While Syed puts the finishing touches to his engagement, a heartbroken Christian heads to the Vic to drown his sorrows. In his drunken haze Christian hooks up with a stranger from the pub whom he believes to be looking for fun, only to find he has a violent anti-gay vendetta and leaves Christian literally lying in a pool of blood at the end of the show. Will he survive? Will Syed come to his rescue?

Elsewhere Ronnie advises Roxie that she is leaving the Square for good after finding that her father is back on the scene and a major part of her life. There are also further repercussions for Whitney when her brother decides to leave only to be tempted back at the last minute after Tiffany finds him a bed at Jeannine’s house. What is Jeannine after?

There are some developing storylines in Eastenders with Libby also set for a visit to jail to see her biological father after her grandmother contacted her on her 18th birthday. Will she tell her mum what is going on? Will she actually go?