The first set of special episodes were written in the lead up to the 5000th episode and were ‘soap bubbles’, episodes that take place away from the main location of the soap and usually feature a small cast sometimes with previous characters present. EastEnders has done several such episodes before.
Louise Dixon: After Crossroads
Written by ‘James Martin’] Whatever happened to devious Louise Dixon after she left Crossroads? What did the devious minx get up to?
Manchester Bound
[Written by ‘Neil Jones’] Following Tom Curtis and Bradley Clarke after they leave King’s Oak for the bright lights of Manchester.
Survival
[Written by ‘Nick Beat’] A two-hander episode between Adam Chance and his step-daughter Sarah-Jane Harvey.
[NOTE: This ‘soap bubble’ takes place directly before Adam Chance’ return during Season Two.]
Ethan’s Workers
[Written by ‘saint2004ever’] This story reveals just how Sister Grace, Jenny Roberts, Honey Raymond and others ended up working for Ethan Black. Includes flashbacks to just after the death of Ethan’s father, Bishop Black.
[NOTE: This episode was written to explain what hold Ethan had on several characters.]
It was two years before any other special episodes, which were outside the normal run of episodes, were written. These two episodes fill in the blanks about events between the different seasons of Crossroads.<
For Love and For Passion
[Written by ‘saint2004ever’]Angel and Max go on holiday in Paris to try and recapture some missing romance. While in Paris Angel has flashbacks of her marriage to Max.
[NOTE: This episode takes place between Season Two and Season Three.]
Runaway Wife
[Written by ‘saint2004ever’] After Nicola Russell finds her husband in bed with another man she takes off and decides to visit an old friend.
[NOTE: This episode takes place between Season Three and the Finales.]