EastEnders' Sharon ‘to the rescue' as prison looms for major characters
In forthcoming scenes on the BBC soap, Sharon's half-sister Vicki Fowler (Alice Haig) comes dangerously close to landing the murderous Walford women in prison when she considers telling the police about Bernie Taylor's (Clair Norris) recent shenanigans.
Before she departed Albert Square earlier this month, Bernie had been stealing money out of the Panesars' businesses as revenge for The Six killing her brother Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters).
When Vicki was roped in to audit the Panesars' accounts, she uncovered Bernie's fraudulent activities and blackmailed her, wanting a cut of some of the cash to repay a loan to Sharon.
However, Bernie eventually turned the tables on her, and told the Panesars it was Vicki who had been stealing from them.
While Bernie's lies were eventually exposed to Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal), she let Bernie off the hook and escape to Spain with the cash after pleas from Keanu's killer Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) and fellow members of The Six Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) to set Bernie free.
Still in the dark about the real reasons Bernie set her up, this week Vicki is still smarting, while still scrambling to raise the cash to pay Sharon back.
When Kathy gets wind of Vicki's plan to go to the police about Bernie, she makes a panicked call to Sharon, who is still in Australia, asking her to intervene.
She suggests Sharon should walk back her threat to chuck Vicki out of No. 43 if she doesn't repay her debts in the hope it will stop Vicki from feeling the pressure, and thus the need to go to the police about Bernie…
Sharon was last seen on the day of Martin Fowler's (James Bye) funeral back in April.
Just shortly after Vicki's arrival in Walford, Sharon set off to Australia to look after Vicki's mum and her longtime best friend Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully), who was struggling to come to terms with the loss of her brother Martin.
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They were later joined by their friend Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), but while Ian has since returned home, Sharon has remained Down Under with Michelle. More Trending
There is currently no word as to when Sharon will be back on screen, as actress Letitia Dean is taking a break from filming.
But has Sharon's long-distance call to Vicki done enough to protect The Six from a future behind bars?
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EastEnders airs these scenes from Monday 21 July at 7.30pm on BBC One or stream first from 6am on iPlayer.
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