Eagle-eyed EastEnders fans call out BBC soap over epic blunder – but did you notice it?
EAGLE-EYED EastEnders fans have called out the BBC soap over an epic Denise Fox blunder during serious scenes involving injured Amy Mitchell.
As soap viewers know, Amy (Ellie Dadd) was one of the victims of the horrifying crush at Peggy’s Wine Bar earlier this week. She is now in hospital fighting for her life.
Denise (Diane Parish) and Amy’s dad Jack Branning (Scott Maslan) sat by her hospital bedside for hours following the accident, only to be informed with the horrifying news that she has suffered a cardiac arrest as a result of her panic.
Amy, who is now fighting for her life in the hospital, also suffered a broken pelvis.
Worried, Jack and Denise sat by her bedside hoping to see an improvement, along with Amy’s half sister Penny Branning (Kitty Castledine), who was managing the club that night.
During this serious scene on Wednesday’s episode of EastEnders, Denise tries to persuade her husband to go home and get some rest, but she makes a huge blunder while doing so.
Turning to Jack, Denise says: “Look, it’s getting late. Well, it’s early now. Why don’t you get yourself home and get some sleep?”
As she speaks, Denise pulls up her sleeve as if to look at a watch and check the time, but eagle-eyed soap fans were quick to notice that Denise wasn’t actually wearing a watch.
“EastEnders fail tonight. Denise checking time with no watch on,” one viewer pointed out on X, formerly Twitter.
While another made references to Denise’s hallucinations and commented: “Denise can see dead people at this point, let’s just pretend she can tell the time by looking at her bare arm.”
Of course, it is possible that Denise did have a watch hidden underneath the sleeve of her leather jacket and it just couldn’t be seen because of the angle of the camera – but viewers were still disappointed to see the blunder during such an emotional scene.
Meanwhile, Penny sat in the corner of Amy’s hospital room, feeling guilty for the events in the club.
Little does she know that Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) was actually responsible for causing the crush as she has inadvertently put too many tickets on sale online for a sold-out club night in a bid to spite Penny, who recently stole her job as club manager.
However, Denise’s daughter Chelsea is hiding the truth about what she’s done.
Along with Amy, Penny’s cousin Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) was also injured in the crush and is in hospital.
It may only be a matter of time before the truth comes out, but will Amy and Lauren recover from the accident?
Denise Fox's biggest EastEnders storylines
Diane Parish who plays Denise Fox has been a regular fixture in Walford since 2006. Over the years she's been embroiled in some dramatic storylines, such as...
Being kidnapped by her husband Lucas Johnson
- In 2009, Denise reunited with Lucas, the father of her daughter Chelsea, unaware of the notorious EastEnders villain’s murderous ways. However, during the course of their marriage Denise finds out the truth, and after confessing to murdering Denise’s ex-husband Owen, she becomes his next victim.
- To stop her from turning him into the police, Lucas fakes Denise’s death by killing a prostitute and claiming it’s her, all while keeping Denise prisoner locked up in the house next door. After weeks of torment, Denise finally escapes.
One night stand with Phil Mitchell
- Denise has a one night stand with Phil in 2016 which results in a pregnancy. She gives birth to their son Raymond the following year. Denise was in a relationship with Kush Kazimi when she found out she was pregnant and he initially believed he was the father of the baby. However, her scan revealed that she was too far along with the pregnancy.
- Afterward, Denise didn’t want to reveal to her family who the father of the baby was (although it is eventually revealed that it is Phil) and decided to give him up for adoption, a decision she later struggles to come to terms with.
Descending into poverty
- In 2017, Denise struggles to get by due to employment and money troubles, but she hides the truth of her situation from her family and friends. Actress Denise Parish described this as “a very important story about social injustice.”
- Denise was forced to eat out of bins to get by after her pride stopped her from using food banks, all while no one in her life knows she’s struggling. She pushed away her boyfriend Kush during her struggle, but eventually confessed to Kim about what she’d been going through.
The Six
- During an explosive episode, Denise hit Nish Panesar with a champagne bottle on Christmas day 2023 and was also involved in covering up Keanu Taylor’s murder after he was stabbed by Linda Carter.
- The after effects of this have had a huge impact on Denise, leading her to experience anxiety and hallucinations before being sectioned due to psychosis as The Six have continued to cover up the events of that night.