"Jagvir Won't Make It Out Of Prison Alive!"
Week Catch-Up Post
Hello everyone! I'm back after a week away. I've been celebrating my partner's 30th birthday this week so I've had very little time to type up a blog post. But I am now back and looking forward to catching up with everything EastEnders! But before we catch up on everything that happened last week, there has been some news announced that Mo Slater's final scenes will be coming up next week. It's been revealed that her exit storyline will see Mo leave to go on a cruise ship with her well-known friend "Fat Elvis". Both Jean and Kat are going to be saying an emotional farewell to their beloved family member.
I have to be honest, I will be sad to see Mo leave the Square, through-out her years on the Square she has been one of the most comical with her hilarious schemes. She famously told Sonia that she was actually pregnant with her daughter Rebecca (Bex) and helped her deliver the child on Dot's living room sofa. Plus she was also the one who came up with the idea to fake Kat's death, much to Kat's horrified shock! Will you miss Mo? Feel free to tell me how you feel about her character in any comments or messages, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
So, I know there's a lot that I have to mention so I'm going to get stuck right in, I'm firstly going to mention Frankie and Shirley. Last Friday's episode ended with Mick finally getting justice when Katy sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crimes she committed against him. Even though the Carter family looked united as they left court, it's understandable that Frankie would be feeling a little lost. In hindsight, she's pretty much lost her Mum, she doesn't deny that her Mum gave her a wonderful childhood, regardless of her horrendous crimes.
However, after coming home and letting her Mum's sentence really sink in, Frankie can't help but feel the need to actually visit her Mum in prison. Katy acknowledged that knowing Frankie would be there on the outside waiting for her, would be the one thing to get her through being in prison! Understandably, Frankie is wanting to stay in contact with her Mum, but she's feeling too nervous to actually admit it to the rest of her Dad's family. The most interesting thing though is that she confides in the most unlikeliest person you'd think would ever understand how she's feeling. Shirley listens openly to Frankie's emotions and feelings and admits that even though she can't stand Katy and would rather see her rot in prison, she can't deny how much Frankie has brought so much happiness to Mick's life. She interestingly thanks Frankie for helping Mick through his court case and happily offers to give Frankie a driving lesson and reveals that when they do, they'll make a detour so she can go and visit her Mum. I really thought that was such a bold move for Shirley, she's put her feelings aside and agreed to help, technically, her Granddaughter. I was really touching and I'm looking forward to seeing more scenes between Frankie and Shirley.
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Elsewhere, Martin seems to be getting more into the dog house. Even though he's determined to do the right thing and be there for his wife, going out and getting drunk with the man he punched after making the mistake of believing he had been sleeping with his wife, was not the best idea. Ruby is less than impressed with her husband after she finds him hunched on Albert's bench in the gardens, almost looking as if he's ready to pass out.
She recalls that he was supposed to join her for a meeting at the clinic, regarding her chances in getting pregnant. But after noticing Martin holding a bag of vomit, she informs him not to bother going with her and she'll attend the clinic appointment by herself. This clearly upsets Martin as he sees that he's once again disappointed his wife because of his actions. It seems that not only is Ruby annoyed at him, but Jean is also wanting to hear some answers from her Ex Son-In-Law. After getting a phone call from her Granddaughter, Lily, Jean is understandably concerned about the children living in a house where the adults seem to be having constant arguments.
In her mind, the children should be back living with her and she needs to understand why Lily is desperately seeking attention. It's only now that Martin confides in Jean, informing her that Lily has been spreading vicious lies around and has been doing horrific things, just to get to Ruby - cutting her Mum's wedding dress etc. I think Jean is surprised to be hearing about Lily's behaviour but is also convinced that Lily needs just as much love and attention as Martin gives Ruby. It almost looks as if Jean is playing detective as she then goes to speak to Ruby. Here, she informs her that Martin is completely and utterly besotted with his wife and he would do anything to make her happy.
