EastEnders: the SPOILERS thread!

[Southeastdweller]

Welcome to the EastEnders spoilers thread, where we post and talk about any EE spoilers we've read about, including those in early release episodes on iPlayer.

Link below to watch episodes on BBC iPlayer - these are usually dropped at 6am on broadcast days - and you can read brief synopses of upcoming episodes:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m86d

Poor Zac :(

The women on EE have been portrayed in all manner of ways lately!
Nicola is turning into a poundshop Phil with her own safe of money too.
Sonia is snapping at poor Bianca all the time.
Jean is being irritated by Harvey constantly ( I know he isn't everyone's favorite cabbie, but he means well , but goes about it all the wrong way)
Eve abandoned Stacey in her hour of need.
Kat is terrified of Tommy and upsetting him , which is sad , but she is usually more feisty.
Bianca is having a nightmare time.
Sharon is worried Teddy and Phil will find out about Grant etc

What do we think is going on with Tommy and this online friend? I assume he’s only pretending to be rehabilitated.

Loll she definitely didn’t need to be told twice she could go and stay with the friend. To be fair it must be exhausting dealing with Stacey’s non stop drama.

I think he might be being recruited to be an Incel or similar.

I, personally, would have liked to see some of Tommy's rehabilitation or the aftermath as it seemed very glossed over. He sort of just disappeared into the kiddy cupboard for a while when he was sent to Zac's. Its nice to actually see that Kat is struggling with him being back home though rather than acting like it never happened.

I know it's not real life but I find it sometimes takes the significance away when they tackle big events like this and then it just fits back into place like nothing happened. They did the same in Corrie years ago with Simon and Leanne, then it was never mentioned again.

I got the impression Tommy's rehabilitation was genuine. Like I said last week, I think he's talking to one of Kat's other sons, Dermott. Although that doesn't fit in with the rehabilitation aspect as Dermott tried to kill their mother unless Dermott himself has been rehabilitated.

Oh I’d forgotten about Luke/Dermott. that sounds like the kind of thing they’d do. Although from today’s episode it looks more like an incel or some other weird internet thing.

Incel stories seem popular on tv at the moment , so might be this.
I'm more concerned about Zac though
No body on his side :(

I haven't seen today's episode yet but the spoilers seem to say Tommy is talking to someone we know from the past. Surely they won't want to revive the whole Redwater thing

Zack is being an idiot about Barney but Nicola is really evil.

I was a bit shocked just how violent the attack on Zack was. I was holding my breath, there was no need for that.
Nasty Nic indeed.

They are not normally that graphic with any kind of 'proper ' violence because it's put out at 7.30 pm , so I was also surprised at how it was done. I thought they would go to another scene and then back to Zac on the floor or something, but they showed the whole thing.
Nicola is a complete psychopath :(

Oh dear Zac. Nicola is quite evil but at least she stopped the henchman when it looked like he was going deliver a final stamp on Zac’s head. That attack was really horrible though😟 And as a PP said, he wouldn’t hurt a woman so what can he do to her. He has no mate to back him up either now Martin’s gone.

I thought the “I’ve got a great game for you” message to Tommy on the console was very sinister. I’m wondering about Michael Moon his psycho dad…is he dead dead or just “EE dead”?? 😂

I do think that Michael Moon is definitely dead, but who knows on this soap !
Might be Scarlett his talking too ?
Although she didn't seem bad , she is Janine's child and people think it's Kat's son anyway ( on facebook)
Lots of skeletons in cupboards around!

Nicola is evil, I won’t be surprised if she was the one who had Shireen (Harry’s ex) killed. The girl Penny got to come forward as a witness was terrified of her.
I thought Nugget was the one having an incel storyline that they were building up to? I don’t think Tommy’s storyline will turn out to be an incel one, I hope not anyway.

I also think Nicola is stupid as well as evil. Surely having Zack attacked will make it more likely for the secret to come out. And if she is so scared of losing Barney, knowing him and how important honesty is to him, he will think even less of her when he learns she had his biological father attacked to cover up her lies.

I was only speculating on an incel story for Tommy, but it probably isn't. It just seems a popular topic at the moment on dramas etc.
I agree that Zac's beating might back fire on Nicola , but he'll probably say he was mugged or set upon or something and people won't question it too much.
Sharon is too distracted by her own woes to try and interrogate him too much I suppose.

Nicola was definitely something to do with Harry's ex girlfriend and probably the 'dodgy filler ' story for her going to prison was made up too! Why would she be doing fillers for someone ? It doesn't really make any sense
She seems to have plenty of money too!
I've no idea, but she is clearly dangerous and bad news ;(

I didn't like the camera work when Nic and Zac were in the market, it made me feel seasick

The building work on the Vic seemed enormous. It looked a bit strange I thought.

Nicola must have some major criminal enterprises on the go because you don’t have £10k in cash under the desk from running a bar.

I cannot believe Zack would be this stupid about Barney. All he is thinking about is himself. It is not in Barney’s interests to know, and I can’t believe any man would keeping pushing it. So I can't get on board with this storyline at all. I suppose it is to show us how ruthless and evil Nicola is but 🤷‍♀️

I love the twins, they are cute little guys. Tommy seems genuinely sorry but I am not sure if he really can control himself when under pressure. I don't think it's an incel storyline though.

I still have no sympathy for Harvey, clueless and annoying.

Bert or Ernie was quite well spoken for an eastender lol, they are cute.
Why get Zac beaten up in your own bar? Surely jump him somewhere neutral, and Godmother Nic rocks up to threaten him.
Kathy and Harvey are quite nice as a couple.
The Tommy story is going to get messy

I get the impression that it's more about control with Nicola than the fact that Barney may find out who his real dad is. I don't think she really cares about him that much , but she is only play acting the concerned mum in order to win jumpers back and hates that Zac may upset her plans. She also hates that he has moved on and she hasn't.
I know I'm usually wrong about a lot of things, but narcissistic people like her always have an ulterior motive and only care about themselves.

Godmother! Yes, she is a female (poundshop )Vito Corleone.
Phil would have arranged a beating down a side alley somewhere. Not in the club.
Plus she's also lost one of her staff too, Chelsea will have to do double shifts! lol

I forgot Zac worked at the bar! He has another job working Ravi doesn’t he? Who is running drugs for Nicola. They do seem to be setting her up as the new ‘Don’ on the square and it will probably emerge at some point that she had Harry’s ex buried in cement or similar.

Zac demanding that she tells Barney is very unrealistic and poorly written. No man of his age in this situation who suddenly finds out he is the father of a 15 year old would immediately want the kid to know. Most would be in shock for a while and not eager to take on the extra responsibility, especially when there is another established dad on the scene.

I have started skipping all the scenes that Jumpers and family are in so that was most of todays episode unfortunately

They don’t fit in and not sure if it’s the terrible acting from all 4 of them or the fact that their storylines are ridiculous

Both Barney and Teddy have the same confused look on their faces all
the time, Nicola is a Poundshop Chrissie Watts and while Harry is the best of a bad lot he just acts like a teenager most of the time