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Can you find magic money as an EastEnders character?

solostarsolostar Posts: 9,505
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edited 17/05/22 - 19:04 in Soaps #1
Genuine question? Are there magic money trees in Walford? Janine now has a spare £25,000 despite her only income being a part time member of the pub team, which she must have accrued over a six-month employment period. Maybe Walford just pays very well. I would like to move there if so! :p

Seriously, why has Janine spent the last few months hopping around houses if she’s got 25k to spare? If she's always had that money- why live with Jay or in motel/B&B when she came back? Doesn’t that sort of contradict everything we’ve been told since her return...

Don't get me started on Phil/Sharon's magic money explained on chicken shops.
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    LTSLTS Posts: 9,092
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    edited 17/05/22 - 19:30 #2
    Soap finances have been laughable for pretty much as long as I've been watching. It used to be small things like characters complaining about having no money yet having lunch at the cafe every day and spending all night down the pub, now it's progressed to huge sums of cash suddenly being conjured up out of nowhere and vague explanations given for characters' unlimited wealth. Basically everyone can be destitute one day and a millionaire the next - or vice versa - depending on what plot they're thrown into!
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    vaslav37vaslav37 Posts: 69,554
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    Janine has been playing the long game since September, she ain't poor at all.

    I bet she has a lot more than 25K hidden away.
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    laceydawsonlaceydawson Posts: 3,673
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    The money situation that always baffled me was the Ian-Sharon-Carters pub handover. There was no way that Linda and Mick could have afforded the Vic on a launderette assisstant's wages and the three shifts Mick did at the Albert, unless they didn't pay and just did a straight swap with Sharon on the flat, in which case how did Sharon have the money to buy the gym?

    Chelsea and Whitney deciding to live in the biggest house in the Square but having absolutely no plan (or apparently, expectation) to pay for it.

    Also, the fact that Kim can afford to live at all, let alone spend half the day doing nothing and boozing.

    I remember the magic money tree rearing its branches when Stacey and Martin split up for a bit back in 2018. Stacey didn't work, yet could somehow afford to keep paying the rent and feeding them all for two months with no issue whatsoever. The only income was whatever work Whitney was doing at the time, I think it was shifts at the Vic. Unless Martin was still being forced to pay the rent, even though he didn't live there.
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    Dan_S4Dan_S4 Posts: 170
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    I don’t think she’s skint at all. I can see a massive twist coming down the line.

    But speaking of magic money trees. How about magic rooms. Honestly, there’s at least 10
    People living in Phils house haha
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    solostarsolostar Posts: 9,505
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    vaslav37 wrote: »
    Janine has been playing the long game since September, she ain't poor at all.

    I bet she has a lot more than 25K hidden away.

    But how though, it hasn't been explained how she's got this money? Unless she didn't lose it in the first place, but the twist wouldn't really make sense as it's meaningless to the general public
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    Dan_S4Dan_S4 Posts: 170
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    solostar wrote: »
    vaslav37 wrote: »
    Janine has been playing the long game since September, she ain't poor at all.

    I bet she has a lot more than 25K hidden away.

    But how though, it hasn't been explained how she's got this money? Unless she didn't lose it in the first place, but the twist wouldn't really make sense as it's meaningless to the general public
    solostar wrote: »
    vaslav37 wrote: »
    Janine has been playing the long game since September, she ain't poor at all.

    I bet she has a lot more than 25K hidden away.

    But how though, it hasn't been explained how she's got this money? Unless she didn't lose it in the first place, but the twist wouldn't really make sense as it's meaningless to the general public

    Maybe working Mick
    To blackmail him into selling her the pub. That was always her aim in her last stint?
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    ZzlyonsZzlyons Posts: 2,048
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    It makes no sense. When she first arrived she was homeless and broke, but she's says things about how expensive her clothes are and how she only uses the best beauty products. She's had to couch surf and put up with snide comments form everyone yet says she has a rainy day fund that she's never used. It's like they can't decide if they preferred rich Janine, being Queen of the square, or poor Janine, plotting and scheming.
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    Ben_ThistlewaiteBen_Thistlewaite Posts: 13,891
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    Why they brought her back poor is beyond me.
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    fredthe3rdfredthe3rd Posts: 3,304
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    She might be lying about the money for unknowable Janine-reasons.
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    cardiff boyocardiff boyo Posts: 3,065
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    I could wrong but it did cross my mind that she could possibly steal the money from Sonia.
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    VinceStClairVinceStClair Posts: 15,470
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    Phil has that safe in his house that is really a money printing machine
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    Jack_bauer24Jack_bauer24 Posts: 3,417
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    I don't think Janine is skint at all, I think she has got loads saved up. I still also think she doesn't like Mick at all, I think some twist is coming that she is pretending to fancy Mick to get hold of the Vic (Pub).
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    bumpandgrindbumpandgrind Posts: 12,581
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    I’m hoping this is the start of a plot where we discover Janine is still the rich bitch we loved. Wouldn’t surprise me if KO decided to right that particular wrong and decide she has money after all.
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    Tanya1982Tanya1982 Posts: 17,420
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    Yes, of course. Kat, Janine, and Roxy were all millionaires (in two cases, several times over) who all quickly ended up without a single property of their own to show for it - and they could easily have put it in their child/rens name so it was safe from future creditors.