Even though she admits she doesn't condone Lily's behaviour, she does inform them that do need to meet in the middle somewhere though regarding Lily. She tells Ruby just what she told Martin, that Lily is a little girl who is crying out for attention and some love, something that she probably hasn't feel for a while since her Mum was sent to prison. If Ruby was to show Lily some love, would that maybe change Lily's aspect of her? Who knows? I think it's fair to say that Lily has a dislike for Ruby, simply because she is the reason why her Mum is in prison! Later, as Ruby and Martin come together after a long day, Martin completely and utterly apologises to his wife for not being the best husband he can be. He acknowledges that he should've been with her for her appointment and regardless of the outcome of her tests at the clinic and what they say, he still wants to have a family with her.
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Meanwhile, Kat finally returns home from the hospital. But the main topic that all the neighbours seem to be gossiping about is the fact that Phil has been at her bedside every day whilst she's been in the hospital, plus also the fact that they have returned home from the hospital together! Do Kat and Phil now feel ready to make their relationship public?? Either way the majority of the Square now know about their relationship.
As Kat makes herself comfortable back at home, Phil decides to keep out of the way, as it's clear that Jean isn't best pleased about Kat's relationship with him. As Phil makes himself comfortable in the living room, Kat and Jean are sat in the kitchen, discussing Kat's taste in men and why she would ever consider dating Phil - even though he can hear every word being said about him, Kat sticks up for him, regardless of whatever he's done in the past, he is a family man! Phil would do anything to support his family. For a brief moment it looks as if Phil is feeling a little awkward as he overhears Jean's point of view. As Kat goes to see whether Phil would like something to eat, as she enters the living room, we see that Phil has actually left the house. But why? Does he feel a bit under pressure because of Jean? Has he come to the realisation that he can't be with Kat?
Needless to say Kat is left feeling devastated, she feels as though once he's been pushed into the opportunity of being sat with Jean and the kids, he's scarpered and done a runner on her! But she couldn't have been more wrong, as eventually Phil returns with a handful of pizza's for all the family. He has actually gone out of his way to spoil Kat's family, which leaves her incredibly touched. Maybe he is in this relationship for the long haul after all? However, as later on Phil prepares food for himself and Kat - I have to say I love the way he put on a French accent as he described the baked potatoes he had been prepping for themselves - as he offers Kat's children Ben's old game consoles, Kat seems to be little overwhelmed and declines his offer and makes a sharp dash for the door with her children.
Phil looks as little bit concerned, had he overstepped the mark? In his mind it was a nice simple gesture for Kat's kids. Does Kat not want his children to get attached to him incase something happens?! Later as Phil questions Kat about her quick escape, she informs him that she doesn't want her children getting hurt. If they do become official or do enter this relationship for the long haul and the children get too attached to him, she fears how devastated the children would be if they were to build a bond with Phil and then months later lose the bond if they were to break up. Phil completely understands Kat's point of view and as a couple, they agree to take things slow for the children's sake. They agree to be on modern ground for the kids. I have to say though, I never knew that seeing Kat and Phil together would be something I'd enjoy, but honestly - I think it's a brilliant pairing and I can't wait to see more from this new powerful couple. What do you guys think??
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So another exciting thing that happened on the Square, Sharon launched her new gym "Crunch Time!" - I mean, it's a decent name for a gym to be fair. However as much as she was getting excited and enjoying her time at the launch. Kheerat and Zack came to blows as Kheerat warned Sharon's brother not to spoil her night. Zack was once again being an absolute flirt and was attempting to flirt with the clientele that Sharon had invited to the launch. In an attempt to stop Zack from causing a scene, Kheerat locks Zack in a store cupboard, increasing the volume of the music so no one can hear him banging and causing a commotion.
Of course, Sharon has no idea that her brother has been locked in a room all by himself. She's a little more occupied building bridges with Linda. Finally after a good few months of not talking, Sharon and Linda make amends and begin to start talking to one another again. Linda is thankful to Sharon for letting her daughter, Nancy, stay with her for a while, plus for also giving her a job at the gym. I have to be honest, it's nice to see Linda and Sharon being friends again, they have to be one of my favourite friendships on the Square.
