As Zoe accuses Tommy and Jean confesses to tormenting her, the Slater family continues to tear itself apart tomorrow
So it was Jean after all?
Zoe Slater’s stalker drama came to a head in EastEnders tonight (Monday, December 1), as she accused Tommy of tormenting her… while, downstairs, Jean confessed to the latest threat.
Jean had struck at the Walford Christmas lights switch-on ceremony, unveiling a sinister message in the window of The Vic. Horrified, Zoe rushed indoors, where she found evidence suggesting that Tommy had been responsible.
Zoe confronted Tommy, unaware of a similar encounter unfolding downstairs. But who was behind this latest threat?
Here’s what happened in EastEnders tonight – and what happens next.
Jean and Zoe at each other’s throats in EastEnders tonight
It was the day of Freddie and Anna’s departure from Walford, and Jean was in full-on manic mode, still blaming Zoe for Freddie’s decision to leave, and Elaine for getting in the way.
At The Vic, Jean walked in to find Kat and Alfie discussing Zoe’s Christmas card threat. Hearing Alfie suggest that maybe she’d been behind it, Jean launched into another rant – just as a freaked-out Zoe also entered.
As another vitriol-infused sniping match broke out, Kat only managed to make things worse by suggesting that maybe Anthony had sent the card. At the cafe, Zoe accused the man himself, and his lack of a denial didn’t exactly dissuade her from her suspicions.
After encouraging Zoe to leave Anthony in the past where he belongs, Kat also tried to talk Jean into backing off. “Just one more thing, and she’s out of here,” Kat despaired, fearing that she was about to lose her daughter again.
A terrifying message was revealed
Later, as he returned home with Lily, Kat tried to enlist Tommy’s help with everything that was going on. He was clearly hiding something though, and refused to lend a hand with the lights switch-on, before storming off in a huff. Lily, meanwhile, was worried for Jean, fearing that she’d been pushing herself too hard in preparing for Freddie and Anna’s goodbye party.
Between Howie’s proposal to Kim, and Lily and Freddie’s farewell celebrations, the residents of Walford were feeling festive. However, the good mood didn’t last long.
And, as Elaine switched the lights on, all eyes turned to The Vic, where another message had lit up in the upstairs window. ‘DIE,’ it read menacingly.
Zoe accused Tommy as Jean confessed to Lily in EastEnders tonight
Upstairs in The Vic, a terrified Zoe was packing her things when she happened across Tommy’s rucksack – finding packaging for the lights inside his bag. Horrified, she accused Tommy of stalking her, just as Kat and Alfie walked in.
Meanwhile, downstairs, Lily made an accusation of her own – confronting her over what had happened. “I want her out of our lives. Gone,” Jean admitted.
Was Jean behind it all?
Zoe takes comfort in Anthony as all hell breaks loose tomorrow
As the story continues tomorrow (Tuesday, December 2), Tommy denies having anything to do with Zoe’s stalking. After raging at her family, Zoe returns downstairs, where a huge argument erupts between her and Vicki.
Kat is forced to step in, kicking Zoe out. She seeks refuge at the Trueman household, where Anthony invites her to stay.
