It could be the end of the road for two soap villains as Pat Phelan finds himself trapped and fighting against death in Coronation Street while the time could be up for Aidan Maguire in EastEnders as Mick Carter contemplates committing murder.
There are big showdowns elsewhere in soapland too as Rebecca White attacks Joe Tate in her confusion and ends up arrested in Emmerdale while in Hollyoaks, Lily Drinkwell and Prince McQueen’s wedding seems set to be torn apart by a kidnap twist.
With a shocking accusation, some revenge, some infidelity and intense grief thrown in too, there is plenty to come so here is your big preview:
Coronation Street
Phelan finds himself in danger as he disposes of Andy and Vinny’s bodies at the mill site – when he becomes trapped in setting cement. As Eileen and Tim race to the scene, can he be saved? And how will Eileen react when she discovers the shocking truth about the Calcutta scam?
When Fiz discovers that Ruby’s behaviour hasn’t improved, she takes Hope away to stay with Chesney. Gemma comes round to comfort Tyrone and one thing leads to another as they share a passionate kiss.
Kate and Rana are secretly back together with Zeedan reluctantly giving his blessing for them to continue seeing each other but Kate is invited round for dinner by Sophie and has to awkwardly end things with her, leaving her feeling crushed.
EastEnders
As Aidan’s destructive behaviour continues to cause havoc in Walford, Mick contacts a hitman and is left with a decision to make. Later, he lies in wait for the villain in the Vic, a final and climactic showdown kicks off but who will come out on top?
After seeing the driver from the day of the heist, Phil makes some discoveries about the money and starts to piece everything together. As he leaves a troubling message for Sharon, has she been caught out?
Billy is attacked by Aidan when he intervenes during a clash with Mel and Honey later helps to care for his injury. As Billy starts to develop hope, Honey feels envy when she sees him spending time with Mel. Are there still feelings between the pair?
Emmerdale
Confused, Rebecca lets herself into Home Farm as she still thinks she lives there so when Joe comes in, she is left distressed and hits him. Rebecca is later arrested but police soon realise that there is more to this than meets the eye and call the doctor.
As Ross’ hope over a skin graft is left dashed and makes him turn to drink, Pete and Debbie try to offer him advice about what he should do – but this causes him to kick off. Enraged by how Debbie has been treated, Cain heads over to confront Ross and kicks down the door.
Seemingly in the know about Bob and Laurel’s affair, Brenda plans to set a date for the wedding as soon as possible and unnerves Laurel by asking her for advice when picking the wedding dress. But what is she planning?
Hollyoaks
Lily is excited for her wedding day to Prince but determined to sabotage the day, Shane kidnaps the groom. As Prince faces a race against time to escape and get to the ceremony, Lily is worried that she has been stood up.
Still consumed by his grief for Neeta, Hunter hits rock bottom and Yasmine reaches out to him. But when she seems to know things about the relationship that only Neeta could, Hunter starts to wonder if his late love is communicating through the heart transplant.
Finn and Tony start to wonder whether something is amiss with Milo and Tony contacts the Herald to get a copy of the article that he destroyed. Meanwhile Tom reports Finn to the police when Milo makes it seem like he took the money.
Plus!
- Carla and Michelle wind up Sally in Coronation Street when they head for a viewing of her house.
- Sienna takes drastic action to try and keep Joel and Cleo apart in Hollyoaks.
- Priya is horrified when she is accused of causing the bruises on Eliza in Emmerdale.
- Eva determines to find Billy in Coronation Street and is shocked to come face to face with Lee.
- Phil looks at the contents of the box hidden by Aidan in EastEnders but what does it contain?
- Joe begins to wonder if Graham is as loyal as he believes and sets him a test in Emmerdale.
- Adam is annoyed with Glenn when he offers Maxine money for Minnie’s schooling in Hollyoaks.
- Masood panics when he thinks that he has forgotten Mariam’s birthday in EastEnders.
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