The scales have dropped from Nicola Mitchell’s (Laura Doddington) eyes in EastEnders after realising she could be caught for the m.u.r.d.e.r of Shireen Bashar.
Mitchell Matriarch Nic has found herself in quite the predicament, ever since she threatened to expose Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) affair with ex-husband Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp).
While waiting to drop the bombshell, youngest son Barney (Lewis Bridgeman) revealed the jaw-dropping truth – and she was then forced to attempt damage control on her other huge secret.
Rushing off to meet Sharon’s brother Zack Hudson (James Farrar), she wanted to ensure that he didn’t speak out about being Barney’s birth father.
She was left with no choice but to confess one of her most classified stories – several years ago, her husband Teddy (Roland Manookian) m.u.r.d.e.r.e.d their eldest son Harry’s (Elijah Holloway) girlfriend Shireen.
If Zack didn’t back away, Teddy would come after him next.
However, it soon transpired that she was the k.i.l.l.e.r, and with her associate Benji (Carl Prekopp), they buried the girl’s body on some land in Dartford.
That land is set to be redeveloped this week, and Teddy is the one leading the project.
Yikes.
She’s tried everything to stop him progressing with the build, but in tonight’s episode, reached desperate measures.
Teddy had been down to the site with the Mayor for a photoshoot, and seeing him so close to discovering the truth was too much to bare.
She ordered Benji to the bar and told him that the time had come for them to disturb Shireen’s grave and move it somewhere else.
To Nicola’s surprise, he told her that it wasn’t his problem. As insurance, he’d placed Nic’s diamond bracelet with the body and if it’s found, the m.u.r.d.e.r will be traced back to her.
She threatened to take Benji down with her, but he said there would be no sign that he was ever there.
Later, she pulled Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) to one side and offered him some work to pay for a holiday with his children.
He assumed that it was a drug dealing job again, and even though she insisted otherwise, he left.
Is Ravi about to land himself in hot water?
