EE: Another character to return?

[Skylace]

This dialogue was taken from the webcam today and yesterdays conversation was between Ricky and Bianca him saying that he couldn't just leave "her" there alone. Has Sam returned? Are Rickaaaay and B back together?
BIANCA:
She's holed up at the Vic. Ricky's practically over the moon.

WHITNEY:
You're joking.

BIANCA:
Blonde hair and bazookas. How am I supposed to compete with that?

WHITNEY:
Maybe you don't have to.

[pirtybirdy]

ooooh! Maybe Bianca's getting the jealous bug. Now she's probably sorry she didn't take him up on getting back together.

[eefanincan]

You know, I was kind of thinking that Sam might come back one of these days..... should be interesting!

[faceless]

Danniella Westbrook in Albert Square for the first time since announcing return to EastEnders
10th July 2009

She's back. Danniella Westbrook has been pictured on the set of EastEnders for the first time since she returned to the soap last month as original Mitchell sister Sam. It was announced in April that former drug addict Westbrook would return to the show which made her a household name as spoilt Sam Mitchell in the summer.

She was last seen in the soap in when as a suspect in Den Watts's (Leslie Grantham) murder trial, Sam fled the country to live in Brazil. However, in true Walford fashion she makes a shock return to the Square in September, much to the shock of her family and the locals.

Westbrook said: 'I'm really happy - it feels just like coming home. I'm really looking forward to working with Barbara, Steve, Sid and Patsy and I'm over the moon to be working with the new boss Diederick Santer as he's done such great things in turning the show around. I can't wait to get the scripts to see what Sam has been up to since she was last in the Square.'

Her return is bound to spark a number of juicy plotlines as writers will begin to reveal what caused her to return to Walford. There will also be the reaction of ex-husband Ricky to deal with when the two meet up again. The soap's executive producer, Diederick Santer, said: 'The biggest thing we've got to get over, though, is the fact she's on the run in Brazil. We'll definitely get around that one - we've got it all worked out…'.

Westbrook struggled with a much publicised cocaine addiction throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, which caused the complete erosion of her nasal septum. She sought treatment and no longer uses drugs. She is married with two children, and released her autobiography, The Other Side of Nowhere, in 2006.

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Another entirely interchangeable Stepford Wife brassy blonde for the Square? Shurely not...

[eefanincan]

LOL... I've never seen her as Sam, only the other actress, so I think for me it'll seem like an entirely new character. Will be interesting to see how the deal with her supposedly being on the run from the law.

[pirtybirdy]

It's kinda driving me nuts with the going back and forth with the two different actresses. I'll give her a shot, but to me, the two actresses gave "sam" two different personalities.

[SpursFan1902]

I have never seen her either, but hopefully the writers will make Sam a better character and it won't matter who plays her.