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Originally Posted by Daniel-X
I don't know how to feel tbh. EastEnders has been much better than it was under Lorraine and Bryan Kirkwood but I still don't think it was that great in 2015. It's gotten off to a better start in 2016 that's for sure and I do feel DTC has had some amazing storylines and moments but I'm not going to miss some elements of the show under him such as his obsession with the Carters and Who Killed Lucy.
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I agree that the Kirkwood/Newman years of 2010 to 2013 will go down as the worst in EastEnders’ history. It was unwatchable. DTC has certainly saved the show from the nosedive it was led into by that pair but I haven’t been impressed with much of his post-2014 work, not least the illogical shambles that is the Lucy murder story and the huge rectonning of soap history (Gavin/Sharon). It’s descended into self-parody and I feel more and more that he and Alex Lamb are making this show for themselves and patting themselves on the back for damaging established continuity just so a few fanbois can see Kathy in the caff or create a rehash of former brilliant stories. It’s like a bad fan fiction at the moment. Well-meaning and enthusiastic as he may be, I think he’s too big a fan to actually guide the show properly; I think it takes someone with more of an “outsider” perspective (Tony Jordan springs to mind) to make the right changes and have respect for the show’s internal logic.
I think he and Santer did more harm than good for the show, in the long haul.
I’ve come to accept that this current incarnation
is EastEnders now, though, for better or worse. I probably wouldn’t bother with it for the most part if it wasn’t for the familiarity and habit.