Nicola and Teddy Mitchell (Laura Doddington and Roland Manookian) after in an absolute mess over Shireen’s death in EastEnders next week, with the truth on the cusp of being exposed.

It leads them to realise that they have to take drastic action to discover their tracks, as new spoilers reveal, but even Nicola is blown away by the action that Teddy takes.

Meanwhile Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) is unimpressed by Avani’s (Aaliyah James) growing friendship with Joel Marshall (Max Murray) – and there are concerning signs that he could be right.

In other Walford developments, there’s a setback for Johnny Carter (Charlie Suff).

Monday April 28

Teddy demands answers from Nicola about the circumstances of Shireen’s death.

When Teddy insists that Harry deserves to know the truth, Nicola insists it will send him off the rails, so Teddy reluctantly keeps quiet.

Later, Barney susses out that something is going on between his parents and unwittingly gives Nicola pause for thought. Later, Teddy finds Nicola, and orders her to stop as he’s got a plan.

Avani is hanging out with Joel at No.41, which doesn’t impress Ravi. Priya gets a call from Jack to inform her that the police will not be taking Avani’s complaint forward.

Fearing the impact the news will have on Avani, Priya decides to keep it from her, even asking Amy not to tell her. However, when Amy and Avani get their friendship back on track, the truth comes out.

Meanwhile, Priya goes to the police station to make another complaint, and Callum steps in when she loses her temper. Back at home, Avani berates the family for keeping the truth from her and storms out.

Elsewhere, Harry gives Kojo some advice about dating and later Harry tries to chat up Gina. Meanwhile, Johnny confides in Elaine that he’d like to have a serious relationship with Felix.

Tuesday April 29

Teddy pauses work at the site while he and Nicola do a deal with Benji. Following the negotiations, Nicola decides to sell Harry’s Barn to pay Benji, but later, Teddy finds another solution.

Priya and Ravi invite Avani for a takeaway night at No.41, but Priya ends up agreeing that her friends can come over instead.

Later, Amy, Denzel and Nugget are there when Joel and Tommy arrive with a bottle of vodka, and the boys start drinking. At Harry’s Barn, Priya sees red when Callum and his workmates arrive, and Ravi is forced to intervene when Priya lashes out at them.

As the evening wears on, Tommy is humiliated when the boys tease him about his lack of experience with girls with Joel giving him some troubling advice.

Elsewhere, Johnny is disappointed when he asks Felix out but is rejected as Felix has a date lined up that night.

Harry asks Kojo to put in a good word for him with Gina. Although Gina is initially unimpressed, Harry manages to get her to agree to a date.

Wednesday April 30

Nicola is incredulous at the way Teddy has handled things. As the consequences of this latest development play out, both Teddy and Nicola navigate a very tricky situation. However, later things unravel when Nicola is ambushed by an intruder while alone at Harry’s Barn.

Hungover Priya faces more anger from Avani, who has heard about her altercation with Callum. Suki advises Priya to take responsibility for her actions, so she apologises to Callum.

As Priya gets inspired by Yolande’s parenting advice, Avani meets up with dealer Declan in the café. Declan refuses to give Avani some weed for free, but Joel steps in to pay for it.

Johnny is pleased to hear Felix’s date was a disappointment, and they agree to have a movie afternoon together. But as Johnny is gearing up to ask Felix about making a go of things as a couple, Elaine, Linda, and the Knight girls crash in.

Thursday May 1

At Harry’s Barn, Nicola faces a reckoning.

Joel goes to find Avani to arrange a get-together so they can share the weed. Later, Avani is at No.1 with Barney when Joel and Tommy arrive.

Barney is dismayed that Avani invited them, and things go from bad to worse when Joel makes a disparaging comment about Avani when she is out of the room, and Barney calls him out.

Unscrupulous Joel convinces Avani that Barney is to blame for the angry situation, and she storms out. Later, Avani and Joel are smoking weed together when he makes a move on her.