EastEnders spoilers follow.
EastEnders’ Bea Pollard continues to manipulate the people of Walford next week, when she tells a huge lie to Vinny Panesar – then drops an enormous bombshell on Elaine Peacock!
Now that Honey has been fired by Suki, Billy encourages his wife to plead with the Panesar matriarch for her job back. However, Honey’s new bestie Bea disagrees, arguing that Honey should stick to her guns and demand financial compensation for her workplace injury.
Bea’s tactic fails to pay off though, as uncompromising Suki refuses to budge – and winds up firing them both. In retaliation, Bea drips poison into Suki’s son Vinny’s ear…
“Albert Square is learning that this Bea has a real sting – and it’s sharp!” says our EastEnders insider.
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“Bea lies to Vinny and tells him that the community are outraged about the way that the Panesars are treating Honey, hoping to bribe compensation cash out of him and get their jobs back. It’s odd that she’d risk her own job for Honey, but she seems set on sweetening her up.”
Bea sticks her nose into Linda’s business too, after she overhears Max telling Lauren that Louie is Ollie’s bully, then begging his daughter not to tell Linda. Later, when Elaine comes across Bea crocheting in the Square gardens, Bea blabs and reveals everything she heard!
“Elaine has made her feelings on Bea perfectly clear – but she also hates Max, so Bea’s revelation can work to her advantage,” explains our source. “Ever since Max snubbed Bea on their date, it looks as though she wants to tear him and Linda apart as some kind of twisted revenge…”
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Despite all the pots that she’s stirring, things could be looking brighter for Bea. After her old adversary Linda offends her and leads her to assume that she’s being turfed out of Peacock Palace, her new pal Honey offers to let her house sit while the Mitchell family go on holiday…
“Honey is too sweet-natured for her own good sometimes,” says our insider, “and she’d do well to watch her back around Bea – inviting her into her home unattended could prove to be a catastrophic mistake…”
With Bea set to get her feet under Honey’s table, what trouble could she cause next?
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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