Who killed Archie Mitchell?

Sacré bleu!

First James Purnell steps down as MP and now we find out who killed Archie Mitchell in ‘Enders tonight. Well, haven’t had so much excitement since who shot Ian Beale, Phil Mitchell…and JR Ewing (oh yeah, Dallas)..

I just hope we find out who killed Gavin’s dad aka Gavin & Stacey aka Archie Mitchell aka Larry Lamb in a Hercule Poirot-esque fashion. To celebrate the 25th anniversary the show tonight will be shown….live. Gosh, I can’t believe it is 25 years, I remember the very first episode where Den, Ali and Arthur broke into Reg Cox’s house to find him dead. Oh, the dramatic tension.

Oh the excitement… is at absolute fever pitch the anticipation of who dropped the bust of Queen Victoria on top of the head of the evil and vile patriarch Archie Mitchell. Greek tragedy with a smattering of Jacobean/revenge drama-lite. One of  the central tenets of  ’Enders is that ‘family is everything’ (usually lamented by matriarch Peggy Mitchell) used for dramatic, contradictory, dysfunctional and ironic purposes. The unrelenting murderous misery of life in Albert Square revolves around individual and extended families…coming together under that collective family roof known as the Queen Vic.

Anyway, less of the analysis back to the important issue, who killed Archie…. Was it Peggy? Ronnie? that cop from The Bill who plays a former cop? Bradley? Phil? Billy? Stacey? Janine? It is just too obvious to be Janine, mon ami. Need to engage the little grey cells.

Ah mon Dieu, now I know…. the killer is the scriptwriter!

Or from a pragmatic point of view, it could be Peggy or Bradley as both are bidding adieu to the soap…Or just play safe and frame Janine (I like Janine and also Stacey).

And sadly I will be watching as I like a good old whodunnit….