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 HZAnita bids farewell to Pat in an exclusive article for Walford Web.

I barely know what to say, and I am certain that many, many others will say it far more eloquently.  I knew this day was coming, but it still feels like I’ve been kicked in the gut.
 
Pat is gone.  Never again will...

1 January 2012 - 9:00pm

HZAnita airs her views on the ending of the baby swap storyline.

[A small aside -- As you may be aware, it has just been announced that the US will lose two more of its longest-running soaps:  All My Children and One Life to Live.  I do not watch those shows every day, but I do keep abreast of the...

16 April 2011 - 12:02am

Is HZAnita losing some of the US love for EastEnders? Find out more in her latest postcard.

Over the years, I have loved to watch EastEnders. I loved the show for the realistic, gritty plots. I loved the character-driven stories. I loved the community and family interaction. I loved that it was the antithesis of an American soap opera...

7 January 2011 - 2:35pm

The fire at the Queen Vic is the inspiration behind HZAnita’s latest Postcard from America.

Yes, it is true. The destruction and absence of the Queen Victoria has released in me angst I didn’t know existed.

I have a massive case of "Pub-Envy."

I am not sure if this is a British, European, or...

3 October 2010 - 5:25pm

HZAnita takes time out to compare Phil Mitchell with US General Hospital’s dastardly Sonny Corinthos.

Yet I loathe Sonny Corinthos.

Phil Mitchell is many things: a bully; an abuser; an addict; a horrible father; a small-time gangster. In fact, he is the nearly the British equivalent of the character I most hate on the US soap opera...

18 June 2010 - 12:00am

HZAnita muses on the similarities between Lucy’s baby storyline and one from the past.

As some of you may be aware, my local PBS is airing EastEnders quite a few years behind the current British episodes. One of the major storylines in my neck of the woods is Vicki Fowler’s pregnancy by Spencer Moon. It would be difficult not...

14 April 2010 - 7:52am

Take a trip back a few years to when Robbie left first time round in the latest Postcards from America courtesy of correspondent HZAnita.

An Ode to Robbie??

Okay. Not really.

But seeing Robbie on screen again has set my heart a-flutter. Not because of his great looks, intelligence, or urbane sophistication (although those traits are nothing at which to...

17 February 2010 - 3:43pm

Ever wondered what SORAS is? Well, you’d better read on then ...

Happy New Year, Walford Web! To celebrate, I thought I would take the occasion of the newest Mitchell arrival (Glenda) as an opportunity to do a brief, random commentary on a barely related topic. And if that sentence does not stop you from...

19 January 2010 - 1:00am

HZAnita wishes you a Happy Christmas from the other side of the pond.

The Twelve Days of (Walford) Christmas*

*Please pardon any numerical inaccuracies! The number of Ian’s chin hairs, for example, is most likely up for debate.:)

On the first day of Christmas, Eastenders gave to me...

19 December 2009 - 6:36pm

A Walford Thanksgiving.

So, here in the US, it is Thanksgiving season. This is the when we celebrate everything for which we are thankful by stuffing our faces with roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean...

26 November 2009 - 8:19am

After watching Eastenders for two decades, I have decided that I need a holiday. Not just a Holiday. A British Holiday.

And not just a British Holiday.

A British Holiday - With Pat.

It may not be the same everywhere in America,...

22 October 2009 - 12:00am

So, we have OriginalSam (as opposed to NewSam) back in the Square! In my little spot in the US, NewSam is still airing, so I can make my own direct comparison.

First of all, I have to confess that I am a complete Mitchell fangurl. I...

14 September 2009 - 12:00am