The Slater Family

Alright, so I only started watching EastEnders last October when I arrived in Dublin, so I'm not exactly a long time fan, but my flatmate Karen was kind enough to fill me in on any juicy back story. I was kind of disappointed last night when I sat down to watch two episodes on PBS, only to discover that they were from December 2001. Pat is still married to Roy, it's the day before Lynn and Gary's wedding and some guy with a goatee just professed his love to Lynn in the Vic and they went back to his place to shag. Kat is still living at the Slater house and poor Jamie is still alive. Martin is still acting like a prat and Sonia is fatter than ever. Oh yeah, and Trevor is still terrorising Little Mo. Considering I started watching in 2005, I suppose I've got a couple of years to catch up on. I did miss the colloquial charm of the locals though. "You wha?", "Ta", "Nosy cow!". When I lived in Osaka I learned that the local dialect was called Osaka ben. I guess this is East end ben. Not to be confused with Phil Mitchell's son, Ben. Oh well, if I've confused you, just tune in.