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Of course, it turned out that Kat wasn’t dead and she turned up to her own wake, which Big Mo (Laila Morse) had requested.
But Mo had been trying to raise funds to pay back the family of a man she’d conned out of £5,000.
Debt collector Annie Pritchard (Martha Howe-Douglas) turned up to get the money back from Mo, but it’s not going to be easy for her.
Mo and her family pretended she’d died, though Martin Fowler (James Bye) revealed she was very much alive.
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CONFUSED: Stacey and Mo weren’t too bothered where Jean was
After tonight’s visit to Albert Square, it looks like that could be her exact tactic.
Jean went into the kitchen at the Slaters’ but she completely disappeared – could she have been kidnapped?
The fan-favourite character is vulnerable due to her history with mental health problems, so she could have been easy-pickings for Annie.
MYSTERY: The door was left open and the kitchen empty
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Jean had gone to make dinner but when Mo and Stacey (Lacey Turner) went to check on her, the back door was wide open and kitchen completely empty.
Weirdly, neither Stacey nor Mo were too worried by Jean’s disappearance – but what if she doesn’t turn up?
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But when Mitch confronted his apparent other woman later, she confessed she’d made the baby up – though knew Karen wouldn’t believe him if he told her.
EastEnders continues Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One.