Sod it.

Im gonna review Classic EastEnders as I watch it.
I started in early November

but i'm just gonna review from early December 1992 (which I'm in now)
Episode 817 - 3 December 1992

Really enjoyed this episode! I was genuinely shocked by the cliffhanger with Arthur turning up at her house. The subplot with the socks and Phil's revenge on Frank was also really entertaining! Pauline is getting on my nerves a bit though.
Episode 818 - 8 December 1992

Ian's acting well weird. Mandy is still annoying. It's nice to see an end to the Mrs Hewitt plot and to see Arthur and Pauline patch things up. The Dot plot was the most engaging for me personally, and it was good comic relief.
Episode 819 - 10 December 1992

Mandy's a right little cow and she got what she had coming to her. My favourite plot was still Dot & Mr Cameron but it is starting to get a little annoying now. Ian and Cindy is just annoying because it's Ian and Cindy, but I better get used to it.
Episode 820 - 15 December 1992

Honestly one of the worst cliffhangers I've ever seen: Ian asks Cindy to come to Xmas Dinner with him (cue doof doofs!)
The Dot/Mr Cameron story is getting a bit tiresome now. The highlight was the pervert Santa's grotto guy who was blind drunk.
Episode 821 - 17 December 1992

Big Ron had like 7 lines and a credit!!! WOOP WOOP!
Ian and Cindy are still annoying. I love how much Dot is given to do in these early episodes, but she's still the exact same old character: the amount of fag-smoked gossip is insane!
Episode 822 - 22 December 1992

Frank trying to fob off the computer games was entertaining at first but soon got annoying. Dot is still very funny and this carol singing storyline is very entertaining. Ooooo Arthur drama... what will he decide???
Episode 823 - 24 December 1992

Two main plots in this ep: Arthur and Mrs Hewitt's affair, which gets the cliffhanger... Wow they kiss!
And then Pat gets arrested for knocking someone over, who will probs die, when drunk driving. What a Christmas 1992 is gonna be!
Episode 824 - 25 December 1992

Christmas Day - and unlike modern EastEnders it wasn't that dark or bleak. It was just a pretty normal episode. Arthur's still having his affair... Mandy is still being annoying and making moves on Mark. And everyone came around to Paulines!
Episode 825 - 29 December 1992

Pat has PTSD cos she may have killed someone drunk driving. Dot is being an awful gossip. Arthur is still a cheat on Pauline. Oh and it seems like Ricky has just discovered Phil and Sharon's affair...!
Episode 826 - 31 December 1992

Fantastic New Years Eve Episode from Colin Brake. The Butcher's are really getting a hard time of it: Pat's killed someone and Frank's mum is dead. All the while Cindy and Ian continue to be annoying and Phil breaks things off with Sharon...
Episode 827 - 5 January 1993

This episode couldn't have been more different than the last. Pat has 1 scene and Frank isn't even in it! Mainly it's Hattie's engagement and the Ian/Kathy/Dicky triangle atm... Cliffhanger: Kathy has turned against Ian for her boyfriend 🤯
Episode 828 - 7 January 1993

Again, Pat & Arthur is basically ignored, apart from a few passing remarks. It's all Mandy and Sam this episode as they go off with Clive - but shock twist - Mandy is stood up! The cliffhanger was terrible tho: Ricky is told a party is off...
Episode 829 - 12 January 1993

Ok that episode had officially the worse cliffhanger ever: Frank asks Pat what she's having to drink and she replies with "Orange Juice please"... Doof Doof?!

