Eastenders: 22 May 2009

At last, the blackmail plot against Billy is over. Apart from the misery that you know will accompany any storyline he is involved in, it is as though the writers move up a gear for him and thank God they haven't tortured all of us by making him be Nasty Nick's victim for evermore. Billy is predictable in that he is never a hero, is always penniless and downtrodden, and is always the poor relation of the Mitchell clan but at least he has good lines and I don't feel like kicking the telly in when he is on. If it is time for his storyline, it also means we don't have to listen to the boring old tosh about Ronnie/Roxie either, which is always a bonus. Speaking of which, is anybody bothered about their strange yet uninteresting love triangle with Jack? Thought not.