EastEnders: Is Danielle Dead?
It's not quite a Richard Curtis movie, but tonight's EastEnders packed in a wedding (possibly the shortest in the show's history) and what looks like a potentially fatal accident for poor Danielle. As tonight's episode ended, the undertakers were already moving in to take measurements.
Lording it over the whole episode, sinister Archie striking terror in Peggy for daring to wear a plunging neckline to her own wedding, and skulking around as Danielle tried to reveal everything to a baffled Ronnie. He had all the hallmarks of a modern day Dracula.
I'm not normally a soap watcher, but I'll tune in for special occassions like this. Samantha Janus and Lauren Crace put on an emotional rollercoaster of an episode. Up to this point, Danielle (played by Crace) has been mildly annoying with her perma-constipated expression and fumbled attempts to reveal her secret to Ronnie. In the lead up to tonight's thrilling episode, Archie has been trying to suppress Danielle's secret, once with electrical wire.
After seeing Danielle into the street outside the Queen Vic, Ronnie gives a sugary speech for Archie, but as she gives the toast, she almost swallows the locket that Danielle placed in her glass. My heart thudded at that point - you could tell Archie was rumbled.
Hilariously, the rest of the guests at the wedding (all long-term Albert Square residents) looked on impassively as Ronnie revealed Archie's deception. Only Peggy looked confused for a moment as her worst suspicions about Archie were confirmed. Archie puts the final nails in his own coffin when he says (oblivious to Peggy standing behind him) "I'll snap my fingers and Peggy will come running."
Within moments though, Ronnie catches up with Danielle. However, Danielle has graduated to zombie-acting at this stage and stands in the middle of the road just long enough for Janine to 'butcher' her. Geddit? Butcher? LOL!
Brilliantly, Janine and Stacey stand comepletely horror-struck as Ronnie cradles her long-lost daughter in her arms. Danielle's hair is heavily matted in blood at the back and she fades into unconsciousness. The big question is, is she dead as Ronnie seems to think, or should we wait for that ambulance crew to confirm or deny it?
Best episode in ages. I hope Danielle lives to look harrowed another day though.




Comments
Danielle can't be dead!!!!
Danielle can't be dead!!!! Are the Eastenders writers mad? This storyline has been painfully tedious up until tonight and just when it looks like it might get interesting they bloomin killl her off. Come on!
If Dannielle dies I will cry
If Dannielle dies I will cry myself to sleep every night for the rest of my life!!
Seriously DO NOT kill her off:(
me to!
i'm with u there
Danielle's death
come on you cant kill Danielle off, after all these years ronnie just found out that her daughter really is alive!!!
not just that ronnie has been lonely most of her life with out anyone at least we can now say shez not lonely anymore , now that she has her girl with her : (
daneielle
so will i lol i am so upset
same
The episode Danielle died, i didn't believe it, but i cried a lot. I kept saying I don't think she's dead when i knew it was true, it is only a soap but i feel so attatched to danielle. If the writters had any sense they would bring Lauren back, to play Danielle x
I can't believe it either,
I can't believe it either, really disappointed in the writers. They should not have killed her off- big mistake.
she cant go
surely danielle cant die, cant she be resussitated or maybe her dad can identify the body as not his adopted daughter. maybe he can say its her but its really not. please bring her back, its nice to have a happy ending in eastenders every year or so. ronnie has always been sad since she lost her daughter because of archie and now its happened all over again. :'(
she cant go
surely danielle cant die, cant she be resussitated or maybe her dad can identify the body as not his adopted daughter. maybe he can say its her but its really not. please bring her back, its nice to have a happy ending in eastenders every year or so. ronnie has always been sad since she lost her daughter because of archie and now its happened all over again. :'(
she cant go
surely danielle cant die, cant she be resussitated or maybe her dad can identify the body as not his adopted daughter. maybe he can say its her but its really not. please bring her back, its nice to have a happy ending in eastenders every year or so. ronnie has always been sad since she lost her daughter because of archie and now its happened all over again. :'(
eastenders
I am outstanded and outraged, after watching tonights episode of easrtenders, how after all these months of this danielle and ronnie storyline the eastenders writers have ended it like this, after watching for months and watching this story grow for the enders writers to go and kill danielle off is a f***ing disgrace, the british public have grown to like the character and really wanted a happy ending, and the numptys at enders decide yet again in there infernent wisdom to end a good storyline with a proper s**t ending. Janine has got her way out AGAIN, and they have gone back to old story lines, first it was pat killing someone in her car now janine BORING, how about for once letting something good happen, i am sorry but forgive me if i am wrong but the east end of london aint this b*****y grim, its aint been this grim since the buponic plague and it wouldnt surprise me now if the writers of enders watched this and thought'hold on a minute we aint used that, lets give everybody the plague'.
