Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) and Zack Hudson (James Farrar) have united in their hatred for Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington) in EastEnders.
Both Walford men have their own grievances against the Mitchell matriarch, and it seems like her downfall could be sooner than originally thought.
As soon as she arrived in Albert Square, Nic recruited Ravi to oversee her drug dealing ring.
The two families soon clashed when Ravi assumed that Nicola’s youngest son Barney (Lewis Bridgeman) was abusing his daughter Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James), and dangled the poor teen from the Bridge Street viaduct.
While the dust has settled, it seems that there is still tension bubbling beneath the surface.
Zack’s run-ins began when he learnt the truth about Barney’s paternity. Following a one-night stand with Nicola fifteen years ago, she fell pregnant and raised the boy as her husband Teddy’s (Roland Manookian) son.
He’s become desperate to build a bond with him, though Nic has assured him that that will never happen.
After returning from a holiday in Ibiza, she was shocked to learn that Teddy had approved Zack to be Barney’s personal trainer.
Nicola exacted her most cruel plot yet – enlisting Tommy Moon (Sonny Kendall) and Joel Marshall (Max Murray) to goad Barn’ during one of his sessions.
He instantly assumed that Zack was behind the bullying, thinking that he’d told the lads to give him some words of encouragement.
As a result, any chances of father and son getting to know one another have been blown out of the water.
In today’s episode, Zack attempted to make it up to Barney by defending him the cafe. His words were disregarded, and to make matters worse, Barn’ told Zack that if he didn’t keep away, he’d get Teddy involved.
Fuelled with rage, he charged towards Nicola and told her that she needed to stop her game playing. In yet another act of revenge, she fired him from her bar.
Ouch.
With his life torn apart, Zack headed to the Minute Mart, where he bumped into Ravi.
The two men chatted about how vicious Nicola could be, with Zack holding back why he’d fallen out with her.
Ravi agreed that she needed knocking down a peg or two, and said that he’s playing a waiting game… she’ll get her comeuppance eventually.