Elsewhere, Cindy's back and Grant plans to sell the Vic to get Sharon to bugger off.
Episode 830 - 14 January 1993

It is annoying how every episode seems to completely disregard the main plot of the last one, with it only being picked up a few episodes later again. The last episode was all about Pat and now it suddenly shifts all the focus over to Nick.
Episode 831 - 19 January 1993

All other plotlines are dropped this episode as it focuses exclusively on Nick's trial! Dot's testimony was heartbreaking to watch and June Brown played it so well, showing what a talented and versatile actress she is.
Episode 832 - 21 January 1993

NOT GUILTY!
What a fantastic episode - again mostly set in court. Coming from a place of not having watched the actual death of Eddie (since that was in 1991), 'Not Guilty' is absolutely what I would've said as the evidence is in Nick's favour.
Episode 833 - 26 January 1993

Dot's left (only temporarily😊) cos some twatty kids chucked a load of chalk on her. Sam and Ricky are still boring. Arthur has basically adopted a 16 year old boy (if it was 2020, this would be a grooming storyline) and Pete was stood up.
Episode 834 - 28 January 1993

Pete and Rose Hickey get together (maybe?) Nigel is a prat still. Sam and Ricky's relationship is basically done now and Aidan likes to sleepwalk without any clothes on (well that's how the dialogue described it but he definitely had some pants on)
Episode 835 - 2 February 1993

This is the episode where Ace has a threesome with Sam and Clive... (Yes... I know)

We finally return to the Pat and Frank drama after nearly a month & it's her trial tomorrow. And I've also finally caught up with the repeats! So no more eps yet...
Episode 836 - 4 February 1993

It's the day of Pat's trial... but we don't see Pat's trial, only the aftermath of it. The scenes with Mrs Watson her heartbreaking to watch and you could sympathise with all parties in the situation.

Sam and Ricky are still boring
Episode 837 - 9 February 1993

Again the focus of this episode is totally different to the last... but for the better imo as it focuses on my favourite characters, Arthur and Pauline, the most - and continues exploring Arthur's affair with Mrs Hewitt

+ Rose gets some development
Episode 838 - 11 February 1993

Such a strange cliffhanger this episode - Aidan falls off the roof of a car and hurts his leg... ok?

Meanwhile Rose and Kathy wear the same dress and feel awkward cos of Pete. Arthur cocks up with his alibi but then fixes it (so it's all alright).
Episode 839 - 16 February 1993

Again a strange out-of-place cliffhanger this ep: a woman who we don't know is gonna have a baby...?

In other news, Kathy turns the cafe into a bistro but no one turns up... Apart from that nothing really happen this ep
Episode 840 - 18 February 1993

We had our first Julia's theme! WOOP WOOP! And we're finally getting some resolution to the Pat storyline - well for her emotionally...

Also we were introduced to Gita so that's another Dimensions in Time character ticked off the list!
Episode 841 - 23 February 1993

From the writer of Fear Her, comes unsurprisingly a very boring episode... We focus on basically just Gita and Sanjay and they are just dull atm

We also get a bit with Frank and Pat, but it's only information we already knew...
Episode 842 - 25 February 1993

Another crap cliffhanger - oh joy...

Mainly focusing on Michelle and her stalker, Jack... not that interesting tbh... Also there's Pete and Rose and the police thinking their junkies or some shit and Sanjay/Gita making up (off-screen)...
Episode 843 - 2 March 1993

Mainly back to Arthur and Mrs Hewitt this ep, and with some great comedy too! (So far my favourite plotline overall!)

Elswhere we get even more Michelle and Jack and this story is just really tiresome - mainly cos Modern EastEnders did it better!
Episode 844 - 4 March 1993

Another Michelle cliffhanger and Jack's stalkering ha gone to a new level as he's only gone and kidnapped her daughter now

Most of the plots this episode weren't that interesting... only the Clyde/Sharon plot kept my attention really
Episode 845 - 9 March 1993

What an episode! My Favourite so far... This episode just focuses on Michelle and Vicki going missing and it's wonderful.

