EastEnders seals Linda’s fate after shocking week of devastation and disgrace

Linda Carter’s (Kellie Bright) loved ones are astatine the extremity of their tether successful EastEnders arsenic her drinking spirals retired of power successful the pb up to the festive season.

The landlady of the Queen Vic, arsenic viewers know, has been seeking solace successful the bottommost of a vessel for overmuch of this twelvemonth arsenic she struggles to process the events of past Christmas.

Despite the information that she was simply trying to prevention Sharon Watts’ (Letitia Dean), taking Keanu Taylor’s (Danny Walters) beingness has weighed heavy connected her, arsenic has Bernie’s (Clair Norris) menace of going to the police.

With Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) having handed himself successful to the constabulary for the transgression and Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) having confessed to raping her a decennary ago, Linda yet sought assistance for her addiction – but Bernie’s instrumentality to the Square led to her relapsing.

What’s more, the discovery that her beloved dada John was gay – and that Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) knew – near her questioning everything.

Johnny (Charlie Suff) has desperately tried to get Linda assistance to nary avail and upcoming scenes volition spot him devastated erstwhile Ollie relays the existent grade of their mum’s disturbing and drunken behaviour.

Before helium tin face her, Linda gets drunk again and proceeds to footwear punters retired of the Vic – each successful beforehand of Ollie.

At his wits end, Johnny corners his mum, telling her the interaction that her drinking is having connected her loved ones – namely Ollie and Annie – but Linda refuses to perceive it, turning connected him.

‘When Johnny confronts her astir Ollie not wanting to beryllium astir her, Linda conscionable can’t spell there,’ admitted histrion Kellie Bright arsenic she discussed the scenes successful question.

‘She doesn’t privation to perceive it and what’s happening to her is ever idiosyncratic else’s fault, truthful Linda conscionable turns it each backmost astir connected Johnny. She becomes astir similar a kid and he’s the adult.

‘Linda can’t look astatine herself, truthful she turns everything outward, and she won’t admit she’s got a problem. In her head, she is justifying it by believing that everything she does is close and everything that Johnny does is wrong’.

Fed up of her loved ones attempting to intervene, Linda packs her bags and leaves the pub, going to enactment with Sharon.

Sharon – who knows much than astir astir the interaction that intoxicant addiction tin person connected one’s household – gives Linda rather the dressing down implicit her behaviour.

Linda truthful decides to caput location but she encounters Bernie en route, with the confrontation proving alternatively upsetting.

Utterly heartbroken, the matriarch drops successful to the Minute Mart to bargain immoderate booze. Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) refuses to service her truthful Linda simply grabs the vessel and storms out.

Alfie reports the incidental backmost to Johnny, who discovers that Sharon’s spot has been breached into and robbed – each due to the fact that Linda near the doorway open.

Hitting the vessel erstwhile again, Linda’s behaviour escalates, bringing disgrace to her and symptom to her loved ones. Upsetting showdowns with some Alfie and Johnny ensue – and she knocks backmost the booze similar ne'er before.

Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) and Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) connection to be a gathering with her and Linda agrees, which comes arsenic welcomed quality to Johnny, who is pleased that his mum seemingly wants to recover.

But his excitement is short-lived, with Linda successful the grips of her addiction erstwhile again erstwhile Elaine returns from her honeymoon, horrified to spot however acold her girl has fallen.

‘When Elaine comes back, she rapidly discovers she has to instrumentality drastic action,’ said Kellie. ‘She needs to get Linda assistance due to the fact that she can’t transportation connected similar this.’

Elaine’s attempts to get done to Linda autumn flat, however, and a genuinely devastating time ensues, with the Vic’s newest landlady realising that she tin nary longer alteration her daughter, alternatively issuing her with a shocking ultimatum.

The question is: conscionable what does this ultimatum entail? And volition it beryllium drastic capable to marque Linda halt drinking?

Or, with filming pictures hinting astatine a bleak extremity for Linda, volition Elaine’s ultimatum simply pb to much devastation for the Carter clan?

One to watch: Thursday December 12 astatine 7:30pm connected BBC One oregon watercourse from 6am connected BBC iPlayer.

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