EASTENDERS fans last night saw Dennis Mitchell die in horrific fashion as the explosive 35th anniversary episodes came to a close.
Ian Beale locked him in a room below deck which ultimately left the lad unable to escape with everyone else – but some viewers had figured out it he was the character who wouldn’t survive all along.
Thanks to a series of clever clues that were dropped in over the days – and in some cases weeks – many had Dennis pegged as the character who would die on the soap.
Here, we run down some of the biggest hints that the youngster was going to meet a watery end…
‘Boy in green’
Stuart Highway, dressed in true creepy form as Captain Hook, made reference to a “pesky boy in green” who would “never grow up”.
He was, of course, talking about Peter Pan – but Dennis was also dressed in a green jacket and sadly now will never grow up.
One fan tweeted: “After Stuarts Peter Pan reference of a boy never growing up, and Denny being in a green coat, I thought itd be him that died. Really sad and tragic death!”
Sharon swearing on Dennis’s life
Sharon swore on Dennis’s life that nothing was going on between her and Keanu – months before he died.
She unleashed the mighty whopper when Louise Mitchell made her promise, with Sharon insisting: “Find a bible if you like.” But she pressed: “On Dennis’s life.” Sharon then replied: “On my son’s life.”
One fan predicted: “I have resigned myself to the fact Dennis is going… it began when Sharon said ‘on my sons life’.”
Dennis’s voicemail message
As the waters rose, Dennis reached for his phone and sent his mum a voicemail, yelping: “Ian’s locked me in a room on the boat. I need help, I can’t get out.”
Many fans correctly guessed that meant his fate was sealed – and that Sharon was going to go ballistic at Ian Beale at a later date.
One amateur sleuth tweeted: “He left sharon a voice mail, wanna bet shell listen to it once hes dead and blame ian for his death.”
Sharon tempting fate
One thing nobody on EastEnders should ever do is say anyone is going to have a happy ending – because it usually spells disaster.
Sharon did just that, telling her newborn son: “You gave me quite a scare there. But everything is going to be all right sweetheart. Everything will be fine.
“Your brother will be here soon and then we’ll all go away for a new start. Just the three of us.” Oh no.