As the night goes on, it comes to the point for Sharon to make her speech, but of course as the music begins to fade, Zack realises he can be heard and demands for someone to open the door and let him free from the store cupboard. As Nancy lets him out, Zack's first act is to confront Kheerat for locking him in. Kheerat completely denies locking him in and laughs in Zack's face, telling him not "Embarrass himself!" Now this small turn of phrase seems to really hit hard with Zack and he ends up smacking Kheerat right in the face, much to Sharon's shock and disappointment. Acknowledging that Zack has had his three strikes, she tells him to leave the Square.
The next day Zack realises he can't find the time to explain himself to Sharon for hitting Kheerat and begins to grab his belongings, ready to do as his sister asks and leave the Square. However later on in the day, Zack manages to get his chance to explain and talk to his sister. As they sit alone in the flat, Zack reminisces about his parents. How much his Mum could be lovely through out the day but as soon as 6pm or 7pm in the evening came, she would turn to drink. Interesting he also explains to Sharon that when Kheerat told him "Don't Embarrass Yourself!" - it resonated with his Dad. Being a child and being told by his Father not to be an embarrassment, it truly hit hard for him. He simply didn't mean to hit Kheerat, he simply just saw red. Sharon completely and utterly sympathises with Zack and eventually asks him to stay in Walford. It's clear that he needs her just as much as she needs him right now.
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So one of the main storylines of the week, is Mila's little sister, Kioni, has arrived on the Square, much to the surprise of her big sister. However, even though he sister's arrival is a bit out of the blue, as the sister begin to talk, Kioni informs her sister that her Mum is taking her on holiday to meet an unknown Aunty that she's never met and she is desperate for her sister to go with them. Only at the mention of an unknown Aunty, Mila is instantly worried, cautious and concerned for her little sister. I began to wonder whether this Aunty was bad news and Mila was just desperate to keep her sister safe from this evil Aunty? Mila begs Kathy to let her little sister stay, just until they find somewhere more permanent for her to stay.
At the beginning, Kathy declines to allow Kioni stay, but it seems that Mila is in desperate need to keep her sister safe. In the end Kathy agrees but doesn't ask any questions - she understands that Mila is trying to help her sister and warns that she can stay for one night and then she'll have to try and find somewhere else to stay. Mila is deeply thankful to her boss. But it does make you begin to wonder why she's so desperate to keep her sister close.
Eventually, Kathy begins to question Mila on what she's trying to protect her sister from. It's then that we hear the truth from - Mila's Mum isn't taking Kioni to meet an Aunty, but to actually taking her to be "Cut". In other terms it's called - FGM "Female Genital Mutilation". Kathy can't believe what she is hearing and questions how Mila knows about this. As Mila takes a deep breath, she explains that it's exactly what happened to her.
Now, I've had to do a little bit of research as I had no idea what FGM was. So it turns out the it is an illegal procedure in the UK. It's a destructive operation where the female genitals are partly or fully removed. In the majority of cases, the procedure is performed before a female hits puberty, somewhere between the ages of 4-8, but in recent years it has been performed on babies who are just aged between a few days old to even a few months old! It can cause severe bleeding, infections, complications in childbirth and even risks of new-born deaths. I have heard that people have been sickened out by this storyline, but I have to be honest - it's something I've never heard of, and I believe if EastEnders play out this story in a mature and sensitive way, it'll be a way of raising awareness and will hopefully educate people that unfortunately this does happen, and it needs to be stopped!
As Kathy agrees to let Kioni stay, Mila is ever so grateful to her boss and reassures her she will find something more secure for herself and her sister. But the next day, Kathy informs Mila that she has to contact the police, but Mila really doesn't want to get the police involved as she fears her sister will be taken away from her. As Kathy decides to take Mila out for a drink to try and settle her nerves, she instructs both Bobby and Kioni to stay in the house for them to stay with each other. Bobby is a little frustrated as he has a date planned, but Kathy informs him that he is in deep instruction from her to stay put and keep an eye on Kioni.
