EastEnders thrive on emotional scenes

Next week's episodes of EastEnders seem to be centred around the Masood family, as Tamwar and Afia throw an engagement party, which ends in disaster when the roof of the Argee Bhajee collapses leaving Syed critically injured.

Speaking to Digital Spy over how the story unfolds, Nina Wadia who plays Zainab Masood comments that the stuff coming up is "particularly heart wrenching" and that the next few months will be an "emotional rollercoaster". I've always loved the Masood family, so it's great to read that there's some brilliant material coming up for the family to get their teeth into. I always feel that the Masoods are treated as secondary characters on the show, whilst the likes of Ronnie, Roxy, Phil Jack, Kat and Alfie take up an unfair amount of the screen time. The Masoods are one of the best families to come out of EastEnders in recent years, so it's good to hear they'll be utilised and will be used significantly within the next few weeks.

With Syed's life hanging in the balance, I wonder if the roof collapse will prompt Zainab and Masood to reassess their feelings towards their son. I think the thought of losing Syed for good would really shake up Zainab and she may wish to acknowledge Syed as her son again. I'm sure her motherly instinct will kick in as soon as Syed is injured and that'll be too hard for her to ignore. I think she'll have to face up to the fact that she still loves her son, despite her not approving of his gay lifestyle and therefore, I can see the consequences of the next few weeks resulting in Zainab welcoming Syed back into her life again. However, I think Masood's attitude towards Syed after the roof collapse is too hard to judge. Since they discovered Syed was gay, I always found Masood to be much colder and more hostile than Zainab. So whether, he is able to let Syed back into his life after the accident remains to be seen but I do think Zainab's feelings towards her son will change.

From the interview with Nina Wadia, the next few weeks of EastEnders does sound very promising indeed. It's not news to hear that EastEnders play out emotional scenes very well. It's well known to be the most 'dramatic' out of all four of the British soaps. With a talented cast playing the Masood family, I'll predict the next few weeks will be top notch drama.