THINGS come to a head between Walford’s murderous matriarchs the police receive a mysterious phone call.
Next week in EastEnders, two of the Six are at loggerheads as the pressure reaches a devastating level.
BBC One viewers need no reminding that a macabre secret has been buried underneath Kathy Beale’s café following a deadly showdown in The Queen Vic.
But as the Six desperately try to keep Keanu Taylor’s murder under wraps, Nish Panesar (portrayed by Navin Chowdhry) remains determined to figure out what they’re all hiding.
Coming up, Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) starts to worry about Raymond due to his mother Denise Fox’s mental health predicament.
The hairstylist played by Diane Parish has been battling with her guilty conscience and facing horrific hallucinations of Keanu Taylor.
However, Kat’s soon-to-be ex-husband Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) – and the father of young Raymond – quickly shuts down her concerns and tells Kat that his solicitor has started their divorce proceedings.
Later on, Kat overhears that Phil is buying the Arches from his son Ben and she starts to suspect that he isn’t being honest in the divorce as the business wasn’t listed on his solicitors letter.
Nish seizes the opportunity to get his hands on some of the Mitchell fortune and introduces Kat to dodgy divorce lawyer Roger Peel.
In other scenes, however, a rift is drawn between Nish and Kat as she arrives at No 41 to see him, but it soon becomes clear that he is aware she could be up to no good.
After fending off an attack from Nish, Kat runs to Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), Eve Unwin (Heather Peace) and Nish’s ex-wife Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal).
The group of women all share words and Kat and Stacey humiliate Nish.
Unfortunately for them, Nish retaliates by giving DC Whisson a call regarding the events of Christmas and his attack.
In later scenes at the Albert, the women meet with Johnny Carter (Charlie Suff) to discuss the developments.
The son of Mick and Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) was told the truth about the death of Keanu Taylor, much to his shock, but he has agreed to help the Six to protect his mother.
Sadly, cracks continue to appear within the Six’s pact and things take a sour turn when Stacey evicts Suki after an argument erupts between the pair.
Later on, Suki tells a devastated Eve that she’s leaving Albert Square whilst Nish watches on.
In The Vic, Vinny Panesar (Shiv Jalota) gives his mother Suki food for thought and she heads to No 41 to ask for a truce with Nish.
It’s not long before Nish turns violent as the wider Panesar family arrive home in Suki’s time of need.
What will be the outcome?
Could Nish realise that the Six have murdered Keanu Taylor?
Denise bottled the villain on Christmas Day as he was trying to hold Suki back from leaving him for Eve Unwin.
Keanu showed up following the altercation to confront his then-partner Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) after she revealed her son Albie was never his.
Upon seeing Nish lying dead on the Queen Vic floor, before he was revived by Suki, Keanu decided to take Albie away from the drama to keep him safe.
An altercation ensued and escalated into Keanu trying to strangle Sharon.
Determined to save her best friend, Linda stabbed Keanu in the back, killing him in the process.
Much like Denise Fox, the Vic landlady has been struggling to cope with her guilt over the crime.
What will be the next step for the Six, particularly as Sharon Watts remains away from Walford?
EastEnders airs from Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One.