    The Carters managed to save their business with a stolen ring with a six figure valuation. Kathy Beale managed to buy a pub with a stolen necklace with a six figure valuation. Bags stuffed with hundreds of thousands of pounds appear with regularity.

    Stolen gold bullion has featured at least twice - Suzy Branning, and some Russian gangster the Mitchell's/Panesars were involved with. Guns are efficiently couriered over within an hour of being ordered, which is faster than some fast food deliveries arrive.

    In extremis, you can always sell a baby - whether your own (Bernie), or a relatives baby (Hayley Slaters mum, Little Mo), or someone else's baby entirely (Aunt Babe, the outright baby farmer). There is almost no end to the opportunities, unless you're Billy Mitchell.
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    Tanya1982Tanya1982 Posts: 17,420
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    I’m hoping this is the start of a plot where we discover Janine is still the rich bitch we loved. Wouldn’t surprise me if KO decided to right that particular wrong and decide she has money after all.

    🙏🏼
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    Red-EyeRed-Eye Posts: 8,509
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    edited 17/05/22 - 23:31 #17
    To be fair ALL the Soaps are guilty of a having a sudden Magic Money Tree when it suits, EE really isn't unique within this regard.
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    mw0390mw0390 Posts: 23,200
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    I've said for months that Janine has been playing Mick and all she wants is The Vic, you could see it on her face the first time Mick kissed her
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    Baldy_82Baldy_82 Posts: 1,241
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    mw0390 wrote: »
    I've said for months that Janine has been playing Mick and all she wants is The Vic, you could see it on her face the first time Mick kissed her

    I think you're wrong. I think she loves Mick. But she knows that compared to Linda, she will never be the love of his life. That's why she's desperate for Linda to leave. If it were a con, she wouldn't care if Linda was there or not. Also, Mick only owns 50℅ of it. Linda won't give her share up to Janine. So the con would be useless.
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    bumpandgrindbumpandgrind Posts: 12,581
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    edited 18/05/22 - 08:27 #20
    Maybe Janine robbed the salon?! Or does she still have money from the dodgy car deals?
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    Ace-TVAce-TV Posts: 484
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    Walford is in London. The streets there are paved with gold dontcha know
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    MR_PitkinMR_Pitkin Posts: 30,778
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    Dan_S4 wrote: »
    solostar wrote: »
    vaslav37 wrote: »
    Janine has been playing the long game since September, she ain't poor at all.

    I bet she has a lot more than 25K hidden away.

    But how though, it hasn't been explained how she's got this money? Unless she didn't lose it in the first place, but the twist wouldn't really make sense as it's meaningless to the general public
    solostar wrote: »
    vaslav37 wrote: »
    Janine has been playing the long game since September, she ain't poor at all.

    I bet she has a lot more than 25K hidden away.

    But how though, it hasn't been explained how she's got this money? Unless she didn't lose it in the first place, but the twist wouldn't really make sense as it's meaningless to the general public

    Maybe working Mick
    To blackmail him into selling her the pub. That was always her aim in her last stint?

    Are you related to Dan_S1?
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    ss147ss147 Posts: 1,613
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    solostar wrote: »
    Genuine question? Are there magic money trees in Walford? Janine now has a spare £25,000 despite her only income being a part time member of the pub team, which she must have accrued over a six-month employment period. Maybe Walford just pays very well. I would like to move there if so! :p

    Seriously, why has Janine spent the last few months hopping around houses if she’s got 25k to spare? If she's always had that money- why live with Jay or in motel/B&B when she came back? Doesn’t that sort of contradict everything we’ve been told since her return...

    Don't get me started on Phil/Sharon's magic money explained on chicken shops.

