BBC EastEnders villain’s exit ‘sealed’ after 18 years – but fans spot problem for The Six

EastEnders appeared to hint at one villain’s exit after 18 years on Tuesday night but fans spotted a problem for The Six.

Only recently, Sharon Watts found herself being quizzed by police over her late fiancé Keanu Taylor’s death, as his body was found last week.

Fans will recall that Keanu was murdered at Christmas by Linda Carter when she killed him with a meat thermometer while trying to protect Sharon.

The Six, including Sharon, Linda, Suki Panesar, Stacey Slater, Kathy Beale and Denise Fox, then covered up the crime and their parts in it. Keanu’s corpse was buried under the floor of the café, while the women told the police that Keanu had fled and was on the run after attacking Nish Panesar.

This lie and his true fate has recently been exposed after his body was found at the café last week. Sharon has found herself as number one suspect and on Tuesday night Linda was left shocked to learn from her son, Johnny Carter, who is representing Sharon, that the rest of The Six are keeping hold of the murder weapon as insurance and will frame Linda if they have to.

However, Johnny vowed to sort it by getting Sharon released as the latter threatened him, warning he has 24 hours before she reveals all to the police. After deliberating what to do, Linda finally decided to hand herself in.

Yet in true soap style, ahead of Linda handing herself in, the latter and Stacey witnessed a nasty argument between Dean Wicks and Harvey Monroe outside the Queen Vic, where Harvey exposed Dean for messing with his daughter Jade’s medication, who has undergone a life-saving lung transplant surgery amid her cystic fibrosis battle, in order to stop her from moving to Pakistan with her mother Shabnam.

Dean, who is planning on moving to America with Jade, got nasty which prompted Linda to step in as she bravely stood up to her rapist. Linda said: “Any decent person would have the courage to face up to what they’ve done” to which vile Dean replied with: “Oh give it up Linda, like you gave it up back then…”

As Linda was supported by her loved ones, Dean warned: “Can’t touch me, any of you!” as he hinted he was leaving Albert Square tomorrow. As a smug Dean walked away, Harvey shared his frustrations with Stacey, pointing out “men like that” never face consequences and they continue to get away with torturing women, arguing: “Where is the justice?”

This gave Stacey food for thought and later when Linda prepared to hand herself in, Kathy revealed that they were instead setting up Dean. It then showed Stacey in Dean’s flat with the murder weapon as she prepared to plant it.

Taking to Twitter, now X, viewers went wild for the twist but others were quick to point out an issue for The Six. One person said: “Nottttt Stacey tryna Frame Dean. Have they not learned? He gets away with EVERYTHING #Eastenders” while a different account put: “How are they going to get Dean’s prints on it, or are they already on it?”

Elsewhere, another soap watcher put: “Hopefully he won’t notice anything odd but he’s so slimy who knows!”, a different viewer said: “Dean wont get framed” while another added: “They don’t even know where he was on the night of the murder he’s probably got am alibi for that night!”

With Stacey planning on framing Dean, could this be an exit for the villain who first made his debut 18 years ago and returned last year?