"No more plates need to get hurt Nick! Let's talk about my shocking anorak and frightening pants instead eh?"

I’m a big fan of EastEnders and hardly ever miss an episode, so given that fact, I feel able to state with certainty that this was the worst episode of EastEnders – and indeed most soaps – that I’ve ever seen, and the ‘big’ siege and subsequent explosion was a massive anti-climax.

During the café-hostage scenes, the acting couldn’t have been more wooden if the entire cast was made up of Pinocchio look-alikes with the characters being operated by strings. And the special effects were about as convincing as a child’s science project; the flickering flames licking the camera were laughably bad, and despite the fact that I like John Altman very much, his acting was especially horrific.

Ditto Molly Conlin as Dotty and Lorna Fitzgerald as Abi Branning I’m afraid, but given they’re children, I guess they can be forgiven, but perhaps EastEnders’ bosses should give serious thought to not giving child actors such significant parts unless they’re truly up to the job. Read more & comment »