THE GREAT TURN-OFF: EASTENDERS IN CRISIS

[eithne]

It really has gone downhill recently.

[Warren]

I think the whole thing's been over hyped and the media admitted it will go for the jugular at the first sign of trouble in the programme all about soaps, I think it was last sunday.

EE has gone down hill a lot, but not quite as much as some would hope. And Emmerdale beat it once in the ratings.

I thought the narratives that came out during the kindney transplant storyline were really good and there was a good chance to see character development - particularly Adi, Kaarina and Tariq. But I thing by then viewers were too bored with the Ferreiras to pay much attention and just presumed it as bad as all the other Ferreira stuff. I don't blame the public at all, but it was a wasted opportunity.

[440magnum]

There's no doubt that there has been the odd good episode, but the consistency has gone, and overall it's got unbelievably dull.....and just plain unbelievable, in equal measures.

I don't think I've watched a complete episode for over six months now, and it used to be my favourite soap.

I think the rot started when the Slaters appeared. They had some great storylines admittedly, but then we had to suffer Slater Overkill, and I think therein lies the root of the problem. Too many BIG storylines allocated to a small minority of characters. Not enough realism (for which EE was once rightly famous), and not enough minutiae of day-to-day living.

[WarrenP]

440magnum said:

Too many BIG storylines allocated to a small minority of characters. .

Definately it's downfall. Too much Slaters and Phil Mitchell.

[shaz]

bring back grant and tell him he has a child to michelle and let him and phil sort out andy hunter which i think is the most unterryfying looking gangster ever

[RitaLittlewood]

I saw this on Thursday for the first time in years and was more bored than I was with later Brookside and current Corrie. Did they take bits of script from past episodes and stick them together? It was diabolical.

[shaz]

exactly i use to love this soap but now i find myself turning over when it comes on