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EastEnders spoilers follow for Tuesday’s (November 10) episode, which can now be streamed on BBC iPlayer. The episode in question will air at 7:30pm.
Despite her previous claims that Mick Carter’s (Danny Dyer) body had been found, Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) admitted that she told a great big lie, confirming that the remains of her ex are still very much missing.
Linda (Kellie Bright), who spent much of her life with soulmate Mick, was devastated to receive a call earlier this week revealing that the body of her one true love – who went missing at sea four years ago – had been located.
Without wasting a second, the former Queen Vic landlady sought answers from Janine, who – upon seeing her nemesis for the first time in four years – claimed that she’d had Mick’s body cremated.
Linda was utterly devastated by the bombshell but she soon realised that her love rival’s story wasn’t making any sense – especially how Janine claimed she had to identify the body, which had been underwater for four years.
With her tale swiftly unravelling, Janine thought on the spot and told Linda that Mick didn’t drown and that he’d been alive all this time, claiming he died only weeks ago. The statement was like a dagger in the heart for poor Linda, who couldn’t get her head around the prospect that Mick not only survived the drowning incident but that he’d lived a subsequent four years – without her and the kids.
Utterly bereft, Linda returned to Walford to hash things out with Max Branning (Jake Wood), who reckoned that Janine was lying. Armed with his support, Linda confronted Janine once more at a church, where she set her sights upon a coffin with Mick’s name on it, putting to bed Janine’s claims of cremation.
With Janine caught out in one lie, Linda was determined to see for herself if Mick was really inside – and demanded that the lid of the coffin be opened. Petrified the truth would out, Janine gaslit grieving Linda into thinking she wouldn’t be capable of pulling of a scheme as intricate as faking a death.
Getting in her head about not wanting to see Mick’s body in its current state, Linda was conflicted and opted against looking inside, asking Max if he would do so on her behalf.
Max agreed and when Linda was out of sight, he prepared to do as she asked. Janine, however, saw an opportunity to ensure she got what she wanted, taking a big risk as she confessed to Max that the body isn’t Mick’s, revealing that she staged the whole thing in order to secure a pay out.
Being Mick’s next of kin, Janine received a sum of money but when Lee (Danny Hatchard) revoked the death certificate, that cash was in doubt. Using contacts on the inside, Janine was able to mastermind a plot to ensure Mick was considered legally dead, faking a death certificate, meaning she gets to keep the money.
Max was horrified at how low she has sunk and prepared to tell Linda the truth – that is, until Janine got in his head, revealing that Linda just hours earlier declared Mick as the love of her life.
Knowing he’ll never measure up to former Queen Vic landlord Mick, Max contemplated doing as Janine commanded – telling Linda that the body was that of her ex-husband in order to close the chapter on Mick forever.
Max made it quite clear last week that he’s jealous of the relationship Linda had with Mick and vowed to make her forget that her one true love ever existed.
And in typical Max fashion, he put his own needs above those of the person he claims to love, telling Linda that the body was Mick’s, hoping this would allow her to move on with him.
Linda broke down in tears, utterly devastated at the news.
The question is: will Linda find out that Max has lied? Will the truth about the lothario’s heinous cruelty come to light?
EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One or stream from 6am on BBC iPlayer.
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