And there you have it. But the COMPLETELY LIVE fallout tomorrow is going to have you reaching for the tissues...

#EELive tonight at 2000hrs. Bobby killed Lucy. But there is so much more to the story...

I'm a little at a loss as to how all the clues added up too. The music/jewellery  box pointed to Lucy being killed at home (and also a possible drugs connection), but we sort-of knew that by Wednesday anyway.

I'm hoping that Ian will explain how he worked it out tonight, although any difference in Emma's (probably more forensic) reasoning will be difficult to account for as Lauren won't be in the live show (although I suppose there's always the possibility of DI Keeble turning up...  ).

I think Ian didn't work out that Bobby had done it and will struggle to accept Jane's account. That's assuming she tells Ian the truth or lies to protect Bobby.

i really enjoyed it

i thought it was great

me & cuz guessed on the night bobby did it & jane covered up

well cuz did

and i slapped his back in excitment & knocked him off his chair

although i might have to watch it again as some of it is a bit of a blur

Danny Dyer looks like a retarded AI robot!  Is that the level of his acting since he joined the programme? Please tell me no! 

Another palpable hit...

Danny is aptly named when it comes to his acting ability.

Way did Phil not ask Ian why he was so upset?

Given their relationship Phil went away rather too easily. 

It didn't take long for Ian to get over the revelation that Lucy was killed by Bobby

Mind you, there seem to be many close runners now! 

TBH, I think it would have been obvious even to Phil that it wasn't the right moment to tell Ian that his mother was still alive...

I have to say it, that was bloody good acting tonight from the EE cast.

Has Ian got a fat suit on or is he really that big these days?

I'm exhausted - I look like Ian right now

I though it was really good too!

Nah, I told you it was Dexter. 

I was wrong though

Excellent, especially as it was live. Adam Wyatt is one of the best actors in the show, imo

I'm not sure Phil really gives two figs about Ian's feelings and given all their history it would have been another below the belt punch from Phil which I think he would have enjoyed and taken great delight in.

After all, it makes a change from sticking Ian's head down the loo. 

Has no one ever been to live theatre?

I think they are going a little over the top with all the praise, it's not like they have not done it before, so logistically they know how to approach it and there will have been plenty of rehearsals. 

I wondered the same thing. Wardrobe has failed either way. 

Ian Wright?! 

Have I got that right? The actor who plays Peter is leaving, but Peter isn't? So, a new Peter, hope they bring back the old one!

Yes - I'm black and forty-ish and really good at football

A few years ago - yes, probably. However Phil and Ian's relationship has softened a lot after Lucy's death.

Also, that whole "history" between the two of them is based around Kathy, so I could understand Phil treading carefully there...

David Essex should still be in it

"He’s a little psychopath and in four years time he’ll be the biggest serial killer in Walford."

He was talking about pre-recorded scenes. Normally, EastEnders is recorded about 6 or 7 weeks in advance, so Ben Hardy would have recorded "Peter's" last scenes a while back. I didn't want to discuss spoilers earlier, but the press had photos around Christmas of Peter's farewell scene with Lauren.

OK, I can do without the backslapping self-congratulations show about that outing.   

Ta-ra in here. 

I can't stand Danny Dyer the dire actor

Ahhhh, thanks. So Peter has gone from tonight?

Didn't like him anyway!M

No - it's just amateurish

Ben Hardy has left the show as of tonight, but because of his pre-recorded scenes, Peter will still be around for a few more weeks. Among other things, there's still the "Lauren's pregnant" story to be resolved, and Jacqueline Jossa recorded her last scenes (for the time-being) a few weeks ago too before going on maternity leave...

Oh gawd, I keep banging this drum, but I don't care about her either, coz she isn't the real Lauren!!

Am I the only one who thinks it was pathetic!  A typical 'whodunnit' with loads of red herrings, false leads and the revelation is so lame because they just picked the one person least likely.  I can't stand this type of writing normally because it's so manipulative and arbitrary.  The whole purpose is to make none of the normal logic for a murder fit but go along with the pretence that logical motives exist.

So a 10 year old kid kills a grown woman with a jewellery box.  How did he manage that?  He's 2/3rds her height.  It then doesn't enter his head that he might have killed her.  For a whole year and keeps quite about it, acts normally for a whole year.

I think Lucy may have been sitting down at the time. That could mean that height wasn't an issue?

Jane did say in yesterday's episode that she convinced Bobby that he hadn't killed Lucy, Though in Thursday's second episode when Bobby tells Jane he does come across as having hit Lucy in cold blood and shows no remorse. Elliot Carrington (Bobby) probably wasn't used to working as late as that (it was live) so might have been tired by then.