EASTENDERS EPISODE REVIEW - NATALIE CASSIDY'S FINAL EPISODE AS SONIA FOWLER

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From the very moment tonight's episode (17th April) began, I knew it was going to be an emotional one especially with Dot Cotton's speech opening the episode as it panned across the square which was a wonderful move making me realise how much I miss June Brown - Dot was a fantastic character that I am glad I grew up with on-screen.

This episode took us down memory lane especially with the Jamie Mitchell mention thanks to Kathy Cotton picking up his photo, the surprise visit to Rocky Cotton played by Brian Conley was brilliant as it was unexpected where he shared some wise words, not long before Sonia's trumpet made a comeback playing a poignant part at the end of the episode as well as her relationship with her sister, Bianca Jackson being highlighted as the pair who have been through some ups and downs recently but Bianca has always been there for Sonia despite everything.

Sonia's final scenes saw her leave Albert Square with her daughters, Bex and Julia alongside her sister, Bianca not before saying a final goodbye to her friend, Martin Fowler who sadly died in the show's 40th anniversary live episode in February and handing her cousin, Lauren Branning and her fiancé, Peter Beale the keys to Dot's house for them to rent off Sonia - which was a wonderful move as Lauren and Sonia's friendship has been great to see especially over the past few months and the "she'll be watching" line broke me along with the Julia's theme.

To end, I have to say a massive thank you to Natalie Cassidy for being a fantastic actress and giving us many wonderful and fabulous moments as Sonia from her unexpected pregnancy back in 2000, to Jamie Mitchell's death scene in 2002, to her scenes this year as part of the 40th anniversary with her monologue being one of my favourite 2025 scenes so far - the attention to detail that you have given to your role as Sonia has been fantastic and I'm excited to see what's next for you.

This episode of EastEnders aired on Thursday 17th April on BBC1 at 7.30pm as well as BBCi Player.

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