EastEnders’ Mick mystery ‘finally resolved’ in huge Linda and Janine showdown

It’s Linda Carter versus Janine Butcher (Picture: BBC) Watch out Walford – the b**** is back! It’s the moment EastEnders fans have been waiting for but the one Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) has been dreading, as Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) makes a much-anticipated return to Albert Square. Janine and Linda finally come face to face next week, nearly four years after their last showdown resulted in the disappearance of Mick Carter (Danny Dyer). The former Queen Vic landlord has been presumed dead after trying to rescue his beloved Linda when the car she and Janine were travelling in went over a cliff and into the water on Christmas Day 2022. Janine was later imprisoned for her involvement in the accident as well as for having also framed Linda for a drink-driving incident, as she desperately tried to drive a wedge between her and Mick. Janine and Mick subsequently married, and while he and Linda reunited in the hours before his ‘death’ after Janine’s true colours were exposed, she was technically still Mrs Carter. Linda receives shocking news (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron) That residual tie that Janine has to Mick comes back to haunt Linda when the Walford superb**** makes a sudden and unexpected reappearance, armed with a bombshell to drop. Amid more trouble with her son Lee Carter (Danny Hatchard), next week sees Linda take a shock phone call and is stunned by what she hears. After some soul-searching from Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe), Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) and Max Branning (Jake Wood), Linda realises she needs answers and heads off to seek the truth from Janine. Ask Metro Use AI to go deeper into the stories you care about – powered by Metro and trusted publications. But after the two women have a bitter reunion, Linda is ill-prepared for what she hears and refuses to believe her claims. Once again, Linda turns to her current love Max for support, and they prepare to face the situation together and get to the bottom of what Janine is saying. However, Max later makes a decision he may live to regret… Linda seeks advice from Sharon Watts and Elaine Peacock (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron) Is Janine’s new information about Mick’s whereabouts, or does it have something to do with the death certificate fans saw a glimpse of in the soap’s recent winter trailer? We also got a preview of a showdown between Janine, Linda and Max as Charlie Brooks, Kellie Bright and Jake Wood filmed scenes together outside a church where an apparent funeral was taking place. Could Mick finally be laid to rest, or is there more to Janine’s return than first meets the eye? Given this is Janine we’re talking about, we’d put money on the latter… Deals of the Day QVC shoppers can save £159 on Elemis' biggest beauty gift set of the year This Hoover vacuum is a game-changer for pet owners and muddy homes The wellbeing brand behind everyone's favourite candles has launched its biggest sale yet See London's Christmas lights from an open-top double-decker bus this winter My skin always suffers when the heating goes on but this serum changed that EastEnders airs these scenes from Monday 9th November at 7.30pm on BBC One or stream first from 6am on iPlayer. Arrow MORE: Max forces his way into Linda’s life in EastEnders despite her booting him out Arrow MORE: EastEnders’ Charlie Brooks in such agony she ‘wanted to chop own leg off’ Arrow MORE: EastEnders spoilers for next week as legend returns amid terrifying situation The Soaps Newsletter – Daily All the latest soaps spoilers and gossip, in your inbox every morning.