This article contains spoilers from Wednesday’s (March 20) EastEnders, which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on BBC iPlayer.
Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) has been taking extreme action to keep daughter Jade Masood (Elizabeth Green) close to him in EastEnders, but just when we thought he couldn’t stoop any lower he surpassed all of our expectations.
After learning that Jade planned to move to Pakistan with mum Shabnam once she had recovered from her chest infection, Dean began tampering with her antibiotics, leaving the pill cases empty so that they had no affect.
In more recent scenes, Dean accompanied Jade to her fundraiser in the Queen Vic, much to the horror of Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), and confided in her that he wanted her to stay with him longer.
However, Jade was determined to move to make the move to Pakistan, and made it clear that nothing Dean said could make her stay with him.
Furious at being defied, Dean disconnected the tube from Jade’s oxygen tank, leaving her completely vulnerable.
It didn’t take long for Jade to grow breathless, and Dean was instantly there to support her.
However, after a conversation with Linda, Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) decided it would be best if Dean left, and soon he was being wrestled out of the building by Johnny Carter and George Knight (Charlie Suff and Colin Salmon), despite his insistence that he needed to be there to care for his ailing daughter.
As Jade stood up to deliver her speech, Dean was forced to listen from outside, and he grew concerned as it became clear that Jade was struggling to breathe.
Things took a shocking turn when Jade collapsed, sending the crowd into a panic, with Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) rushing to find Dean.
As Dean came to Jade’s aid, he placed the blame for her condition on an upset Jean.
With no one suspecting Dean of vandalising Jade’s oxygen, will he get away with his crime, and will Jade pull through, or has he killed his own daughter?
