Capital Summertime Ball 2024

[Jono]

Just me uncomfortable by this Eastenders story line! Does this REALLY happen in real life?

[DC]

it's not real life, it's shite eastenders.

[Lucinda]

Don't have a clue who these people are. Perhaps someone could briefly summarise? Or maybe I'm better off not knowing...

[Viv]

It's basically Heather (big lady), a bit naive, has had a bambino. Any number of people could have been the dad (apparently), although I actually find this astonishing. It turns out daddy is the young lad from the car shop - the most unexpected person on Planet Earth. Me thinks Eastenders may have gone a tad too far with this one personally.

[Guest]

I think the writers were intending to shock the audience in revealing the identity of the father, and the way they wrote the 'reveal' was rather deft, but this is just too shocking to the point of it being implicitly disturbing. Well, it is for my sensibilities anyway.

[Viv]

I totally agree. I wonder if there will be big backlash over this, as the horror sinks in to many people's minds. :-/

[DarkAngelMJH]

I really couldn't see this happening in the slightest. But then it is eastenders and they do deal in crap storylines!

[Viv]

Eastenders can make you stop and think though. The recent "Stacey" storyline where Stacey was revealed as being bi-popular could have been helpful to a lot of people. I found that particular storyline very powerful indeed.

Phil Mitchell though, a "Gangster" still living with his mum has always been laughable however.

[Hammer]

Eastenders can make you stop and think though. The recent "Stacey" storyline where Stacey was revealed as being bi-popular...

Bi-popular? She's liked by twice as many people?

[Chippy]

Just me uncomfortable by this Eastenders story line! Does this REALLY happen in real life?

Yes...it does happen in real life...:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

[Lucinda]

So is there a big age gap then? How young is this lad? I still can't really picture it. Does anyone have photos or something?

[Emma]

So is there a big age gap then? How young is this lad? I still can't really picture it. Does anyone have photos or something?

This is Heather:

http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/imageBank/h/heather29.jpg

And that's Darren:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/Darren001a.jpg

I think Darren's supposed to be 18 years old (ish!).

In response to the thread, yeah, it is slightly disturbing, and no, it probably wouldn't happen in real life, even though soaps are supposed to be an accurate representation of reality. This storyline, however, does offer a certain degree of escapism as you forget the negative stuff in your life - imagine tackling Heather. No thanks.

[Lucinda]

Oh right... so she looks about 50, and he looks about 13. She looks like she could be his grandmother. I've got you. It's like that baby-faced kid who was supposed to have become a dad at 13 (but it turns out wasn't actually the father). I'm not sure about soap operas being an accurate representation of reality though.

[Mike]

It was a suprise to see Darren as the dad, but it's certainly possible, when you remember that they met in a club on a night out.