“Someone’s About To Ruin Christmas…” — A Beloved EastEnders Couple Faces A Devastating Blow As Dark Secrets Resurface

Christmas?! In June?! A sentiment likely echoed by the residents of Walford as Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington) decked the halls and toasted festive cheer in EastEnders this week.

The popular matriarch, as was established last year, likes to celebrate half-Christmas with her loved ones, branding the annual event a ‘family tradition’ for her clan.

And with the past year having proven one of change for the clan – with Teddy (Roland Manookian) having gone to prison, Barney (Lewis Bridgeman) having found out that Teddy isn’t his biological dad and Nicola embarking on a romance with George Knight (Colin Salmon) – Nicola felt it was right to take the opportunity to celebrate.

Thus half-Christmas was set in motion, with No. 1 decorated on June 25 just as it would be in the middle of December.

But while the Knight / Mitchell clan were full of festive cheer, Suki and Eve Panesar-Unwin (Balvinder Sopal and Heather Peace) were worried sick that Nicola would spell the end of their adoption dream.

Eve, as viewers know, hit Nicola earlier this week after the bar owner berated Suki’s parenting skills. Nicola retaliated by revealing that Eve’s violence was captured on CCTV and thus she proceeded to blackmail Suiki for £50,000.

The blackmail couldn’t have come at a worse time for Suki and Eve, who were only just approved by an adoption panel the previous day.

In a bid to ensure Nicola didn’t take their dream from them, Suki agreed to her demands.

Harry (Elijah Hollway), however, worked out what Nicola was up to and berated her for stooping to such levels, reminding her that – after her role in bringing Eddie Knight back into George’s life – she should be trying to raise the money she needs through better methods than blackmail.

The telling off left Nicola with food for thought and thus she headed back to Suki and Eve’s, telling the couple that she doesn’t want their money.

But before Suki and Eve could get excited about being let off the hook, Nicola revealed that she has no intention of deleting the CCTV footage and will hold onto it for now – in case she needs it.

Will Suki and Eve find themselves trapped in Nicola’s web for months to come? Or will Nicola erase the footage and allow the couple to move on?