It's so fast-paced & high tension as the police investigate

Also Jack wtf? Stop stalking her and stop kidnapping kids right ok?
Episode 846 - 11 March 1993

Right, I haven't watched this in a week so I have a load of episodes to catch up on

This ep was basically a direct continuation of the last, with the same pace and high-tension I loved in the last episode and it was fantastic! Yes they found Vicki!
Episode 847 - 16 March 1993

Sharon is back & she means business! Tensions between her and Grant are at an all-time high & things are getting violent

+ a little subplot with Aidan and Mandy as they decide to have sex & Dot nearly catches them "Don't go further than a cup of tea"
Episode 848 - 18 March 1993

More Michelle/Vicky stuff this ep. All the other sub-plots get dropped, apart from Gita having a baby...

Less interesting than the high-tension stuff from the previous week, but still very tense, especially when Michelle meets with Audrey
Episode 489 - 23 March 1993

SHARON AND GRANT ARE AT WAR... Philgate is reaching it's peak!

Rose is back, so is Mrs Hewitt... Pauline nearly found out that Mrs Hewitt is back, but thankfully Pete didn't get chance to say... but it's only a matter of time until 🍳
Whoops that was Episode 849 lmao
Episode 850 - 25 March 1993

What an episode

So Ian and Cindy have got back together, Dot is being nosy about it lol

AND Grant has been arrested for domestic abuse and he kicked up fighting with the police and punching up Michelle... What on earth with Phil and Sharon do?
Episode 851 - 30 March 1993

Ian and Cindy are ACTUALLY intresting...! I loved the focus on the two of them this episode as Cindy returns to the square, and it's nice to see Ian so happy for once, as I'm so used to him being sad "you killed Lucy" Ian from the modern show.
Episode 852 - 1 April 1993

Ian and Cindy are boring again... but that doesn't matter because PHILGATE. Grant hasn't got bail for GBH, so Phil and Sharon are free to be together... for now.

Also, Michelle found a lodger (booted out Nigel) and the caff got a new member of staff!
Episode 853 - 6 April 1993

It wouldn't be an Aidan storyline without a shit cliffhanger... EastEnders rarely does teenage character very well and Aidan/Mandy are really insufferable and it's the same story over and over again

Nigel is also being a creepy pain in the arse
Episode 854 - 8 April 1993

oooh! Things are getting exciting as Mrs Hewitt is Kathy's new chef... and Arthur and Pauline just happen to go to the bistro and see her - what a cliffhanger!

Meanwhile, Nigel gets bullied (but I hate Nigel so idc) and Aidan's injured!
Episode 855 - 13 April 1993

Jack the twat is back (oh joy!)... But mainly we focused on Hattie's birthday and Steve being weird planning some sorta rave... Also Aidan can never play football again - poor Mandy!
Episode 856 - 15 April 1993

Why can't Jack get it into his head that he's a stalker - this storyline is so dragged out and annoying - Jesus christ

Meanwhile, some shit is going down with this rave and Steve is a terrible boyfriend to Hattie

oh and Cindy's a bitch
Episode 857 - 20 April 1993

The illegal rave goes ahead, and interrupts Danny's gig... Pauline catches Mark and Steve
oh and Arthur and Christine go at it, in a dark alleyway

Meanwhile, we get some nice comedy from Dot as well as actual drama from Phil & Sharon!
Episode 858 - 22 April 1993

The after effects of the rave make it pointless... Pauline might start cheating on Arthur with Danny (makes it fair at least)

There's a god awful day for Clyde and Ricky at Pat Cabs and... Kathy/Richard maybe(?) split up!
Episode 859 - 27 April 1993

Not much actually happening this episode: main focus is on Sharon and Phil, as their relationship grows, and they have to think about telling Grant

Also we get a little Pauline/Danny/Arthur/Christine love "square"(?)...
Episode 860 - 29 April 1993

Another Phil/Sharon/Grant episode, as Sharon visits Grant and can't bring herself to tell him
Also we get a lot of focus on Michelle and Jack as she gets his parents involved and his dad warns with off... which hopefully should be the end of that plot
Episode 861 - 4 May 1993

After 2 months, Pat/Frank are back properly, as Pat's trial nears... and it looks like she's gonna get 5 years in prison (spoilers: she won't)

