"Stupid is as stupid does" according to Forrest Gump. Obviously, he had been watching EastEnders when that statement was coined! Just about every current storyline in the episodes aired by BBCA recently hinge upon plot points that are so...
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2 January 2003 - 1:00am
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Here's a sure-fire plot for the next Jane Tennyson series: new producer of long-time top-rated BBC soap found murdered in her office. The Prime Suspect? Millions of (former) fans of EastEnders!
18 November 2002 - 1:00am
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Now that I've said a few complimentary words about the recent EastEnders storylines, I have to do exactly the opposite on 2 others. Not everything in EastEnders is perfect, & as far as I'm concerned, the major mistakes being made in the writing...
11 November 2002 - 1:00am
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Well, just when you thought it was safe to check out the Walford Web, here I am back again. Sorry about the gap; now that winter is setting in here in Colorado I hope to have time to stay on top of EastEnders better!
30 October 2002 - 1:00am
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For those EE fans out there following my Postcards, I want to apologize for the last few weeks with nothing new to say. To be honest, I am bored of griping about the current quality of EE. Unfortunately, the latest episodes have given me little...
22 August 2002 - 12:00am
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When it was recently announced that John Yorke was vacating the producer's chair at EastEnders, and new producer Louise Berridge would be helming the show, hopes were high that storylines would be improving. After all, it was John Yorke who had...
28 July 2002 - 12:00am
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If you have read any of the previous Postcard's archived here on the Walford Web, you may have noticed a prevalent theme that runs thru them; to whit, "current EastEnders episodes are inferior to those in the past".
29 June 2002 - 12:00am
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While watching the recent episodes featuring Sonia's kidnapping of Chloe/Rebecca & the subsequent efforts of Dot to talk sense to Sonia, a feeling of déjà vu came over me. I'd seen these scenes before, I just knew it! Then it came...
15 June 2002 - 12:00am
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Some Random Thoughts and other miscellany: For someone out £30,000, Phil Mitchell seems rather sanguine. Hasn't ANYONE noticed that Melanie Owens has skipped out on her bail? Maybe it's different here in the U.S., but when someone fails...
25 May 2002 - 12:00am
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I know the Little Mo trial is old news on your side of the Pond. I've read about the "Free Little Mo" protestors, & I'm sure most of you have moved on to griping about the Sonia storyline, or discussing Janine's career choices....
18 May 2002 - 12:00am
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It may surprise you, but here in the U.S., we don't get the coverage of EastEnders that saturates the UK media. However, I gossip with people who do see the stories, & have been told that the current storyline involving Janine's career as a...
24 April 2002 - 12:00am
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While fans of EastEnders (& most TV shows in general) often discuss the actors as if they are autonomous beings, of course the awareness of the writer's role lurks in the back of our heads. We know, intellectually, that the words spoken by...
10 April 2002 - 12:00am
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