It feels like an age since the EastEnders live episode - and it kind of has been since it was all the way back in February...
Now, five months later, and the police still haven't charged anyone with her murder. Probably because they're not looking for an 11-year-old boy, who creeps around on staircases!
Anyhow, last week, as innocent Ben was arrested (and Marsden returned...) the Old Bill were pleased that they thought they had their man. I say innocent, because in this case, he really is.
I wondered, when the whispers of a secret arrest were, well, whispering, if it would be Ben. What a moral dilemma that would leave Ian in. His brother, getting arrested for killing his daughter, when he actually knew that it was his young son who did it, and his wife covered it up. It's like an episode of EastEnders... Oh, wait...
Anyhow, last night's episode gave me more than I expected it would. It was humorous in places. I loved Ben's sarky comments to Marsden, especially. And Phil's little quips to the 'filth'. Marsden was also unprofessional on many levels, but she wants a Mitchell. She always has. Phil, to be precise, but as he always seems to fall free from her handcuffed clutches, his son must be the next best thing for her.
The police did a deal with an immigrant cab-driver witness, and as he spoke to Keeble, he then noticed Max Branning, who was dropping Abi off to see how Ben was getting on. Another one I had already wondered on being in the frame...
Keeble took this info to Marsden, who only seemed interested in Ben. But with someone due to be charged with Lucy's murder in next Tuesday episode - and more twists promised - will Max be the one to take the brunt?
Jake Wood is taking a sabbatical from the soap for a while, and it would most definitely be easier on the Beale's to allow Max to go down, instead of one of their own... Lauren is also due to return this year, I think, so this could also aid her return.
Another way last night's episode made me think differently was Bobby. The real killer.
Jane has always protested that she covered up for Bobby as she didn't want him to know that he killed his sister, or wanted him to be punished for a crime that was an accident.
But it wasn't... Bobby said it himself. 'She made people unhappy...'
When Bobs whacked Lucy with her jewelry box, he wanted to hurt her and wanted her to stop making people he loved sad. A jury would argue that, even though he was a child, he calculated it, even if it was in a split second. Since the reveal, we've seen Bobby give longing glances and listen in on his favourite hideaway - the stairs - to all and sundry that's happening in the Beale living room.
Last night, he also overheard Jane and Cindy in the kitchen, he clocked Lucy's purse and phone that Jane had kept hidden (and wanted to plant to frame Ben, until she back-tracked on herself), he keeps asking questions...
Bobby seems to be a bright kid. He's already asked whether he killed Lucy, so it's still in his mind.
Tonight, Bobby turns on Phil, in a nasty rage. When Phil realises that Jane has been hiding the purse and phone, instead of ridding it, he wonders why and confronts her. That's when Bobby overhears and goes to defend Jane, warning Phil to leave his mum alone.
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| Bobby has a fit of rage... again! |
They know that he's already killed Lucy, and must have been angry with her to hit her, without provoking...
If you ask me, little Bobster knows more about what he's doing than he lets on. Remember the moment Jane turned round and Bobby said 'Whatever she says, it was her fault...'?
He did NOT sound remorseful, or frightened, as you would imagine an innocent child, who had simply lashed out, would feel. This give EastEnders a mountain of storylines to go down, if not now, then definitely in the future...
Will Bobby kill again, when he's older - will he reveal that he knew he had killed his sister all along - and allowed his parents to cover for him, will he one day admit all, and take Jane (and the rest of the Beale's) down with him?
As I said in the title... What would Lucy do?
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