Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) is left terrified by her son Tommy Moon’s (Sonny Kendall) actions in EastEnders next week, as the soap’s child-to-parent abuse storyline ramps up.
It was recently announced that the mother and son would be central to the hard-hitting plot, which will see Tommy manipulate Kat’s unequivocal love for him to exert his anger and elicit control.
Fans watched on in horror in August when he punched Kat in the stomach after she refused to get back with estranged husband Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden). He then reported Kat to social services after she’d pushed him away in self-defence.
Sadly for Kat, things take another dark turn in next week’s episodes after her ex-husband and Tommy’s adopted dad Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) lands a new job as the manager of the Minute Mart.
With the family facing money problems, Tommy misguidedly plans to steal from the café but Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) catches him in the act.
Kathy goes to see Kat, telling her she needs to have a stern word with her son. But when Kat tries to talk to Tommy, he physically intimidates her.
Later in the week, the Mitchells gather to celebrate Jay Brown’s (Jamie Borthwick) 30th birthday, where he shows Kat and Phil a video message from his late wife Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) but Tommy ruins the mood.
When Kat asks Tommy to stop making such a racket, Phil is stunned when Tommy is viciously rude to his mother.
Things go from bad to worse when Tommy tries to leave, and Kat grabs him…
Will Phil step in to help his ex and save her from her abusive son?
EastEnders airs these scenes from Monday 7 October at 7.30pm on BBC One and from 6am on iPlayer.
