BBC Share By Joel Harley Jan 16 2026 By Joel Harley Jan 16 2026 Everything about Jasmine's murder confession that makes no sense Make it make sense! Anthony Trueman Features Jasmine Fisher Share By Joel Harley Jan 16 2026 By Joel Harley Jan 16 2026 Jasmine Fisher confessed to the ‘murder’ of Anthony Trueman in EastEnders last night (Thursday, January 15), as the soap aired a shocking revelation. Left alone with Anthony’s body after joining Patrick and the family at the Chapel of Rest, Jasmine bid farewell to the father she never knew she had. In doing so, she revealed that she’d killed him on Christmas night, attacking him in self-defence after finding him next to unconscious Zoe. A surprising development (unless you saw it coming which, admittedly, a few did), but not necessarily one which made a lot of sense. Here’s everything about Jasmine’s murder confession which didn’t quite add up for fans. We don’t think he’s watching, Jasmine (Credit: BBC) EastEnders: Everything about Jasmine murder confession that makes no sense Why did she show a video to a corpse? Many viewers were baffled by the logistics of Jasmine’s confession – showing her video of the killing to Anthony, who lay soundly asleep dead in his coffin. Just what was the point of showing a video to a dead man, exactly? “Completely obsessed with Jasmine showing a corpse a murder video,” laughed one fan on X. Article continues below Read all the latest spoilers “I’m sorry but Jasmine showing a video to a dead man lying in a coffin sent me,” said another. “The concept of Jasmine showing Anthony, who is dead, a video,” a third joked. Well, we all grieve in different ways. Seems like a pretty cut-and-dry case of self-defence to us (Credit: BBC) Why hasn’t she come clean? To others, there was a more pressing concern. Namely, why was Jasmine sitting on a video which proved that both she and Zoe had acted in self-defence, and could presumably exonerate them both of the crime? “So Jasmine video’d herself killing Anthony and it’s clearly in self defence and your telling me she has just let Kat go to Spain to search for Chrissie and has just let Zoe sit in that cell when none of them need be in this situation,” wrote one fan on X. “Why didn’t jasmine just show the evidence of Anthony lunging at her? Like as they were putting Zoe in a police car? Or maybe the weeks since?” asked another. “Self-defence doesn’t exist in soapland,” a third commented. Said a fourth, over on Reddit: “So Jasmine killed Anthony and has a video where it was quite clear he attacked Zoe and tried to attack Jasmine so she acted in Zoe’s defense and self defense… Hand over the video, Jasmine, I don’t think you’re going to prison for this. Patrick might take it badly at first though.” Jasmine managed to incriminate herself anyway (Credit: BBC) EastEnders: Everything about Jasmine murder confession that makes no sense continued Why did she record herself? More of a directorial choice this one. Why, after killing Anthony, did Jasmine then turn the camera around to look down the lens? “Jasmine turning the camera round to serve face when someone’s just died, she really is just like her mum,” one viewer laughed. “Not Jasmine killing her dad and filming in the style of a youtube vlog,” said another. An odd choice, to be sure. Chrissie was working with Jasmine all along (Credit: BBC) EastEnders: Everything about Jasmine murder confession that makes no sense continued What was the point in Chrissie? To some, the reveal that Jasmine had killed Chrissie only served to make Chrissie Watts’ return to EastEnders more baffling. For if she hadn’t been the one to kill Anthony, then what was the point of her return in the first place? “So why did they bring back Chrissie Watts exactly?” one viewer wondered. “So she killed her dad to protect her mum….so chrissie’s return was utterly pointless,” said another. A third asked: “Why did they bring Chrissie back for no good reason?” Is the soap setting up another plot twist in Anthony’s murder? Or was Chrissie’s return a red herring all along? He wasn’t always like this… and we don’t just mean dead (Credit: BBC) The ‘assassination’ of Doctor Anthony Trueman If there’s one casualty in all of this, it’s Anthony himself. Not the Zoe-obsessed, controlling weirdo he’d become, but the altogether more normal (a term relative to Walford) man who first joined the soap in the year 2000. “I know Anthony has never been a massively popular character, even in his last stint. But I dont remember him being this bad? Has any other returning character has this much of a character assassination before?” asked one Reddit user. Another agreed: “I was quite annoyed by this. He was a lovely character originally from what I remember.” “I really feel like this would’ve been better if they dove into what changed him, because yeah, this was absolutely a weird character change,” said a third. “And his death was complete insult as well,” complained a fourth. Did Anthony deserve more? Read more: Who’s leaving, joining and returning to EastEnders? Complete list of cast exits, arrivals and returns. Share Good to Know Share By Joel Harley Jan 16 2026 By Joel Harley Jan 16 2026 Next Story
