Shark Bytes

Dan...you may get your wish. We get EE here in South Florida on our PBS station (because of the large British community here). Last episode I saw Little Mo was just let out of jail after being accused of Attempted Murder of the abusive husband to give you an idea how far behind we are. After reading just two pages of comments here I feel like I just watched years worth in one fell swoop. And it ain't worth sitting though the second time.

it JTS when alfie left i loved him in it....he better come back :D i love shane ritchie such a wee cutie.

seriously, people watch this dross in aMERica? you people need to stop watching. do us brits a favour, we'll never be free of it if you don't tune out.

When pauline fowler died. she had been the main chracter from the beginning.

I tuned off a couple of years back, why, crap Kray type gangster, Eastenders is a Soap, not Sopranos. Also yes the rape of Little Mo for the second time was quite a shark jumper wasn't it. How much more horror will they put this woman through.

If there was a prize for the longest a series has gone on after jumping the shark this is it, the writer have jumped the great white they have grown wings. End it, now.

The real moment of shark-jumping was having Little Mo raped a second time - that put off many viewers for life. It said once a victim always a victim which sent a negative to viewers. EastEnders is just all doom and gloom and no humour or happiness for all. Recently caught one edition - nothing but moaney characters with no screen presence at all. And bringing in Bobby Davro - now, that is desperate!

This programme jumped when they decided that serious storylines should be started and wrapped up within weeks (Billy and Honey's baby daughter is a prime example) storylines like this should be bought on gradually then kept going for months, not started and finished in the space of a couple of weeks, also there is too much glamour in the characters, before they all looked like real people, unless it cuts back to 3 nights a week it's gonna crash and burn.

hasn't been the same since about 2003, no more sharon, steve owen, jaime, etc.

it has just grown old and lost almost all the original characters. I guess Pauline's death is the end. What is it, only Ian and Dot Cotton from the earliest days?
Also the lack of gay chararcters. At least that kept us gays watching.

Tiffany's death. She should come back in ghost form and haunt Grant.

For those interested in seeing EastEnders return to American television, sorry but you can count me in here because I'm waiting for the 're' return of Grant Mitchell and his son by Michelle Fowler, which will really kick EastEnders up a notch, what about starting a petition? I keep reading that the ratings aren't so good, but the postings and calls to the stations tell me otherwise. Other storylines and plots aside, if it means I finally get the chance to see Grant and his son meet and the 'follow-up' that happens, I'll take it anyway that I can get it.

This weeks eastenders has been SOOOOOO boring. I read in the paper that June Brown (Dot Branning) has just renewed her contract but if her storylines this week are anything to go by she shouldn't have done it! Either her acting isn't all that great or the scriptwriters need to get their finger out and come up with better storylines!

EastEnders is possibly the worst soap EVER! It really is the pits with endless screaming, rows, tears, fights, screaming, beatings, snot, fights, fires, violence, more screaming, accidents, death, destruction and ENDLESS MISERY!!!! I cannot remember the last time anyone smiled, unless it was because they'd done something bad to someone else. To allow such an amoral show to be broadcast anywhere in the world is beyond belief, let alone on the BBC - and us Brits have to put up with this woe four times a week! When did it jump the shark? DAY ONE!! There's one thing in its favour now, though - the most miserable of the lot, Pauline Fowler, has gone and died. And not a moment to soon!

we're about 5 years behind thanks to our public tv station here in the u.s. (which is cancelling EE in january, so we'll forever be in the dark.) but death seems to be a JTS issue for me. EE characters either need to learn to cross the street better or they should stop allowing people to drive around albert square, considering all the characters who meet their maker in the street. tiffany bit the big one when frank rolled over her. jamie got run over by martin. nigel (remember him) had a wife who was killed stepping off the curb. SHEESH. people - look both ways before crossing the street! at least steve owens had a fiery car incident to put him six feet under. i often wonder whether the writers realize how many characters they've offed in this manner? makes other murders downright refreshing.