There’s an unexpected return in EastEnders ahead of Reiss Colwell’s (Jonny Freeman) funeral next week.
The twisted killer d.i.e.d when a bathtub fell on him following the Queen Vic explosion last month after his crimes finally caught up with him.
Over the last year, he had smothered his comatose wife Debbie to d.e.a.t.h, let fiancée Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) take the fall for her m.u.r.d.e.r, and then took Sonia’s sister Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) hostage when she uncovered the truth.
Following Debbie’s d.e.a.t.h, we were introduced to her parents Brenda and Hugh Collins (Nichola McAuliffe and Michael Bertenshaw), with Brenda in particular winning over fans with her barbed putdowns and hatred of Reiss.
Well, next week she’s back in Albert Square to visit Sonia, who is struggling to come to terms with recent events.
She has decided not to attend Reiss’ funeral, who is due to be buried on Thursday.
Words of encouragement from Bianca and Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth) fail to convince her otherwise, but she is shocked when Brenda knocks at No. 25.
As the pair then share a heart-to-heart about everything has happened, will Brenda help Sonia get the closure she needs?
Or is she still convinced Sonia had a hand in Debbie’s d.e.a.t.h.?
Elsewhere on the Square, preparations are also on-going for Martin Fowler’s (James Bye) funeral, following his d.e.a.t.h in the aftermath of last month’s explosion.
As Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) shuts partner Harvey Monroe (Ross Boatman) out, he gets closer to Kathy, and encourages her to do the catering for the event. However, it turns out Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) has already found someone else to do it.
With Martin’s loved ones at odds with what they all want, will he get the send-off he deserves?
We already know that Martin and Sonia’s daughter Bex Fowler (Jasmine Armfield) will be returning to say goodbye to her dad.
She will also be joined by Martin’s niece Vicki Fowler (Alice Haig) – but she doesn’t arrive back in Walford alone…
EastEnders airs these scenes from Monday 10 March at 7.30pm on BBC One or stream first from 6am on BBC iPlayer.
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