EastEnders spoilers follow for the latest episode to air on BBC One and stream on iPlayer.
EastEnders has exposed newcomer Bea Pollard‘s sinister plot to worm her way into people’s good books tonight, as she sets her sights on Honey Mitchell. The question is, just what is she after?
Yesterday’s episode saw Bea stop a shoplifter at the Minute Mart. Following a string of unsuccessful job applications, she decided to apply for a position there.
Tonight’s (29 January) episode saw two teenage girls trashing the place, before running away as Honey confronted them.
Conveniently, Bea walked in just afterwards and offered a helping hand.
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She tried to cheer Honey up with a cup of tea that she popped some brandy in (“we can say that bottle was stolen”), and stood up for her when Suki Panesar-Unwin and Vinny turned up.
She also stated that she and Honey had already checked the CCTV cameras, falsely claiming that the robbers didn’t show their faces, before offering to clean up.
Vinny returned a while later and was impressed at how the shop looked as if nothing had ever happened.
“I have to say, Bea has been amazing,” Honey said, before handing Bea’s CV over to Vinny and telling him how she stopped a shoplifter yesterday as well.
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Rather than think that it all sounded a bit suspicious, Vinny was very impressed and offered Bea a month employment as a trial.
Both Bea and Honey were delighted, giggling about how they’ll have so much fun working together in their matching tabards.
However, a later scene showed Bea talking to the two teenagers in the Square. They demanded money off her after doing what she asked, but she said they got their scratchcards out of the incident.
When the girls said they didn’t win any money off the cards, Bea just said it was “karma”.
Will the karma come back around with the girls revealing the truth about Bea? Or will her mysterious scheme go off without a hitch?
EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast.
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