Friday 23rd August 2013

Phil walks into the caffffffffff to be threatened by Shirley - who having waited months to extort money from Phil now wants her money TODAY!

Billy Idiot is being an idiot as Lola fusses around the house.

Abi is consigned to failure despite the fact she could do resits or go to a different university.

Phil - being the kind of man who can get things done and is an economic powerhouse is frantically selling things and this means Dexter can't go on holiday. DUN DUN DUN!

Max acts like a petulant child toward Kirstie because she won't believe him about Carl and then when Carl turns up to buy a car (after Kirstie having commented he'd sold none - yeah, for about two years), Max chases him off.

Wow. Lola's social worker acting like a human being and being nice.

Phil gives Shirley a grand and she seems surprised. In another astute observation that seems a little TOO aware - she says that Phil and Grant thought they were the Cray twins... except she never even met Grant and it seems unlikely Phil would blab about his criminal dealings. To the surprise of no one, Shirley isn't impressed with the money and Phil skulks off, attracting the attention of Carl.

Dexter reveals he isn't going on holiday to his father and Jay... ONOES!

Having listened in Carl, asks Shirley about her Phil problem and after she declines to give him any meaningful answer has a little smile on his face.

Cyndi 2 is being babysat by Lucy and... Lucy is apparently friends with Lola now? Or maybe they're just united by their dislike of Cyndi 2.

Oh no, Lola can't go on the holiday either. It's all falling apart! If only anyone cared.

Carl visits Phil and says he isn't all that and a bag of chips, despite what he had previously thought. Clearly part of his plan.

Sam has a solution to Dexter's holiday disaster. Yawn.

Phil is clearly doing some dodgy deals due to desperation!

Somehow Dexter is able to persuade King Phil to allow both him AND Jay to drive the car to the New Forest... it really isn't that far.

Similarly, Sam sets Billy to getting Lola back on  the holiday.

Shirley is throwing darts very hard at a dartboard because she's angry at Phil - there's a change!

Time for Kirstie to give Lauren another pep talk!  Yawn.

Jean, has stopped listening to Shirley and is now talking to her. Oh and then Jean tells her there's someone for everyone - which leads to Shirley lashing out and saying all men are bastards, just looking for an excuse to leave you. If the woman is Shirley, then the question isn't when they'll leave, it's why they got with her. Jean leaves, rather hurt.

ANOTHER pep talk. Yawn. Billy Idiot woos Lola into going on holiday.

King Phil was in his counting house, counting all his money... which is in one of those dirt cheap hotel safes behind a picture. ORIGINAL!

The holiday is back on! Who cares?

Max shakes his fist at Carl before getting a telling off from Kirstie for neglecting his daughter. He then goes off to confront Abi about this in the Vic but as it turns out, Lauren to the rescue because she's worked out that Abi can still become a vet... something Abi should have known... honestly, if you're going that route - you might as well just do resits - it's just so unlike Eastenders to be even slightly realistic though... it's just a shame that it was used as a stupid reason for more drama.

Phil gives Shirley two grand and that seems to please her well enough. This whole debacle seems to have put him  in a mood as he tries to intimidate the ever polite Carl, who drives off very slowly in his new car. RIVETTING!