BBC Share Add as a preferred source on Google By Claire Crick 17 Feb 2026, 00:02 By Claire Crick 17 Feb 2026, 00:02 8 EastEnders spoilers for Mon, Feb 23: Penny's pregnant, Ravi causes hostage drama and Callum is blackmailed Penny's having a baby, but not everyone is happy Callum Highway Patrick Trueman Penny Branning Ravi Gulati Vinny Panesar Share Add as a preferred source on Google By Claire Crick 17 Feb 2026, 00:02 By Claire Crick 17 Feb 2026, 00:02 Penny Branning discovers she is pregnant in EastEnders spoilers for Mon, Feb 23, but she’s heartbroken when Jack has a shocking reaction to her news. Elsewhere, Ravi has a breakdown and holds people hostage in the pharmacy, Denzel comes up with a way to help ease Patrick’s grief, and Callum finds himself being blackmailed. Read our EastEnders spoilers for Mon, Feb 23 in full below… Penny has some huge news next week (Credit: BBC) 1. Penny reveals she’s pregnant There’s drama at a Branning Sunday lunch when Jack discovers a pregnancy test. As he and Denise try and work out who it might belong to, they initially think it could be Lily’s. However, the mystery deepens when Lily denies it’s hers. After more digging, it turns out the pregnancy test belongs to Penny, leaving Jack stunned. Later, Penny finally takes the test and she lies to her dad that it is negative. Article continues below Read all the latest spoilers Jack is visibly relieved when Penny tells him she isn’t having a baby… but when he later realises she lied to him, all hell breaks loose. Jack doesn’t react well to Penny’s news (Credit: BBC) 2. Jack accidentally offends Penny After Penny blasts Jack for his attitude towards her pregnancy, he is forced to apologise to his daughter. Still trying to get her head around the news herself, Penny talks to Lauren. Penny admits to Lauren that she is struggling with potentially changing her life completely, and the pair talk things through. Jack tries to make amends after his earlier blunder, but ends up making things worse rather than better. After her dad’s reaction to her news, Penny is worried about telling Vinny. However, Oscar does the job for her when he accidentally lets slip to Vinny that Penny had a pregnancy scare. Vinny goes with Penny to the doctors (Credit: BBC) 3. Vinny makes a life-changing decision Vinny rushes over to see Penny to talk about the pregnancy. She later invites him to go with her to a doctor’s appointment to talk about her options. There, Penny gets annoyed when the doctor seems to sideline her in the conversation. The doctor talks about what support the pair can get if they decide to keep the baby, but what will Penny and Vinny decide? Callum tells Kathy about his letter from Ben (Credit: BBC) 4. Callum gets blackmailed in EastEnders spoilers Callum is torn over a letter he has received from Ben and goes to see Kathy to talk about it. He is determined to walk away from the situation and focus on Johnny, but Kathy has other ideas. She convinces him that he has to help Ben for Lexi’s sake, but it soon turns out that not everything is as it seems. When Ian, Kathy and Callum arrive in a mystery location to help Ben, they realise Tim has set them up. Johnny is shocked that Callum is being blackmailed (Credit: BBC) 5. Linda gets involved with Tim’s drama As the drama with Ben’s letter unfolds, Linda worries that Johnny’s going to end up with a broken heart. She bumps into Tim, and they row about Callum. But Tim soon drops a bombshell that shocks Linda. He tells her that he has set up a trap for Callum to see if he is the man the Carters think he is. Johnny considers going through with Tim’s demands (Credit: BBC) 6. Johnny considers the unthinkable When Callum returns to Walford after being set up by Tim, Johnny is fuming that Callum went to the location to help Ben in the first place. The couple have a huge fight; however, things soon get worse. Tim later arrives with news of the damning footage of Callum and uses it to blackmail him. With his relationship with Callum in tatters, Jonny decides to try and reason with Tim. But, instead of backing down, Tim reveals he will only delete the footage of Callum and drop his demands if Johnny sleeps with him. Will Johnny go through with Tim’s demands to save Callum? Ravi goes job hunting (Credit: BBC) 7. EastEnders spoilers: Ravi tries to make things right Trying to get his life on the straight and narrow, Ravi applies for a job at the car lot. Ravi gets ready for his interview with Lauren, but when he arrives, he is thrown to realise it is Max who will be interviewing him. Things only get worse for Ravi when Priya inadvertently dents his ego once again… leaving him at an all-time low. Ravi spirals once again (Credit: BBC) 8. Ravi spirals out of control As he continues to look for work, Ravi is a broken man. Mark offers him a last-minute job, but when Nugget has a seizure, Ravi misses the meet up. Priya is fuming with Ravi that he forgot to pick up Nugget’s prescription from the pharmacy, so he heads out to get it. However, things spiral out of control when there is a problem dispensing the medication. Stressed and under pressure, Ravi locks the door of the chemist’s and says no one is leaving until he has the medication. Later, Nugget, Denise and Bea all grow increasingly worried about Ravi, and he refuses to let anyone leave. Will everyone make it out okay? Denzel tries to help Patrick through his grief (Credit: BBC) 9. Denzel tries to help Patrick in EastEnders spoilers Knowing Partick is still struggling in the wake of Anthony’s murder, Denzel gets an idea from Tommy that might help. He decides that an AI Anthony might be the answer and works on the idea to help Patrick grieve. Later, when he plays AI Anthony to Patrick, Kim and Yolande, it is all too much for Patrick, and he rushes away. However, Patrick later returns, and as he asks to speak to the AI version of his son, Yolande worries that this could do more harm than good. Is she right? Read more: Who’s leaving, joining and returning to EastEnders? Complete list of cast exits, arrivals and returns. Share Add as a preferred source on Google Good to Know Share Add as a preferred source on Google By Claire Crick 17 Feb 2026, 00:02 By Claire Crick 17 Feb 2026, 00:02 Next Story
