It happens alot. Sadly the poor woman probably felt she had enough on her plate with one child. Eastenders is really hitting out of the Ballpark. It kind of reminded me when the king brothers on emmerdale found out about scarlett mary. Tom & carl must be turing over in their grave seeing how bad tom (the grandson) turned out.
@@laminage, hardly. Carl killed two people, including his own dad, and was murdered the same night he attempted to rape his ex-girlfriend! Tom Jnr is like a vicar compared to his dad.
That teddy loves the sound of his own voice doesn't he? If stevie and those three stick around. I might finally be convinced to give this show up. The writing has been weird ever since the six murder storyline.
This is poor writing. Only two years ago in the flashback episode of the botched burglary in the 70s in which Eric Mitchell murdered DI Keeble's dad, Stevie was there with Charlie and Billy. Billy was obviously much older than 10 at the time! So it is nonsense that they just lost touch forever more. Billy also took on Jamie after Charlie died, so he had a relationship with his brother. It also doesn't explain why Stevie wished Billy had died instead of Charlie decades later. This could've had the hallmarks of a great, sensitive storyline about child abandonment and abuse, as well as revisiting Stevie introducing his sons to crime and Billy physically abusing Jamie as a teenager. When Billy was first introduced to the show he was a nasty, violent bully and petty crook (drug dealing). He is a very different person now but it's good to revisit characters' pasts as it's part of their overall development. This misses far too much. Stevie always had a relationship with Charlie, too, so it doesn't make sense that Billy wouldn't know that Teddy existed via Charlie. Plus, despite Billy's questioning, it still isn't really explained why Stevie didn't want him. We've heard various excuses that are difficult to believe - "I was a mess", "you reminded me of your mother", etc. - but nothing concrete and certainly nothing to explain decades of estrangement in adulthood. It's irritating when there are all the hallmarks of exploring a storyline in depth but it has too many holes or retcons like this. It would've been nice for Billy to get a meaty storyline too, as he's usually just part of the show's woodwork. Billy's childhood in care has been explored a couple of times - in 2002 when one of the abusive former care home staff moves locally and in 2010 when Billy finds out he had a son and granddaughter (Lola) with Julie, who was molested in the care home. This was a good chance to explore another facet of the same period of Billy's childhood - the parental facet. It could've closed that dark chapter for Billy. One thing I've noticed about older scenes from soaps, e.g. from the early 90s and earlier, is that they tended to be longer and with more dialogue to allow whatever relevant story to develop properly and more naturally. Nowadays there is an emphasis on packing in more scenes and shortened dialogue. The compromise in quality over quantity is apparent. That form of scene would've been ideal for a proper storyline like this.
0:01 HARDMAN BILLY PUNCHES TEDDY
Billy Mitchell keeping it in the the family the true Mitchell's tradition way the family 😂😂
Why didn’t Stevie’s sister take Billy in rather than putting him in care?
It happens alot. Sadly the poor woman probably felt she had enough on her plate with one child. Eastenders is really hitting out of the Ballpark. It kind of reminded me when the king brothers on emmerdale found out about scarlett mary. Tom & carl must be turing over in their grave seeing how bad tom (the grandson) turned out.
@@laminage, hardly. Carl killed two people, including his own dad, and was murdered the same night he attempted to rape his ex-girlfriend! Tom Jnr is like a vicar compared to his dad.
Poor Billy!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yeahh man , the fact that other people on this post are saying that this storyline is pointless , tells me that they're pathetic
That teddy loves the sound of his own voice doesn't he? If stevie and those three stick around. I might finally be convinced to give this show up. The writing has been weird ever since the six murder storyline.
Crazy storyline
@user-cd4zq4ry9k He is playing an Eastender just like the Stevie Character
Drop it then
Aunt Renee
This is poor writing. Only two years ago in the flashback episode of the botched burglary in the 70s in which Eric Mitchell murdered DI Keeble's dad, Stevie was there with Charlie and Billy. Billy was obviously much older than 10 at the time! So it is nonsense that they just lost touch forever more. Billy also took on Jamie after Charlie died, so he had a relationship with his brother. It also doesn't explain why Stevie wished Billy had died instead of Charlie decades later.
This could've had the hallmarks of a great, sensitive storyline about child abandonment and abuse, as well as revisiting Stevie introducing his sons to crime and Billy physically abusing Jamie as a teenager. When Billy was first introduced to the show he was a nasty, violent bully and petty crook (drug dealing). He is a very different person now but it's good to revisit characters' pasts as it's part of their overall development. This misses far too much.
Stevie always had a relationship with Charlie, too, so it doesn't make sense that Billy wouldn't know that Teddy existed via Charlie. Plus, despite Billy's questioning, it still isn't really explained why Stevie didn't want him. We've heard various excuses that are difficult to believe - "I was a mess", "you reminded me of your mother", etc. - but nothing concrete and certainly nothing to explain decades of estrangement in adulthood.
It's irritating when there are all the hallmarks of exploring a storyline in depth but it has too many holes or retcons like this. It would've been nice for Billy to get a meaty storyline too, as he's usually just part of the show's woodwork. Billy's childhood in care has been explored a couple of times - in 2002 when one of the abusive former care home staff moves locally and in 2010 when Billy finds out he had a son and granddaughter (Lola) with Julie, who was molested in the care home. This was a good chance to explore another facet of the same period of Billy's childhood - the parental facet. It could've closed that dark chapter for Billy.
One thing I've noticed about older scenes from soaps, e.g. from the early 90s and earlier, is that they tended to be longer and with more dialogue to allow whatever relevant story to develop properly and more naturally. Nowadays there is an emphasis on packing in more scenes and shortened dialogue. The compromise in quality over quantity is apparent. That form of scene would've been ideal for a proper storyline like this.
When he said "Charlie" I had to remind myself it wasn't Charlie "Slater".
Or Charlie "Cotton" or... Charlie "Cotton" again?
2:20
Poor Teddy. 😂😂😂