EastEnders fans stunned as BBC makes landmark change to soap credits after ‘powerful’ episode
EASTENDERS fans were left stunned as the BBC made a landmark change to the soap credits after a ‘powerful’ episode’.
Tuesday’s episode saw Yolande Trueman finally tell her partner Patrick about her harrowing sexual abuse ordeal.
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Yolande was targeted by Pastor Clayton last month, and she has struggled to deal with what happened ever since.
But last night in a special two-hander episode, Yolande opened up to Patrick, and the couple went through a wide range of emotions as they tried to process it all.
At one point, Yolande raged: “That man, he used his power and position to manipulate and violate me. To make me think that I was unreasonable and not him.
“He thought he had every right to do with me as he pleased as if he was God himself.”
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Yolande began washing up and Patrick went to quietly join in and he managed to break the tension by making her laugh, and the pair managed to get through the trauma.
By the end of it, Patrick vowed to stand by her, while Yolande agreed to report Pastor Clayton to church officials.
Then in a surprising move, show bosses scrapped EastEnders‘ iconic ‘doof doof’ and theme tune over the credits for a poignant version of The Real Thing track Can’t Get By Without You.
As the song played, a picture of Yolande and Patrick in happier times was shown.
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Fans were blown away by the episode and called it the “greatest ever”.
One wrote: “What a stellar performance from Angela Wynter and Rudolph Walker.”
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A second said: “What a beautiful episode. The gorgeous little light hearted moments sprinkled into the dramatics worked so so well.
“Angela and Rudolph performed phenomenally together, and equally glad Elaine wasn’t there to tell Patrick in person so it was just Patrick and Yolande the entire episode.”
Another added: “Just incredible. This episode felt like such a journey, steered excellently by Angela Wynter and Rudolph Walker.”
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