JACK Branning is at war with his teen daughter Amy Mitchell this week as she continues to test the rules.
But the consequences of their dispute are dire for the police officer. Get the lowdown on the upcoming EastEnders drama.
Jack Branning is shocked by his daughter’s behaviour
Amy makes a huge decision about her relationship with Denzel Danes
Lily Slater is shocked
Jack crosses a line
How will Howie respond?
1. Jack assaults a teen…
Amy Mitchell (played by Abbie Burke) is testing her limits as her budding romance with Denzel Danes (Jaden Ladega) continues to evolve this week.
However, in upcoming scenes of the BBC One soap, Lily Slater is concerned when Amy tells her she plans to sleep with the lad, making the most of her father Jack (Scott Maslen) being gone for the evening with his wife Denise Fox (Diane Parish).
Later on, Stacey Slater notices that Lily is hiding something.
Once she learns what is really going on, the owner of Stacey’s Baps makes the decision to alert Jack.
Meanwhile, Denzel arrives at Amy’s but refuses to go along with her plans, telling her instead he’d like to take things slowly.
The pair kiss but a raging Jack interrupts their moment by storming in and slamming Denzel against a wall.
Denise, her sister Kim and Denzel’s father Howie all try to calm Jack down as he holds Denzel against the wall.
Amy insists nothing happened just as Denise goes above and beyond to calm the situation.
Fuming, Jack puts harsh punishments in place for Amy.
Little does he know things are bound to get worse.
Later on, Denise talks to Jack but as he starts to calm down, he receives a call from his boss.
During the call, he finds out he has been reported for assaulting Denzel and will be investigated.
A furious Jack throws accusations around, determined to find out who could be responsible.
Back home, he’s shocked to see Amy arguing with Lily about the incident.
But there’s still even MORE trouble ahead for the police officer.
Sam Mitchell offers Jack some support
2. … and gets blackmailed
Jack is even more surprised by Sam (Kim Medcalf) when she offers him support.
The pair share a son, Ricky, born during their short-lived affair and Sam left the boy behind in 2016 to go back to Portugal, without warning.
This means the pair haven’t had the best relationship but Jack is still relieved to receive some support.
Unfortunately, Sam gets the wrong end of the stick and leans in for a kiss.
Both characters are unaware somebody is lurking in the shadows, filming them.
Later on, the Walford troublemaker is touched when Jack suggests their son Ricky spends the day with her.
Jack keeps his teenaged daughter Amy on a tight leash after her plans with Denzel went awry but he’s stunned when he receives a video of Sam kissing him from a mystery sender.
To make matters worse, Jack the discovers he’s been suspended from work following his outburst against Denzel.
Horrified and in shock, Jack goes to the Fox’s to apologise to Denzel… but his wife Denise also receives the video of Sam kissing Jack.
How will she react?
Could this mean Jack’s marriage is in jeopardy?
Who filmed him with Sam?
Lola’s daughter Lexi becomes upset with her after a big decision
3. Lola makes a huge decision
Meanwhile, Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) has been keeping his revived romance with Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) a secret from their fellow residents in Albert Square.
But when a single Martin Fowler (James Bye) has the opportunity to go on a date, he asks Jay to tag along to make it a double date and the mechanic is in an uncomfortable situation.
Martin asks Jay to be his wingman while he discusses with Lola whether they should make their relationship known to others.
However, Lola is ultimately forced to keep her own feelings and jealousy on the hush when Martin arrives to plan his double date with Jay.
Hurt, Lola later arrives in local wine bar Peggy’s to see a woman named Amber taking a a shine to Jay.
After noticing her, Jay makes an excuse to see her – and the pair tell Martin about their romance while making him promise to stay quiet.
But unbeknownst to Lola, her daughter Lexi (Isabella Brown) is growing increasingly suspicious.
Martin spills the beans in front of his own daughter Lily who, in turn, is quick to congratulate Lexi over the romance – but the young girl is angry to realise she had been kept in the dark.
Fuming, Lexi warns Lola that she will have to make it up to her.
Kheerat Panesar is reluctant to allow Nish Panesar back into the family
4. Kheerat declares war on Nish
There’s no room for murderers in the Panesar clan and the businessman portrayed by Jaz Deol deems his father (played by Navin Chowdhry) shouldn’t escape the rule.
Things are tense this week as both men struggle to remain civil and Kheerat fails to keep his thoughts to himself.
To make matters worse for the patriarch, both Kheerat and his sister Ash (played by Gurlaine Kaur Garcha) don’t show up for a family lunch.
However, his younger brother Vinny (Shiv Jalota) is supportive of Nish.
In later scenes, Kheerat opens up to his partner Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) about his father and explains that Nish went to prison after murdering somebody that got too close to Suki, hinting Eve Unwin could be in danger.
Meanwhile, Nish tries to settle himself back into the family businesses but a series of awkward run-ins lead him straight into a confrontation with Kheerat.
Little do the Panesar children know two other Walford residents are scheming behind everyone’s backs.
Ravi wants everyone to know he’s Nish’s long-lost son – but Nina has other plans
5. Nina and Ravi continue with their plan
Nina Gupta (Hersha Verity) has been in cahoots with Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) to get her hands on his father Ranveer’s money.
The pair take their plan up to the next level but not without great difficulty as Ravi gets side-tracked easily by thinking too much of Nish Panesar.
Ravi wants everybody to know the criminal is his father.
Nish (Navin Chowdhry) was revealed as Ravi’s father in late September, 2022, but he’s only been wanting to reconnect with the children he has had with his estranged wife Suki.
But Nina soon gets a troubling call about Nish from Ash Panesar (Gurlaine Kaur Garcha) informing her that he has collapsed.
Nina arrives to find the doctor tending to the formerly incarcerated murderer.
In later scenes, she panics when she sees Ravi getting too close to Nish and decides to leave the latter alone with his daughter.
Nina then gets the chance to tell Ravi what she’s got planned to get a hold of Ranveer’s money.
She reveals that she’ll be reporting her husband as missing – declaring him dead is the only efficient way for her to get his fortune.
Could the truth about Ranveer’s death come to light?
EastEnders airs from Monday to Thursday on BBC One.
