This article contains spoilers for tonight’s episode of EastEnders, which airs on BBC One at 7.30pm or can be streamed on iPlayer now.
A blast from the past has arrived in Albert Square.
Tonight’s episode of the soap kicked off with more turmoil for Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy), in the wake of the explosive podcast exposé by her sister Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer).
Bianca had hoped that telling her story would act as a form of therapy, but it had quite the opposite effect.
Son’ was furious that she’d revealed intimate details of their ordeal with k.i.l.l.e.r Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman) – who had allowed her to be imprisoned for a murder he committed, and subsequently held Bianca hostage.
The realisation that she’d agreed to the interview came last week when a group of teenagers flocked into the area to take photographs of her house.
Despite trying to give her reasoning, Bianca was thrown out and disowned.
It really seemed like this could be the end for the Jackson sisters, who first appeared in 1993.
A series of events this week will be the catalyst for Sonia’s decision to pack her bags and leave for good.
Things were still tense between the two, intensified by Kim Fox (Tameka Empson) and Mo Harris (Laila Morse), who were conducting a guided tour around locations that the ‘coma k.i.l.l.e.r’ frequented.
As the group were ushered away by a frustrated Sonia, a man (Glen Davies) watched on from afar.
Pictures of her had gone viral alongside Bianca’s tell-all, and she began to fear that she would never be able to feel safe in her own home with the world knowing her address.
Later, Kim and her groupies surrounded Bianca in the gardens, all of them desperate for a selfie.
She began to suffer a panic attack, and Sonia stepped in to save her sister from further upset.
Will they make amends before they reach the point of no return?
Bianca then noticed the mysterious stranger still lurking around, and confronted him head on – unaware that they’d already met.
He asked her about mum Carol (Lindsey Coulson), and judging by his words, they hadn’t seen one another in decades.
The man is Sonia’s father, Terry Cant.
As long-term viewers are aware, she has never had a relationship with her abusive dad, as he left shortly after she was born – taking everything that Carol owned.
What will his arrival mean for Sonia?
