'Epic' Rivals season 2 episode 1 Eastenders cameo is my favorite Easter egg in new Hulu and Disney+ episodes — and according to creators, it's the 'perfect homage to the 1980s'

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Spoilers for Rivals season 2 episode 1 ahead.

There's little I love more than an unexpected yet ingenious cameo in a TV show, and Rivals season 2 has absolutely nailed it.

In the first episode of the Hulu and Disney+ show's new season, Declan (Aiden Turner) visits wife Maud (Victoria Smurfit) while out of town performing in a new play. The pair indulges in some steamy hotel shower sex shortly afterwards, but a fight leaves Declan kicked out of the room, completely naked.

At the same time, two older women step out of their room next door, baffled at the sight of a dripping wet Declan. "Is that Terry Wogan?" one says to the other as Declan retreats — and that, friends, is Pam St. Clement, a.k.a Pat Butcher.

As far as cameos go, this one is incredibly fitting. If Pat was a real woman, she'd slide straight into Rivals ...

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