Very EMOTIONAL News!!! EastEnders airs poignant Phil Mitchell ending in early iPlayer release

EastEnders has aired a special mental health episode focused on Phil Mitchell, with a poignant ending.

This week, Lexi finally discovered the truth about where her grandad is, after a confusing interaction with Nigel, whose dementia continues to worsen.

Philโ€™s loved ones decided to pay him a visit in the mental health unit, but when they arrived, they were told that he had discharged himself that morning.

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๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’๐’‘๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† & ๐‘พ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’†: ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ.๐™ž๐’๐™›๐’

Todayโ€™s special episode went back in time, giving viewers an insight into Philโ€™s month spent in the unit following his suicide attempt.

Phil at first struggled to adapt to his new environment and refused to buy into the unitโ€™s activities and therapy sessions, convinced that he would be โ€˜fixedโ€™ with medication alone.

But he then met fellow patient Gaz, and while he was initially reluctant to chat, the pair struck up a friendship and Phil began to open up to his new mate.

Phil spoke about his dad and the pressure of being a โ€˜manโ€™ for his family โ€“ and he confessed that before he tried to take his own life, he realised that he had never stopped loving Sharon.

eastenders, phil mitchell sat next to gaz played by keith allen

๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ โ€œ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’๐’‘๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† & ๐‘พ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’†: ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘ .๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œโ€ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง-๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

Gaz was told that he was being discharged from the unit, but he wasnโ€™t happy about this, as unlike Phil, he has no support from family and friends.

The next day, Phil made the devastating discover that Gaz had harmed himself using the beer can he had given him. He quickly told the staff, who were fortunately able to save his friendโ€™s life.

Phil berated support worker Yasmin for not finding Gaz earlier, but the pair later had an emotional conversation where he admitted he didnโ€™t want his family to see him in a vulnerable state.

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Yasminโ€™s advice struck a chord, so Phil began to engage in the therapy sessions and eventually decided he was ready to be discharged โ€“ bringing viewers back to the present day.

As Nigel, Linda, Billy, Lexi worried about Phil, Yasminโ€™s insight meant that they found him at his dad Ericโ€™s grave, having already left flowers and a picture on Peggyโ€™s headstone.

Phil resolved not to end up like Eric and reunited with his loved ones. He promised Nigel that they would help one another through their struggles, and Juliaโ€™s Theme played as he began to look to the future.

๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ โ€œ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’๐’‘๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’† & ๐‘พ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’†: ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘ .๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œโ€ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง-๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ž๐ฌ

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