Elaine Peacock takes drastic action to help daughter Linda Carter in EastEnders
Linda Carter's guilty conscience takes over next week.
WEEKS have gone by since the murder of Keanu Taylor and Linda Carter is desperate to move on.
Coming up in EastEnders, her mother Elaine Peacock takes action to help her in her struggle. But could it be in vain?
Linda Carter (portrayed by Kellie Bright) has been struggling with the memory of Keanu Taylor’s murder.
As regular BBC One viewers will remember, the Vic landlady has been spiralling out of control and turned to alcohol once again to drown her sorrows after stabbing the hunk in the back, killing him.
Following her crime, Linda was helped by five other Walford women and the group disposed of Keanu’s body underneath Kathy Beale’s café.
But while she remains on edge, terrified that her secret may slip out, Linda has benefitted from the support of her pal Alfie Moon (Shane Richie).
The pair decide to leave Walford together in scenes due on our screens.
Coming up next week, Linda wakes at The Vic full of regret and confides to her mother Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe).
Meanwhile, Alfie has a heart to heart with Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) who encourages him to take a holiday to celebrate the end of his cancer treatment.
In other scenes, Linda bumps into Alfie on the Square and apologises for avoiding him.
After Alfie reveals he’s leaving the Square for a holiday, they head to his flat for another deep conversation… and he invites her to go with him.
Linda is shocked but her decision is seemingly made when Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley) returns to the Square with plenty of questions about her son Keanu.
Karen is completely unaware that Keanu is dead as she was pushed out of the fictional London borough of Walford herself once she was exposed for faking Albie Watts’ kidnapping ordeal, prior to the events that unfolded on Christmas Day.
Linda baulks at the sight of Karen and rushes back to The Vic to pack a suitcase and leave.
Elaine catches her daughter red handed and tries to persuade her otherwise.
Unfortunately for her, Linda is adamant she is leaving with Alfie.
Later on, Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) is shocked when Elaine lets slip that Linda is leaving the Square.
Could she alert the rest of their accomplices?
Whatever the case, Elaine herself heads to flat 5D for her own conversation with Alfie – what will come out of it?
Will Linda really leave the Square?
Speaking of which, Linda’s behaviour catches Lauren Branning’s attention as the landlady secretly drinks in The Vic before Karen enters for an audience with her on the events of Christmas.
A recovering alcoholic, Linda reveals to her mother Elaine that she’ll be giving up the booze after all.
Unfortunately, Lauren (Jacqueline Jossa) finds Linda again with a bag of hidden wine from the Minute Mart.
Lauren offers to look after Annie and whisks her away before Linda has time to agree.
Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) then interrupts and Linda attempts to hide her wine but it’s not long before the pair erupt into a huge argument.
The conversation continues to get more heated in the bar as Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) tries to intervene to help his mother.
Who will break out the fight?
Will Linda end up revealing everything?
Could Elaine help her?
EastEnders airs from Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One.
