Two EastEnders legends finally return after long wait – and bring chaos
Freddie and Mo are back!
Normality is restored in EastEnders next week when the iconic Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier) and Big Mo Harris (Laila Morse) return to Albert Square.
We haven’t half missed them!
Freddie was last seen leaving Albert Square to spend some time with mum Little Mo Slater (Kacey Ainsworth), after being released on bail following an attack on sinister stalker Theo Hawthorne (William Ellis).
This was of course to facilitate Bobby’s participation in last year’s Strictly Come Dancing, and since then he’s been embroiled in a number of huge projects.
Freddie and Mo are back!
On the other hand, Mo has been absent from Walford for a lot longer.
The grandmother of Kat (Jessie Wallace), Mo was introduced alongside the rest of the Slater clan in 2000. She was a regular on the BBC One soap until 2012, and continued to make recurring appearances for the next four years.
She returned in 2018 for another three year stint, and was last seen at Kat’s failed wedding to Phil Mitchell in 2022.
In upcoming scenes, Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) notices he has intruders in his flat, whips out a toy baseball bat, and begins to attack them – only to realise it’s Freddie and Mo!
The family are delighted to have them home, but Freddie soon realises that because Kat and her kids are staying at No. 5D, he’ll be forced to move into the already crowded No. 31.
However, as the residents begin to gossip about a potential reunion between Kat and Alfie, Freddie feels inclined to bite the bullet and give them a chance.
It seems that he may have relationship issues of his own, as spoiler pictures show him looking surprised at Bobby Beale (Clay Milner-Russell) and Anna Knight (Molly Rainford) kissing outside of the Vic.
Both boys fancied Anna last year, and after she found out that she shared a mutual half-brother (Peter, Thomas Law) with Bobby, she moved onto Freddie.
However, in his absence, the two have reconciled.
Meanwhile, Big Mo has her heart set on another local – Stevie Mitchell (Alan Ford).
The estranged father of Billy (Perry Fenwick) manages to woo her that much, she invites him back to No. 31 to continue the rest of their evening, much to the hilarity of the youngsters.
Addressing his return to the show at this weekend’s BAFTAs, Bobby told Metro.co.uk: ‘I’m on my way back! I love them lot, I really love them lot. It’s a wicked place to keep turning up and keep learning. I learn so much there by everyone that I’m around
‘I’m lucky to be a Slater because the Slaters are home to some wicked, wicked actors. I’m still young, and I’ve still got to keep learning, and I’m doing exactly that.’
