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EastEnders: the SPOILERS thread!

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Southeastdweller · 16/08/2026 07:28

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

OP posts:
Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 18/08/2026 10:30

All of today and yesterday has been a roller coaster. I agree with pp that Phil and Nic’s mum share drama. Craig and Amy, yes very creepy.

Nicola’s sisters come and go but they’re back again soon. When? After the man they tied up goes to the police?

Sean has aged much as I’d expect. I just recall he was a complex volatile character before, has age changed him?

Harry getting more of a storyline, Barney left out.

Max and Priya again?!

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 18/08/2026 10:31

the80sweregreat · 18/08/2026 10:21

Annie looked different today. No sign of Ollie and linda didn’t say who would care for him. Elaine was with Ivy.

Is it a new face Annie? Her actress has been in it since Dec 2025. Ollie’s in the kiddie cupboard of course! Or Johnny is minding him or Elaine.

the80sweregreat · 18/08/2026 10:42

I thought Annie looked different, but she is hardly in it and may be the same child!

the80sweregreat · 18/08/2026 10:46

I bet that in real life the police wouldn’t do much with that man’s statement and the sisters just say he was lying if it isn’t on cctv. He’d have to prove it I suppose.
it’s a genuine question, but is kidnap taken seriously with adults ? So they may be in trouble

the80sweregreat · 18/08/2026 10:52

I feel that Nicola is fast morphing into Shirley Carter with the scary looks and the new family. The Carter dad was a sort this new mum seems a mash up of him and aunt babe!

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 18/08/2026 10:54

Sean was blamed for killing his dad (I had to look this up , apparently the dad died of an aneurism after Sean hit him )
So he can add to the list of Eastenders Who Killed Their Dads List .

DON'T let Sean be Craigs dad .(though there is a similarity )
I am wondering if Sean is going to give Craig a pasting when he sees how he is with Amy . (Sean believed he was Amy's Dad , he was married to Roxy and found out at the infamous Christmas Dinner that he wasn't) so he might have enough of an attachment to feel aggreived . But going on his history , he won't need a reason.

MyWildOliveGoose · 18/08/2026 11:12

Ooooh I like the idea of Sean being Craig’s Dad… 70s you MUST get into script writing!

I’m adding “is there chlorine in your gene pool” to my list of rage bait questions, thanks Penny 🤣

the80sweregreat · 18/08/2026 11:22

Agree that 70s should be a script writer! I agree too that Sean and Craig are very alike.

the80sweregreat · 18/08/2026 11:24

How Penny is going to pass off the baby as Vinny’s is a mystery and we know that Harry wouldn’t be buying her baby books. Which seems old fashioned these days as most would be online looking up things I bet.

Shellingbynight · 18/08/2026 11:29

Oh another dad killer, so four of them on the show at the same time! Thanks 70s, I don't remember a lot about Sean. He also merges in my brain with Lily's dad Ryan, another waste of space.

Sean is 42 so thank god he can't be Craig's dad. Craig must be around the same age as the actor who plays him, he's 31.

We don't know for sure the baby is Harry's though do we 80s? She only slept with him about a fortnight before Vinny so it could be Vinny's, and that is what she's hoping.

⭐ to 70s for the Kat scene with Jodie!

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 18/08/2026 11:57

So Sean will go after Craig in the mistaken belief that Sean is Amy’s dad?! Right? So Sean had various storylines, killed his dad, disappeared, slept with Tanya and Stacey (angered Max over both). Pissed off Johnny Allen. There’s more but I cba to type it all out. A few enemies then yes? Johnny is killed off but Ruby was axed so she returns? Could the pregnant woman be Ruby, who returns, Sean the dad? Pregnant woman can’t be a Mitchell new relative. Don’t think it’s Janine either. Max hated her.

Southeastdweller · 18/08/2026 12:01

Priya finds out she’s pregnant next week so I guess that’s her in Max’s bed in NYD.

