EASTENDERS' Linda Carter is set to come under intense pressure as her longtime family friend threatens to expose her secret.
This comes as Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is on the warpath and Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) attempts to stop him.
Police officer Callum Highway (Tony Clay) is set to investigate the murder of Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters) as he seeks out the truth.
On the Christmas special, he was stabbed by Linda (Kellie Bright) with the meat thermometer as she attempted to protect Sharon who was being strangled.
The infamous six which also include Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), Denise Fox (Diane Parish), Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) and Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) covered up the crime and their complicity.
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They buried Keanu's corpse under the floor of the cafe before telling the police that Keanu fled and was on the run after attacking Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry).
The women then framed evil Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) for his murder after Keanu's body was discovered.
But when an old family friend arrives on the square, Linda could find herself vulnerable.
Callum's suspicions are spurred on after a comment was made by Linda and Phil recounts details with an earlier conversation with Sharon.
Phil continues to press his ex for information as he heads over to her house, however she remains adamant that there is nothing to say.
Phil wants to go straight to the Queen Vic to ask Linda himself, but Sharon just about puts a stop to his rampage.
She later is later struck with fear after she bumps into Callum in the cafe, where he declares that he's speaking to detectives who investigated the murder.
Sharon herself then heads to the boozer to see Johnny (Charlie Suff), Linda and Jack (Scott Maslen) to come up with a plan to keep Callum off her scent of the crime.
Jack then decides to speak to Callum in a bid to help The Six as he tries to discourage him for professional reasons.
However, Johnny also tries to further convince him to lay off his mum as he notes Ben Mitchell's absence.
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EastEnders airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
