BBC EastEnders downfall ‘sealed’ for The Six as lies rumbled – but it’s ‘not Jack’

EastEnders’ The Six found themselves struggling to hide their killer secret once more on Thursday night.

Linda Carter, Stacey Slater, Kathy Beale and Suki Panesar were panicked as they were gathered for a meeting by Denise Fox, while Sharon Watts is still in Australia. Last time most of the women saw Denise she was suffering from psychosis and struggling with her mental health, as the guilt over the events of Christmas Day took their toll.

Denise ended up being sectioned amid the other women fearing she would expose their murder cover-up. Linda killed Keanu Taylor on Christmas Day, and the women buried his body under the floor of the café.

Prior to his death, Denise had attacked Nish Panesar and almost killed him, as she tried to stop him from hurting his wife Suki. Nish survived, and the women claimed that Keanu attacked him before going on the run.

But Stacey blurted out to her secret fling and Denise’s husband Jack Branning that Denise attacked Nish in a recent episode, trying to explain why Denise has fallen apart. She had no support from the other women around this time, who were too busy trying to cover their tracks and were distancing themselves from Denise.

On Thursday after Denise was discharged from hospital, she looked to the future. But she was soon confronted by Jack after Stacey had revealed how she told him the truth.

While she kept out the stuff about Keanu, it was enough to send detective Jack back to the police station to trawl through the evidence from Christmas Day. He wanted to know why all of the women lied about Keanu, and why he apparently went on the run.

In fact, Jack urged Denise to confess her crime to the police fearing Keanu would return and expose his wife, also risking his job. Of course he has no idea Keanu is dead and can’t reveal what really happened.

But amid Denise and the others fearing Jack knows too much and might find out what really happened, there was another scene that perhaps hinted The Six have disbanded. It could lead to one woman in particular exposing what really happened, after weeks of being unsupported and left to fend for herself.

Denise gathered the women to tell them she wanted to go her separate ways from them all, as she could not take herself back to the dark place she had been in in recent weeks. She believed the best thing for all of them was to move on from Keanu’s death, and do their best to live their lives and forget what had happened.

While the women claimed they weren’t sure they could, Denise made it clear she did not want to be involved with the other women ever again and would be happy to walk past them as if they were strangers. But could Denise be planning the ultimate revenge after being let down by the women at her darkest hour?

After all, it’s her necklace buried with Keanu’s body and the women refused to help her retrieve it, sending her spiralling as she feared the women would set her up. But given how the women have been with her, might Denise be preparing the ultimate takedown to expose Linda as Keanu’s killer, and the other women for their involvement?