While it’s hoped that Zoe Slater’s (Michelle Ryan) funeral will provide much-needed closure to her careworn family, the grief worsens for her mother Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) in EastEnders next week.
On the morning of the service, a guilt-ridden Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) listens as Kat reels off a list of residents that she suspects were with Zoe in her final hours.
Has she learnt of estranged husband Max Branning’s (Jake Wood) involvement, and will she confess?
Following a tearful ceremony with tributes made by Zoe’s forlorn twins Jasmine and Josh, glasses are raised in her memory at The Queen Vic, resulting in a ferocious quarrel.
Elsewhere in Albert Square, Lee Carter's (Danny Hatchard) girlfriend Jess (Emma Lau) arrives and quickly spills a secret, while Amy Mitchell (Ellie Dadd) decides to leave her family behind and start a new life with groomer Craig Ingram (Matthew James-Bailey).
Plus, is love in the air for Kojo Asare (Dayo Koleosho) and Jodie Hawkins (Anna Constable)?
Here's everything happening in the episodes of EastEnders airing between Monday 26 and Thursday 29 October.
4 EastEnders spoilers for next week
1. Amy Mitchell disappears from Walford with Craig Ingram
Consumed by Craig's claims that they could start a new life away from East London, Amy decides to leave with him. Max meets with her dad Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), though their conversation is cut short when Oscar Branning (Pierre Counihan-Moullier) announces that he saw his cousin preparing to leave.
The Branning men race to stop her, but witness Craig's car speeding away.
An investigation is launched with Walford police, though Jack makes the wise decision not to tell partner Denise Fox (Diane Parish) amid her battle with acute myeloid leukaemia. Nevertheless, she's convinced that he's keeping something from her.
At Craig's flat, Jack and Max break through the door and try to find evidence to confirm that Amy has been dating Craig. They're convinced that the former copper is responsible for her recent strange behaviour.
Later in the week, as the search continues, Denise's half-brother Darnell Larson (Christopher Colquhoun) betrays Jack's trust and decides to tell his sibling the truth.
Dr Ash Panesar (Sakira Vel) checks in on her, worried that the stress is taking its toll, while Jack grapples with an unexpected arrival that he wasn't expecting to see in Albert Square.
Who exactly is it?
2. Lee Carter's secrets are exposed
Lee and mum Linda (Kellie Bright) are stunned to see his ex-girlfriend, Jess (Emma Lau), waiting at Peacock Palace. Amid the drama over Nancy Carter (Maddy Hill) carrying her baby, she sees no issue in exposing Lee's lies to the whole family.
Linda is stunned to realise that she's telling the truth, and an explosive confrontation leads to Lee tearing strips off his loved ones.
Nancy is horrified, and as a result, decides not to hand over his child when she eventually gives birth.
Lee tries his utmost to prove he can change, and Linda is determined to turn her son's life around - even having a word with Max, who eventually offers him some work at the car lot.
But what is his secret?
3. The Slater clan say goodbye to Zoe - as Kat Moon continues to search for answers
An issue with Zoe's order of service threatens to upend the funeral. Her daughter Jasmine Fisher (Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness) is finding the situation particularly difficult to deal with, and finds unlikely support from her paternal grandfather Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker).
Meanwhile, Mo Harris (Laila Morse) and Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton) attempt to fix things before Kat finds out, and Jasmine steps in to defend her family when an unruly customer at The Albert causes trouble for Jean Slater (Gillian Wright).
Comparisons are immediately drawn between Jasmine and her late mum.
Later, a grieving Kat drowns her sorrows at The Albert, and she and Cindy soon find themselves clashing with the customer. After the argument, Kat lets her guard down and reveals the person she believes left Zoe to die – leaving Cindy awash with guilt.
When the time comes to say goodbye, Kat arrives at the church and insists the ceremony go ahead. Jasmine and her twin brother Josh Goodwin (Joshua Vaughan) pay an emotional tribute to their mum, while Kat chips in with her own sentiments.
It's a day full of emotion, and when everyone gathers at The Vic to raise a glass, a revelation comes to light, turning an escalation between Cindy, Max and Lee.
4. Kojo Asare and Jodie Hawkins grow closer
Love is in the air for Kojo... he just doesn't know it yet.
Despite starting the week as an enemy of Jodie, the two get roped into preparing Harry's Barn for Halloween and begin to bond. The Hawkins clan can see something is blossoming, and decide to play matchmaker.
We've seen Ryder Hawkins's (Felix Uff) impression of Carol Smillie, but how will he fare with Cilla Black's Scouse twang?
Read more:
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- EastEnders star teases "fire and carnage" when Penny Branning's baby paternity secret is revealed
- EastEnders favourite Balvinder Sopal teases Ash return is "grenade" to the Panesar family unit this autumn
- EastEnders announces hard-hitting Amy Mitchell storyline as BBC soap works with charities
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