EastEnders’ Ross Marshall (Alex Walkinshaw) takes shocking action to cover up his twisted son Joel Marshall’s (Max Murray) latest crimes next week after he makes a shocking discovery.
Since arriving in Walford with Ross and his dad’s partner Vicki Fowler (Alice Haig) earlier this year, Joel has been at the centre of a dark incel plot.
After it was revealed he had previously upskirted one of his classmates back in Australia, Joel recorded himself and Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James) having sex without her consent.
Since then, the teenager has sexually harassed a passenger on the tube and has also been seen watching videos from a misogynistic influencer online.
In scenes to air on the BBC soap next week, Joel’s behaviour continues to worsen after Ross has to tell him the news that his mum is getting remarried.
Reeling from the update, Joel slips out and heads to The Vic to hang out with his friend Tommy Moon (Sonny Kendall), but it’s not long before Joel leads him astray and the pair steal drinks from the barrel store.
Ross and Vicki, and Kat and Alfie Moon (Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie) are furious when they find the pair, but Joel lashes out with a derogatory outburst at Kat, leaving the parents aghast.
Ross later makes another attempt to get through to Joel about his behaviour, and they bond when Joel shares a video from the influencer that he’s been following, which Ross wrongly perceives as innocent.
Shortly afterwards, however, Ross makes a worrying discovery on Joel’s laptop and destroys it.
What has Ross uncovered?
Vicki is later stunned to discover the real reason why Ross broke the laptop and orders her partner to be firm with Joel – despite Vicki herself having covered for him by bribing the woman he assaulted on the tube into not going to the police.
While Ross is heartened after confiding in Harvey Monroe (Ross Boatman) about his parenting woes, his hopefulness is short-lived when Joel shows his true colours once again, this time in front of punters at The Vic.
Joel goes there to apologise to Kat about his previous outburst, but when he overhears Vicki chatting with Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) about parenting and men, he is riled – and his anger sparks some worrying consequences…
