Eastenders As Denise tidies up in the wake of Trina’s visit, Lucas insists that they’re not going to let her destroy the family. As he’s readying himself for his meeting with the Walford Pentecostal Church, Denise mentions Trina again. He assures her that she’s well out of his life, before heading out. As he steps outside, Lucas makes a phone call, saying: ‘Will meet you, Walford Park, half an hour’. Later, Lucas waits on a bench in the park as Trina turns up. She reveals that she’s been sleeping in a potting shed on an allotment and that she needs a fix but has no money. With that, she suggests that if he gives her £1,000, she’ll walk out of his life for good. Lucas is disgusted by her suggestion and walks away himself.

Lucas arrives at his church meeting and while answering people’s questions, Trina turns up at the door. She starts shouting her mouth off and he immediately throws her out, hurling money at her so she can buy her next fix. Later, Lucas tells Denise that he really wants to be with her. With Denise out, Trina hammers on the front door and Lucas is coaxed into letting her in. She claims that she’s there to see Jordan but Lucas says that he’s not there. Instead, she

asks for a shower and he reluctantly lets her. Afterwards, she walks into the living room in just a towel to ask for some deodorant. As he gets up out of his chair, Trina drops the towel and they fall into a passionate embrace…

Meanwhile, Tamwar and Syed tease Masood about the pregnancy and Zainab wanders in drinking water. Tamwar questions why she’s not fasting, to which she replies that she doesn’t have to as she’s pregnant. Zainab vents her frustration at Masood for telling the kids about the pregnancy the way he did. Feeling betrayed, she walks out. Syed attempts to talk his mother around, but Zainab feels suffocated and reacts angrily. Having alienated most of her family, they talk about her in the living room, unaware that she’s listening at the door. She suddenly bolts upstairs.

Later, Tamwar finds his mother running down the stairs with packed bags. Tearful, she pushes by her son and leaves, saying: “Tell your father I’m sorry.” On discovering Zainab’s disappearance, Masood’s furious at Tamwar for allowing her to leave. Zainab eventually calls Masood to allay his fears and insists that she needs time. With that, she hangs up and it becomes clear that she’s staying with Amira.

Elsewhere, Bianca bunks off work for the day, while the children continue asking after Ricky; Mo’s not impressed in the slightest by Orlenda’s Russian pancakes; Bianca and the kids visit Dot and Jim; Mo questions Charlie about Orlenda and Charlie reveals that when he got to Madeira, he and Brenda ended things and he met Orlenda on his way back; Tiffany persists in her request to arrange a homecoming party for Ricky; Tiffany makes a collage for Ricky’s return; Bianca agrees to the party; and under interrogation, Orlenda admits to Mo that she doesn’t have a passport…

Kris Green DSpy.