Linda and Mick share a heart-to-heart on the morning of the wedding (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCaron)
Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) shares a special moment with ex-husband Mick (Danny Dyer) in EastEnders on the day of his wedding to Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks).
Mick, as viewers know, is set to wed Janine, who is pregnant with his baby after they embarked on a relationship following his split from Linda.
Unbeknown to him, however, Janine is actually the reason for his previous marriage coming to an end, after she wickedly manipulated her way into his heart, painting Linda as the villain of the scenario.
Linda, despite her evident feelings for Mick, has agreed to let him go, wishing him all the happiness in the world with new bride Janine. Mick, however, is still very much head over heels for Linda, and he’s struggled to hide such a thing in the weeks leading up to the wedding.
Janine, meanwhile, has made it her mission to get Linda out her life and therefore she resolved to kick the landlady out of her own pub.
Mick, being Mick, refused to let such a thing happen and thus he and Janine are set to move elsewhere, much to Janine’s dismay, as she clearly had her heart set on becoming the landlady.
Will Mick jilt Janine in favour of a reunion with Linda? (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCaron)
Our heart bleeds for you, Janine.
Mick is quick to reassure her about their future together, and promises to tell Linda the plan soon. Janine, meanwhile, sets in motion a plot involving a mystery man named Steve, which intensifies Shirley’s (Linda Henry) suspicions.
Shirley, in fact, begins to investigate Janine in the days leading up to the wedding, hoping to find anything that could prove that she’s not the kind-hearted soul Mick believes her to be.
Mick is still very much in love with ex-wife Linda – who feels exactly the same about him (Picture: BBC / Jack Barnes / Kieron McCaron)
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Mick, meanwhile, is conflicted over his feelings for Linda, which Callum Highway (Tony Clay) picks up on, but the landlord doubles down on marrying Janine.
On the morning of the wedding, however, he asks everyone to leave so that he make the final touches alone. Linda interrupts his moment of solitude, and the former lovers share a heart-to-heart, with the landlady offering her former beau a way out of his wedding to Janine.
The question is: will he take it?
That remains to br seen, but at the registry office, Janine awaits Mick’s arrival. Will he turn up? Or will he take Linda up on her offer?
One to watch: Thursday December 22 at 7:30pm on BBC One.
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