{"id":287155,"date":"2026-02-16T19:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/287155\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:58:12","slug":"eastenders-brings-back-two-missing-characters-for-death-plot-in-early-iplayer-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/287155\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders brings back two missing characters for death plot in early iPlayer release"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders<\/a> spoilers follow for Monday\u2019s episode (16 February), which is available to watch now on streaming service BBC iPlayer and hasn\u2019t yet aired on TV.<\/p>\n

EastEnders has brought back two missing characters for an important and emotional episode in Anthony Trueman\u2019s death plot. As Patrick says goodbye to his son at Anthony\u2019s funeral<\/a>, Kat Moon gets closer to finding out who really killed him\u2026<\/p>\n

Big Mo has been away from Walford since November, having left to look after her granddaughter Lynne. But in today\u2019s episode<\/a> she returned, with Kat filling her in that Zoe\u2019s plea hearing is on Thursday and her murder charge has been reduced to manslaughter.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Howie has been absent from screens since his deception was exposed and he split up with Kim in December<\/a>. He arrived at the house in time for Anthony\u2019s funeral though, and Kim was grateful that he showed up.<\/p>\n

With Kat starting to believe that Jasmine could be responsible for Anthony\u2019s death<\/a>, she urged Chrissie for information about where she could be \u2013 and Chrissie eventually revealed that the teen was working in a caf\u00e9 in Peckham.<\/p>\n

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Related: Best streaming services<\/a><\/p>\n

As Kat headed off to find Jasmine, the community stopped to pay their respects when Anthony\u2019s hearse arrived, and his loved ones left for the church.<\/p>\n

Sam was left to make sure Chrissie and Jake didn\u2019t flee The Vic<\/a> and the pair shared an emotional moment when she opened up to her old friend and enemy about her breast cancer \u2013 having just been told that she her lumpectomy was successful.<\/p>\n

While Kat indeed found Jasmine at the caf\u00e9, she refused to speak to her and begged her to leave her alone. Kat didn\u2019t leave though, and she later managed to convince Jasmine to return and be there for Patrick on this horrible day.<\/p>\n

\"kat<\/p>\n

BBC<\/p>\n

Related: EastEnders confirms Grant Mitchell return for two huge storylines<\/a><\/p>\n

Heartbroken Patrick prepared to leave the wake, but after some poignant advice from Cindy, he decided to stay and say a few words about his son. He was overjoyed when Jasmine walked into the pub.<\/p>\n

Jasmine apologised to Patrick for running away, but Kat forced her to go upstairs, and when she saw Chrissie and Jake, she realised that she had been lured into a trap.<\/p>\n

Kat diffused a violent confrontation between Chrissie and Jasmine, but once alone she demanded to know the truth about Anthony\u2019s death once and for all.<\/p>\n

\"jasmine,<\/p>\n

BBC<\/p>\n

Related: EastEnders star Shane Richie teases more Moon family returns after Jake reunion<\/a><\/p>\n

She promised Jasmine that if she admitted the truth, she wouldn\u2019t grass her up and would let Chrissie go down for murder because Zoe wouldn\u2019t want her daughter replacing her in prison.<\/p>\n

This assurance was enough to persuade Jasmine to come clean and she finally confessed that she killed Anthony<\/a>. But will Kat really protect her granddaughter?<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Read more EastEnders spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – featuring steamy affairs, shocking deaths, flash-forwards and major moral dilemmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders spoilers follow for Monday\u2019s episode (16 February), which is available to watch now on streaming service BBC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[147144,2115,159771,2117,156,2116,111,139,69,159770,147307,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-287155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-collection-latest-news","9":"tag-content-type-news","10":"tag-contentid-03681edc-d070-451d-a92d-24d9cfc6dffe","11":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-locale-gb","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz","17":"tag-shorttitle-eastenders-brings-back-two-missing-characters-in-death-plot","18":"tag-subsection-eastenders","19":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}