[Mac Hiavellian]

1) Dirty Den Watts because of the set up, the death itself and the aftermath. All brilliant. All 3 women had good reasons to hate him, his death was quite dark and gritty and even then when we thought Zoe did it there was the twist he was still alive but Chrissie finished him off! So then it was all about Chrissie manipulating Zoe in to thinking it was all her fault, and Sam blackmailing Chrissie, Sharon and Dennis coming back and Chrissie lying to them and befriending Sharon, then Kat coming back and finding out, Zoe's exit, Stacey providing the alibi for Zoe, that epic wedding day when Sam dug Den up, the return of Peggy, the rturn of Phil and Grant, Chrissie falling for Jake and them planning to run away together, then Johnny Allen getting involved. It affected pretty much everyone.

2) Richard Hillman storyline. I do think it was OTT and still think Maxine's murder itself was overrated but I liked how it was dealt with. And because he only wanted to kill Emily but Maxine stumbled in to it all.

3) Katy Harris because, like someone said, the way Angela tried to cover it up and then being sent down and Katy's guilt were all amazing.

The Who Killed Archie Mitchell story was entertaining and watchable but it was way too similar to the Dirty Den one and the aftermath was an awful mess that started the end of Stacey. IMO Bryan kirkwood made her a completely dislikable husband-stealing, murderous, selfish cow by the end. Was glad to see the back of her after actually liking the character until 2010. Plus the Pauline Fowler doggy doorstop is a pretty unique murder weapon anyhow but the Archei Mitchell one went completely bat sh!t using the Queen Vic bust.