The Millers have no money

[Steven]

Am I supposed to find this plotline interesting? Because I'm finding it really, incredibly, mind-numbingly dull.

Shouldn't a family like the Millers, who, Demi's teenage pregnany aside, haven't had any storylines of note since arriving in the Square, actually be getting something big and dramatic so that we get to know them intimately and care about them? Perhaps we're being wrong-footed, and this is the calm before the storm where it turns out Darren is Demi's father. But I doubt it somehow.

I'm beginning to worry that the 'Enders storyliners haven't learnt any lessons from the Ferreiras.

[si]

Oh, I don't know, I'm quite liking The Millers have no money. The Dad's irritating my life by not actually getting a job, but I think Rosie's doing a sterling job, acting-wise. If they follow it through properly, they could end up making some serious points about families on the poverty line.

Or something.

[Truth]

Hasn't got a bit more to do with the dad not being able to read or write? x

[Robbing the Dead]

I didn't see the illiteracey thing coming. I thought he was just a lazy bastard.

[Steven]

si said:

I think Rosie's doing a sterling job, acting-wise.

I see your point on that score, I just wish they'd give her a little more to work with. I'm not saying that plotlines about not having much money are always dull, because I agree with you that if handled correctly it could be good, and I think EastEnders is well-placed to tackle that sort of issue. I just think that so far it seems a bit half-arsed. Like they needed a B-plot to play against all of the murdering and gangstering, and just went "oh, that'll do".

[Nick]

I just find the 'not being able to read or write' thing totally unbelievable.

How can anybody not be able to read or write? It's really easy! Look, I'm doing it right now!

[Deleted]

u r just bein cleva man its ded harrd

he probly neva went 2 skul or nuffin

[raspberry]

Nick said:

I just find the 'not being able to read or write' thing totally unbelievable.

My mum teaches adult literacy classes and gets a fairly mixed bunch of people, most of the older ones have held down reasonablly paid manual or domestic jobs.

But with the amout of telly the Miller guy is meant to watch you'd think he'd had caught some of the For Schools programming.

A little bit of Wordy could have done him the world of good.

[Elly]

I'm going to stand by my claim that the Millers have been a fairly interesting family from the start, and they're shaping up to have a lot of potential. I like the way Rosie has developed; I found her tedious and abrasive when she first came in, but now I'm entirely sympathetic to her position.

Why God, why, though, are they forcing us to endure another money storyline? Didn't the writers learn from the whole Alfie/Kat/Andy fiasco? I know that Eastenders thrives on the grim 'n' gritty aspect of East London life, but financial worries are rarely interesting, and certainly don't make for compelling viewing. I'd like to see where they go with the illiteracy thing, I just don't want to hear about how the Millers have only got £10 to their name.

[Robbing the Dead]

I feel for Rosie, therefore the actress is doing a good job.

[toby3000]

I find (well, what little I've seen of it) this very dull. And more importantly unrealistic. It's not tackling issues about poverty because the storyline is 'they're not working, therefore they're poor', rather than saying someone can go to work for the minimum wage and not be able to live on it.

but if she's that bother she can go get a job in tescos. Though obviously she can't, since there are no jobs in London outside of the Square

[unlikelyheroine]

Doesn't Mickey have a job? Can't he spare a few quid?

[Nick]

I think he's saving up to get mugged, or something.

Or else he's paying someone to do his reading and writing for him, which is what his lazy dad could be doing if he could be bothered to GET OFF HIS ARSE AND GET A FUCKING JOB.

Boring, boring, boring. Maybe one of the Millers should join Pat, Pauline and Derek as part of Johnny Allen's stable of delights.

[I Hate Lana Lang]

Please kill The Millers. Please, I beg you, kill them all. Kill Chrissie, Kill Sam and kill all of them. Oh and notice how all the blacks in the square are now gun toting drug dealers. Not the image that should be portrayed.

[Robbing the Dead]

PaulSatanic said:

Please kill The Millers. Please, I beg you, kill them all. Kill Chrissie, Kill Sam and kill all of them. Oh and notice how all the blacks in the square are now gun toting drug dealers. Not the image that should be portrayed.

I love Chrissie.

[Steven]

PaulSatanic said:

Oh and notice how all the blacks in the square are now gun toting drug dealers.

Are Patrick and Yolande not making enough money from the Minute Mart, then?

[I Hate Lana Lang]

Nah. Judging by the inane writing that's going on they'll be dealing drugs from the Mart soon. Trust me.

[KentDan]

Keith seemed pretty good at reading and writing when he wrote all the tactics and coordinated the Walford Football Team - then again, this storyline died on it's arse when Louise Berridge left so maybe they had hoped we'd forgotten.

[puppydogstail]

I know for a fact that its not government policy to allow children to starve. They should just dump the kids on the steps of the nearest social office.

[Snuff]

Does anyone in Eastenders have any money?

[richdidnt]

Snuff said:

Does anyone in Eastenders have any money?

Sonya and Martin do, but they're really 'naughty' because they're not using it to pay off their mortgage instead they're getting drunk a lot.

Its a fact - All Eastender plotlines are equally as enthralling. At this rate next month we'll see a land dispute with months of debate on boundaries and easements!

Rich

[Snuff]

I wish someone would get rich and get fabulous. It's so boring looking at shitty wallpaper.

[toby3000]

Snuff said:

Does anyone in Eastenders have any money?

Not for everyday life no. But if they need to buy a pub or a nightclub or a cafe then that's not a problem. But popping down to Ikea for a dinner table, that's just an impossible dream for the cast of Eastenders

[FWWM]

KentDan said:

Keith seemed pretty good at reading and writing when he wrote all the tactics and coordinated the Walford Football Team

And how does he always know what's on TV if he can't read the schedules?

[raspberry]

FWWM said:

And how does he always know what's on TV if he can't read the schedules?

perhaps he only watches abc1 ?