BBC EastEnders’ Keanu Taylor Christmas death ‘revealed’: Sharon revenge, bloodstain and family betrayal
EastEnders is lining up an explosive Christmas Day whodunnit where one person, potentially more, will be killed off in dramatic scenes with the BBC One soap dropping plenty of hints
EastEnders viewers are eagerly awaiting Christmas Day as the hit BBC One soap is set to air an explosive whodunnit festive murder.
Earlier this year, in a soap first, the hit BBC One show released a flashforward glimpse at the dramatic scenes with six women – Denise Fox, Kathy Beale, Linda Carter, Sharon Watts, Stacey Slater and Suki Panesar – faced with a mystery dead man at the Queen Vic.
Since then, EastEnders has released explosive trailers for each of the six women, dropping clues left, right and centre while they have also confirmed the potential victims in a line-up of seven. These characters are Phil Mitchell, Keanu Taylor, Ravi Gulati, Dean Wicks, Nish Panesar, Rocky Cotton and Jack Branning.
EastEnders have confirmed the potential victims in a line-up of seven this Christmas (
BBC)
In upcoming scenes, Sharon and Keanu head to The Vic to celebrate finally putting Keanu’s name on Albie’s birth certificate ahead of their Christmas Day wedding. However, Sharon still doesn’t know that Keanu was behind Albie’s kidnap and Keanu is still oblivious that Phil is actually the youngster’s biological father…
With both Sharon and Keanu, as well as Phil, confirmed in the line-up this Christmas, we take a look at all of the clues that could mean Keanu is the victim…
Sharon revenge
Only recently, Karen Taylor and son Keanu’s kidnap plot was exposed by Phil to a stunned Sharon as she and Keanu celebrated booking the Queen Vic for their wedding reception on Christmas Day. Karen was exposed for hatching the plan to kidnap Albie – but Sharon is yet to find out that Keanu was also a big part of the plan. Could she find out this Christmas and seek revenge?
Family betrayal
Only recently, Keanu’s mother Karen left Albert Square with Phil’s money after he let her take the full blame for the kidnap plot. Karen bowed out of Walford with Mitch Baker and their family, leaving Bernie Taylor behind.
After their mother Karen left, Bernie confronted her brother, saying: “You are dead to me, Keanu! Do you hear me? You are dead to me!”
Only recently, Keanu’s mother Karen left Albert Square after he let her take the full blame for the kidnap plot (
BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)
Due to Keanu’s family leaving and his sister Bernie saying “you are dead to me”, soap watchers are convinced he will be the dead body this Christmas. Taking to Twitter, now X, one person said: “Keanu swearing on his life and Bernie screaming that he’s dead to her has got me thinking it’s Keanu dying now #EastEnders.”
Elsewhere, a different account put: “So, I reckon the body at Christmas will be Keanu he’s isolated from his family now” while another added: “So Bernie’s gonna kill Keanu at Christmas I guess #eastenders.”
Wedding
Soap fans will recall that in the Christmas flashforward, Sharon is wearing a wedding dress and the dead body is discovered in the Queen Vic. Elsewhere, in recent wedding filming snaps, Keanu star Danny Walters could be seen hiding his hands. Could he have been wearing amber cufflinks therefore his character is the dead body this Christmas?
It appears the food and wedding cake is untouched, which seems odd for a reception in full swing
Flashforward clue
Viewers already know that Sharon and Keanu, who recently got engaged again, are planning on holding their wedding reception at the Queen Vic on Christmas Day. This makes sense as in the flashforward, Sharon is wearing a wedding dress and a buffet can be seen in the background.
If soap watchers look closely in the flashforward, it appears the food and wedding cake is untouched, which seems odd for a reception in full swing. Is this a hint that the wedding doesn’t exactly go to plan?
Bloodstains
In the flashforward, Sharon’s wedding dress is covered in blood, could someone have died or been killed in her arms? Therefore, this would most likely be either Keanu or Phil?
In the Christmas flashforward and promotional material since, each of the six women are wearing their own colour (
BBC)
Tagline
For all of the Christmas whodunnit promos and teasers, EastEnders has used the tagline: “In a flash, everything changes…” With Sharon getting married, a wedding photographer uses a flash on their camera, could this be a hint that it’s Keanu?
Bell ringing
EastEnders has used a ringing bell throughout all of the Christmas promos and trailers, as well as the funeral saying: “for whom the bell tolls”. Sharon is also getting married, which signifies church bells ringing, could this again hint at Keanu?