    If you can earn £25k working in a pub i'm definitely in the wrong job lol.
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    Michelle JonesMichelle Jones Posts: 5,489
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    Tanya1982 wrote: »
    Yes, of course. Kat, Janine, and Roxy were all millionaires (in two cases, several times over) who all quickly ended up without a single property of their own to show for it - and they could easily have put it in their child/rens name so it was safe from future creditors.

    The Carters managed to save their business with a stolen ring with a six figure valuation. Kathy Beale managed to buy a pub with a stolen necklace with a six figure valuation. Bags stuffed with hundreds of thousands of pounds appear with regularity.

    Stolen gold bullion has featured at least twice - Suzy Branning, and some Russian gangster the Mitchell's/Panesars were involved with. Guns are efficiently couriered over within an hour of being ordered, which is faster than some fast food deliveries arrive.

    In extremis, you can always sell a baby - whether your own (Bernie), or a relatives baby (Hayley Slaters mum, Little Mo), or someone else's baby entirely (Aunt Babe, the outright baby farmer). There is almost no end to the opportunities, unless you're Billy Mitchell.

    Can’t stop laughing at this post😂!!

    God yeah I remember when Roxy became a millionaire , I’m sure she just a bought a dog, and a car and then then it was completely forgotten by Roxy and the writers that she was rich.

    I remember the days too when people would sell their half of their business and buy half another business…..in the space of one episode!😳 yes a lot of people seemed to own half of a business a while ago, like Jack and Phil.

    And why does Sam need salon money off Denise to buy the club?? I thought there was an endless supply of cash in the safe in the Mitchell’s wall?! And why doesn’t Denise just say to Sam “prove I knew about Vincent’s murder?”

    And like solostar referred to, where did all these chicken shops Sharon and Phil are always banging on about spring up from? Oh so many questions that I’m sure will not get answered by the writers😩!
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    GardenaGardena Posts: 8,602
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    Tanya1982 wrote: »
    Yes, of course. Kat, Janine, and Roxy were all millionaires (in two cases, several times over) who all quickly ended up without a single property of their own to show for it - and they could easily have put it in their child/rens name so it was safe from future creditors.

    The Carters managed to save their business with a stolen ring with a six figure valuation. Kathy Beale managed to buy a pub with a stolen necklace with a six figure valuation. Bags stuffed with hundreds of thousands of pounds appear with regularity.

    Stolen gold bullion has featured at least twice - Suzy Branning, and some Russian gangster the Mitchell's/Panesars were involved with. Guns are efficiently couriered over within an hour of being ordered, which is faster than some fast food deliveries arrive.

    In extremis, you can always sell a baby - whether your own (Bernie), or a relatives baby (Hayley Slaters mum, Little Mo), or someone else's baby entirely (Aunt Babe, the outright baby farmer). There is almost no end to the opportunities, unless you're Billy Mitchell.



    And why does Sam need salon money off Denise to buy the club?? I thought there was an endless supply of cash in the safe in the Mitchell’s wall?! And why doesn’t Denise just say to Sam “prove I knew about Vincent’s murder?”

    That safe is now feeding a bunch of Slaters .

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    Michelle JonesMichelle Jones Posts: 5,489
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    Gardena wrote: »
    Tanya1982 wrote: »
    Yes, of course. Kat, Janine, and Roxy were all millionaires (in two cases, several times over) who all quickly ended up without a single property of their own to show for it - and they could easily have put it in their child/rens name so it was safe from future creditors.

    The Carters managed to save their business with a stolen ring with a six figure valuation. Kathy Beale managed to buy a pub with a stolen necklace with a six figure valuation. Bags stuffed with hundreds of thousands of pounds appear with regularity.

    Stolen gold bullion has featured at least twice - Suzy Branning, and some Russian gangster the Mitchell's/Panesars were involved with. Guns are efficiently couriered over within an hour of being ordered, which is faster than some fast food deliveries arrive.

    In extremis, you can always sell a baby - whether your own (Bernie), or a relatives baby (Hayley Slaters mum, Little Mo), or someone else's baby entirely (Aunt Babe, the outright baby farmer). There is almost no end to the opportunities, unless you're Billy Mitchell.



    And why does Sam need salon money off Denise to buy the club?? I thought there was an endless supply of cash in the safe in the Mitchell’s wall?! And why doesn’t Denise just say to Sam “prove I knew about Vincent’s murder?”

    That safe is now feeding a bunch of Slaters .

    🤣🤣🤣yep, Kat’s not letting Sam anywhere near that safe!
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