EastEnders‘ Oscar Branning makes a big mistake next week, when he accidentally attacks the wrong person.

As he is forced to confront his traumatic past, have his actions torn Lauren Branning and Peter Beale apart again?

“When Oscar arrived in Walford last week, it soon became clear that he was running from a dangerous fella called Mike,” recaps our Walford insider. “The pair went joyriding together and Oscar was caught, but he gave the police Mike’s name to try and reduce his sentence.

“Now Mike wants revenge, and Oscar is in serious trouble! He’s tried to make a fresh start in Albert Square, but Mike’s sinister text messages have left him terrified.”

Mike’s intimidation escalates in coming episodes, and next week Lauren discovers that he has been at the house threatening Oscar.

She suggests that Jack Branning gets involved to protect the teen from harm, but Oscar is determined to step up and manage the situation himself.

However, when he arranges a meeting, Mike and his mate Harrison turn violent and Jack is forced to intervene to save Oscar from danger.

On his final warning from Lauren, Oscar feels increasingly paranoid, and when he spies a hooded figure in the house at night, he takes action…

“Oscar goes on the attack and lashes out, thinking that Mike is still out to get him, but he doesn’t realise that the mystery intruder is just Peter!” reveals our source. “Peter is furious about this incident and orders him to leave – he’s finally had enough of Oscar’s antics.”

The next day, Lauren wants to get to the bottom of Oscar’s sudden outburst, and she ends up learning more about her little brother’s time in the youth offenders’ centre.

Lauren refuses to give up on Oscar and is determined to help him start over, but Peter isn’t board with this plan. The pair end up in another row, and Lauren ends up going to Jimmy’s first support group session without her other half.

Later in the week, Oscar gets into more trouble with Mike, his revenge plot not yet over. Will Oscar ever escape his enemy?