{"id":45234,"date":"2024-02-05T16:54:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1986458"},"modified":"2024-02-05T18:26:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T17:26:29","slug":"eastenders-airs-tense-cliffhanger-as-karen-taylor-returns-in-early-iplayer-release","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-airs-tense-cliffhanger-as-karen-taylor-returns-in-early-iplayer-release\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders airs tense cliffhanger as Karen Taylor returns in early iPlayer release"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spoiler warning for Monday 5th February 2024’s episode! <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 05 February 2024 at 15:50 PM<\/p>

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Spoiler warning for the Monday 5th February 2024 episode of EastEnders, released at 6am on BBC iPlayer and airing at 7:30pm on BBC One.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The return of Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley)<\/a> left The Six stunned in the latest instalment of EastEnders<\/a>, as she demanded answers over son Keanu (Danny Walters).<\/p>\n

As a new week began, tormented killer Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) reeled after kissing close pal Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), just as Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) was sneaking out of secret lover Stacey Slater\u2019s (Lacey Turner) house.<\/p>\n

Stacey later urged Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth) to meet her in the caf\u00e9 for the relaunch by way of carrying on as normal.<\/p>\n

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EastEnders\u2019 Linda is stressed. BBC<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

But new owner Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) discovered a leak and declared that the caf\u00e9 floor would need replacing!<\/p>\n

With Keanu\u2019s body buried under the same building after he was fatally stabbed by Linda, Kathy and Stacey were thrown into a panic as they arranged a group meeting.<\/p>\n

Linda condemned the women for worrying more about themselves than Keanu\u2019s loved ones, but Stacey urged Linda to stick around instead of doing a runner, and a drunk Linda later bumped into Alfie.<\/p>\n

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It was an awkward encounter for EastEnders\u2019 Alfie.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

After an awkward start, Alfie asked Linda to join him on a boating holiday to mark the end of his cancer treatment, and she agreed, relieved to get away from the Square.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Denise Fox\u2019s (Diane Parish) already fragile mental health<\/a> spiralled further when she heard the news, and she paid a visit to Pastor Clayton (Howard Saddler).<\/p>\n

When he advised Denise that offloading her troubles was the only way to regain control, she decided to hand herself in to the police, and wrote Jack a letter to that effect.<\/p>

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Luckily for The Six, Keanu\u2019s sister Bernie Taylor (Clair Norris) unwittingly came to their rescue.<\/p>\n

She enlisted a plumber friend of Mitch Baker\u2019s (Roger Griffiths), who revealed that the leak wasn\u2019t as catastrophic as they thought, so the caf\u00e9 could open as planned.<\/p>\n

Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) relayed the news to Denise, who disposed of the letter. But she had another hallucination as Keanu appeared in a mirror reflection.<\/p>\n

Nish rewarded a thrilled Bernie with the manager\u2019s job, but the opening ceremony was derailed when Bernie accidentally played an old voice note from Keanu.<\/p>\n

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EastEnders\u2019 Karen wants answers.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

At that moment, Karen approached, insisting that her son was missing as she shouted through tears: \u201cWhere is my son?\u201d<\/p>\n

Linda watched on, shaken \u2013 but will she be able to hold her nerve?<\/p>\n

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