All i can say is boooooooo eastenders, get up to date with stuff people want to watch, we have enough of a crap time with the way the country is in at the moment, for them IDIOTS to go and do this, jesus christ eastenders wake up and get out of the victorian age
NO Danielle cant be dead
I hope they dont kill Danielle, then i will stop watching this show. ITs really pathetic.... couldnt they invent something else? Its has really gotten into me and into my skin. This is not how they are going to keep their story line. And I do agree with soe people, why are they keep hitting people with car? Please stop this insanity. I hope they do not kill my favorite character off. Lauren is such a good actress and really I start seeing the Mitchel in Danielle, but now she is dead??? whats this for news....... the writers need to finnd some other ways to keep her alive or this is all screwed.
Deathbed conversations
Too right, we won't be spared a long and gruesome death, complete with earnest deathbed reconciliation between mother and daughter! Given how much this storyline has dragged on until now, they surely couldn't resist a month in a hospital bed?
I hope there is hope and she
I hope there is hope and she is not dead, even though she said in the papers she wants to have a break from acting, so as devistatingly it is for me to say it,-i think she is dead :-( stupid horrible producers what a crap ending.
EASTENDERS - I think danielle dies...
I think Danielle does die as i read in a magazine that Ronnie goes to the airport to leave and Jack comes to get her and anounce his love for her...why would Ronnie leave if her daughter was in a coma / hospitalised etc? ?
i agree with you guys - I cant believe the writters would be dumb enough to kill Danielle off as they have made everyone watch the story line for so many months with nothing happening.
If they think they will impress viewers by now dragging out Ronnie howling for her daughter who is now dead - I love Eastenders but I dont think i could bear months of a story line of the funeral and her getting even more depressed.
I must say the acting from Ronnie and Danielle tonight was the best i had seen for a long time on Eastenders - They did it very well!!
PLEASE BRING DANIELLE BACK - Eastenders was just getting juicy again!!
Lisa S
Danielle does not die because
Danielle does not die because i have look on yahoo questions and it come up that Danielle is rushed to hospital and stacey said to ronnie that don't be dispointed if she doesn't won't to know you any more because i wouldn't any way because off this ronnie decides to leave without jack! tahnks for reading :-)
Nooooo!
I REALLY HOPE SHE IS NOT DEAD NOW THAT SHE HAS REVEALED HER SECRET! PLEASE BE ALIVE! ONE OF MY FAVIOURITE CHARACTERSS:)
I know - I only just thought
I know - I only just thought about it and remembered I read a TV mag about Ronnie leaving and being at the airport - I could be totally wrong! but putting 2 and 2 together, why else would she be going..?
I hope like you she isnt dead - I never get involved in writting my views on it - but this had really peed me off
We only have tonight and then a good start to the weekend once Eastenders has done its stuff on Friday!!
fingers crossed she's alive - YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eastenders
omg what ! todays episode : absolutely ridiculous! they can not kill danielle off.. i refuse to continue watching!
oh come on this is rubbish i
oh come on this is rubbish i have been waiting for so long for danielles secret to come out as we all have and then they kill her off we havnt been waiting all this time for nothing she cant be dead......can she?
i have been waiting so long
i have been waiting so long for this secret of danielles to come out as we all have so surely they are not goin to kill her off that would be stupid. I would like to see danielle alive so she and ronnie can build there relationship together at last.
Eastenders
Eastenders will be permanantly deleted from my recording schedule if you kill off danielle, if you haven't then genius, you have got the country talking about it and bloomin livid, if you have then stupid move!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please don't do that to us, it's been like pulling teeth out for ages, just as i was beginning to get back into eastenders and thought there had been some amusing parts and hoped of a happy ending!!! PS We like happy endings you know.
