Kathy Beale is back in the Square!

(Image credit: BBC/Kieron McCarron)

Phil receives a worrying call and heads to The Arches, where he finds Kathy! She begs him for help, but it's clear that Phil is furious with her for coming to the Square.

Sharon asks Abi to visits Max to convince him to plead guilty. When Abi insists she can't face him, Sharon persuades her to write him a letter instead. Volunteering to go to the prison with Phil, Sharon reads out Abi's letter to Max, encouraging him to plead guilty for the sake of his family. Sharon and Phil are shocked when Max insists he's innocent, introducing them to his new brief, Marcus Christie...

Jane offers to go with Cindy and Liam to Germany when Cindy gets cold feet. Realising Jane is serious, Ian insists that he's not ready to leave Walford. When Cindy uses the money Jane gave her to buy back Jane's wedding ring, Jane is touched. The moment turns sour when Jane and Ian reveal they're staying in Walford. After seemingly making amends with Cindy, Jane and Ian say an emotional goodbye. Cindy emails something before she goes...

Meanwhile, Sharon is waiting for Ian and Jane in the Beales' when an email arrives on Bobby's laptop. Sharon is stunned to find a video message from Cindy, telling Bobby that he killed Lucy!

Also, Claudette encourages Les to tell Pam the truth.

 

Rachel Lucas
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Rachel is a soaps and TV writer for WhatToWatch.com, soaps podcaster and resident soap expert for UK TV listings magazines What's On TV and TV Times. After graduating with an art and design degree from Birmingham City University, she found her true calling in all things soap and has been writing about them for magazines and websites for over 20 years. A self-confessed soap addict, she's always had a great love of all the UK and Aussie soaps and owns everything from a Neighbours 1990 Annual to a DVD box set of classic Corrie episodes to prove it.