EastEnders spoilers follow.
EastEnders’ Johnny Carter is left with an impossible dilemma next week – after his dodgy investor mate Tim Walton tries to blackmail him into bed. Tim issues his indecent proposal after threatening to release damning video footage of Callum Highway that could ruin his life, but what could be so bad that Johnny might be tempted to give into Tim’s demands?
“The honeymoon is most definitely over for Johnny and Callum,” says our EastEnders insider.
“They thought their biggest test was going public with their relationship and overcoming backlash from the Mitchells, but devious Tim has other plans…”
At the beginning of the week, Tim prepares to test Callum in a bid to prove whether he’s the right man for Johnny.
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Meanwhile, Callum’s feeling torn over a letter he’s received from his imprisoned husband Ben.
This week, he and Johnny were handed a note by a mystery man, who demanded that Callum gets rid of a USB stick at the address in the letter – or Ben could be looking at ten more years in prison.
Linda fears that her son Johnny is about to have his heart broken. However, after Callum delves into the letter with Ben’s mum Kathy, he decides that he’s ready to walk away from Ben and leave their relationship in the past.
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Concerned about the contents of the letter, Kathy pleads with Callum to help Ben for Lexi’s sake; however, when he, Kathy, Ian act upon the information and see out a plan, Callum realises that he’s been set up by Tim…
Upon their return to Walford, Tim arrives and brandishes incriminating footage of Callum that could upend his whole life – and blackmails him with it!
As Johnny fumes at Callum for following up on Ben’s letter in the first place, their relationship is left in tatters – prompting Johnny to visit Tim to try to reason with him. However, that’s when opportunistic Tim declares that he’ll only delete the footage if Johnny sleeps with him.
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“Tim has had his eye on Johnny since he first came to Walford,” explains our source. “His motives are a mystery, but there’s a decent chance that he’s orchestrated this whole situation just so that he can get his claws into his business partner.”
Seemingly out of options, will Johnny be coerced into sleeping with Tim to save Callum from the consequences of the fateful footage?
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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