JOHNNY Carter makes a shocking move on a married Walford resident next week in EastEnders.
It’s a hard week for Johnny (played by Charlie Suff) as he supports his mum, Linda Carter, who takes the
stand against Dean Wicks.
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Linda must give an eye witness account of how she saw Dean murder Keanu Taylor, Sharon’s husband who Linda killed to save her best friend’s life.
Linda framed Dean for Keanu’s murder with help from The Six and her lawyer son Johnny.
Stacey planted the weapon in his flat, but will the evidence stacked up against him be enough?
Recent scenes have seen Dean reach out to Linda convincing her into confess about lying in her statement, and then he will confess to raping her. But can Dean be trusted?
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Linda is bombarded with more texts and letters threatening her to not take the stand – but who’s sending them?
It dawns on her that another Walford resident is out to find Keanu’s true killer and bring them to justice.
Linda’s drinking continues to get out of control and Johnny feels helpless. What will a drunk Linda say on the stand?
After the trail, Linda drinking gets worse, so Gina Knight offers to look after her.
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Linda and Johnny have a massive row. But, when Johnny’s calmed down, he returns home to find Linda in a life-threatening situation.
The paramedics rush into The Queen Vic pub to treat Linda.
At the hospital, a devastated Johnny blames Gina for Linda’s plight and orders her to move out.
EastEnders sees history repeating itself with Linda Carter following Angie Watts’ spiral with drinking
Callum provides Johnny with a shoulder to cry on, but he misinterprets the kindness and tries to kiss Callum.
Will Callum stay loyal to his husband Ben Mitchell?
Ben found himself hauled over to the US to face prison for charges of credit card fraud.
Best soap affair love triangles
LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic?
EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET
Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.
Ben Mitchell actor, Max Bowden, has spoken out on his controversial exit from the soap after admitting that the producers “were probably tired” of him.
Max spoke out to podcast host Lewis Nicholls on his YouTube show about the circumstances surrounding his departure.
Lewis asked the actor about The Sun’s report that the star was sacked from his role following a showdown with BBC bosses.
Refusing to confirm or deny, Max replied: “The important thing was my time was ready. I was very tired, and like I said, I wasn’t me, I wasn’t.
“The Max sat in front of you today was kind of a ghost, and they recognised that – I recognised that.
“I did nearly six hundred episodes in five years, which is a hell of a lot, and it was time for a rest.
“The character was tired, I was tired, they [the producers] were probably tired of me being tired.
“From an honest perspective, I think yeah, a lot of it was that I needed to go for a bit.
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“I needed to go work on me, get myself back to a place of really good mental health, focus on healing and also be a dad.”
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