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Shellingbynight · 18/08/2026 12:01

Did you mean Sean thinks Craig is Amy's dad? Why would he? Craig is only about 12 years older than Amy. Sean thought he was Amy's dad but he wasn't, Jack is.

Meredusoleil · 18/08/2026 12:05

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 18/08/2026 11:57

So Sean will go after Craig in the mistaken belief that Sean is Amy’s dad?! Right? So Sean had various storylines, killed his dad, disappeared, slept with Tanya and Stacey (angered Max over both). Pissed off Johnny Allen. There’s more but I cba to type it all out. A few enemies then yes? Johnny is killed off but Ruby was axed so she returns? Could the pregnant woman be Ruby, who returns, Sean the dad? Pregnant woman can’t be a Mitchell new relative. Don’t think it’s Janine either. Max hated her.

How can Sean have slept with Stacey when they are siblings!

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 18/08/2026 12:05

Meredusoleil · 18/08/2026 12:05

How can Sean have slept with Stacey when they are siblings!

Sorry I got mixed up! Chelsea!

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 18/08/2026 12:07

Shellingbynight · 18/08/2026 12:01

Did you mean Sean thinks Craig is Amy's dad? Why would he? Craig is only about 12 years older than Amy. Sean thought he was Amy's dad but he wasn't, Jack is.

Well Sean knows he isn’t but thought he was her dad (Amy) as pp said.

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 18/08/2026 12:13

Sean and Ruby can’t have a baby as there’s bad blood between them so scrap that!

he did have beef with Deano though? Could Deano return for revenge on Sean with Chelsea? As Deano and Chelsea hatched a plan against Sean police wise.

Shellingbynight · 18/08/2026 12:25

70s you are right about Kat's hair in the funeral photo, it is pre fringey-mullet. So it was filmed a while ago I guess. But odd that she got a new hairdo when she is in continuity, they usually avoid that. (She looks much better pre mullet!)

80s I just saw your comment about Nicola being a new Shirley. I hope Gemma is not a new Tina, but it makes sense because Tina really annoyed me too!

Alucard55 · 18/08/2026 12:25

Not seen today's. I don't like how Nicola has forgotten Teddy Jumpers. He's in prison for 20 years to save their son. Nicola is living in his house with her new man.

As a PP pointed out though he may get out soon under the early release scheme.

storminabuttercup · 18/08/2026 12:27

So Zoe does but we don’t know how
Jean knows about max and Priya doesn’t she, could she tell Zoe
Zoe ends up dead in mysterious circumstances
Jean tells the police about Max after some handwringing, maybe a suspect board again
max ends up arrested for conspiring to murder (only conspiring as someone else did it)

too far?

Meredusoleil · 18/08/2026 12:27

Alucard55 · 18/08/2026 12:25

Not seen today's. I don't like how Nicola has forgotten Teddy Jumpers. He's in prison for 20 years to save their son. Nicola is living in his house with her new man.

As a PP pointed out though he may get out soon under the early release scheme.

Totally agree!

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 18/08/2026 12:31

storminabuttercup · 18/08/2026 12:27

So Zoe does but we don’t know how
Jean knows about max and Priya doesn’t she, could she tell Zoe
Zoe ends up dead in mysterious circumstances
Jean tells the police about Max after some handwringing, maybe a suspect board again
max ends up arrested for conspiring to murder (only conspiring as someone else did it)

too far?

Does max kill Zoe? Stretch too far?!

storminabuttercup · 18/08/2026 12:31

Teddy was trying to call Nicola in Mondays episode wasn’t he?

Alucard55 · 18/08/2026 12:35

Yes and dinged him. I thought you ungrateful woman. I did end up having a soft spit for Jumpers.

the80sweregreat · 18/08/2026 12:40

I still think that Penny’s baby isn’t Vinny’s, but she is hoping it is his and it’ll be born mixed race. Which would be a better outcome for everyone really. Much as I like Harry., his not great dad material