Also, Aidan, Mandy and Ricky go out clubbing and Aidan collapses 🤯
Episode 862 - 6 May 1993

Well what an episode. Aidan has had an overdose, but he's just alive. Arthur and Pauline are fuming and Mandy is in deep shit now

Pat's been banged up for 6 months, which has destroyed Frank
oh and this is the last ep with the original titles+theme
Episode 863 - 11 May 1993

Horray for the new theme and titles - the Jazz theme rulz

anyway, Grant's out of prison and Phil's about to tell him about him shagging Sharon
Pete and Rose decide to fuck it and continue fucking
and Arthur loses his contract & is gonna go bankrupt
Episode 864 - 13 May 1993

Phil doesn't tell Grant about him and Sharon because of "reasons" and Grant returns to the Queen Vic
Pete and Rose flee the Chapmans to go on a cruise or something
and Arthur is still shagging Mrs Hewitt, but at the expense of Vicky & Martin
Episode 865 - 19 May 1993

Lots of the Fowlers this episode! Pauline is being a bitch and basically cheating on Arthur, and while Arthur is cheating on her, he does it in such a charming way, whereas Pauline just pisses me off

Also Aidan's off back to Ireland... Poor Mandy
Episode 866 - 20 May 1993

Mandy's gone (but obvs not for good- thanks DIT). Pauline is still a right cow and we had a really lovely moment as Arthur and Aidan say goodbye

The Clyde plotline interested me a lot less, but I'll just wait and see how it plays out...
Episode 867 - 25 May 1993

Nigel's birthday party - lots of fun laughs from Dot this episode!
The cliffhanger sees Clyde and Gidea kiss, but it's just been revealed to us that they are actually cousins so it's well incestual!
oh dear
Episode 868 - 27 May 1993

We get two main plots this episode: Pauline and Danny maybe starting an affair & Jules/Gidea as he tells her that he's his grandfather

also some great Dot moments again this episode!!
Episode 869 - 1 June 1993

Mrs Hewitt's husband returns, Greg, and Arthur walks in on him at her house... doof doof

Also Pauline says no to Danny, Grant finds himself a girlfriend and Arthur is well and truly on the doll again... oh dear
Episode 870 - 3 June 1993

Grant gets (maybe) together with Melanie, all the while Christine (maybe) gets together with Greg and Shelly is told not to get together with Mark, by Michelle

Arthur's still unemployed... and well this can only end badly 😬
Episode 871 - 8 June 1993

Ian has gone bankrupt. Richard is a prat. Christine has told Greg 'no' but he won't bugger off, cos he owns half of the house. Clyde is still depressed as hell because his cousin won't shag him...

All in all a peculiar episode
Episode 872 - 10 June 1993

WHAT A CLIFFHANGER! Greg spys through the caff window to see Christine and Arthur kissing!! Finally, once more my favourite storyline has come to the forefront

also they FINALLY reference Arthur's previous mental breakdown over unemployment, well done
Episode 873 - 15 June 1993

Tensions in the Greg/Christine/Arthur/Pauline "love square" ramp up as it looks like Greg's told Pauline about the affair - this is getting exciting!

& we get a little subplot with Phil and Kathy (is this the makings of their eventual relationship?)
Episode 874 - 17 June 1993

Another Arthur/Christine episode! Christine tells Greg to sling his hook, and Greg didn't tell Pauline all along, he was just trying to intimidate him (a bit like what Dotty's doing in the new eps)

Also Nigel & Debby are basically a thing
Episode 875 - 22 June 1993

We didn't even see the Fowlers this ep, it was all about Phil/Sharon/Grant... as well Sharon and Grant decide to give their marriage another go

Also we see Dr Legg for the first time since Xmas, but his plot is to do with Mandy so... boring!
Episode 876 - 24 June 1993

Phil's mad that Grant and Sharon are back together, so he starts hitting it up with Kathy

everyone hates Mark (pity it's the anniversary of his wife's death)

oh and Dr Legg is being too kind to Mandy and will most certainly regret it
Episode 877 - 29 June 1993

Genuinely bizarre episode. Literally just one storyline this episode and that's Hattie and Steve, which I don't and never have cared about. I was cheering when they split up... but it looks like that won't last long

also Phil meets Nadia 🙌
Episode 878 - 1 July 1993

THEY USED THE WRONG CLIFFHANGER! Instead of Phil telling Sharon & Grant that he and Nadia are getting married, they leave it off for a minute for the cliffhanger to be Hattie seeing her dad...

