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Episode 5017-5018 - Look Back in Anger (19 February 2015)

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Look Back in Anger was an episode that aired during the 30th Anniversary and was broadcast live.

Summary[]

With the truth about Lucy now out, certain residents are left to face the brutal facts about her death. Many other secrets have also been revealed for other residents.

Stacey, Martin and Kush bash the door in of Number 23 where they find Nick slumped in an armchair - he is dead. Charlie and Dot walk in shortly after and are speechless to catch their unsuspecting guests inside.

The Beales panic as they try to comprehend Lauren's card. Peter thinks that Denise killed Lucy.

Mick asks Nancy to keep an eye on the Vic as he has seen Dean in the Square.

Ian decides he is going to confront Denise alone.

Max and Tanya reel from their confrontation with Abi.

Martin hunts Ian before he can get to Denise and claims something is wrong with Dot. Sharon gives Phil an ultimatum over his questionable behaviour and walks off into the Square, where Ian and Martin are. They inform her something is up with Dot and all head to Number 25, where Dot wants to see Ian and Sharon alone.

Cindy becomes agitated over Lauren's card and starts asking questions. Jane tries to reassure her.

Denise misinterprets comments from Kim at the Vic and snaps, upsetting her. A half-cut Kat stumbles in to join the wedding celebrations.

Peter heads towards the Vic in search of Ian but is stunned to learn from Ben and Jay that he is not in there.

Denise reluctantly follows Kim to the ladies' toilets and attempts to make amends, but is unsuccessful.

Max and Tanya lay into each other.

Shirley catches Phil outside the Vic and strikes a nerve with comments about Max.

Dot explains to Ian and Sharon that she let Nick die and she can now make her peace.

Kim goes into labour in the ladies' toilets.

Charlie, Fatboy, Kush, Martin and Stacey wait in the living room of Number 25 for an update on Dot. Ian and Sharon promptly enter and opt for a cover-up.

Kat makes snide remarks towards Sonia upon catching sight of her and then shoves her face into the wedding cake. Denise calls for an ambulance and summons Sonia to the toilets for assistance. Mick returns from an unsuccessful hunt for Dean, unaware he is lurking in the shadows on Bridge Street. The ambulance is delayed for Kim, so she gives birth to a baby girl in the toilets and names her Pearl.

Phil drives to a location in London alone and waits for someone.

Carol and Les are taken to Number 25 and dragged into the cover-up.

A drunken Kat is found by Martin and Stacey in the Square gardens. Stacey asks Martin to help her escort Kat home.

Dean sneaks into the Vic's cellar with a can of petrol in his hand.

Tanya finds Jane and explains she will not be at the wedding as she is leaving now.

Mick catches Ian staring bleakly at Number 45, and works out from his behaviour that he knows who killed Lucy.

Martin and Stacey put Kat to bed. Martin misinterprets Stacey's kindness as something more and goes to kiss her. She evades him and he awkwardly leaves.

A police car pulls up outside Number 25. Dot admits she called them. DI Keeble asks Dot to take her to Nick's body.

A cab pulls up at the location where Phil is. Kathy comes out of it.

The paramedics arrive and take Kim to hospital. Denise wants to go with her but Kim refuses to let her, still upset at her hurtful comments.

Kathy begs Phil to let her return home, but he will not listen. She receives a phone call and hastily leaves after repeating her plea.

Nancy is lured to the cellar by the scent of petrol. Dean grabs her and covers her mouth.

Peter finds Denise in the Square and accuses her of murdering Lucy. Ian corrects him - it was not Denise.

Dean loosens grip on Nancy's mouth and she screams for Mick. He hears her and upon entering the cellar comes face-to-face with Dean. Dean lets Nancy go and turns his attention to Mick. Mick smacks him to the ground with a fire extinguisher and rams his foot on Dean's throat, choking him. Nancy panics and hits her father with a crate to stop him hurting Dean any further, but Dean lies lifeless on the floor.

Ian phones Number 45's landline from the café. Cindy, Jane and Peter all eye the phone up. Someone answers and Ian tells them he knows they killed Lucy. He asks them to remove everyone else from the house as he is coming to see them.

Dot is arrested for the murder of Nick and taken away in a police car.

Ian arrives at Number 45 and demands to know from Jane exactly what happened on the night Lucy died.

Credits[]

Main cast[]

Recurring cast[]

Locations[]

  • Albert Square
  • The Queen Victoria - Public, hallway, ladies toilets and cellar
  • 5 Albert Square - Kitchen and living/dining room
  • 23 Albert Square - Living room
  • 25 Albert Square - Kitchen, living room and hallway
  • 41 Albert Square - Kitchen
  • 45 Albert Square - Kitchen and living/dining room
  • Bridge Street
  • Cindy's Café
  • Turpin Way
  • Playground
  • 91A George Street - Kitchen
  • 55 Victoria Road - Kitchen
  • Unknown location in London

Notes[]

  • This episode was 55 minutes long and was the show's 30th anniversary.
  • The opening scene of this episode mirrors that of the first ever scene of the show, as Stacey Branning, Martin Fowler and Kush Kazemi find an unconscious Nick Cotton in an armchair inside Number 23 - the same way Arthur Fowler, Ali Osman and Den Watts found Reg Cox in his armchair in the same house thirty years earlier.
  • Final appearance of John Altman as Nick Cotton, although the character appears as a corpse, having previously died on 13 February.
  • This episode saw the shock return of Kathy Sullivan, who was 'killed' off-screen. Her last appearance was on 6 January 2000.
  • Last appearance of Tanya Cross until 25 December 2017.
  • This episode featured live inserts among pre-recorded scenes. The live scenes were indicated with a "#EELive" in the top right hand corner of the screen, and there were a total of 18 live segments inserted into the episode, which included: all the scenes with the Beales at Number 45, the scenes of Max Branning and Tanya Cross at the café, Kim Fox-Hubbard's pregnancy and birth scenes in The Queen Victoria ladies' toilets, Phil Mitchell waiting in an unknown location in London for Kathy Sullivan and Kathy later emerging from a cab, Tanya explaining to Jane Beale that she would be leaving early, Peter Beale accusing Denise Fox of murdering Lucy Beale and Dot Branning being taken away in a police car.
  • This episode was entitled "Look Back in Anger", with the script later being published on the BBC Writer's Room.
  • Due to the substantial cessation of filming on continuing dramas and therefore EastEnders taking a hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this episode was given a special repeat under the EastEnders' special EastEnders: Iconic Episodes on BBC One at 7.30pm on 28 July 2020.
  • Ray De-Haan was the credited stunt co-ordinator of this episode.
  • Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 11,330,000 viewers (2nd place).

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