EastEnders Mick Carter twist, Digi Mart USA News: EastEnders spoilers follow for Tuesday’s episode (10 November), which is available to watch now on streaming service BBC iPlayer and has not yet aired on TV.
EastEnders reveals another major twist about Mick Carter today, as Linda is blindsided by a confession from Janine Butcher, and Max Branning makes a bold decision that is set to change everything. This week, Linda was stunned when she answered a call on Lee’s phone and discovered that her ex-husband Mick’s body had been found almost four years after he disappeared into the sea, and that his death certificate had been issued.
With Janine technically Mick’s next of kin, Linda tracked down her current address, a hotel she was staying at after being released from prison, and came face to face with her former love rival to demand information.
In today’s episode, Janine initially plays dumb about Mick, but when Linda threatens to bring in lawyers, she says that Mick has already been cremated and that she scattered his ashes in Dover. When Janine claims she identified Mick’s body, Linda suspects she is lying about the whole thing.
Janine responds by saying that Mick did not drown four years ago and in fact died of a heart attack only two weeks ago, and she presents a death certificate as proof. Viewers know, however, that she faked this document.
Linda is devastated by what she learns and returns to the Square in a daze. Feeling unable to tell her children, she confides in Max, who is quick to declare it a scam.
He offers to help her search crematoriums in the area to find the undertaker who issued the death certificate.
During their search, Max and Linda spot Janine outside a nearby crematorium and soon learn that Mick is supposed to be cremated today. Linda and Max do not believe Janine and decide to open the coffin to check whether Mick is inside.
Linda ultimately feels unable to check the coffin, scared that it actually is Mick, so she heads to the car and asks Max to do it for her. With Max about to expose the truth, Janine admits to him that it is not Mick in the coffin and that she faked his death, as when Lee previously revoked the death certificate, Janine was told she had to return the life insurance money.
Janine manipulates Max into keeping the truth from Linda, suggesting that Linda will never be able to fully commit to him if she thinks there is any chance Mick is still alive. Max is persuaded, so he heads to the car and tells Linda that he saw Mick in the coffin.
As Linda breaks down in tears, the question is whether Max can cope with the weight of this disturbing lie.
EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast.
