Eastenders #11 Mick drowns at Dover as 2022 is nearly over

[dee_mc]

Absolutely, any man can be a father, a dad is something entirely different.
Martin’s a great dad to Arthur too

Poor Martin, he's had a wild ride really: weapon of a mother, became a dad while only a kid himself, accidentally killed his mate, married to Sonia, feuding with the Mitchells, getting a new head, getting with Stacey and being a dad to her kids only for her to have another with his best mate who was later murdered, taking up with psycho Ruby, and now his 12 year old is pregnant! I'm surprised he hasn't found religion tbh.

 

[LaBlonde]

Poor Martin, he's had a wild ride really: weapon of a mother, became a dad while only a kid himself, accidentally killed his mate, married to Sonia, feuding with the Mitchells, getting a new head, getting with Stacey and being a dad to her kids only for her to have another with his best mate who was later murdered, taking up with psycho Ruby, and now his 12 year old is pregnant! I'm surprised he hasn't found religion tbh.

i love that you’ve included “married to sonia” in amongst all this absolute trauma

i always thought new martin looks very much like old martin too, it was a great recast because of how much the actors resemble each other (imo anyway!) but he gets a bad run on this show and hasn’t really had many storylines recently where he’s the centre point. he is the original baby of this show (was he born in the first episode? certainly the first year iirc), give him a proper plot!

 

[Mr Krabs]

i love that you’ve included “married to sonia” in amongst all this absolute trauma

i always thought new martin looks very much like old martin too, it was a great recast because of how much the actors resemble each other (imo anyway!) but he gets a bad run on this show and hasn’t really had many storylines recently where he’s the centre point. he is the original baby of this show (was he born in the first episode? certainly the first year iirc), give him a proper plot!

I watched the original episodes a few years back. Pauline finds out she’s pregnant with Martin in the first episode and there’s quite a bit of drama around her being an ‘old’ mum at 40. Agreed he needs some storylines. The Ruby thing was just tit.

 

[Lucia]

Poor Martin, he's had a wild ride really: weapon of a mother, became a dad while only a kid himself, accidentally killed his mate, married to Sonia, feuding with the Mitchells, getting a new head, getting with Stacey and being a dad to her kids only for her to have another with his best mate who was later murdered, taking up with psycho Ruby, and now his 12 year old is pregnant! I'm surprised he hasn't found religion tbh.

Marrying sonia may well have tipped him over the edge. In fairness I really like Martin and think Stacey not telling him before was crappy.

 

[LaBlonde]

I watched the original episodes a few years back. Pauline finds out she’s pregnant with Martin in the first episode and there’s quite a bit of drama around her being an ‘old’ mum at 40. Agreed he needs some storylines. The Ruby thing was just tit.

thank you! i knew there was some kind of link between him and the first episode but couldn’t remember exactly what.

 

[Miss.Chanandler.Bong]

i love that you’ve included “married to sonia” in amongst all this absolute trauma

i always thought new martin looks very much like old martin too, it was a great recast because of how much the actors resemble each other (imo anyway!) but he gets a bad run on this show and hasn’t really had many storylines recently where he’s the centre point. he is the original baby of this show (was he born in the first episode? certainly the first year iirc), give him a proper plot!

It was a good recast. They’re both tall too

 

[ohdoris]

I feel like Martin needs a new love interest, mentally stable though. Poor lads been through enough. I think he’s a really likeable character.

 

[LaBlonde]

I feel like Martin needs a new love interest, mentally stable though. Poor lads been through enough. I think he’s a really likeable character.

he’s one of the most genuinely likeable characters on the show right now tbh. he always does his best for his family (and his friends) and he’s never really deliberately done anything awful to anyone (that i can remember!). he deserves a nice love interest, or at least a positive spotlight.

 

[Ktb]

I’d like Martin back with Stacey but I think that ships sailed now so agree with a new love interest.

 

[lozza96]

I wonder what they will do for martins leaving storyline ? As his wife is pregnant so hes having time of

 

[Chaoticbexi]

Spoiler: Lily's dad spoiler

.Ryan lily's dad is coming back soon. I read it on inside soap. So she must be keeping the baby else why would he return cus the slaters wouldn't be telling him anything. Unless Whitney's told him about it. Who knows but he's coming back this year

 

[ThisishowIlivenow]

he’s one of the most genuinely likeable characters on the show right now tbh. he always does his best for his family (and his friends) and he’s never really deliberately done anything awful to anyone (that i can remember!). he deserves a nice love interest, or at least a positive spotlight.

He killed Jamie! Which I remember being gutted about at the time but watching classic eastenders now I just wish he'd bloody hurry up

 

[Marilyn345]

I wonder what they will do for martins leaving storyline ? As his wife is pregnant so hes having time of

Why should he be leaving, he’ll probably just be taking a few weeks off, no need for a specific storyline.

 

[LaBlonde]

He killed Jamie! Which I remember being gutted about at the time but watching classic eastenders now I just wish he'd bloody hurry up

and broke my teenage heart

to be fair, he didn’t do it deliberately and was genuinely distraught by it afterwards.

but same! i’m watching classic eastenders too and jamie is the absolute worst! at the time i remember being so jealous of sonia but he really isn’t great to her most of the time.

 

[ohdoris]

I used to really really fancy Ryan from Eastenders (and also Jamie Maguire from Shameless, totally unrelated!) I hope they do bring him back & he’s still fit

 

[Chaoticbexi]

The way I see it (praying) is unless there's a body there's always a chance of a return. Look at den. Mick might turn up in Ibiza in 2 years time with amnesia

 

[Ktb]

Ryan can do one you don’t just turn up 12 years later ready to play dad hope Stacey tells him to duck off.

He killed Jamie! Which I remember being gutted about at the time but watching classic eastenders now I just wish he'd bloody hurry up

I second this right little mardarse he is

 

[ChastityDingle]

he’s one of the most genuinely likeable characters on the show right now tbh. he always does his best for his family (and his friends) and he’s never really deliberately done anything awful to anyone (that i can remember!). he deserves a nice love interest, or at least a positive spotlight.

James Bye / Martin was in the most recent series of Strictly Come Dancing and came across as a genuinely lovely man. He worked really hard, was never going to win it but gave it his all.

I thought he was very good in last night's episode. A natural burst of anger and a lot of confusion and upset, well played.
I think Stacey was afraid to tell him who Lily said it was, well of course she had promised she wouldn't but also, in case he would blow up and go mad at the boy.

I also thought when he and Stacey had the storyline where she had to be hospitalised after Arthur's birth, they both played their parts brilliantly.

 

[tyrell123]

I’m sure they’ve mentioned in episodes before that Lily’s been off visiting Ryan. And he pays regular child support- which Martin doesn’t like

 

[Mr Krabs]

I’d like Martin back with Stacey but I think that ships sailed now so agree with a new love interest.

I’d like to see him and Stacey become a long term couple. The average marriage on the square seems to last about five minutes which isn’t very realistic. They need some proper couples who have actually been together a while.