'EastEnders' stalker mystery: Who wants to scare Phil? - Pictures

EastEnders launches a mystery storyline in upcoming episodes as Phil Mitchell starts receiving strange photographs from an unknown stalker.

Phil (Steve McFadden) is baffled by the arrival of pictures showing a young boy, who looks older in each photo that turns up. To make matters worse, the person responsible for sending the 'presents' seems to have no fear - as one picture is even found inside Phil's house, pinned to the back of the door.

Just as Phil begins to feel rattled by the strange goings-on, he finds another photograph which has been placed in a plastic bag and planted in the petrol tank of a car that he's working on at The Arches.





This third picture has a date on the back and finally gives Phil an idea of who the boy in the photographs might be. Heading over to Pat's house, he shows her the latest picture and her face pales as she makes a connection.

Pat (Pam St Clement) soon digs out an old newspaper cutting with the headline "Car Lot Fire: Man Identified". To both of their horror, the picture accompanying the newspaper story is exactly the same as the photo that Phil has received.

EastEnders' latest story twist for Phil revisits a plotline from 1994 which saw him involved in an insurance scam with Frank Butcher. Phil torched the car lot as part of the scheme, but both he and Frank were unaware that a homeless man was sleeping inside, who died in the blaze.

As Phil realises that somebody knows the truth and is trying to spook him, Janine (Charlie Brooks) quickly finds herself on the top of his list of suspects. Janine denies all responsibility, but a confrontation with Phil leaves her curious and she visits Pat to find out the truth about the car lot fire.

When Pat reluctantly tells her the story of what happened all those years ago, Janine is annoyed that she wasn't informed sooner and accuses the Albert Square matriarch of trying to put barriers between her and her dad.





Meanwhile, growing more perturbed by the minute, Phil confides in Rainie (Tanya Franks) about everything that's going on. When she proves to be a big support to him, the pair grow closer and begin to kiss - until Pat walks in wanting to provide the latest update on the picture situation.



Soon afterwards, Pat assures Phil that Janine can't be sending the pictures as she didn't know the truth about the car lot fire until now. This leaves Phil with the all-important question - if Janine isn't his stalker, who is? And how far will they go to cause trouble for him?

EastEnders airs these scenes on Monday, November 14, Tuesday, November 15 and Thursday, November 17 on BBC One.

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