EastEnders fans 'work out' Natalie Cassidy exit as Sonia is set to face fresh danger

With Natalie Cassidy officially leaving EastEnders, fans of the BBC soap deliberation they person worked retired her exit storyline up of the 40th day unrecorded special

EastEnders is preparing to observe its 40th day with a week of episodes, with everything gathering up to Thursday's unrecorded special.

With Natalie Cassidy acceptable to permission the BBC soap this year, fans are present convinced that they cognize however Sonia Jackson volition spell – and viewers should person their tissues astatine the ready. Next week successful Albert Square, Reiss returns to Walford and arsenic Bianca confronts him implicit his crimes, it triggers a bid of events that pb to a immense detonation wrong The Queen Vic.

As the nationalist goes up successful flames, Sonia finds herself trapped wrong and goes into labour. With nary aesculapian enactment connected manus and lone 2 radical with her, there's uncertainty implicit whether she'll marque it retired alive.

With viewers acceptable to find retired successful the unrecorded episode, galore are convinced that Sonia's exit is connected to her being successful the fire. One spectator took to societal media to springiness their thoughts, writing: "It would beryllium melodramatic if they did termination of Sonia."

A 2nd said: "I deliberation Sonia and Bianca volition nail Reiss, but Sonia goes successful to prevention idiosyncratic aft blast and dies #EastEnders #EastEnders40 #EE40."

A 3rd suggested that Sonia won't beryllium the lone decease successful the special, with Martin, Ruby and Stacey besides astatine risk. "Martin gets injured successful the occurrence and dies successful the ambulance with Stacey and Ruby being there, Ruby past stabs Stacey who besides dies," they predicted. "The ambulance past proceeds to clang portion moving implicit Sonia Fowler with Sonia and Ruby some dying owed to injuries sustained successful the crash."

Meanwhile, 1 instrumentality predicted that Sonia volition beryllium brought backmost from the brink of decease by the shade of her dormant ex-boyfriend Jamie Mitchell, who was killed erstwhile Martin Fowler accidentally ran him over. "Ooooh ideate if Sonia is caught successful the Vic Fire and earlier she's astir to dice successful the flames she sees Jamie who tells her it's not her time!!!" the spectator said.

Another instrumentality was sceptical of the Sonia decease rumours, writing: "Hmmm I don't deliberation Sonia dies...why would they denote she's leaving the amusement if the large day decease is expected to beryllium a surprise? #Eastenders," they said.

Since Tuesday's spoilers came to light, fans person been convinced that Martin Fowler volition dice successful the upcoming fire. "Pretty overmuch convinced that Martin is going to die," 1 spectator wrote.

EastEnders' unrecorded occurrence airs Thursday 20 February connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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