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Spoiler warning for Thursday 13th June 2024. <\/p>

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

Published: Thursday, 13 June 2024 at 05:30 AM<\/p>

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*Warning: Contains spoilers for Thursday\u2019s EastEnders episode (13th June 2024), currently available on BBC iPlayer.*<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was yet another worrying cliffhanger for The Six in the latest edition of EastEnders<\/a>, but what will Karen Taylor\u2019s (Lorraine Stanley) next move be?<\/p>\n

Karen was back in Walford for son Keanu\u2019s (Danny Walters) funeral, reuniting with daughter Bernie (Clair Norris) as they prepared to say their last goodbyes.<\/p>\n

But while Karen believed that evil Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo)<\/a> was guilty of Keanu\u2019s murder, she had no idea that his demise was really down to Linda Carter (Kellie Bright).<\/p>\n

Co-conspirator Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) still loved Keanu despite covering up the truth, and she left the house dressed in black to pay her respects.<\/p>\n

Her first run-in with Karen came outside, as Karen ordered Sharon to tell son Albie (Arthur Gentleman) that Keanu wasn\u2019t his real father.<\/p>\n

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Matt Di Angelo as Dean Wicks in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Karen blamed Sharon for jilting Keanu at the altar, which she believed led to Dean killing him. She banned Sharon from the funeral, insisting she must mourn her boy in peace.<\/p>\n

In the caf\u00e9, Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) comforted Karen as she lamented her family\u2019s absence for the occasion, as well as the locals ignoring her presence due to her role in Albie\u2019s kidnapping last year.<\/p>\n

Kat offered to go to the service, and the mourners gathered at The Queen Vic.<\/p>

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Meanwhile, Linda and Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth) held a private memorial for Keanu in The Arches so that Sharon could remember him in her own way.<\/p>\n

The sight of Keanu\u2019s mechanic overalls were too much for Sharon, and as she fled, she was heard speaking of her guilt by a passing Kat.<\/p>\n

At The Vic, Sharon appealed to Karen to allow her to join them and handed over Albie\u2019s card. Karen discarded it, and the pair\u2019s furious row turned physical \u2013 until Kat and Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) dragged them into the back.<\/p>\n

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Kat intervened to help Karen and Sharon.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Calum McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Kat relayed Sharon\u2019s overheard words, but luckily for The Six, Kat was unaware of their true meaning. As Kat urged Karen and Sharon to be there for each other, the women shared a hug and Karen invited Sharon to go to the funeral after all.<\/p>\n

Karen was touched when the residents of Albert Square gathered near the hearse in a last-minute show of support.<\/p>\n

Karen\u2019s words of pain, anguish and fury could be heard at Keanu\u2019s send off. The on-screen action, however, panned across the anxious faces of members of The Six in turn \u2013 Denise Fox (Diane Parish), Kathy, Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) and Linda \u2013 with Sharon later confirming that Keanu had been cremated and their troubles were now all over.<\/p>\n

Or so they thought, as during the wake, Karen paid a visit to Dean in prison. After Karen expressed a wish to strangle Dean with her bare hands, Dean once again protested his innocence.<\/p>\n

He urged Karen to ask Linda why she was lying about Dean\u2019s guilt, but will Karen take him seriously?<\/p>\n

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