This has to have been a mistake, right?
If you’re a long-time soap obsessive (this is a judgement-free space, by the way), you might have picked up on something odd in last night’s episode of EastEnders.
Poor Stacey Fowler has been through the ringer lately, having had a seizure last week and gone into early labour.
She’s recovering in hospital with her newborn daughter, though the baby was put on a respirator after being born premature during an emergency C-section.
As she worried that she couldn’t bond with the child, her husband Martin her to talk about choosing a name for the little girl.
They settled on the name Hope – the same name that Fiz Stape gave her premature baby girl in Coronation Street in 2010.
Viewers pointed out that the name – and reason behind it – felt a little familiar.
Hope? Didn’t #corrie already do that one for the same reason, #eastenders ? 😒
— Ruth Masters 📝📚 (@missadventure79) October 19, 2017
Eh I'm not a big fan of Stacey calling her daughter Hope. It's a bit too close to the same idea behind Hope in Corrie #EastEnders
— Matt (@Heathyheath_) October 19, 2017
A premature soap baby named Hope…. Now where have I seen this before! #EastEnders pic.twitter.com/7AHExI1pRO
— Andrew McBride (@andrewmcb) October 19, 2017
seriously #eastenders recycling #corries storylines #hope
— tv enthusiastic (@tv_enthusiastic) October 19, 2017
They just completely copied #corrie with the hole hope name thing #eastenders
— sharon mitchells stunning weave (@sharon_weave) October 19, 2017
When you called the baby Hope #eastenders pic.twitter.com/nzHoMmSOo1
— Michael Kelly (@mjkkelly1973) October 19, 2017
Others criticised the show for opting for a rather obvious name.
