Tensions rise in the lead-up to Martin Fowler’s (James Bye) funeral in EastEnders next week.
The beloved fruit and veg trader died in the aftermath of the Queen Vic explosion last month and his loved one have been struggling to process his death in the weeks since.
Having secretly reunited with Martin in his final moments and planned to remarry, Martin’s ex-wife Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) has since fled the Square.
This has been much to the annoyance of Martin’s partner Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton), who is still in the dark about what really happened between Martin and Stacey on the night he died.
Ruby has also been left to finalise plans for Martin’s send-off but has clashed with Stacey’s mum Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) over the arrangements.
Next week it is the day before Martin’s funeral and Stacey still has not returned home from staying with her brother Sean Slater (Rob Kazinsky).
Forthcoming scenes see Ruby accosts Jean in the café about Stacey’s whereabouts, furious she has been left to handle things alone.
However, while actress Lacey Turner, who plays Stacey, is currently on maternity leave from the BBC soap, it looks like she will make a brief return to say goodbye to her one true love next week.
Martin passed away last month (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)
Last month, Lacey was pictured on location with several of her castmates filming scenes for the funeral.
She also returned to the EastEnders set in February just a month after giving birth to her third child to be part of the 40th anniversary live episode, which saw Martin die in Stacey’s arms.
Ahead of the funeral, fans will see his Ruby, his other ex-wife Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy), daughter Bex Fowler (Jasmine Armfield) and aunt Kathy Beale (Gillian Wright) all head to the undertakers to say their final goodbyes in heartbreaking scenes.
𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 “𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝒇𝙞𝒍𝙢𝒔𝙥𝒐𝙞𝒍𝙚𝒓𝙨.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐” 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬.