Only it doesn't last very long, whilst Kathy and Mila are out, Bobby is getting irritable that he'll have to cancel his date. As Kioni persuades him to go out and promises she won't be moving, Bobby bits the bullet and leaves his mobile number for Kioni to contact incase of any emergencies. However, later on when everyone arrives home, Kathy and Mila are surprised to see Bobby alone in the house and when he informs them that Kioni has left to go and see her Mum, Kathy and Mila enter pure panic mode! Desperately, Mila calls her sister and eventually she does get in touch with her, even though her sister appears unharmed and appears to have no knowledge of what is in store for her, Mila tries her best to keep her cool and urges Kioni to keep in contact as much as she can.
Meanwhile, during the whole week that Mila has been more focused on her sister, Iqra has felt once again that she's been pushed aside, even though Mila tries to inform her that that simply isn't the case. Eventually as Mila is pushed into a corner, as Kathy gives her 24 hours to come up with a solution to find her sister and get her safe, otherwise she'll be contacting the police, Mila rushes to Iqra and asks her for help. Iqra at first appears insulted that for a whole week she's been pushed to one side and all of sudden she's asking her for her help, why should she? Realising that she's going to need to come clean, Mila reveals everything to Iqra. Iqra is sat in complete silence as Mila comes clean about everything that has happened to her and why she needs to stop it from happening to her sister. As tears softly and slowly fall down their cheeks, Iqra promises to stand by Mila and help her stop it happening to her sister.
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So, it looks as if Kim might have a new love interest - Dwayne! I have to be honest though, the comment that was made by Violet, asking Kim whether she was a drag queen was absolutely hilarious! I absolutely loved it! As Kim is prepping for her upcoming birthday, she's eager not to let her age bother her and that she can still find love. So when she stumbles upon a gentleman selling hand sanitizer in the Vic, she's quick to make her move.
It seems to appear that Kim likes what she sees when it comes to Dwayne, as her birthday roles up her family are waiting to celebrate with her but it seems she may have spent the night with Dwayne instead. I have to mention though I loved Patrick's innocence when he came to mentioning the aubergine emoji that Kim had used in her text. Both Sheree and Denise completely understood what she meant as they pull a face to one another!
I have to be honest though, is Dwayne going to be new character? Are we going to learn more about Dwayne? I'm intrigued. However when Chelsea learns about the man her Aunty is seeing, it seems that she knows Dwayne all too well. Apparently he is some kind of serial cheat? A womanizer? Trying to warn her Aunt Kim, she informs her that he cheated on her friend Roni with multiple people, even including her cousin. But Kim isn't interested in hearing Chelsea's accusations and claims she is just simply jealous!
But nothing could be further from the truth. Later on as Chelsea sits alone in the club, Dwayne approaches her trying to break the ice and inform her that she's not the man she thinks he is. Eager to win her round he offers to buy her a drink, but this does seem to escalate. For a brief moment, I did think that Chelsea was kind of falling for Dwayne's charm and possible flirtatiousness. When he suggests that he cancels his plans with Kim and he and Chelsea can go somewhere more private, Chelsea is all smiles and giggles. But as Kim walks in and sees them giggling away in a flirtatious manner, she knows full well that maybe what her niece was saying about him could be right.
As Dwayne leaves the room, she confronts her niece, but Kim is more stronger than believe she is. She puts on a front and pretends to cry. We also realise that Chelsea was just trying to find proof for her Aunt that he's bad news. Together they decide to teach Dwayne a lesson and begin to vandalise his car. As they spray paint it and throw talcum powder all over the seats, Gray overhears the commotion. It's then that Chelsea drags Gray into their revenge on Dwayne, claiming that Gray is in fact her husband. Much to Gray's surprise he completely backs up Chelsea and warns Dwayne to leave. Did anyone else see the brief flirtation between both Gray and Chelsea? When Chelsea left and thanked him by calling him "Hubby" - it seemed that maybe Chelsea could be the next one in Gray's sights? Could Gray end up falling for Chelsea? Or even worse, could Chelsea be Gray's next victim? It's an interesting aspect but it certainly raises eyebrows I think, what about you?! Is the last we've seen of Dwayne? Could he potentially even return to the Square?!
