2019 duff-duffs

EastEnders introduced the year with a new Executive Producer - Jon Sen. 2019 included many oppurtunities for new characters to gain storylines and brought back many traditional characters also. This list will show just how many cliffhangers each character has received.

Storylines
The year began with Melanie Owen and Hunter Owen suffering from the murder of Ray Kelly as he brutally attacked his wife Mel on their wedding day. Hunter had shot his step-father with a gun and Melanie experienced great trauma from this as she feared Hunter becoming a psychopath just like his father Steve Owen. Meanwhile, Hayley Slater is having recent struggles as Alfie Moon and Kat Slater are falling apart. Hayley finds it difficult to cope and tries to commit suicide once more before being put into proffesional care and departing from the Square in January 2019. Dr Harold Legg a very traditional character on the soap returns and tradgically dies with Dot Branning's company. Jean Slater, is in denial about her health concerns and is diagnosed with cancer and tries to repress her condition from her family. Tiffany Butcher returns and gets into a drug scandal causing physical grief to Keegan Baker as she was being peer pressured by love interest Evie Steele. Sean Slater makes a return and makes a suicide attempt after finding out Roxy Mitchell had passed away he is saved by his mother Jean. Ben Mitchell and Lola Pearce return with the main intention of bringing Phil Mitchell down and taking his place as the head of the Mitchell Empire. Keanu Taylor also continued affairs with Sharon Mitchell before finally being in a happy relationship and engaged with Louise Mitchell as they soon had a baby. Max Branning finally encounters Bobby Beale, Bobby had struggles with looking at himself as he will always be known as the one who killed her sister and goes through a big schizophrenia storyline. Ian Beale works hard trying to gain power in his neighbourhood, while Bobby looks to Iqra Ahmed to endure in Islamic culture. Rainie Branning goes into intensive care as she suffers from drug and alcohol abuse and Kathy is worried about the influence on baby Abi Branning, Stuart Highway tries to rescue her by finding a job and looking to take care of her. Mick Carter suffers from a number of panic attacks due to the recent struggles in his life. Dinah Wilson, passes away leaving Bailey Baker distraught as she took care of her sick mother. Many LGBTQ+ storylines were put to the forefront as Tina Carter and Kathy Beale open a gay club, Ben Mitchell brings out Callum Highway's sexuality and Iqra Ahmed comes out to her parents. Callum had to end things with Whitney Dean putting her into the arms of Leo King who is the son of Tony who previously groomed her. Leo King is found to be a stalker when he kidnaps Whitney. Martin Fowler loses his wife, children and kind personality when he starts working for Ben Mitchell. Melanie Owen blackmails Sharon Mitchell after discovering her Sheanu affair but then dies when she tried to deliver the news to Phil. Sharon and Keanu's secret is revealed and leads a mystery on the death of Keanu leaving the Taylors upset. Linda Carter suffers through alcohol abuse and goes away from Mick Carter's advice, she is later found to have some connection with Martin Fowler's wrongdoings.

Honorable Mentions


 * Ruby Allen in court for the rape storyline with Martin Fowler's high school friends


 * Stacey Fowler leaving the Square as she is scared of being caught for the attack of Phil Mitchell


 * Jay Brown burying his father's murderer


 * Bernadette Taylor coming out as lesbian


 * Chantelle Atkins being domestically abused by her husband Gray Atkins


 * Honey Mitchell being cheated on by Adam Bateman with Habiba Ahmed


 * The death of Hunter Owen when he is caught by police


 * Bex Fowler falling into depression and anxiety of her parent's expectations


 * Keegan Baker and Tiffany Butcher getting married at a young age

Cliffhangers
*The Cliffhanger Ranking is sorted with who managed to reach a certain number first.

Cliffhangers Family Ranking
This ranks who in each family line had the most cliffhangers, this excludes Dr Harold Legg, Kush Kazemi, Evie Steele, Leo King and Ruby Allen as in 2019 they weren't in any family group.

Trivia

 * Many prominent characters didn't get any cliffhangers - Tina Carter, Lee Carter, Kim Fox, Denise Fox, Sheree Trueman, Patrick Trueman, Ted Murray, Chantham Taylor, Riley Taylor, Dotty Cotton, Billy Mitchell, Mo Harris, Habiba Ahmed, Ash Kaur, Bailey Baker, Daniel Cook, Jags Panesar, Kheerat Panesar, Jonno Highway, Mariam Ahmed, Arshad Ahmed, Robbie Jackson, Bev Slater and Masood Ahmed.
 * Billy Mitchell is the only Mitchell not to have a cliffhanger this year
 * Tina Carter and Lee Carter are the only Carters not to have a cliffhanger this year
 * Martin Fowler got the Christmas cliffhanger in 2019
 * Linda Carter got the last cliffhanger of the decade and of 2019
 * Melanie Owen got the first cliffhanger of 2019
 * Mitchells not only gained the most collective cliffhangers but had the most joint cliffhangers
 * The Panesars and Fox-Truemans are the only families that didn't gain a single cliffhanger
 * Dr Harold Legg is the oldest character to recieve a cliffhanger
 * Tiffany Butcher is the youngest character to receive a cliffhanger
 * Though there being 3 deaths this year - Hunter Owen, Dr Harold Legg and Mel Owen there were no endings of deaths as Sharon Mitchell, Dot Branning and Mel Owen took the cliffhangers from the characters that passed away
 * Women gained more cliffhangers than men this year
 * Ruby Allen is the highest ranking character in cliffhangers that isn't assigned in a family
 * Phil, Martin and Mel recieved the most cliffhangers in a row with each of them almost dominating a whole week
 * 48 characters gained cliffhangers this year making 2019 one of the most varied years for cliffhangers
 * Younger characters gained more cliffhangers this year (under 27) - Louise Mitchell, Keanu Taylor, Bernadette Taylor, Tiffany Butcher, Iqra Ahmed, Callum Highway, Ben Mitchell, Lola Pearce, Whitney Dean, Keegan Baker, Chantelle Atkins, Evie Steele, Hunter Owen, Jay Brown, Bobby Beale, Bex Fowler.
 * Melanie Owen gained the most cliffhangers in January and February
 * Tiffany Butcher gained the most cliffhangers in March
 * Ben Mitchell gained the most cliffhangers in April and May
 * Max Branning gained the most cliffhangers in June
 * Kat Slater gained the most cliffhangers in July
 * Phil Mitchell, Whitney Dean, Mick Carter and Melanie Owen gained the most cliffhangers in August
 * Sharon Mitchell and Melanie Owen gained the most cliffhangers in September
 * Martin Fowler gained the most cliffhangers in October
 * Linda Carter gained the most cliffhangers in November
 * Phil Mitchell gained the most cliffhangers in December