EastEnders airs devastating death details as Teddy delivers surprise demand
SPOILERS: Billy Mitchell is devastated as he learns the truth about the death of his mum Val in the latest instalment of EastEnders, as his suspicions finally come to light
This article contains spoilers for the episode due to air on Wednesday, July 10, but is available to watch now on BBC iPlayer.
Billy Mitchell has been left devastated as he learns the truth about his mum’s death in the latest episode of EastEnders.
When market-stall holder Billy tried to arrange a family celebration to mark his dad Stevie’s birthday, it lead to a horrifying discovery. The celebration was interrupted by a suspicious Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), leading Stevie (Alan Ford) to finally confess that Billy’s mum Val was dead – after committing suicide decades before.
Billy (Perry Fenwick) and half-brother Teddy (Roland Manookian) were stunned as Stevie revealed that his affair with Teddy’s mum had broken Val to the point where she took her own life when Billy was just nine years old.
Heartbroken Billy had spent his whole life believing his mother was out there somewhere after abandoning the family. The extra twist that Stevie had set up home and played happy families with Teddy, while the young Billy ended up in care, resulted in a violent altercation as Billy punched his newfound sibling.
Phil was particularly pleased by Stevie’s latest lie and urged Billy to see that Stevie was no good and should be banished from the Mitchell family for good.
Making a private call to beloved fiancée Honey (Emma Barton), who was away looking after her poorly Aunt Caroline, Billy sobbed his heart out in a voicemail as he relayed the bombshell of his mother’s suicide. As he said the news out load, he broke down as he struggled to get his words out in a gut-wrenching scene.
Meanwhile, Teddy paid Billy another visit, explaining that he hadn’t been aware of Val’s death. He urged Billy not to throw away their growing brotherly bond, and when Billy described his years at the bottom of the family pile, Teddy insisted that Billy was a rich man due to his devoted loved ones, making him better than head of the clan Phil.
Later, Teddy shared a drink with his dad outside of The Vic and suggested that he left Walford. During a heart to heart, Teddy said: “You turned mum into some big lie as well. Mum, like she was just some girl you picked up one night.
“You can’t help yourself can you? You’ve lied your entire life and now you just can’t stop. It’s not just you and Billy you have flushed down the khazi neither.”
Stevie took a swig of his drink and asked Teddy: “So what happens now?”. “Well that’s me and Billy now”, Teddy replied, “So I think it’s best you go.”
Looking upset and disappointed, Stevie glares at his son – but will he leave Albert Square for good?
Across the Square, Billy was further shocked when his son Will (Freddie Phillips) misunderstood his venting and revealed that Phil had made him frame Stevie for the charity money theft.
Empowered by Teddy’s encouragement and furious at Phil’s constant deceit, Billy confronted him, telling him that matriarch Peggy (Barbara Windsor) would be turning in her grave.
Billy pointed out that he had spent years hailing Phil a hero, but that in his book, Phil was now “the runt of the litter” instead of Billy as the hard man looked on with anger in his eyes.
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EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer