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Another brief thing I have to mention, after Sonia informed her Dad, Terry that things seem too little too late for him to make amends for not being a part of her life. He arrives back in Walford with a huge teddy bear for his daughter. I guess it's fair to say that Sonia is more than happy to see her Dad back on the Square, he was never going to stay away for long.
It seems that Terry is already making friends with the locals already. He's already playing darts with Patrick. As he and Sonia enjoy getting to know each other again, Terry persuades Sonia to play darts with them, but before she does, Terry has a horrendous coughing fit. Being a nurse, Sonia picks up on instantly acknowledging that it's a pretty bad cough he has. But Terry reassures her that he's absolutely fine and that a crisp he had eaten had simply gone down the wrong way. But I'm convinced that wasn't the case at all - I believe there may be more to this cough. Is Terry actually terminally ill, which is why he's decided to reach out to Sonia before he dies? That's my guess, but I'm intrigued to see what secret he is hiding from his daughter!
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Finally, Suki has arrived home - to be fair, I have no idea where she's been as it seems it's been a while since she's been seen in Albert Square. Now Suki has always been known as a strong, powerful, independent woman, surely with a bit of mean streak - but it seems now she is in the most vulnerable position we've ever seen her in. She appears to be in a state of panic and is eager to find out where Kheerat is. She instructs Vinny to not sit about in the office and to actually do his job and collect some rent. I began to wonder whether she was concerned for Kheerat's whereabouts? Are there people coming after her and her family or something?
As she sits alone we see her ransacking money boxes and the safe and she's seems to be in deep frustration that there doesn't seem to be enough there. Does she owe someone money? Has she got herself caught up in something? It seems that she's pretty desperate as she takes the bold move in asking Phil for help. Phil is completely shocked to see that she's asking him for money and also makes the claim that she must be pretty desperate. However, not letting her mask slide, she informs Phil that he owes her considering he trashed up her office a while back. In a bid to get his interest she claims he'll give him 5%, but as Phil scoffs in her face she increases the share to 15% or 20% - but Phil only agrees if he gets a full 50%, which is something that Suki cannot do.
As she leaves we can see that her world is slowly about to crumble if she doesn't get the money she needs. But what does she need it for? As she begins to search the Square for Kheerat, she eventually finds him having lunch with Sharon. Suki is stunned to see that now he's decided to date Sharon. As Sharon makes herself scarce, Suki demands her son to get home immediately, but Kheerat demands to her not speak to him like he's a child and that he will gladly speak to her once he's finish his lunch date with Sharon.
Feeling completely and utterly embarrassed and possibly wound up for being ignored by her son, she makes her way to the shop and begins her shift. However I was surprised to see Stas turn up out of the blue, especially considering the past dodgy business the Panesar's have had with him. It seems that Suki is interested in making some kind of arrangement with him, Stas closes up the shop so he and Suki can discuss things privately. However when Kheerat arrives after his date with Sharon he's horrified to see his Mum doing business with Stas and informs him that ever his Mum has said to him, the rest of the family aren't interested in whatever business they're doing and informs him that his Mum has no understanding of what she's saying. Completely embarrassing his Mum and annoying Stas, Stas takes he leave and informs them that he doesn't like people wasting his time, and nicks a bottle of vodka from the shelf for his "Compensation!"
Kheerat demands to know what his Mum was thinking and informs that if Stas was to find out that they stole some of his gold and even worse melted it, they would be dead! Eventually as Suki and Kheerat make their way home, Suki confides in her son about the trouble they are in. She's been informed that Jags has had a bit of trouble whilst in prison. Jags is in desperate need of some protection money and Suki has been warned that if they don't get £100K within the space of 48 hours, Jags may die in prison! Kheerat can't believe what he's hearing, how on Earth have things gotten to this point for their family and how are they going to be able to come up with the money to save Jags?!
I realise this is a VERY long post, but I just wanted to say that appreciate every single one of my followers and I can't thank you enough for continuously supporting me. It truly means the world. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your Bank Holiday weekend and I shall be back very soon with some more EastEnders content! Love you all xXx