EASTENDERS fans have called out an obvious blunder with Bernie Taylor.
The cafe worker was exposed as the person behind Linda’s blackmail nightmare in recent scenes.
In Thursday’s episode of EastEnders, Sharon (Letitia Dean) and Linda (Kellie Bright) invited Bernie over to confront her.
Dean Wick’s (Matt Di Angelo) upcoming trial is looming large and the rest of The Six are on edge.
After Bernie (Clair Norris) had spoken to Dean in prison, she terrorized Linda with guilt-tripping notes.
She is convinced the landlady knows something about her brother Keanu’s (Danny Walters) murder.
She then started to bombard her with text messages from a burner phone, as she’s also convinced she is covering for Sharon.
When in fact, it is Sharon who is covering for her best pal Linda after she killed Keanu on Christmas Day after he started to strangle Sharon.
However, her plot was discovered when she accidently dropped the second mobile in the cafe.
When Sharon and Linda wanted to address the issue, Sharon called the mystery device.
Their suspicions were confirmed when it rang out loud from Bernie’s pocket.
But fans pointed out a blunder in the writing, as they thought a hidden burner phone would never ring out loud.
Taking to X – formerly known as Twitter – one fan wrote: “Why would Bernie have her blackmailing phone on loud. The way she’s just stood there being caught out.”
A second chimed in: “I feel like rule one is not taking your blackmailing phone to a meeting with the people you’re blackmailing in the first place”
“She wanted to be caught,” stated a third viewer.
As another soap fan questioned: “Wait Bernie had her burner phone on loud and Sharon found out the number? I mean I’m dumb A* but even I know not to do those things.”
And a fifth added: “Bernie ain’t a very good blackmailer if she kept her phone on loud.”
Linda arrived on the Square on Boxing Day in 2013, along with her husband Mick (Danny Dyer) and has been a hit with soap fans ever since.
Her first storylines revolved around the fact that she struggled to come to terms that her son Johnny is gay
In a storyline that had long-lasting repercussions, she was then raped by Mick’s brother Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo).
She fell pregnant shortly after and then was left devastated emotionally when she gave birth to a premature baby after falling down the stairs.
Things soon got worse for Linda after she discovered that her husband Mick kissed their daughter-in-law Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), who was married to their veteran son Lee (Danny Hatchard).
One of her more memorable storylines was when she was accused of perverting the course of justice. This was after Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ) is shot and she was falsely accused of attempted murder.
Over the years she has suffered from a variety of illnesses and disorders which include bulimia, alcoholism, and a secret battle with cervical cancer. After she gave birth to her youngest son Ollie (Harry Farr), she also had to deal with his autism diagnosis.
Although she and Mick seemed to be the perfect couple, the pair split up for a short time after she had an affair with Max Branning (Jake Wood). This lead to another pregnancy.
However, the pair finally got divorced after Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) set her eyes on Mick. She wanted the landlord all to herself and she lured Linda rival back into alcoholism to drive a wedge between them.
After this led to Mick’s apparent death at sea, she struggled to adjust to life without her ex-husband and the true love of her life. This was just after the pair decided to have another go at their relationship.
Recently, Linda was the person who was at the very centre during ‘The Six’ storyline. She tried to save her best friend Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) when she was being strangled by Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters). When she killed him with a meat thermometer, the group framed her rapist Dead Wicks after he returned to the square. Since then, she has struggled to cope.
EastEnders is available to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
