alcohol would pretty much ensure almost instant throwing up or passing out.

I didn't know about the storyline so it came as a shock. Much too powerful for me, cried through most of it. EE gets some deserved stick at times but that was well written and very well acted, especially by Carol

I thought he would have choked on his vomit but he didn't do that either. Alcohol induced coma thingy?

Just gotta get my coat on

It is possible to down a bottle of vodka in one without being sick (after a nights drinking) and without passing out or having a hangover the next day :ninja

At first I thought it would be alcoholic poisoning but I thought people who've died from that would have thrown up, but I don't know

Agree

*Columbo face*

What about 'the kiss' between Zoe and Kelly?

Oh God not Zoe Slater. She was shit!

Hell yeah!

Stop being silly

Silly rhymes with Billie.
You're so clever!!

It was a brilliant episode, very moving and very well acted

I thought it was a very good episode and Carol was brilliant, daughter came downstairs and asked the same question about how he died.  thought it was alcohol poisioning