Also Steve has fucked off on a cruise for now!
Episode 879 - 6 July 1993

Another Hattie based episode... oh joy! Just the fallout from the last two

also Phil and Nadia are defo getting married.... and Ricky called Sam but she told him to piss off and stop being a creep (harsh!)
Episode 880 - 8 July 1993

So, Hattie decides to get an abortion; Phil and Nadia get married, and then she buggers off; Kathy finds out about Christine & Arthur; Nigel finds out the truth about Debbs and they get together

oh & it's Grant's bday to which he gets hair restorer
Episode 881 - 13 July 1993

Mandy is being a nuisance and then clears out and Mark gets angry despite wanting them to go
Arthur has a mini-breakdown about Kathy knowing about him and Christine

oh and Hattie is keeping the baby now
Episode 882 - 15 July 1993

Kathy is being a bitch about Arthur & Christine
Hattie loses the baby in a miscarriage (what a waste of a plot)
Cindy is being sexually harassed by Richard

and Nigel doesn't want to get mumps
Episode 883 - 20 July 1993

Mostly just fallout from yesterday's episode here... Clyde & Gidea go off to Trinidad; Hattie goes on holiday; Pete is nowhere to be seen (he's dead but we don't know that yet) and Richard is a full time creep with Cindy
Episode 884 - 22 July 1993

Mandy and Aidan are kipping illegally in Pete's flat... and Phil wants to move in ffs

Mina is a cold hearted bitch (but kinda likeable, I dig it), and Pauline's finally found out what Pete's doing........ little did she know she'll never see him again
Episode 885 - 27 July 1993

Dot finds out she has a secret grandson... Phil kicks Aidan and Mandy out onto the streets, in a very enjoyable scene

Frying pan is getting ever closer as Arthur's lies become more and more transparent
Episode 886 - 29 July 1993

Richard takes Cindy on a date, and basically it's sexual harassment... but Kathy sees them and now she has to deal with (or so she thinks) the knowledge of two separate affairs

Dot also meets her grandson and acts in the most Dot-like way ever
Episode 887 - 3 August

Kathy/Ian/Cindy/Richard bitch fight basically... all talking and arguing behind each others back's about an affair which isn't actually happening

ffs hattie is back - oh joy. Many and Aidan are still annoying, can't wait till christmas
Episode 888 - 5 August 1993

Some shit goes down between Ian, Cindy and Richard... i'm still a bit unsure with what actually happened

Mandy and Aidan is getting to breaking point - but Frank's rage was amusing

...and Nigel has been dumped
Episode 889 - 10 August 1993

Debbie and her husband pay Nigel a visit, whereby he's told to stay away

Shelly babyshits for Vicki but she just smokes weed with her mates and is pretty shitty

...and...Mandy and Aidan get robbed, while Richard tries to kick them off the market
Episode 890 - 12 August 1993

Sharon basically tells Vicki her father is alive (little did she know lol)... ok...?
Richard threatens to rape Gita... ok...?
Mandy turns to prostitution to make money... ok...?

basically... ok...?
Episode 891 - 17 August 1993

Cindy tells Ian that she's pregnant (with Lucy & Peter) but Hattie watches on with a mega-bitch face
Also Christine and Arthur is not going well as she's getting mega jealous of Pauline
and there's gonna be a load of stoners at Arthur's birthday bash
Episode 892 - 19 August 1993

"I want you to leave Pauline and come and live with me" - Christine gives Arthur her ultimatum at his 50th Birthday Party, only a few feet away from Pauline...

