EastEnders’ Elaine is all ‘about survival’ after brutal Cindy attack

However in one other merciless twist, Elaine additionally came upon that there have been clearly some sophisticated emotions between George (Colin Salmon) and Cindy (Michelle Collins) left unsaid, evidenced when she witnessed George shouting at his son for taking what’s “his”.

In a personal chat with George upstairs in The Vic, Elaine gave her husband a proper previous slap for what he mentioned, insisting Junior (Micah Balfour) and Cindy have been grown adults and he should not be as bothered as he’s.

Elaine powerfully kicked her man to the curb for his actions, however the entire occasion shattered the whole Knight household.

The Christmas episode was made extra sophisticated when Cindy was left for lifeless after being smacked by a shovel, prompting one large query: who would hit her? (Extra like, who would not!)

Would Elaine? In spite of everything, she’s misplaced so much and was already on the finish of her tether earlier than the turkey was even served…

Chatting with press together with RadioTimes.com at a latest screening, Thorpe defined how Elaine would doubtless go to the ends of the world to avoid wasting her household – maybe even homicide.

“The factor is Elaine is, and all the time has been, about survival,” Thorpe defined. “There isn’t any lengths to which she is not going to go as a result of holding on to one thing that issues and serving to issues keep in her management is the whole lot… no stress.”

When requested if household was the whole lot for Elaine, Thorpe replied: “Completely, as we have seen in the previous couple of weeks along with her alcoholic daughter. She tries to have a entrance on a regular basis, however Cindy’s been tearing her down for the reason that get-go, and I believe that is the ultimate straw…”

However what’s Thorpe like with a shovel?

“I am fairly good at gardening,” the actress shared, dead-pan.

Make of that what you’ll, then.

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