Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) has stooped to extreme lows in a bid to keep daughter Jade Masood (Elizabeth Green) by his side, but she is set to defy him in upcoming EastEnders scenes.
Dean has been tampering with Jade’s antibiotics in the hopes that she won’t be well enough to move to Pakistan with mum Shabnam.
Jade recently made it clear that, while she had enjoyed her time with Dean, she was ready to move back in with her mum, though she promised she wouldn’t be going anywhere until she had recovered from her chest infection.
In upcoming scenes, Jade suffers a bad coughing fit as a result of Dean emptying her antibiotics, and terrified Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) calls the doctor, much to Dean’s horror.
Things only get worse when Jade looks at Dean’s phone, and he is left with a lot of explaining to do.
He tells Jean and Jade that he has been ignoring Shabnam’s calls and texts because he has been burying his head in the sand over Jade’s illness, but she is left confused given that Shabnam already knows she is too ill to travel.
When Jade asks if she can go to her fundraiser at the Vic, Dean insists that he’ll only let her if she is well enough.
While Jade is welcome at the event, Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) makes it clear that Dean is not, and Johnny Carter (Charlie Suff) wastes no time in taunting him over this.
This only makes Dean more determined to attend, and after manipulating Jean, he manages to get in.
Jade begs Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) to let him stay long enough to at least see her speech, and as they wait, Dean begs her to stay with him in London.
However, Jade refuses, insisting she wants to go to Pakistan with her mum.How much further will Dean go to keep Jade by his side?
AFTER a failed attempt to get his relationship with Stacey Slater back on track, Martin Fowler is ready to find new love in the Square.
The EastEnders favourite finds a new woman he could get along with in Walford. But how will his entourage react due to her behaviour?
Romance is finally back on the cards for Martin Fowler.
The market trader portrayed by James Bye has been standing on the side-lines, away from all the drama unfolding in Albert Square.
In recent months, Martin was keen to rekindle his relationship with former wife Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) but things got out of hand due to Theo Hawthorne’s meddling and her choice to resort to online sex work.
This left Martin feeling insecure as he caught Stacey flirting with other men for cash and, after a few moments of bliss, both him and his ex-wife agreed to leave things be.
In more recent scenes of the BBC One soap, Martin left Albert Square to head to Australia with an overwhelmed Sharon Watts.
The blonde bombshell portrayed by Letitia Dean fled Walford in the aftermath of Keanu Taylor’s murder to see Michelle Fowler.
However, next week, Martin comes back and makes an impromptu entrance as he catches Stacey kissing a married Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) just as they decide to end their affair for Denise Fox’s benefit.
Terrified to face consequences, Jack and Stacey insist to Martin that the kiss was a moment of madness and beg him not to tell Denise.
The hairstylist’s daughter Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) interrupts and is suspicious when Stacey rushes after Martin.
When alone, Stacey admits to the affair with Jack and tells Martin it’s over and the whole thing is none of his business.
In other scenes, Martin confides about what’s happened to Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), who desperately tries to persuade him to keep the secret.
Kathy is desperately trying to keep Keanu Taylor’s death under wraps and she fears the consequences of Denise finding out about Jack’s affair for the rest of the Six.
Meanwhile, Will Mitchell (Freddie Phillips) is encountering the dangers of peer pressure again as he spends time with Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James).
In scenes due on our screens next week, Avani pressures the lad into vaping, unaware of the consequences ahead.
EastEnders’ Denise Fox sectioned as she spirals out of control
It doesn’t take long for Will’s mother Honey (Emma Barton) to catch him red-handed with a vape and, horrified, she demands to know who sold it to him.
Honey eventually finds out Avani is to blame which prompts her to charge into The Queen Vic, where she has it out with the teen’s mother, Priya (Sophie Khan Levy).
An unrepentant Priya further angers Honey and, soon enough, Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) arrives before profusely apologising.
Unfortunately, Priya doesn’t back down and makes the situation ten times worse.
A harsh conversation transpires between Ravi and Avani as he confronts her about selling vapes.
But much like her mother Priya, the teen fails to show any remorse, particularly when her father criticises her parenting skills.
An explosive row then ensues as Ravi rails at Priya over how she raised Avani.
Following their argument, Priya decides to turn her focus to fresh beginnings as she flirts with Martin.
Priya takes things up a notch and invites him to buy her a drink at Peggy’s that same night.
Ravi soon comes to find her and apologises, leading Priya to tell him she’ll deal with Avani.
Will she keep her word?
Whatever the case may be, tension rises again later on when Ravi finds Priya at Peggy’s.
The pair share a warm moment as they discuss their daughter but when he asks if he can join Priya for a drink, she sends him packing in favour of Martin, who shows up in just in time.
What will Ravi do?
