EastEnders fans brand soap ‘abysmal’ as character goes missing and appears in just ELEVEN episodes of BBC show this year
EASTENDERS fans have branded the soap as ‘abysmal’ after noticing a ‘missing’ character has only appeared in 11 episodes this year.
Eagle-eyed fans miss nothing from blunders to plot holes and now they’ve been left seething over a beloved character.
Writing social media, an EastEnders fan have pointed out how Kat Slater appears to be in less episodes so far this year.
They said: “Kat Slater did not appear on #EastEnders this morning.
“#JessieWallace has appeared in 11 episodes out of 42 (26.19%) this year.”
The fan added: “Abysmal attendance.“
Played by Jessie Wallace, Kat has been a fan-favourite ever since her first scene in 2000.
It comes after fans spotted Kat was nowhere to be seen during the show’s 40th anniversary celebrations.
She was noticeably absent from Billy Mitchell’s wedding prep for his nuptials with Honey.
Last year EastEnders watched as Kat was caught up in a parental abuse storyline involving her son Tommy.
Viewers were left troubled by the upsetting scenes as Tommy regularly lashed out at his mum.
But while Kat attempted to hide her bruising from family, she eventually revealed what had been happening behind closed doors.
EastEnders continues on BBC One and iPlayer.
Kat Moon's EastEnders Timeline
Kat Slater burst onto the Square in 2000 as feisty Kat Slater, played by Jessie Wallace. She is the eldest sister of the Slater family. She soon makes a big name for herself. She is a loud and brash character who is renowned for her leopard print skimpy outfits and loads of red lipstick. She has played the 'tart with a heart' character but has also had an epic love story with Alfie. Here is a rundown of her greatest soap storylines.
- Kat arrives in Walford as part of the Slater clan, She soon begins a fling with Steve Owen (Martin Kemp) behind the back of his girlfriend Mel Healey.
- Kat’s sister Zoe (played by Michelle Ryan) was revealed to be her sister after shocked viewers learned she was raped by her uncle Harry Slater as a child and Kat being only 13, was known as her sister.
- Kat and Zoe’s relationship was turbulent. They both vied for the attentions of Anthony Trueman. Kat and Anthony were together but broke up and Zoe then seduced him. Kat later learns she was pregnant but then has to have an abortion. She is comforted by her boss Alfie Moon but then he realises he is in love with her.
- Kat, becomes briefly engaged to Andy Hunter a local crime boss (Michael Briggs) but she jilts him on her wedding day for the true love her life Alfie.
- Kat sparks a romance with Alfie Moon and it is the love story of the square. She finally marries Alfie Moon on Christmas day in the Vic.
- Alfie takes a loan from Andy which he is unable to repay and then threatens to kill him unless Kat sleeps with him. Their relationship becomes cold and distant.
- One of Kat’s biggest storylines was helping her daughter cover up the murder of Dirty Den Watts. She left the soap in 2005 sailing into the sunset with Alfie for a new life in America.
- Kat returned to the soap in 2010 on the run from a man who she and Alfie conned for money. While Alfie was serving time, she had an affair with Michael Moon who happened to be Alfies cousin and she is now pregnant with his child.
- Another Kat storyline focused on the breakdown of her and Alfie’s marriage and her separation from Tommy and their twin sons Bert and Ernie.
- Kat’s union with Phil Mitchell began after months of feuding. She then sleeps with him marries him beginning a war with his ex Sharon Mitchell over the Mitchell empire.
- The latest storyline has focused on her son Tommy who idolised Phil and is trying to get back at Kat for breaking up the marriage. Kat meanwhile is back with the love of her life Alfie who is suffering from cancer.