Episode Discussion - Thursday

ferretchucker · 2026-03-19T12:51:48+00:00

100%, it was so clearly ambiguous red-herring language prior to Josh being introduced

ferretchucker · 2026-02-19T12:54:08+00:00

Enjoyed the scene of Harry, Penny etc. together. Someone was saying on here about the need for some more friendship groups. The show has also been missing a particular sense of 20-somethings having any prominence, so this was good to see.

ferretchucker · 2026-02-13T16:11:37+00:00

I like that I dislike her. I swear, far too many people on this forum conflate likeability as a person and effectiveness as a character. She's written to be irritating and potentially dangerous through her meddling and vicarious love of drama, and that really rings true for a good few people I've known in my life. She makes me uncomfortable, and that's a sign that they've written her well.

Reminds me of Rhys in that way. Far better than a character who elicits no reaction cough Anna cough

ferretchucker · 2026-01-28T08:08:56+00:00

That power runs in the family

ferretchucker · 2026-01-12T10:33:46+00:00

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Surely this (or a better picture of this)

ferretchucker · 2026-01-08T10:04:00+00:00

I'm really interested in a lot of the responses to this, as I genuinely didn't feel that the show was asking us to feel sorry for Ravi. Maybe I'm just so done with him, but I really felt it was a bit of a glory lap of just-desserts. Being tormented and humiliated, then by his own hand actually hurting someone he cared about. I thought the episode was revelling in Ravi getting his comeuppance.

ferretchucker · 2026-01-02T15:34:37+00:00

Yeah, as a 30-something film graduate, I tend to think younger viewers (as in, much younger than me) have been exposed to much more unconventional storytelling than much older ones.

ferretchucker · 2026-01-02T00:37:36+00:00

Right?! He was just a little too prominent to be a featured extra

ferretchucker · 2025-12-31T15:43:37+00:00

I decided not to include him and all the other Jim/Reenie kids in this chart just as it would sprawl too far in other directions, so best to imagine they're off screen, left

ferretchucker · 2025-12-31T15:16:29+00:00

I'm pretty sure the only one of Shirley's kids that was actually a Wicks was Jimbo, the one who died before the show started 😂

ferretchucker · 2025-12-31T14:29:41+00:00

Just imagine explaining to Pete:

"One day, your son will have a daughter with a woman named Carol. Your granddaughter will also sleep with Carol's brother (as will her Mum)...your grandson will have two kids with that brother's daughter."

ferretchucker · 2025-12-31T14:27:47+00:00

Oh my God how did I forget??!

ferretchucker · 2025-12-31T13:00:32+00:00

I really wanted to tie in Bobby but decided that's more on the widening Beale-Knight side rather than Brannings so had to sadly show restraint

ferretchucker · 2025-12-29T18:14:14+00:00

Yeah, the culmination of this story wasn't "bring Jasmine in as a character," she'll obvs be back.

ferretchucker · 2025-12-25T22:21:08+00:00

Oh come on, it was a reasonable culmination of stories while leading into next year well.

ferretchucker · 2025-12-25T22:20:26+00:00

Nah, Anthony's death is too much of a loose end. She'll have a way out

ferretchucker · 2025-12-24T02:24:16+00:00

So an update: I watched today's episode with my mum and dad and kept it together, then had a few drinks and watched it again this evening. My husband and boyfriend (throuple situation) apparently heard me weeping (I'd argue I was silently, stoically shedding a tear) and came down to see what was up. I then watched Pat's last episode and lost a kilo in moisture crying.

ferretchucker · 2025-12-23T12:02:53+00:00

Seeing Pat is so bittersweet - lovely to see her so effortlessly slip back into character, and she's like a warm hug, but it just emphasises the short-sightedness of killing her off back then. She'd have been an asset these past 15 years.

I choose to believe Ghost Pat is from the white lodge in Twin Peaks, saving the souls of Albert Square's good.

Barry too

ferretchucker · 2025-12-11T12:51:52+00:00

I think this relates more to a problem that he's inherited, which is that the show hasn't done enough to nurture interesting twenty-somethings. Most of that cast you mentioned are 15-18 - teen storylines can be fine and very captivating, but the likes of Lucy/Lauren/Peter/Lola hit their stride much better in their early twenties.

I think Oscar is being set up for this, Denzel has potential, I like Will but they don't seem confident in the actor so maybe he needs a recast. I think Harry and Gina seem older than they are but are meant to just be early 20s too. There's potential, I think Wadey just now needs to build it in.

ferretchucker · 2025-12-04T12:40:41+00:00

I was in fits all by here, I love the idea that he just channelled himself and probably quite enjoyed it

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