Danifan

I always had this feeling all of Jase's storylines were leading up to his exit. Shame as i prefer him to Dawn. Am i the only one who thinks Danielle and Callum are just clones of Ruby and Deano just not as interesting?

Loved today's episode (well the May bits anyway!). It was great that this time we found out exactly what has happened to her since she's been away (sectioned, dumped by Rob, lost her job, Rob's girlfriend's now pregnant) it was brilliant writing as we could really understand why she thought Summer was her last chance for happiness. Dawn though today was absolutely useless, if Mickey hadn't been their to drag May away from Summer, she'd have been long gone. It's much better than Stella's big exit was as we never found out why she was crazy. Her sister died, the parents were cold towards her, nothing was explained to us so she just came across as a lunatic who liked torturing children. While one set of kids were really getting on my nerves the parent got on my nerves in a different situation. Bianca's kids, who i do usually like, were such little brats today i was so pleased when Bianca finally lost her temper with them. The other person who annoyed me today was the awful Tanya. Why would any young child want to spend their birthday with their uncle rather than their own Dad? Also when Tanya told her about the pact she and Max had made i just thought it was utterly selfish that she wouldn't get him to come home and put her daughter's happiness before her own, and then she had the nerve to say it was because Max has to sort some stuff out. I am officially not a Tanya fan anymore!

Strangely, although i was never a big fan of Denise i've actually quite missed her, although no where near as much as i missed the fantastic May. Can't wait for her big revenge!

My problem with Jack/Tanya is it's very similar to the cringeworthy Liam/Carla in Corrie. Tedious pairings seem to be doing the rounds in the British soaps at the moment. Why are all families in soap so incestuous at the moment? I'm half expecting Dot/Max or Sean/Stacey (there's just something weird about their brother/sister relationship). It's got beyond ridiculous. The problem with Clare is she's exactly the same as her Hollyoaks character (no matter how much producer's deny it) but she's just not as good a bitch as most of her schemes fail miserably and she just comes across as a hard faced slapper.

What have the writers done to Jack and Ronnie's relationship? What could have been one of the shows best couples in years has been completely ruined just so yet another inbred Branning affair can happen, talk about scraoing the bottom of the barrell for storylines. Plus when did they break up? She said she still didn't trust him, he stomped off and after that Jack's been surgically attached to Tanya (who i'm rapidly going off) and they just keep saying it's over. It's just a very poor storyline/excuse to break up a couple with so much potential. Plus with Ronnie and Jack broken up the whole finding out Roxy slept with him is going to be soooooooo less dramatic than if Ronnie was still with him. Am i the only person who is warming to Claire/Bradley? I'm not a big fan of either character but it makes a change from Bradley pining (annoyingly i might add) for Stacey. And as for Claire, as long as she's finished with Ian i couldn't really care less.

So glad to read the brilliant ) is coming back for a longer stint. Now she will be able to put those wannabe bitches Clare, Chelsea and Stacey in their place. On the other hand while it's great seeing all those old characters i'd love some new ones as well.

I've lost all respect for Jack. I was slowly losing it when he suddenly started fancing Tanya of all people (can the Branning's please stop being such an inbred family), i mean a couple of weeks before he was suspicious she'd done something to Max and now all of a sudden he's following her around like a love sick puppy and treating Ronnie like dirt. Then the final straw was his little fling with Roxy. Roxy's always annoyed me a bit, but i thought Jack was better than that. Loved Ronnie punching Sean though. She is just brilliant. I wish they'd stop ruining Bianca. Yes she's bossy and brash but she has her nice side as well, they are trying too hard to make her into an awful chav. Bianca is a legendary character so to bring her back and change her almost completely is really annoying.

Another one's going: 'EastEnders' chiefs axe Honey Mitchell Saturday, April 19 2008, 14:30 BST By Daniel Kilkelly, Entertainment Reporter EastEnders star Emma Barton has been axed by the soap's producers. The actress, who joined the BBC One show as Honey Mitchell in September 2005, will now depart later this year. Her on-screen husband Perry Fenwick (Billy) has been told that his job is safe. An insider told The Sun: "Emma's a lovely actress, but we've just come to the end of her storyline. Honey will go this summer." Emma said: "I'm looking forward to going back to musical theatre." Honey has been at the centre of a number of high-profile plots during her time on the soap, including giving birth to baby girl Janet, who has Down's Syndrome, in 2006 Can't say i'm surprised. I think we've only seen her about 5 times this year, and even then she hasn't really done much. I think she'll be killed off. With all these exits the only one i can say i'm really bothered about is Mickey, as he had so much potential but when Dawn came along all trhe other Millers were sidelined and kind of stayed there. Keith and Gus have been so underused that even if they did start getting storylines their characters have become stale; I've never liked Sean so him leaving i couldn't care less about. So glad May's coming back though. I never did find her exit plausable. I mean as if she'd be locked up in prison or an institution just on Dawn's word she kidnapped her, they'd need actual evidence. Dawn's pretty but she doesn't hold that much power.

I think Phil and Shirley are similar in age but Peggy thinks Phil (being the gorgeous hunk he is! ) should find a younger woman who can give her more grand kids. I hate what they are doing to Jack and Ronnie (my favourite Eastenders couple at the moment). Not content with but now it seems . Both terrible ideas for storylines. Does no one have affairs/flings with people who they aren't related too or as near as?!

I'm pretty sure i read that as well. Oh well never mind, i won't hear a bad word against Bianca, she is my all time fave. I wasn't entirely sure about her returning but with Ricky back as well i'm coming around to the idea of having them both back permanently. One thing i don't like though is that they've made Bianca into a chav, which she wasn't. Yes she was loud and brash but her dress sense was much more tart than chav like it seems to be now. Just because she's poor and has lots of kids doesn't necessarily go hand in hand with looking like there was an explosion in a tacky charity shop. It's just a bit of a cliche which i'm a bit disappointed with. Other than that i'm loving having Bianca (and to a lesser extent Rickaaaaay) back. I'm also pleased Jack and Ronnie seem to be getting closer again. I just hope they don't ruin them again by making him have an affair with , which it is rumoured he will. That would just be a terrible storyline and very lazy scriptwriting IMO.

According to The Sun today, John Bardon is returning to Eastenders sometime in the Summer!.

I think i actually prefer Minty and Heather to Minty and Hazel (she was ok but i never particularly warmed to her that much). Also where has Libby gone?

Anyone else expecting Heather to fall in love with Minty sometime between now and the fake wedding?! I really can't see Clare lasting very long if they carry on the way they are with her character. The problem with making someone so heartless and one dimensional is that eventually everyone ends up hating them and they have to leave or turn nice as storyline possibilities just don't last when they are bad.

I have a new found respect for Dawn after today's episode!(She'll probably do something to make me lose it again tommorrow like sell her baby to get her nails done or something) But my loathing for Yolande just gets deeper and deeper. I can not stand the woman. If the producers getting rid of dead wood then please take the axe to her.

I'm surprised they haven't got rid of Darren as well, as it's been obvious for a while that Dawn seems to be the only Miller allowed any screentime. I hope Jane makes Ian squirm when she finds out what he's been up to. I'd also love to see her put Clare in her place (who thought turning her into a nasty little tramp was a good idea?).

Just read that they've axed claiming they've run out of storylines for them. I hate when they say that about characters they never bothered giving storylines too in the first place. I'll be sad to see go but if he has to i'd like to come back for him! Although they'll probably have a boring exit like going to live nearer

If the writing is good and they pull it off convincingly then Tanya's revenge could be brilliant, but if they don't do it convincingly then i can see it being one of the stupidest plot twists for ages in the show. I hope we see that Tanya's just using Sean, i really don't see them as a proper couple at all. I wish they'd get Jack and Ronnie back together, i'm bored of all the bickering. I'd like to see Jack sweep her off her feet and win her back, but i can't see it happening anytime soon, will probably have to wait until about Christmas before they even hint they'll get back together. As for Mickey/Shabnam, i hope it doesn't happen. They work more as friends, i don't think i'd like them as a couple although i really like both their characters. Glad Mickey stood up to Zainab though, she's becoming as increasingly arrogabnt and annoying as Yolande.