I can't believe this is how
I can't believe this is how its ended after all of that crap, half way through watching it i predicted the ending n i was spot on, im sure the writers could have thought of sumthing better, its getting so predictable nw days arrrrrrrrrrrrrh!!!!!!!!
Iwas so outraged with
Iwas so outraged with tonights ending. Not beause I was expecting some 'ideal happy ending', but because I demanded one after watching months of this story line. No wonder corrieis doing better.
Danielle cant be dead
I agree, it would be so cruel for Danielle to be kill off. They should think of those the british people who have also lost a parent and been reunited, how they get to know each other , can't they have a bit of a life!! it would be good tv.
Eastenders
I am disgusted at the ending of tonights hour long episode and unless the eastender writers pull up there socks and bring danielle back from the dead I wont be watching another episode! months and months tearing the a**e out of it for it to end like that!!
if this is the end of
if this is the end of danielle ,it will be the last eastenders i ever watch .
What rubbish!!! After what
What rubbish!!! After what seems like years, Ronnie finds out and within 5 mins the writers kill of the story in what seemed like a comedy sketch show, "My baby" then step out into the front of a car!!!! Poor very poor
whaaaat the hellll
what are they thinking really WHAT THE HELL succcccch an anti-climax can u just not put her in a coma?
ye itis like getting teeth pulled out ony to be told they wont be growing back. WHYWHYWHY bet they thought they were really clevr killing her off an now every1 is just against them!! ah i am incensed!!! :l
Utterly anoying
I don't watch eastenders but this storyline has had my attention for a few weeks. If they kill off danielle I'll be livid and it will simply prove I was right not to bother watching!!!!!!!!!!!
Killing Off Daniel!
Not a very good move by Eastenders if she is gone forever. I for one will not be tuning into Eastenders anymore if that is how it ends for Danielle! I am quite outraged by this, Surely they could have her in a coma whilst everyone is disgusted by Archie's behaviour and now know exactly what he is capable of! If this is truly the end then boo Eastenders and I am sure they will lose more than 1 viewer in disgust!
danielle cant really be dead can she ?
eastenders is the only soap i watch and it has had us all on a cliffhanger for the last couple of weeks just to hear danielle actually say them words to ronnie and then they go and kill her off ????? i well upset ... so im never watching it again ...
EASTENDERS
PoInTlEsS eAsTeNdErS......... AS IF WE DONT HAVE ENOUGH DEPRESSION ON TV ANYWAYS { wast of time that since being taken over by that new guy has turned my misses in to a crying bag of tears everytime she watches it } P O I N T L E S S ................BOYCOT DONT WATCH UNLESS DANIELLE STAYS ALIVE....
eastenders
they must have filmed alternative continuities, maybe to see how the viewers react danielle possibly dying, then making a decision based on that.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE DONE THIS!!!
I can't believe they have killed her OFF!!!!! All this wait to see Danielle & Ronnie Mother/daughter to be together and they go and do this. I won't be watching eastenders if they have killed her off AGAIN!!!! I would like to see her alive and both leavong together at the airport for a new life. I think I could have done a better job in writing the stroyline for tonight. I am SO upset with the ending. It's terrible, all tis time of watching them apart and finally together they KILL HER OFF!!!!!
NO MORE EASTENDERS FOR ME IF DANIELLE IS NOT ALIVE!!!!!
Dissapointed! how can they
Dissapointed! how can they kill her off like that, ive been watching for weeks and then when she finally tells her mum , boof! shes dead!. I know she was just a character, but im kindve depressed now. I dont think i can stand Ronnie moaping around anymore, how depressing!
i cant believe shes gone
how could they write out such an innocent and gentle character i couldnt bear watching eastenders again!!!!!
I totally agree with the
I totally agree with the comment above, I dont think we should watch Eastenders again, let their ratings fall and send the msg that the veiwing public are outraged after waiting such a long time for a happy ending! Considering that Archie F****d up Ronnies life from a young age and she has suffered ever since. Then for Ronnie to find out the truth and kill Danielle is just disappointing for every viewer who has watched for months!
that was horrible tonight.to
that was horrible tonight.to kill danielle off would be so wrong
she is just a little sweethesrt and would have love to see
danielle and ronnie be mother and daughter there such
great characters!!
