Carol has news for Connor

Carol has news for Connor
Carol has news for Connor (Image credit: BBC)

Connor calls Carol while she's at work, but she rejects the call. Carol confesses to Glenda that she's fallen in love for the first time. Carol meets up with Connor at the Arches and they confess their love for each other. Carol agrees to leave Walford with Connor. Carol meets up with Glenda for a farewell drink, but she's shaken when Glenda pulls her up for accidentally referring to Connor as 'Billie'. Is he a substitute for her son? Bianca and Ricky are called in to see Tiff's teacher and are confused to learn that Tiff told the school her grandma died. Ricky questions Carol about Tiff's lie. Carol realises her secret affair is affecting the family and ends things with a gutted Connor, who turns to Whitney for comfort. Bianca finds some disturbing drawings in Tiff's room and tells Carol she's afraid that Tiff is being abused. Tamwar is annoyed with Zainab when she interferes with his plans for the restaurant. Tamwar calls Afia and invites her to the Vic. Masood and Zainab are in the pub celebrating their anniversary and are horrified to see Tamwar with Afia. Darren covers for Tam and pretends that Afia is meeting up with him.. Also, Alfie has a night out at the club in a bid to block out his grief. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop Get EastEnders storylines first! Sign up to receive our EastEnders Extra newsletter

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.