
EastEnders' Vicki is disturbed as shocking new secret about Joel is revealed
EastEnders' Vicki Fowler (Alice Haig) is disturbed after finding out a shocking secret about her partner Ross Marshall's (Alex Walkinshaw) son Joel (Max Murray) next week.
It was recently confirmed that teenager Joel will take feature in a dark incel plot, having arrived in Walford with Ross and Vicki hiding a huge secret earlier this year.
It was later revealed that while still living in Australia, Joel had upskirted one of his schoolmates and shared the photo online. Ross paid the family off to prevent them going to the police, but they demanded that Joel did not return to Sydney.
While Ross and Vicki hoped that Joel had changed his ways since moving onto Albert Square, his behaviour has only worsened, having recorded himself and Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James) having sex without her consent.
While Avani remains unaware of the video's existence, she has been on the receiving end of online trolling after word spread around Walford High that she and Joel had slept together.
In scenes to air this week, Amy Mitchell (Ellie Dadd) reveals to Vicki that Joel is the reason Avani is getting more abusive messages, as he shamed Avani for sleeping with him.
A disgusted Vicki informs partner Ross about her discovery, and the couple agree that Joel needs more positive male role models in his life. More Trending
While they hope his friendship with Tommy Moon (Sonny Kendall) will be good for him, little do they know that he recently encouraged Tommy to pay for adult content using Alfie Moon's (Shane Richie) credit card.
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Things take an even darker turn later in the week, as Joel shows Tommy a video by a social media influencer who says derogatory things about women.
With Tommy falling under Joel's toxic influence, will Vicki and Ross uncover the full extent of his behaviour before things get even more serious?
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EastEnders airs these scenes from Monday 9 June at 7.30pm on BBC One or stream first from 6am on iPlayer.
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