Keanu Taylor ‘returns’ as Denise Fox decides to confess in EastEnders
Denise's is slowly losing her grasp on reality.
OVERWHELMED by guilt, Denise Fox’s mental health has been spiralling out of control.
Things go from bad to worse in EastEnders next week as Keanu Taylor comes back from beyond the grave.
Keanu Taylor (played by Danny Walters) was stabbed by Linda Carter as he was trying to strangle Sharon Watts after finding out he wasn’t Albie Watts’ father after all.
Once he was dead, Linda and five other Walford women agreed to dispose of Keanu’s body and he was buried underneath Kathy Beale’s café which was destroyed by a huge fire in late 2023.
The café is under construction next week on BBC One, as Albert Square residents prepare for its grand reopening.
Meanwhile, Denise Fox (Diane Parish) is struggling to cope with the knowledge of what remains underneath the new and improved café – Keanu’s body and her “D” necklace which could become deeply incriminating.
Coming up next week, it’s the day of the café re-opening but things get off to a rocky start when Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) and Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) discover there has been a leak and part of the floor is wet.
Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) and Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) overhear Nish lamenting that the floor needs replacing and gather the women for a crisis meeting at No.31, knowing this must mean Keanu’s body could be found soon.
Denise reasons that she must confess and seeks solace at the community centre with Pastor Clayton who encourages her to unburden herself with her inner torment.
Back at home, Denise prepares to write a letter to her husband Jack Branning (Scott Maslen).
Later on, however, Denise hallucinates Keanu as the events of Christmas continue to weigh heavy on her.
Elsewhere, Nish berates Bernie Taylor (Clair Norris) when she accidentally plays an old voice note from Keanu… just before her mother Karen (Lorraine Stanley) arrives back in Walford.
Will Karen’s return convince Denise she needs to confess?
In other scenes, Jack wakes up at No.31 after having spent the night at Stacey’s.
He arrives home to a despondent Denise and lies by claiming he slept on the sofa which Denise willingly accepts.
Could she be in need of serious help?
EastEnders airs from Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One.
