This article focuses on EastEnders ’ fan responses to the storyline known as ‘The Six’, which began with a flash-forward in an episode aired in February 2023 and involves six female characters faced with a dead body in the local pub, The Queen Vic. It argues that ‘The Six’ can be read as a form of ‘event television’ which highlights the show’s attempts to innovate within the soap genre, to set up a core narrative enigma which fans could attempt to ‘work out’, and to enable fans to maintain existing attachments to the series’ characters. The article thus considers how this offered a form of ‘forensic fandom’ that brought reading modes such as looking for evidence within episodes and in paratextual materials together with the readings of characters and relationships more commonly associated with the genre of soap opera.

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解决“六人组”：EastEnders、融合文化和“法医粉丝”


本文重点介绍了 EastEnders 的粉丝对被称为 “六人组 ”的故事情节的反应，该故事情节以 2023 年 2 月播出的一集中的快进开始，涉及六名女性角色在当地酒吧 The Queen Vic 面对一具尸体。它认为，“六人组”可以被解读为一种 “事件电视 ”的形式，它突出了该剧在肥皂剧类型中创新的尝试，建立了一个粉丝可以尝试 “解决 ”的核心叙事之谜，并使粉丝能够保持对该系列角色的现有依恋。因此，本文考虑了这如何提供一种“法医同人圈”的形式，将阅读模式（例如在剧集中和副文本材料中寻找证据）与通常与肥皂剧类型相关的人物和关系的阅读结合在一起。