The nine most sensitive responses to the Eastenders rape episode

I admit to not being a fountain of good ideas when it comes to this website. Which is why the opportunity to embed a load of people's tweets about a controversial episode of Eastenders is a ruddy godsend.

Monday's episode included the rape scene involving Deano Wicks and Linda Carter announced a few weeks ago. Eastenders behaved impeccably over the issue: viewers were given plenty of warning it was going to happen, the episode was given a lot of diligent thought, and the scene wasn't sensational or gratuitous.

Matt Di Angelo (clawing it back after his ludicrous "MUM! MUUUUUUMMM!" histrionics in the street on Friday) and Kellie Bright both did excellent, sensitive jobs. The cutaway to Mick and Tina in the cafe ("Shouldn't you head back to the Vic?" "Nah, L doesn't need me there at the moment") served its purpose of removing us from the scene itself while being a sickening gut-punch of dramatic irony.

That's what I saw, anyway. These guys? Not so much.

Raping old ladies when your that buff is actually a wasteman flex #base #eastenders

— Berty Shmurda (@AlbertoEscobari) October 6, 2014

Yes, flex.

How could they kill Danielle off like that man, fucking hell. Eastenders is just cruel

— Gurdev Sahota (@Gurdev_AV) October 6, 2014

(Danielle died five years ago.)

Geeza raped out d ting in eastenders wdf

— #3Likkles... (@Ninerz2014) October 7, 2014

and i just cleaned out d sock drawer wdf

"@AEB_QPR: EASTENDERS SPOILER ALERT!!

She is becomes pregs 😂😂😂" I really wish this made sense..

— #TeamGoodGuys (@AaronQuinty) October 6, 2014

I'm not 100% sure whether he's questioning the grammar or doesn't believe that a woman can become pregnant as a result of rape. I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt.

SEX SEX SEX & More sex PON di TL Eastenders done this #DeanYaRandyBastard

— ♡ (@KavelOnika) October 6, 2014

Yeah, I don't know if "randy" is quite the best ... oh, forget it.

Dean in eastenders is so hot

— M a i r i (@MairiHigney) October 6, 2014

Can't be a popular opinion now, surely.

Y dean from eastenders so buff

— carolina (@cara_hajiyianni) October 6, 2014

Oh.

i just fucking caught up on eastenders and what the fucking fuck did dean do the lil fuck why the fuck did he rape her noooo

— inactive bc school (@jhenerauhls) October 7, 2014

How did she get hold of the "Dean character motivations" folder from the writers' room?

God Eastenders is gonna be SCRUMPCIOUS watching Linda being scared of the rape train

— Cal (@Callum__Grieve) October 7, 2014

Wait till she sees the rape replacement bus service. I apologise for being so flippant while Phil Mitchell, shot in the chest on Friday, lies fighting for his very life in a ... oh wait, he's fine.