What Actually Happened To Ronnie & Roxy?

Last night, EastEnders aired one of it's most beautifully shot episodes to date. Director Toby Frow, done a spectacular job giving the girls the send off they truly deserved while writer Rob Gittins done an equally amazing job with the eerie fairytail episode.

So how and why did Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell die? Here's what we think, soaps are dramatic and tragic for a reason, many characters don't get the happily ever after send-off simply because it's not dramatic enough, viewers would find it boring, it's a soap.

Both Rita and Sam who played Roxy and Ronnie had decided to leave, they both felt it was the right time for their characters to depart the show. Unfortunately for them, the decision was made to make it permanent and here's why we think it was the right decision, plus an explanation to that pool scene.

When you think of a list of tragic events that can happen to a character in a soap, the Mitchell sisters have pretty much ticked everything off on that list, at least one of them have experienced murder, rape, sexual abuse by a family member, drug abuse, death of a child, affairs, divorce, prison, car crash, being in a coma plus much more. What else could they have done?

Of course they could have had the lovely driving off into the sunset ending, but it's not iconic or dramatic. It would have been extremely unlikely for the characters to return in the future because no storyline would be strong enough, or it had already been done.

Fans have been speculating all night on social media, over how the sisters actually died. Many think Roxy banged her head, but she jumped in feet first.

The writers had put in the increased usage of drugs in Rita's character for a reason, it was going to play a big part of her death. They had actually considered doing an overdose storyline at one point.

Roxy had been using cocaine up until the big day, maybe even during. The effects of the drugs, the alcohol throughout the day plus the sisters both consuming a bottle of champagne each, even the temperature of the pool, combined could very easily lead to the death of Roxy.

Ronnie simply did not hesitate when she saw her sister floating lifeless in the pool, jumping into the water still in her wedding dress. The gown would have been so heavy and suffocating it would have been almost impossible for her to return to the surface.

As we said last week, we are still not 100% sure on Ronnie's fate, especially after we noticed Samantha being credited in Thursday's episode. Could Ronnie be in a coma, or simply Jack saying his goodbye's?

Whatever your thought's on the episode, you have to admit, it was brilliantly played out by the actors and beautifully written and directed.