6 EastEnders spoilers for Mon, Feb 23: Penny reveals she is pregnant and Tim blackmails troubled Callum

Jack doesn't handle the news he is going to be a grandad well...
Claire Crick

There’s a baby mystery unfolding in the Branning house in EastEnders spoilers for Mon, Feb 23, and it soon turns out that Penny is the one who is hiding a secret.

Elsewhere, Tim tricks Callum and then blackmails him, leaving him devastated and his relationship with Jonny hanging by a thread.

Read our EastEnders spoilers for Mon, Feb 23 in full, below.

Jack holding a pregnancy test in a box and looking surprised in EastEnders spoilers
Jack is shocked to find a pregnancy test (Credit: BBC)

1. Jack finds a pregnancy test

The Branning family congregates for Sunday lunch, but there’s intrigue when Jack discovers a pregnancy test still in its box. 

Jack and Denise try to figure out who the test belongs to and eventually come to the conclusion that it must be Lily’s.

However, the mystery deepens when Lily denies it is hers… until Penny admits she is the one who bought it.

Jack looking at Penny with a cross look on his face
Jack doesn’t react well to Penny’s pregnancy news (Credit: BBC)

2. Penny reveals she is pregnant

Later, Penny takes the test and lies to everyone that it’s negative. Jack is visibly relieved that Penny isn’t having a baby, inadvertently upsetting her. 

But when Jack later realises Penny lied to him and she is pregnant, she blasts him for his attitude towards her.

3. EastEnders spoilers: Linda confronts Tim

Linda bumps into Tim, and they row about Callum.

But Linda is soon left shocked when Tim reveals he’s set up a test to see whether Callum is the man the Carters think he is.

Kathy looking sad as Ian comforts her in EastEnders spoilers
Kathy begs Callum to help Ben (Credit: BBC)

4. Callum tries to help Ben

Meanwhile, Callum is torn over a letter he’s received from Ben and, as a result, goes to see Kathy to tell her what it says.

Ready to walk away, Callum decides he needs to focus on Johnny. However, Kathy has other ideas.

Kathy convinces Callum to help Ben for Lexi’s sake, but when he, Kathy and Ian arrive at their destination, Callum realises he’s been set up by Tim.

Callum sitting in the cafe with a sad look on his face
Callum is devastated to realise he has been played (Credit: BBC)

5. Tim blackmails Callum in EastEnders spoilers

Back in Walford, however, Johnny is furious that Callum went to help Ben in the first place, and as a result, they argue.

The pair then have a huge fight and, to make matters worse, things are only set to escalate further when Tim returns.

Tim arrives with news that he now has damning footage of Callum and intends to use it to blackmail him. 

Ravi talking to Vinny in the Square in EastEnders spoilers
Ravi is on the hunt for work (Credit: BBC)

6. Ravi looks for a job

Elsewhere, Ravi decides it is time to get his life on track and applies for a job at the car lot.

Could this be a new line of work for him?

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