BBC EastEnders spoilers next week: Reiss exposed, surprise proposal and blackmail twist

EastEnders is lining up explosive scenes next week with several characters in trouble.

Spoilers for next week reveal Reiss Colwell is exposed by Phil Mitchell amid his sinister behaviour. Meanwhile, Eve Unwin proposes to Suki Panesar after a newcomer leaves her feeling threatened in her relationship.

Elsewhere on the BBC One soap, Linda Carter makes a shocking discovery before she starts receiving blackmail letters. Here’s the biggest storylines ahead on EastEnders next week…

Reiss Colwell exposed by Phil Mitchell

Only recently on the BBC One soap, Reiss Colwell murdered his comatose wife Debbie as he struggled to cope with the growing finances her care had been costing, as well as the money spent on his IVF journey with Sonia Fowler, who revealed last week she is pregnant.

Prior to killing Debbie, Reiss attempted to scam Sharon Watts by lying about an outstanding VAT receipt, warning she had to pay £13,500 as soon as possible. However, Phil Mitchell got word of this and insisted on seeing the receipt to which Reiss lied, pretending the receipt had been shredded and that he had found a loophole to get out of paying the alleged outstanding VAT. However, still needing money, Reiss then pressured Sharon into investing the £13,500 into a fake investment scheme with an oblivious Sharon handing over the cash, thinking her funds would be doubled or tripled.

Spoilers for next week see Reiss worrying about the post-mortem results but Sonia reassures him that it’s just routine procedure. Later, Eve Unwin spies Reiss with Debbie’s old wedding ring in the café and things go from bad to worse for Reiss when Phil appears to expose his scam as he demands a return on his fake investment scheme within 24 hours… later in the week, Reiss pales as he doesn’t have the funds to pay Phil and fabricates a lie to Sonia.

Surprise proposal amid newcomer’s arrival

Spoilers for next week see Eve Unwin propose to Suki Panesar after the latter’s ex Nish Panesar meddles in their relationship. In upcoming scenes, Nish surprises Suki by showing up with an old acquaintance, Ayesha, the widow of Hardeep who Nish killed 20 years ago. Suki is stunned to see Ayesha after all this time and it’s not long until the newcomer riles at Nish for his crime before fleeing.

This prompts Suki to follow Ayesha as they head back to her house and later they go to The Vic for a drink with Eve. However, scheming Nish spies an opportunity to meddle as he plants a seed of doubt in Eve’s head about Suki and Ayesha’s close bond… Later, following Nish’s meddling, Eve is irritated when Suki continues to praise Ayesha.

This prompts Eve to confide in Stacey Slater about her worries but Stacey points out that she reckons Nish is manipulating the situation. After a run-in in the café with Nish, Eve makes a bold decision and heads to The Vic to propose to Suki in front of Ayesha, Stacey and the Panesars… will she say yes?

Blackmail twist

Soap watchers will recall that The Six have framed Dean Wicks for the murder of Keanu Taylor and he is currently in prison awaiting trial. Linda Carter is actually responsible for Keanu’s death but the character, as well as Denise Fox, Kathy Beale, Sharon Watts, Stacey Slater and Suki Panesar, have all stuck together as The Six to protect Linda and instead frame evil rapist Dean for the crime.

In upcoming scenes, Linda is rocked when a contact of Dean’s, Fraser, accosts her in The Vic and offers her a deal… it’s not long until Linda’s protective mother, Elaine, intervenes and orders him to leave. However, later once alone with son Johnny, it’s clear she is tempted to take the deal but he desperately tries to talk her out of the idea before she turns to the bottle again. The next day, Linda wakes hungover at The Vic and raises concerns with Elaine when she forgets Annie’s dentist appointment.

Later in the week, Linda makes a shocking discovery whilst bottling up at The Vic and things get worse the next day when she receives a blackmail letter as she tries to determine who might have sent it. Later, Linda receives a second letter and loses control, causing a scene as she accuses individuals in The Vic. Johnny consoles her upstairs whilst unbeknownst to them, the culprit sending the letters is visiting Dean… what is his plan?