EastEnders has unveiled a first look at the showdown between Gray Atkins and Karen Taylor ahead of the serial killer’s dramatic downfall this week.
The inevitable has finally arrived for Gray (Toby-Alexander Smith) as he's forced to face his reckoning when his murderous crimes come to light.
The Carter family have finally discovered the truth about Tina’s death after her body was discovered and the situation becomes a race against time to find the lawyer and make him pay.
In a last-ditch attempt to escape justice, Gray will kidnap his baby son and plot to go on the run, but could Karen Taylor be the one to end his escape bid?
The BBC soap has released new images of the dramatic upcoming scenes, which show Karen facing off with Gray after learning the truth about what he did.
After standing by her beloved son-in-law and believing he could do no wrong, Karen finally realises Gray isn’t the innocent man she thought he was.
In the images, which show Karen with tears in her eyes as she wields a baseball bat before a retreating Gray, she will confront him with the accusation that he murdered wife Chantelle Atkins.
Tensions quickly rise and with Gray willing to do whatever it takes to protect himself, Karen will find herself in a dark and dangerous situation.
This comes after a thrilling trailer for this week on the soap showed Whitney confiding in Kheerat that Gray killed Tina and that she's been to the police but they won't listen to her.
"We need to stop him," Whitney says as she talks to Mick. "He killed two women."
Whitney admits that she's really worried about Chelsea, who is stuck in abusive relationship with Gray.
Dark scenes show him leaning over Chelsea menacingly as she says: "I know what you did."
But disaster strikes when she later discovers that her baby is missing as she screams on the phone: "He's got my son!"
"I want justice," Shirley tells Mick, while Gray is seen lurking in an alleyway before running.
A number of clips show a variety of bloodthirsty residents as a voice over announces: "Time's up for Gray."
Karen is seen letting out her rage as she screams out a smashed window and then appears to smack Gray around the head with something.
Does Karen kill Gray and put an end to the carnage he has wrought on Albert Square?
EastEnders continues on BBC One on Wednesday 9th March at 7:30pm. These scenes air on Thursday 10th March 2022 at 7:30pm on BBC One.
