After laying the groundwork for months with her insidious scheming, Bea Pollard (Ronni Ancona) finally attempts to destroy Honey Mitchell's (Emma Barton) marriage next week in EastEnders. Creepy Bea has made it abundantly clear that she wants Honey all to herself, and when she's finally challenged by Billy (Perry Fenwick) and Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), she decides to pull the pin out of a grenade and watches as chaos ensues. Has Bea finally won the war for Honey?
Adoption Day Drama
The day of Suki and Eve Panesar-Unwin's (Balvinder Sopal and Heather Peace) adoption panel finally arrives, but after vicious clashes with both Vinny Panesar (Shiv Jalota) and Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington), will her temper destroy the future that she and her wife have been dreaming of?
Speaking of Nicola, she manages to rope her boys, Harry and Barney Mitchell (Elijah Holloway and Lewis Bridgeman), as well as George and Gina Knight (Colin Salmon and Francesca Henry) into celebrating half Christmas, but will a celebration help heal the troubled family, or blow them further apart?
Elsewhere, Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) finally introduces Jordan Fox (Izaiah Hagan-Brown) to his great-grandma, Sheila (Sheila Ruskin) and Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) launches a salsa class. That's enough teasing, right? Let's jump in!
Monday, June 22
Bea is broken when she realises that nobody has remembered her birthday, and is left red-faced when she assumes Kat Moon's (Jessie Wallace) birthday set-up in the Vic is for her, unaware it's for Lily Slater (Lillia Turner). As Bea flees, she's joined by Honey, who asks her not to tell Billy that they've met. As Bea jumps on this, suggesting Billy is controlling, he turns to Phil who gives Bea a wad of cash and orders her out of Walford. Bea exposes this later at the Vic, and just as Billy talks himself out of trouble with Honey, Bea announces that he tried to sleep with her.
The happiness of Jordan's return home quickly turns to sadness when Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) arrives and reveals that none of the family are a stem cell match for Denise Fox (Diane Parish). Devastated, Chelsea flees to the café, where she encounters Sheila, who, after calming her down, is allowed to see Jordan. Elsewhere, Suki and Vinny clash when he suggests that she doesn't care about the anniversary of Jags Panesar's (Amar Adatia) death, while Linda launches a salsa class in the community centre, to which Max Branning (Jake Wood) encourages the residents to attend.
Tuesday, June 23
While an initial success, Linda's salsa class becomes in danger of careering off the rails when a drunken visitor arrives, though Callum steps in to save the day. As Billy pleads his innocence, Honey flees from the Vic and the trio arrive back at No.18, where a fierce row breaks out. Honey demands everybody leave and Billy turns again to Phil for support, who insists he'll fix the problem. Meanwhile, Vinny and Suki discuss their argument over Jags, before she ends up clashing with Nicola, while Chelsea finally introduces Sheila to Jordan.
Wednesday, June 24
As the day of Suki and Eve's adoption panel finally arrives, coinciding with the anniversary of Jags' death, Suki is fraught with emotion. As the panel question her on her other children, she becomes completely overwhelmed and leaves the panel, later receiving a call from them at home. After the difficulty of the day, Eve heads to Harry's Barn to soften the blow, but when Nicola starts running her mouth about Suki, Eve's temper explodes and she lashes out. Also, Nicola manages to convince Harry, Barney and Gina to get involved in their 'half Christmas' celebration.
Thursday, June 25
As the half Christmas celebration gets underway, the festive spirit manages to infect the initially frosty family members. George reveals that he's been invited to Eddie's funeral, but Nicola gently reassures him that he's under absolutely no obligation to go. Just as things are on the up, Harry tells Nicola that he lives in fear of relapsing, leaving her heartbroken.
