Three massive BBC EastEnders theories: revenge rocks the Square and huge family secret exposed
How will Nish Panesar react to his wife Suki leaving him?
SUKI Panesar has finally come to terms with her love for Eve Unwin and the pair are ready to give things a go.
But with Nish roaming in the Square, their fresh start may be brought to a massive halt this week in EastEnders.
1. Shocking death cover-up
BBC One viewers were brought to happy tears as Suki Panesar (played by Balvinder Sopal) was finally reunited with Eve Unwin (Heather Peace).
However, this week, the couple take on the next step in their plan to escape Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) – will they survive?
Death could be in the cards for the trio this week, but soap fans may get an outcome they hadn’t expected.
This week, Suki is panicked to realise Nish has an ally, who is none other than Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan Levy).
Coming up, Priya reveals she knows the truth about Suki’s feelings for Eve, which prompts the businesswoman to offer her £2k in exchange for her silence.
Priya counters to £3k and Suki is forced to accept when she threatens to grass Vinny (Shiv Jalota) up to Nish.
Suki knows that heartless Nish would make anybody pay for betraying him and she steals money from the call centre to give to Priya later on.
Both women go through the exchange… completely unaware that Nish is secretly watching them.
He begins to question Suki’s motive but Priya covers, telling him the money was taken out to help her and her daughter Avani find their own flat, particularly following an explosive kiss with Nish.
Unfortunately, Nish decides to get involved and refuses to allow Suki to hand over the cash.
Meanwhile, Suki scrambles to find the funds needed for Priya’s silence and hands her £200 from the Minute Mart till – but Priya insists on the full amount, threatening that she could still blab.
However, things go from bad to worse for Suki when Vinny closes up at The Minute Mart, blissfully unaware of his mother’s agreement with Priya.
This leads him to figure out that the tills are £200 short, thus prompting Nish to investigate the CCTV footage.
Suki and Eve are in huge danger when Nish is horrified to find footage of them kissing.
Viewers of the London-based program will remember that Nish was sent to prison for years after murdering a man he believed was having an affair with Suki.
Far from having grown and learned from his mistakes, Nish plans something huge for both Suki and Eve as he smashes up the Minute Mart in a fit of rage.
He then heads over to No.41 before he’s stopped by his son Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) who takes him to Walford East to clean himself up after his outburst.
Nish tells Ravi everything and heads back home, determined to find out the truth.
While the most obvious outcome would see Nish killing off Eve or Suki (or even both, depending on how ambitious he gets), one theory could suggest the tables may turn on him.
Fans are well aware that one resident won’t live to see past Christmas, as it was teased in a flashforward earlier this year.
Many viewers have speculated that Nish could be the unknown male victim but what if Eve or Suki (or, again, both) get to him before then?
One could speculate that the couple have to kill Nish and cover up their actions to finally have their happy ending.
Vinny may be brought into the equation as a helper, despite him being clearly attached to his father’s opinion of him.
This would then lead to Nish’s body being dumped in the café wreckage and a massive blackmail plot led by Ravi Gulati, who would start to suspect Eve and Suki were involved in his father’s disappearance.
As a result, Ravi could vow revenge on the loved-up pair before eventually meeting his own end on Christmas as the Six team up to finally get rid of him.
Many female residents have a bone to pick with the hunky gangster and these include Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) and Denise Fox (Diane Parish).
However, Nish may have another trick up his sleeve to directly hurt his wife Suki.
2. Nish stoops to a new low
As mentioned above, Vinny is aware that his mother is looking for a fresh beginning with Eve.
But before he gave Suki his blessing to move on from Nish and finally be happy, Vinny was firmly against the idea as he believed she’d been influenced by Eve.
Priya threatens to tell Nish all about Vinny helping Suki leave him which could lead the villain to retaliate by using his own son.
One soap viewer suggested on X: “Vinny lost himself trying to prove himself to a father that belittles him. Really hoping Nish doesn’t hurt him but I can see it coming.”
“This looks like it could be foreshadowing that Nish is going to hurt Vinny”, another added.
In an attempt to destroy Suki mentally, more than he ever has before, could Nish decide to take his frustrations out on the only child they have left beside them?
Is Vinny in danger?
3. Paternity secret rumbled
Meanwhile, more secrets could be on the verge of coming to light as Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters) and his mother Karen (Lorraine Stanley) run the risk of being exposed for their kidnapping scam.
Coming up, Mitch Baker (Roger Griffiths) organises a surprise birthday party for Karen in The Vic.
However, he soon becomes suspicious of her cash flow when she agrees to pay for a large drinks tab.
Mitch continues to try and repair the relationship between Karen and Keanu and the pair edge closer to a reconciliation following a heart-to-heart.
Karen and Keanu are stunned to see Malcolm (Greg Haiste) appear at the party and Albie, who should be able to recognise him from his kidnapping ordeal, taking a shine to him.
Karen and Keanu panic when Malcolm arrives at the party, fearing his involvement in Albie’s kidnapping will be exposed and their part along with it.
After an innocent chat with Sharon, Malcom is disgusted to learn about what really happened in Karen and Keanu’s staged kidnapping.
Could he talk to Sharon to clear his conscience?
Things go from bad to worse for Keanu and Karen as their kidnapping plan is rumbled by one Walford resident.
Later on, Keanu heads to No. 29B and demands Karen hand over the ransom money but she refuses before the pair are interrupted by Mitch.
Keanu makes a quick exit, but Mitch demands the truth as Karen tearfully reveals all.
Mitch is disgusted to learn about Karen’s involvement in Albie’s kidnapping and insists they must give the money back.
While Karen’s response to Mitch remains to be seen, one could suggest she may rumble Sharon’s secret before she even makes a decision.
In recent scenes of the London-based drama, Karen overheard Sharon making plans to stop Keanu from having rights over Albie.
To top it all off, Sharon is planning on selling her share of the Boxing Den.
Little does Karen know that she misunderstood as Sharon is trying to take a step back from her ex-husband Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden).
Sharon recently found out that Phil was Albie’s biological father after three years of believing Keanu was her baby daddy.
The businesswoman is keeping Albie’s paternity under wraps but could Karen figure out what she’s hiding?
If so, she could let Keanu know, thus convincing him to keep the ransom money and acting out against Sharon.
As a result, this could even end in Keanu’s death on Christmas as Sharon discovers the truth.
How will it unravel?
EastEnders airs from Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One.