I'm still fuming about this
I'm still fuming about this episode! You can read my review here that I posted earlier this evening http://girliegossip.com/eastenders-danielle-storyline-sparks-anger-with-...
What a complete let down!!
Boycott Eastenders
I totally agree with comments above, I think the viewers should refuse to tune into Eastenders if Danielle is dead forever. It might teach them that we dont like to watch a depressing programme 52 weeks of the year. Is it not bad enough that there is always something shockinlgy dreadfull happens at xmas. Xmas is meant to be a happy time. TV plays a big part in people's life! Real life can be depressing enough!
Eastenders - Danielle!!!
Everyone is in uproar!!! Enders need to sort this out... if she's dead then I'm never watching that programme again!! I'm sick of watching depressing story lines and for the amount of time they dragged it out for they should at least let it be a happy reunion! Bad TV tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow, tonight's episode has
wow, tonight's episode has caused quite a stir.
appologies for possibly repeating some of/all of the above comments (I got bored half way down the list - way too many haha) but I definately don't think Danielle is dead if her acting performance has anything to do with it, anyway! But surely they wouldn't do that to us, would they? They must let Ronnie be happy, for once. And did anyone notice the sleazy glint in Archie's eye on hearing about the accident? Maybe he'll get away with it afterall... Nah, not in Soapland.
PROTEST!! Power to the people
I have been watching Eastenders for probably at least a DECADE if not more! I've stuck with it since this new script writer has been boring me to death and dragged out this storyline well past it's elastic limit!
SO if this is the climax over a years build up I AM NEVER WATCHING EASTENDERS AGAIN!!! I urge and recommend everyone do the same.. a sudden DROP in viewers will hopefully result in a sudden DROP of the writer!!
However if she ain't dead it s'all good!
KILLING OF DANIELLE?
this is ridiculous I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY KILLED OF DANIELLE AFTER HOW MANY MONTHS WE WERE WAITING FOR THIS. UNBELIEVABLE..!!
Could this be the Endda Eastenders
If they continue and Danielle really is dead then no more Eastenders in our family its banned for everyone. I urge people to complain directly to the BBC like we have done. If they want a reaction then lets give them hell cos they just sent everyone to bed tonight with the hump.
Shouldnt the vic have a qualified first aider being as its a place of work now who's being out of touch with reality, Trading standards or Health and Safety at work act reps where are you.
Surely if you roll over a car it kinda breaks your fall its not as if she was thrown to the ground directly and that car didnt look like it was going to fast more like backwards.
Tomorrow could be the evening Eastenders gains millions or looses millions of viewers, now I wonder when corri is next........
this is silly noone is saying
this is silly noone is saying she will die but hopefully she wont die thousands of viewers will stop watching eastenders ifdanielle dies
Horrible finale!!!!! Boycott Eastenders
The BBC has a responsibility to bring us entertainment, hope and values that could be helpful to others. Having “opened the can of worms” that has touched many people in similar position, it will be very sad and negative if Danielle is ousted from the programme without giving your viewers the hope a reunion could mean. To kill her off would only add to both parent and child a negative effect. I hope that BBC is a far more responsible producer and will keep her in the programme offering positive feedback to your viewers. Any such event of killing her off would be both irresponsible and total lunacy and would not impact well with the general public as well as losing me as a permanent historically rooted viewer. I do share this view with a lot of my friends.
Maybe there is hope!
I cant believe Danielle has been killed off. Thing is it's a Thursday night and normally they kill people off on a Friday to have us waiting a whole weekend to see the aftermath. Maybe this could be to have the country in uproar over dragging out such an intense storyline and for us all hoping they could reunite. I think and I hope that they have done this to be such a huge shock..but then Friday night the ambulance arrives to find Danielle is still alive..just. It would be great to see them build up their relationship together after this longhaul ride..not kill her off..just as the best bit could have started!!
Yeah I feel the same as you
Yeah I feel the same as you guys, Danielle can't really be dead surely? I am also not watching the show if thats the case, whats the point of the whole story to end it like that, crazy! after years of viewing I give up..
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