One thing that's bothering fans about baby Ivy as a sickening secret looms over George and Nicola
Fans can't get past thing one thing as baby Ivy settles in at home...
WARNING: This article is full of spoilers for today’s EastEnders episode, which is streaming on BBC iPlayer now but has not yet aired on BBC One, and sees baby Ivy settling into life at home.
Today’s EastEnders sees George come face-to-face with his adoptive dad, Eddie Knight. But while this is a milestone moment in the soap, it isn’t what has got fans talking. Instead, viewers are fixated on baby Ivy.
George panics that something is wrong with Ivy in EastEnders
As George and Nicola settle into life at home with a premature newborn, the last thing they needed was Eddie Knight being thrown into the mix.
George’s killer dad has been in prison for killing George’s biological father many decades ago. But he is now dying from cancer and being treated in Walford General.
Yesterday’s episode saw Nicola go and see Eddie, desperate to warn him away from her family. But today, George works out that Nicola has been lying about where she went.
He confronts her after finding a parking ticket for the hospital car park. Nicola tries to lie her way out of it, but George worries there is something wrong with her or Ivy. Knowing she has been caught out, Nicola eventually admits that Eddie called, and he is dying.
George is shocked by the news, but not because he wants a relationship with his father. Instead, he likes that his dad being in jail means he knows where he is at all times.
George and Eddie come face-to-face
Nicola tells George he doesn’t have to go and see his father, but George wants to. He heads to the hospital, and while he is gone, Kojo and Gina pop in to see baby Ivy.
They are shocked that George has gone to see his racist dad… and it is all too much for Gina.
Meanwhile, George is at the hospital, where Eddie is apologising for his past behaviour. He admits to being racist, for hating George for the colour of his skin, and that he was horrible to George and his mother in the past.
Although he is stunned to get an apology, it is too little too late for George. However, there is some softening towards his dad as he returns home and asks Nicola about what he should do going forward.
Eddie proves he hasn’t changed
However, what the pair don’t know is, as always, Eddie is keeping a sickening secret. Despite telling his family that he is dying, the real reason he wants to reconnect is that he doesn’t want to die in prison.
After George’s visit, Eddie talks to the nurse, who tells him that he is getting stronger and ready to be discharged. She warns Eddie that if he doesn’t have somewhere to live for his final days, then he will be going back to prison.
EastEnders fans have been watching Ivy closely
But surprisingly, it isn’t Eddie’s sickening lie that has got fans talking. They are more interested in the fact that baby Ivy seems to change every time she is on screen.
Understandably, Ivy is a newborn, which means several babies will be on set playing the role at one time. But while fans know this, they have joked on social media about how different all the babies look…
“How many babies did they use for Ivy in ONE episode?!” said one fan on Reddit. “This is the comment I ran here for, full head of hair in one scene, wispy in the next,” joked a second viewer.
“One scene, Nicola is holding a premature-sized baby, then the next scene she is gigantic and ready for college!” said someone else.
Over on X, fans were saying the same thing. “One minute, Ivy has a full head of hair, the next she’s bald. Having Barney as her brother is clearly stressing her out!” a viewer joked.
Someone else added: “How many babies were used in today’s episode? A different baby was used for every scene!” While another fan agreed: “Yes! In the scene with Gina, she had a head full and was much bigger, then in the next scene, the baby was tiny with hardly any hair!”