This, of course, means, we're very very close to 🍳
just 5 eps to go!
Episode 893 - 24 August 1993

Martin gets really sick & is taken away in an ambulance, + Dot is given an ultimatum by Nick so basically, this all makes Arthur really guilty so he chooses to stay with Pauline

Pauline thinks Christine is Jack on the phone and tells her to fuck off
Episode 894 - 26 August 1993

And that's a wrap for Dot... see you in '97.

Elsewhere, Arthur is bullied by Pauline into staying with him, while they deal with looking after the plot-device (Martin)...

Also, Nigel is well depressed because he has no where to live... aww
Episode 895 - 31 August 1993

Frank, Pat, Phil, Grant, Sharon and Kathy go to France for a night and a whole load of shit happens
Frank and Pat see Diane and she's *pregnant*

Also, Phil and Kathy get together (finally)... and it's lovely seeing their relationship develop
Episode 895 - 2 September 1993

First Julia's theme in a long long time.... (but as it's 1993, it's just the first part of the normal theme, but it's used as a Julia's theme)

Diane and Frank fell out over the baby, but then they made up

Kathy & Phil are (atm) great together!
Episode 896 - 7 September 1993

"Pauline, for the past year, I've been seeing someone else"

here, we go... the crescendo, the season finale - everything is ramping but and the chess pieces are in place for tomorrow

Arthur finally tells Pauline about him and Christine!
Episode 898 - 9 September 1993

Basically a two hander episode (with about 10 mins of other stuff inserted)
All the fallout from Arthur's affair today - including the 🍳- culminating in Pauline kicking out poor old Arthur
Episode 899 - 14 September 1993

The fall out continues, as Arthur moves In with Mark. The gossip soon spreads around the square too.

Mandy's prostitute storyline continues, with her getting arrested for getting into a fight with another prostitute.
Episode 900 - 16 September 1993

"I want you Arthur, and I'm going to have you"
If only things ended up that simple, Christine

Basically, all focusing on more fallout between Arthur & Pauline and Kathy decides to fire Christine, unfairly
also Nigel, Phil & Sanjay buy another dog
Episode 901 - 21 September 1993

Greg takes Christine's house away from her, so she comes running, begging to Arthur to stay with her

Mina returns and talks Gita into go to India for like 3 months

And Sharon is spoiling Vicki, which is pissing off Grant
Episode 902 - 23 September 1993

Gita's mum has died, so he can't go on her holiday to India
Sharon is trying to take Vicki on holiday but Michelle says fuck off
More fallout from Arthur's affair with Mrs Hewitt revealing that Greg is involving Arthur in the divorce
Episode 903 - 28 September 1993

Pauline catches Arthur with Christine (when she's attempting to sort things out with him - ouch)
Claire keeps coming to see Nigel and her dad tries to sort him out, but then Nigel heroically gives him a piece of his mind!
Episode 904 - 30 September 1993

Arthur leaves in a black cab. Pauline seems to be saddened by this (but she’s trying to hide it). Also, Sharon tells Grant that Vicki is her sister… & he just laughs. Oh & Nigel and Debbie drama continues but like nothing actually happens!
Episode 905 - 5 October 1993

Rumour and gossip about Michelle & Dirty Den runs around the whole square as Mandy gets hold of it. Debbie comes back to live with Nigel (for good), Kathy is hurt she wasn’t told about Vicki & Kathy thinks that Cindy is sleeping with Richard. Oh joy!
Episode 906 - 7 October 1993

Last time we see Mrs Hewitt today. Let’s all take a moment of silence.

