Post by Vics on Jan 16, 2006 7:58:23 GMT -5
Dennis killer revealed in EastEnders bloody climax
By Nicola Methven, TV Editor
IT'S the TV whodunnit that has teased and tantalised EastEnders fans for weeks: Who killed Dennis Rickman?
Yes, gangster Johnny Allen ordered the hit, but viewers have been in the dark about who stabbed the dad-to-be in cold blood. Until now.
Nigel Harman's gruesome exit has set in motion one of Albert Square's darkest storylines.
Over the next two months, the saga develops like something out of a Quentin Tarantino movie.
So look away now if you don't want to know what happens...
The Mitchell brothers are tied and beaten up by Johnny's hoodlums. The killer himself is gunned down and killed by his brother.
Johnny's daughter Ruby saves a treble murder by persuading her dad to hand himself to police.
During the amazing climax the identity of the killer will be revealed as Danny Moon (Jake Maskall) in one of the soap's greatest twists.
Viewers will be stunned that Danny is not dead, after scriptwriters hinted Allen (Billy Murray) bumped him off months ago.
But now it turns out Johnny decided to spare Danny's life - in case he came in useful. And that's not all.
Danny may be the man who murdered Dennis and condemned his pregnant wife Sharon to a life of misery - but it was Johnny who ordered the stabbing. In Albert Square, you never get away with your crime scot-free, and Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is determined to make Allen pay for what he did to Sharon and Dennis.
Handily for Phil, Grant (Ross Kemp) arrives back on the scene just in the nick of time.
The showdown between the bitter rivals will be screened in a week of special episodes shot entirely on location at Allen's new country house. He leaves Albert Square this month to start a new life with Ruby (Louisa Lytton).
But, of course, it's not long before his past catches up.
Just before Dennis was killed, he gave Johnny a thrashing which left him almost unconscious - but handed him a lifeline by throwing him his mobile.
Johnny was able to make a last call before falling unconscious - to Danny.
An insider reveals: "Danny is desperate to get back in with Johnny so when he is given the task he doesn't hesitate. But Johnny needs to be sure and so threatens Danny with death if he doesn't carry out the mission.
"He's not far away and minutes later he arrives to stab Dennis and slip away as the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve.
"Johnny recovers in hospital and has the perfect alibi for Dennis's murder so thinks he's in the clear - and decides to make a fresh start elsewhere with Ruby."
But Phil is furious his attempts to get at Johnny led to Dennis's death, and is guilt-ridden for what it has done to his friend Sharon.
With Grant in tow, he sets out to finish Allen once and for all - but somehow his enemy knows he's coming and is prepared.
The source explains: "Johnny is forewarned and forearmed after enlisting Danny's help once again.
"They are able to overpower the Mitchells and get them tied up, but no one could have predicted what happens next.
"As Danny prepares to murder the Mitchells on Johnny's orders, his brother Jake (Joel Beckett) steps from the shadows and shoots him dead.
"It falls to Johnny to try and grab the gun and kill the Mitchells and Jake himself, but help arrives from another unexpected source.
"Ruby pleads with her dad not to commit more crime and to instead turn himself in to the police.
Somehow her plaintive cries hit home and Johnny relents, handing himself in to the authorities."
The week-long special will be on BBC1 at the end of March.
Can't believe Danny's meant to have done this, good way of bringing Danny back though. And Jake killing him, his own brother, can't believe he would do it after everything with Danny.
Courtesy of Daily Mirror
By Nicola Methven, TV Editor
IT'S the TV whodunnit that has teased and tantalised EastEnders fans for weeks: Who killed Dennis Rickman?
Yes, gangster Johnny Allen ordered the hit, but viewers have been in the dark about who stabbed the dad-to-be in cold blood. Until now.
Nigel Harman's gruesome exit has set in motion one of Albert Square's darkest storylines.
Over the next two months, the saga develops like something out of a Quentin Tarantino movie.
So look away now if you don't want to know what happens...
The Mitchell brothers are tied and beaten up by Johnny's hoodlums. The killer himself is gunned down and killed by his brother.
Johnny's daughter Ruby saves a treble murder by persuading her dad to hand himself to police.
During the amazing climax the identity of the killer will be revealed as Danny Moon (Jake Maskall) in one of the soap's greatest twists.
Viewers will be stunned that Danny is not dead, after scriptwriters hinted Allen (Billy Murray) bumped him off months ago.
But now it turns out Johnny decided to spare Danny's life - in case he came in useful. And that's not all.
Danny may be the man who murdered Dennis and condemned his pregnant wife Sharon to a life of misery - but it was Johnny who ordered the stabbing. In Albert Square, you never get away with your crime scot-free, and Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is determined to make Allen pay for what he did to Sharon and Dennis.
Handily for Phil, Grant (Ross Kemp) arrives back on the scene just in the nick of time.
The showdown between the bitter rivals will be screened in a week of special episodes shot entirely on location at Allen's new country house. He leaves Albert Square this month to start a new life with Ruby (Louisa Lytton).
But, of course, it's not long before his past catches up.
Just before Dennis was killed, he gave Johnny a thrashing which left him almost unconscious - but handed him a lifeline by throwing him his mobile.
Johnny was able to make a last call before falling unconscious - to Danny.
An insider reveals: "Danny is desperate to get back in with Johnny so when he is given the task he doesn't hesitate. But Johnny needs to be sure and so threatens Danny with death if he doesn't carry out the mission.
"He's not far away and minutes later he arrives to stab Dennis and slip away as the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve.
"Johnny recovers in hospital and has the perfect alibi for Dennis's murder so thinks he's in the clear - and decides to make a fresh start elsewhere with Ruby."
But Phil is furious his attempts to get at Johnny led to Dennis's death, and is guilt-ridden for what it has done to his friend Sharon.
With Grant in tow, he sets out to finish Allen once and for all - but somehow his enemy knows he's coming and is prepared.
The source explains: "Johnny is forewarned and forearmed after enlisting Danny's help once again.
"They are able to overpower the Mitchells and get them tied up, but no one could have predicted what happens next.
"As Danny prepares to murder the Mitchells on Johnny's orders, his brother Jake (Joel Beckett) steps from the shadows and shoots him dead.
"It falls to Johnny to try and grab the gun and kill the Mitchells and Jake himself, but help arrives from another unexpected source.
"Ruby pleads with her dad not to commit more crime and to instead turn himself in to the police.
Somehow her plaintive cries hit home and Johnny relents, handing himself in to the authorities."
The week-long special will be on BBC1 at the end of March.
Can't believe Danny's meant to have done this, good way of bringing Danny back though. And Jake killing him, his own brother, can't believe he would do it after everything with Danny.
Courtesy of Daily Mirror
