{"id":363234,"date":"2026-01-10T19:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/363234\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:14:10","slug":"patrick-steps-up-as-jasmine-spirals-in-eastenders-but-doubts-persist-soaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/363234\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick steps up as Jasmine spirals in EastEnders – but doubts persist | Soaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\"Patrick
\n\t\tPatrick steps up for his newly-discovered granddaughter (Picture: BBC\/Jack Barns\/Kieron McCarron)<\/p>\n

With her super-cool veneer, acerbic tongue and ability to remain utterly detached from even those who are desperate to get closer to her, EastEnders\u2019 Jasmine Fisher\u2019s (Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness)<\/a> has always seemed untouchable.<\/p>\n

Yup, our Jas\u2019 is a pretty tough cookie. Next week, though, cracks begin to form in her perfectly engineered front and all of the recent trauma she\u2019s endured looks to finally take its toll on her.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re surprised it hasn\u2019t happened sooner, to be fair.<\/p>\n

Abandoned at the hospital by Zoe Slater<\/a>\u00a0(Michelle Ryan<\/a>), who believed she was stillborn<\/a>, being kicked out by her adoptive mum and allying with super bitch<\/a>, Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman)<\/a> to seek revenge against her mum before learning that Anthony Trueman (Nicholas Bailey)<\/a> was her real dad, and he\u2019d not long been murdered, the youngster has had a hell of a time since rocking up in Walford.<\/p>\n

Despite it looking like Chrissie dealt Anthony the final blow before scarpering and framing Zoe for the slaying, the latter has refrained from mentioning her nemesis to the police in order to keep her new-found daughter safe, and because of that, is looking at an incredibly long stretch.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Yolande
\n\t\tPatrick has been struck with terrible grief after Anthony\u2019s murder\u2026 (Picture: BBC\/Jack Barns\/Kieron McCarron)<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Jasmine
\n\t\t\u2026led him to reject Jasmine (Picture: BBC\/Jack Barns\/Kieron McCarron)<\/p>\n

In her absence, Jasmine has been taken in by Zoe\u2019s mum and stepdad, Kat<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Alfie Moon<\/a>\u00a0(Jessie Wallace<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Shane Richie<\/a>), though her previous hobby of stalking Zoe and turning the Slaters against each other has bitten her square on the rear, and she\u2019s struggled to gel with the rest of the Slater\/Moon clan, in particular, Jean<\/a>\u00a0(Gillian Wright<\/a>), who\u2019s suffered a mental health relapse<\/a>, during which, her delusions have convinced her that Jasmine is an enemy, come to destroy the family.<\/p>\n

On the advice of boyfriend, Oscar Branning<\/a>\u00a0(Pierre Counihan-Moullier<\/a>), she reached out to her paternal grandad, Patrick Trueman<\/a>\u00a0(Rudolph Walker<\/a>), though he initially rejected her, still deeply affected by grief after his sons death.<\/p>\n

Next week, when news comes to the Truemans that they\u2019re able to visit Anthony at the chapel of rest, and Yolande<\/a>\u00a0(Angela Wynter<\/a>) encourages Patrick to fix things with his granddaughter.<\/p>\n

The following day, Jasmine offers to babysit Lily Slater<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0(Lillia Turner<\/a>) daughter, Charli, but fails to realise that the baby monitor is broken when she heads downstairs to meet with Patrick. Though Jasmine is heartened as she bonds with her grandad, the moment is utterly ruined when Lily returns home, finds Charli crying, and royally boots off at Jasmine.<\/p>\n

\t\t\"Jasmine
\n\t\tJasmine presses self-destruct (Picture: BBC\/Jack Barns\/Kieron McCarron)<\/p>\n

Patrick invites Jasmine to stay with the Truemans after her bitter clash with Lily, though privately worries to Yolande about her volatile nature. <\/p>\n

It seems he\u2019s quite right to be concerned when Denise Fox<\/a>\u00a0(Diane Parish<\/a>) later invites Jasmine to visit Anthony alongside the rest of the family, leading to her heading off on a bender after clashing with Oscar.<\/p>\n

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Returning home the next day in a drunken mess, Yolande tries to sober her up, before Jasmine ends up in yet another scrap, this time with Chelsea Fox<\/a>\u00a0(Zaraah Abrahams<\/a>), who, in the heat of battle, spills the tea that Jasmine\u2019s dad was hardly squeaky clean<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With Jasmine actively in self-destruct mode, surrounded by carnage and at odds with both of her new families, is there any way to mend things? As the Slaters fight for Zoe\u2019s freedom and the Truemans grieve for Anthony, will Jasmine find herself on the outs?<\/p>\n

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