Will she listen to Chelsea and seek medical advice?
Having forgotten her own birthday, Denise is so overwhelmed when her family excitedly greet her with birthday celebrations, that she rushes out. Following her, Jack tries to find out what’s wrong, but Denise knows she can’t open up to him, which drives an even bigger wedge between them.
With the family all upset and confused, a scared Raymond begs her to go back to being his mummy again and Denise decides to tell Jack everything.
Meanwhile, Stacey presses Suki to get the divorce deal with Nish done so the café is safe from him.
When Suki goes to see Nish, he needles her about what happened on Christmas night, but she tries to twist it all around to put him off the scent.
Later, after Kat makes an intriguing comment about Stacey’s past, Nish breaks into the Slater house to confront Stacey and try to get the truth from her. She’s terrified, but Jack interrupts them and sends him packing.
Thankful that Jack saved her, Stacey kisses him and he responds before making a swift exit, feeling terrible about betraying Denise again.
As the day of baby Charli’s guardianship hearing arrives, Lily and Ricky are nervous and Denise is surprised to hear from Nish that he had an altercation with Jack and Stacey and collars her to find out what happened.
Stacey convinces her it was over Suki, but Denise is so rattled that she rushes off as both families walk into the courtroom.
Later, at No.27, a worried Chelsea finds Denise and begs her to seek help from medical professionals.
Meanwhile, Jack joins a party at the Slaters, and Stacey takes him aside to ask about Denise whilst at the Branning house, As she cries out in her sleep Amy soothes Denise and when Denise wakes up screaming, Jack isn’t there.
When he gets home, Jack is short with Denise over missing the court hearing and when she asks him about where he’s been all night, he makes an excuse about work.
Feeling paranoid, Denise fears that the case might be connected to the Christmas Day death, so she steals his phone to find out.
Later at Fox and Hair, Denise overreacts when Penny says she’s ringing Jack and the mobile rings on her desk. When Jack arrives, a row breaks out where she reveals he slept with someone else to a disgusted Penny. Following this Denise seeks out an unlikely confidante.
Meanwhile, Suki goes to see Nish, who tells her he’s reneging on their deal and will keep all the businesses. If she doesn’t like it, he’ll never divorce her, so she’s trapped in their marriage.
Suki must decide whether to take him to court and risk him going to the police or agree to Nish’s deal and be free of him.
The following day at The Vic, Madame Tellerina takes the stage as the punters, including Kathy, Stacey, and Suki look on.
When Denise wanders in, she immediately sparks concern from the others as she looks terrible and they’re shocked when she volunteers to go on stage, hoping to get some answers to her despair. Later, at home, Denise’s grip on reality slips even further.
EastEnders continues Mondays to Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One with first look episodes available from 6am on BBC iPlayer
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