'Um, what was that ending?!' EastEnders fans fuming as Nancy returns in double bombshell no one saw coming
Nancy isn't the only one returning to Walford...
EastEnders spoilers are included in this article about Nancy. The episode hasn’t aired on TV, but it is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
Today’s EastEnders sees Nancy return to the Square for the first time in four years. But she’s hiding a secret that is revealed at the end of the episode, and fans are stunned.
Nancy makes her EastEnders comeback
Nancy pulls up in a cab, visiting her old home for the first time since June 2022. However, she isn’t back to see her mum, Linda. Instead, she is there to get legal advice from her younger brother, Johnny.
While Johnny is pleased to see his sister, he is surprised when she is adamant Linda mustn’t know she’s there.
Then, Nancy starts to feel unwell and gets a cab to Walford General. Johnny offers to go with her, but she is adamant she will be fine on her own. But while they’re talking, Max sees Nancy and goes to tell Linda.
Linda is shocked to hear her daughter is in the Square, and she and Elaine race to the hospital to see Nancy.
But while Linda panics that Nancy must have been back to tell her that she is ill, the pair are shocked when they come face to face with Nancy and see that she is heavily pregnant.
Linda demands the truth from Nancy in EastEnders
As Linda grills her daughter about the baby, whether she has been checked over by doctors and who the father is, Nancy clams up.
She tells her mum she is interfering as usual, and asks her to leave. While Linda has no intention of going anywhere, Elaine can see that all her daughter’s questions are getting them nowhere, and tells Linda they should give Nancy some space.
Later, Nancy realises that she needs to come clean to her mum, and arrives at Peacock Palace. Linda’s thrilled to see her, and is even more surprised when her eldest son, Lee, also turns up.
Shocked at seeing both her kids standing in front of her, Linda is even more surprised when Lee reveals the baby is his.
Fans aren’t happy…
But while it is clear that the soap is planning a surrogate storyline for the siblings, fans are fuming with the writers. They are convinced that the show bosses were trying to tease an incest plot twist and make fans think something was going on between the siblings…
“I found it embarrassing and cheap as a lazy ‘shock’ doof doof,” said one fan on Reddit.
While another viewer added: “I beg your pardon, but, um, what was that ending?!”
“It’s genuinely offensive how dumb the writers think the audience is. They think people are sitting here going ‘ew, incest’?!” said a third fan.
A fourth fan pointed out that while it is clearly a surrogacy storyline, the ending was a step too far… “I’m not sure it needed that shock ending to make the audience think it was incest!”