Nigel’s plans with Debbie go wrong as Liam comes in & roughs him up. Delilah is sniffed out at the races & Frank ends up losing 200 big ones & Mandy/Aidan are losing their squat!
Episode 907 - 12 October 1993

A lot of Mandy and Aidan suff today - oh joy! Also, we see Phil/Sanjay trying to flog those dogs… it doesn’t work. AND we find out that Cindy is pregnant with twins (Peter & Lucy)! Plus Janine is coming back to live with Frank and Pat…
Episode 908 - 14 October 1993

Still not much Fowler’s this ep [sad face]. Ian and Cindy drama as Ian now believes that Richard is Peter & Lucy’s dad, due to Kathy’s gossiping. Richard is trying to nob Shelley and Meena hates Sanjay (as always)! Riveting!
Episode 909 - 19 October 1993

So Roly is dead... only because that dog is ridiculously old now, it's been in the show for nearly 9 years!

Janine is back and Frank is a terrible Father... Richard is being a creep to Shelley....
Episode 910 - 21 October 1993

Weird episode this. A lot of time spent on the aftermath of Roly’s death, but then Mandy & Aidan are (stitched up?) to rob the shop. Also, Richard is like trying to rape Shelley…??? Ok…
Episode 911 - 26 October 1993

So Arthur is back, and after a month of basically being homeless, he’s a broken man. Also, Cindy is being majorly gaslighted by Richard, with help from Sharon & Hattie, and for once I actually feel sorry for her…
Episode 912 - 28 October 1993

Janine gets bullied at her own Halloween party. Richard is put in his place by Phil, finally, as he becomes the head of the Beale family. and.... Mandy and Aidan raid Michelle's house and nick everything.
Episode 913 - 2 November 1993

So, Arthur is back in the square, and Pauline’s finally let him back in the house (but only while she’s away on holiday). Pat & Frank are moving house, to the bigger 41 Albert Square, which isn’t just a flat. Oh and Nadia has returned!
Episode 914 - 4 November 1993

Phil hasn’t old Kathy about Nadia. Everyone is getting strange crank calls… and the next Wilmott-Brown is lingering around the area basically being a Tory. Oh and Hattie has quit her job, hurrah!

+ biggest plot twist - it's Father Brown next! 😂
Episode 915 - 9 November 1993

A lot of Phil & Nadia stuff this ep (Yes!) as the home office comes checking up on them, plus Kathy finally finds out. Also Ricky gets a hair cut (be gone with the long hair) and Aidan & Mandy are rumbled about the electricity theft!
Episode 916 - 11 November 1993

Mark snogs Shelley (not this storyline again ugh) as the trip to Amsterdam nears but the pub is burgaled and the car lot is vandalised, plus Big Ron has a heart attack.

Mina invites her husband to have a night out with Sanjay and Gita but its shit
Episode 917 - 16 November 1993

Michelle, Shelley, Mark & Clem go to Amsterdam; Mark backs out of shagging Shelley cos... HIV stuff

Bianca & Carol show up on the square, but Gita thinks Sanjay wants to shag Bianca

Also Gita and Meena have swapped personalities for some reason
Episode 918 - 18 November 1993

Another holiday episode here (wish they still did them) as Michelle, Shelley, Mark and Clem are in Amsterdam and Shelley finds out about the HIV

Also Clem puts drugs in his bag and makes Michelle (unknowingly) smuggle them through customs
Episode 919 - 23 November 1993

Frank is warned off by three hard men, as they don't want him doing his taxi service or some shit

Nadia shows up and ends up staying the night at Phil's, which pisses Kathy off

AND Shelley is still very upset by Mark and the HIV
Episode 920 - 25 November 1993

Bit of a weird episode this...

