Review: EastEnders, BBC1 (From This Is Lancashire)

Review: EastEnders, BBC1

5:17pm Friday 19th August 2011 in Reviews By Jemma Humphreys, Deputy features editor

IT’S all falling apart for one resident this week in EastEnders.... again.

This time the bad luck has fallen at Vanessa’s door, after love rat Max packed his bags when his affair with on-off ex wife Tanya was uncovered.

It’s such a shame the former Footballer’s Wife actress (and her ridiculous wardrobe) is leaving the square. There’s still a few weeks of revenge to come from her yet, but I think her character had the making of the perfect soap villian if she’d have stuck around.

All the over-acting we’ve seen from Zoe Lucker this week, with the shaking and the weeping, has been pure entertainment. But it’s all about to come to an abrupt end when she leaves in an “explosive exit” yet to be revealed. Luckily the producers say the door has been left “wide open” for her return, hopefully she’ll make a comeback when it’s all settled down and rock the boat.

Either way I don’t think they’ve used Vanessa to her full potential in her short time in Walford, which is a shame as EastEnders don’t normally miss an opportunity to milk some extra drama.

I supose there’s never room for two bad girls in town, and with newly rich Janine still hanging around getting on eevryone’s nerves there’s plenty of excitement in store.