And I bet the dad buggers off again when he gets his kidney...I think he only came back because he figured that he might have a kidney match with his own flesh and blood...so pops back into their lives, and then oh dear im ill...if only there was someone with a kidney for me to use.

The dads character is being axed so he will either bugger off again or not make it.

I like Dexter and his relationship with Cora but wish his mum and dad would bugger off can't stand them 

The story lines are ridiculous at the moment and theirs too many teenagers in it, they start stories and then never mention them again for weeks, what happened to Cindy Beale running off with that money , Phil seems to have forgot all about it

The saying "he can charm the birds from the trees" is a saying.  EastEnders script writers use it as the basis for most of their plots.  For instance, who'd bet against an affair between the Phil Mitchell character and the Lola character?  Implausible in real life, but highly plausible in EastEnders.

 

Then there's the two other tropes "women love a bad boy", "opposites attract".  That's covered pretty much all the relationships in East Enders.

Lets hope it's the latter.

Phil hasn't forgotten: it's been "dealt with". Dexter was held responsible, and he's paying Phil back the money through his wages.
No one knows Cindy took the money, but a few eybrows have been raised at her mysteriously coming into possession of some expensive gear (e.g. a new phone), so I think that story will bubble away for a while...

After the removal of Dex's kidney he seemed fine but I knew there would be the usual hospital scene later. Any time whether an adult or child ends up in hospital one minute they're recovering and next there's a relapse/crisis where everyone panics, just like happened tonight.

 

I'm still waiting for Shirley to turn up, last we saw of her a few weeks ago she was in the garage challenging the latest bad boy Carl..EE's always bringing in unlikeable characters so where's Shirley been hidden away

I thought Ian was going to find her in the rubbish 

omg what a cynic 

That thought crossed my mind too

 

Michael's my favourite to watch and he was on form last night

He's brilliant, such a shame he's leaving

 

Shirley has got to turn up soon as her family are due to arrive next month I think

Do people actually still watch Eastenders????????

I'm gutted he's leaving!! with the scripts being worse than usual the last few months he's the only one I enjoy watching

 

From what I've read of Shirley's family they don't sound likeable...why doesn't EE change their format and fetch in likeable characters, haven't they realised that's why the viewing figures are dropping

I watch it, it's hard habit to break

This new producer is meant to be turning things around, they need to do something as the figures aren't looking good

The only other soap I watch is Corrie and EE could take some lessons from them. More humour is needed, more likeable and interesting characters, more light and shade in storylines instead of constantly focusing on the criminal or nasty side of characters, just my two cents

I agree, EE is awful at the moment I wish they'd hurry up and finish the Alfie and Roxy storyline

The trouble with EE is that the writers haven't got the talent for incidental humour. Both Emmerdale and Corrie are good at this without making a song and dance about it or producing a character just for that.

Corrie seems to be drafting in new pairs of hands left, right, and centre. I understand that Tom Hanks, after bettering Harrison Ford's disappointing audition, has been taking advice from a voice coach with the intention of taking the role of Arthur Foster, a Stalybridge businessman who buys the Taxi firm from new Rover's landlord Steve McDonald.