Kathy, Phil & Nadia all have a drink together but Kathy is still being a bitch about Nadia

Frank/Pat find out that Janine is being bullied, but Frank don't care

and Kathy's house is like burgaled (?) at the end??
Dimensions in Time - 26/27 November 1993

Gita is still annoyed at Sanjay & doesn't want him to give a discount to the girl who wanted do have a threesome with Sam Mitchell

We flashforward to the future where we see old Pauline and Kathy (who should both be dead) meet Carmel 1/3
CONT

We then flashback to 1973 and see young Ian, Kathy & Pauline in 1973 (where the pub is red, when it should be grey)

But then the maddest thing happens when a load of aliens show up on Albert Square, and some strange old man tries to have it on with Pat Butcher !!?? 2/3
Somehow, Mandy is back in Walford (even though she isn't there at the moment) and she saves some girl from a mad woman... before Phil & Grant find a woman lurking in the Arches looking for Dr Legg

the rest I didn't really understand, and the continuity is awful!
Episode 921 - 30 November 1993

So, Pauline’s back and there’s a power cut and we think she’s patching stuff up with Arthur, but then she goes apeshit about him not telling her that Alfie Chapman is dead
& Ricky gets talked to by the police cos he threatened a 10 year old’s life
Episode 922 - 3 December 1993

One Year Down!

Gita still thinks Sanjay’s having an affair, and confides in Pat. The Jacksons got a little scene, & first mention of Sonia. Also, Nadia has come to live with Phil, cos the Home Office came around, & Kathy is in a hissy fit about it.
Episode 923 - 7 December 1993

So Pete is coming home (lol nope), and Pauline is over the moon. Pat is beaten up by a load of ruffians at the office. Cindy is heavily heavily pregnant (despite she only becoming pregnant in like September), + Big Ron's pitch has been taken off him
Episode 924 - 9 December 1993

"I'm sorry Ian, Pete's dead"
What a cliffhanger

Also, Cindy has Peter & Lucy (two months premature), Gita has vicious anxiety about Sanjay (not) having an affair

And everyone knows about Phil & Nadia now but thinks there marriage is real
Episode 925 - 14 December 1993

Mostly just the aftermath of Pete's death here, and Ian/Arthur work out that the Chapman's staged his death

Also, Gita causes a scene confronting Michelle about her "affair" with Sanjay, which obviously ends up being quite comedy
Episode 926 - 16 December 1993

Well that's the most surprised I've been at a cliffhanger since Ep817: the affair that Gita has been "imagining" between Sanjay & Michelle, that the audience has been led to believe is just her paranoia... is real!

This will be interesting!
Episode 927 - 21 December 1993

Mandy & Aidan are thrown out as Richard's bought their squat. Ricky meets Bianca, and is hitting it off with her straight away.... *I wonder how this will turn out!*

The episode ends with Mark telling Mandy that he's got HIV
Episode 928 - 23 December 1993

Really lovely episode this. 2 days before Xmas, we get Pete's funeral. We also focus a little on Mark & Mandy, with the HIV stuff - but scratch that because - we saw Ethel again, about the 3rd time in the last year!

OH AND MRS HEWITT SENT FLOWERS!
Episode 929 - 25 December 1993

CHRISTMAS DAY!
And... not a lot happened... The only big event was that Aidan was gonna chuck himself off Walford towers and then he didn't

Apart from that it's just Phil&Nadia stuff, Christmas day dinners and comedy with Nigel & Ricky
Episode 930 - 28 December 1993

Aidan leaves Mandy (literally never to be seen ever again) but Pauline is kind and takes her in

Gita goes crazy about Sanjay's "affair" and up-and-leaves him

AND Nadia/Phil/Kathy drama is at its peak!
Episode 931 - 30 December 1993

Last ep of 93!

Nadia lets slip (drunkenly) that she slept with Phil
Pauline invites Arthur back home (as long as he sleeps in another room)
The Jacksons are still having background domestics which we pop in and out of through other characters eyes
Episode 932 - 3 January 1993

Gita finds Sanjay in bed with Meena (which thankfully explains her sudden personality change when it came to Sanjay 2 months ago)

The Big Ron protest goes ahead, and the council are forced to give in, despite Tricky Dicky losing his shit
Episode 933 - 6 January 1993

Sanjay is chucked out of his house, by a devastated Meena. We learn that the whole 'Michelle/Sanjay' relationship reveal was just a red-herring and he was teaching her to drive

Frank agrees to sell the flat to Phil + Mandy has a big speech
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