Next week on EastEnders, Nish sets Vinny up for a fall, Bianca returns and interrogates Reiss, Harry plans some dodgy dealings at The Arches, and a fundraiser gets underway for Sonia.
Here’s everything that’s in store in Walford from Monday 23rd to Thursday 26th September.
1) Nish sets Vinny up for a fall
Last week, after discovering that the undercover police were looking into the chicken shop and its money laundering activity, Nish (Navin Chowdhry) came up with a plan to make son Vinny (Shiv Jalota) the fall guy by giving him the business.
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However, after Vinny made an impassioned plea for Nish to come to his party, Nish was overwhelmed by the genuine display of emotion and shelved the plan.
As he later gave Vinny a present of a pendant passed down through his family, Vinny felt touched.
However, Suki (Balvinder Sopal) insisted that the gift was just another attempt by Nish to buy his love, and made Vinny throw it in the bin to prove that he was still on board with their plan against Nish.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
What Vinny didn’t realise was that Nish had seen him throw away the gift, and was burning with rage.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Next week, he resumes his plan to make Vinny the fall guy for his dodgy activities, and stages a handover of cash between Vinny and a man named Harti (Jason Kavan) in the Albert Square gardens.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Despite Suki’s warnings, Vinny follows his dad’s orders as he heads off to take the cash to an unknown drop-off point.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Suki is worried and seeks out Harti, who reveals that Nish has already tipped off the police and that they’re planning to arrest Vinny when he arrives.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Suki manages to intervene and stop the planned drop-off, and when Vinny arrives back at No. 41, she tells her son that he needs to leave Walford.
He jumps in a cab ready to make a swift exit, but neither of them have any idea that he’s walking into a trap…
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
As Vinny realises that he’s been set up, how will he get out of his sticky situation?
2) Bianca returns on the day of Debbie’s funeral
As the day of Reiss’s (Jonny Freeman) late wife Debbie’s (Jenny Meier) funeral rolls around, Martin (James Bye) gets a call from Sonia (Natalie Cassidy) asking him to help Reiss on the emotional day.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
He heads to No. 24 to offer his support, but as the pair are about to leave, Debbie’s parents Brenda (Nichola McAuliffe) and Hugh (Michael Bertenshaw) arrive and make it clear to Reiss that he’s not welcome.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Reiss tries to plead his case, but they’re insistent and refuse to let him come.
Martin decides to organise a wake at The Vic so Reiss can pay his respects. Reiss is touched, but just as he begins to read his eulogy, Bianca bursts in demanding answers!
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
3) Harry lands himself a job
With relative newcomer Harry (Elijah Holloway) currently unemployed, Teddy (Roland Manookian) and Sharon (Letitia Dean) join forces as they try to convince Phil (Steve McFadden) to give him a trial shift at Mitchell’s Autos.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Harry isn’t sure that he even wants the job, but after Jack (Scott Maslen) makes a snide comment about his poor work ethic, he agrees to the trial in spite.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Later that day, Teddy pays Jack a visit at No. 27, where he threatens to get back at him for his comment towards his son.
4) Bianca gives Reiss the third degree
With Bianca back on the square, she corners Reiss at No. 25 and interrogates him over Sonia’s arrest. When Reiss becomes overwhelmed and leaves, Bianca realises that she needs to take a different tact, and outright accuses Reiss of Debbie’s murder.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
As Reiss succumbs to her interrogation, he comes close to confessing, and it takes the well-timed arrival of Martin and Kat (Jessie Wallace) to diffuse the situation and save Reiss from himself.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Yet Bianca is still convinced that Reiss is to blame, and she resorts to desperate measures in her attempt to antagonise him…
4) What is Teddy planning?
Despite Teddy and Sharon’s hard work to get Harry a trial shift at The Arches, he bails on his first day, leaving Teddy frustrated.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Thankfully for Harry, he gets a chance to redeem himself with Phil when a thief steals Kathy’s (Gillian Taylforth) handbag and he manages to step in and rescue the bag.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
However, once alone, Harry makes a mysterious call, revealing that he’s plotting something dodgy with his new role in the car garage.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
The following day, Harry meets with his dodgy contact at McClunky’s.
When Jack overhears the conversation, he immediately orders a warrant to search the garage. As a result, a furious Phil cancels Harry’s trial, correctly believing him to be trouble.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Teddy is furious too, warning his son to stay out of trouble and reminding him what could be at stake if the police start looking into their affairs.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
5) Reiss tells Martin about Bianca’s depression
Martin comforts Reiss after his grilling at the hands of Bianca, and Reiss takes the opportunity to discredit Bianca as he tells Martin about her recent depression diagnosis.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
As Martin and Bianca later find themselves at The Vic, they have a heart-to-heart about her recent struggles.
In Thursday’s episode, Bianca wakes up at Kat’s flat after her evening with Martin, and Kat tells her that she needs to face up to her actions, and go see a GP about her increasingly erratic behaviour.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
She soon meets up with Martin, but reiterates her distrust of Reiss. Later on, she decides to ignore Kat’s advice, skipping her GP appointment to attend Sonia’s fundraising event, which Harry and Teddy have organised.
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Will she stay respectful at her sister’s event?
6) The Mitchells hold a fundraiser for Sonia
After Harry’s chaotic week, he’s the main topic of gossip on the square. Teddy plans to talk Phil into letting Harry see out the rest of the week at The Arches, and decides to hold a charity event at the garage in aid of Sonia.
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Phil is shocked to find out about the event, but as Teddy tries to clear his son’s name, he claims that the fundraiser was Harry’s idea.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Phil is happy to see a more positive side to Harry’s personality and agrees to give him his job back.
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron
Yet when Jack continues to express his concern about Harry and Teddy, they’re left worried. How can they stop Jack from looking into them further?
