After whipping fans into a frenzy with "in a flash everything changes" teaser trailers, EastEnders left gobsmacked viewers with an epic flashforward episode as Christmas came early in February. During a lock-in at The Queen Victoria, Denise Fox, Kathy Beale, Linda Carter, Sharon Watts, Stacey Slater and Suki Kaur Panesar shared their stories and bonded during a lock-in at Linda's pub.
Linda, who recently lost the love of her life Mick after he seemingly drowned in a tragic accident on Christmas Day, was distraught to receive a photo of his mum Shirley capturing her son Dean Wicks in the mirror. Linda, who was raped by Dean in 2014, poured her heart out to Kathy after she went through a similar ordeal with James Willmott-Brown.
Sharon and her lover Keanu Taylor fell out in the episode after she found out he had a fling with Sam Mitchell. Stacey was still reeling from her ex Ryan Malloy returning to the square in a plan to take their pregnant daughter Lily, 12, away with him, Suki and her husband Nish expressed their interest in buying Mick's half of The Queen Vic from under Sharon's nose and Denise was fuming at the lack of interest from her husband Jack Branning.