Why would want ? Yes he's done well for himself but if she wasn't so lazy and looked further than just across the street i'm sure she'd be able to find a richer, younger, better looking man to sponge off. Just makes no sense. I'm soooooooooooooo fed up with Stacey stuffing up and hearing 'It's not her fault' The writers blame everything she does on anyone they can think of just so that Stacey can continue as 'Poor little Stacey just wants to be loved'. It's always Sean, Jean, Charlie, Mo, Ruby, Max, Bradley, the Postman's fault. I wish for once they'd just give her a slap and tell her that actually it's all your own fault and your whingeing about how rubbish your life's turned out is like a broken record. I must admit for once Sean did have me hooked tonight. Not the whole weird incestuous thing he has for his sister but the whole going nuts and admitting to killing his Dad. That was actually quite good. It's about time we saw how screwed up he actually is.

Louisa's on The Bill for at least 18 months so if she doesn't extend her contract i'd like to see her return. Maybe not permanently but i'd like a spin off or a 'Ruby week' where Stacey visits her in that big mansion in Essex only to find Jake there as well with the two of them engaged (i don't know why but i loved the thought of Jake/Ruby as a couple, i hated how things ended between them). Obviously Jake would have escaped those thugs who were going to kill him and decided to go and find Ruby so he could protect her again. Ruby will have gone back to being the naive, nice, good girl we loved rather than the slightly spoilt rich girl they turned her into in her final few weeks and will have realised that Jake was 'The One'. I should be script writer!!! I didn't like the way they made out Ian didn't love Jane but instead just settled for her. I know he was never crazy in love with her like he was with Cindy but they kind of made out like he thought he could do better which annoyed me as if anyone could do better i'd say it was Jane!

They need to show Clare's friendlier side soon or Eastenders will just be accused of copying the character from Hollyoaks after seeing how popular she was. It would be nice if they haven't changed the character completely. I do repect them though for bringing back a less established/developed old character that was under used when they were first in it but still and lots of potential. Gives me hope for the likes of Ruby, Jake, Li, Naomi and May all of which i loved but where gone far too quickly for my liking. I'm not sure if i want Hazel to come back or not. She was one of those characters i never liked but didn't dislike either. It was nice that Minty was happy but if they got married i'm not sure what else they could really do and i'd dread them becoming the token comedy couple because they can't think up proper storylines for them. I still find it odd that neither Garry or Mintyhave heard from or spoken about their good friend and flatmate of a year, Naomi. She only left to get away from May, now she's gone why haven't they asked her to come back? And i loved Ian getting a boyfriend.

Clare's arrival was good but for the rest of the episode i just wanted to slap her. I know she's not the angel she used to be but she was just a bit too much like Clare from Hollyoaks for me, just with a tartier dress sense. I hope we do get to find out how Nigel is. I hope they haven't completely ruined their relationship, as although it's unlikely he'll return i always thought that their bond, even though he's her step dad, was one of the strongest father/daughter relationships the shows ever shown, it'lll be a shame if they've ruined just so they could turn Clare into a money grabbing cow with no heart. On a side note just got to say how brilliant June Brown was once again in her single episode. Goes to show there can be good drama in soap without an explosion/murder/siege.

Although i wasn't looking foward to it that much before (just because during their 'dip' in popularity they did a couple of two hander episodes/4 character episodes that were really dire and boring and achieved nothing) i'm really looking foward to Dot's single character episode. June Brown never fails to move me with her performances and i think she's the only person in ANY soap that could really pull this off.

Robert Kazinsky only has to talk to a member of the opposite sex and they're apparently dating. If they were all true he's getting around a bit.

I can see myself having a bit of a love-hate thing with Christian, the same way i tend to with Roxy and Max, sometimes i'll probably think he's great other times i'll want to burst through the screen and give him a good slap.

Can't say i'll miss Sean at all. I just hope he does something spectacularly evil for his exit, at least then his character wouldn't have been completely pointless. I'm not sure if i like Jane's brother or not. I feel like she got over her issues with him a bit too quickly. Love seeing how uncomfortable he makes Ian though. And i just loved Garry and Minty's line dancing in the Vic. Brilliant.