In Pictures: Jane SPOILER

[carmelina]

This is the dramatic moment that EastEnders' Jane Beale (Laurie Brett) is shot by her crazed stepson Steven Beale.

On Friday, viewers will see Steven – played by 18-year-old Aaron Sidwell – reveal his father Ian's (Adam Woodyatt) whereabouts to his petrified sister Lucy (Melissa Suffield).

For weeks, Ian has been locked in the same block of flats in which he discovered that his son had been stalking him. Pretending to be his dead mother Cindy, Steven had been sending gifts and messages from beyond the grave.

As Steven leads his sister through the eerie corridors of the flat, Ian startles them when he jumps out of nowhere.

While a struggle between father and son ensues, Lucy sneaks away and calls her stepmother Jane, who rushes to their location where a final showdown takes place.

With Steven holding his father at gunpoint, Jane rushes into the flat. As she and Steven tussle for the weapon, a shot rings out and it's Jane who takes the bullet.

An EastEnders source told DS: "Jane's worried sick when she can't find Ian, Lucy or Steven. When she turns up at the block of flats, she can't believe what she's faced with."

They added: "When the gun fires, Jane's life is left hanging in the balance…"

The shooting scenes are to air on Friday, October 12 with the aftermath transmitting on Monday, October 15.

[carmelina]

more from the Mirror:

Mad, stary eyes? Check. Incoherent ranting? Check. Inappropriate behaviour, like trying to snog your stepmum? Check. Taking your stepdad hostage? Check. It looks like another quiet week in Walford.

Sad stalker Steven Beale totally loses the plot this week. He doesn’t just go off the rails, but down the embankment and up the other side to The Cuckoo Club. His torrent of abuse about Jane even shocks the terrible twins.

So what does Lucy do? Call for medical assistance to get her unstable half-brother the psychological help he so obviously needs?

Er, no, she gives him the gun she got from her demented boyfriend, thereby showing an appalling lack of character judgment.

She then follows her dangerous sibling across London in the dead of night, up the stairs of an eerie tower block into a dark, derelict flat – and then into the wildwoods where the werewolves roam (sorry, I got carried away with the melodrama of it all).Then, boo. Guess who jumps out? Lucy’s demented dad Ian, wild-eyed and bearded –

a look that’s still an improvement on the porn-star ’tache he used to have.

He is being held hostage! He lunges at Steven! They fight! There’s a shot! Then…

I’m afraid we’ll have to leave it there as we’ve used up our exclamation mark quota!



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[Twirley]

Exciting times ahead. Thanks for the lowdown, Carmelina!

[eefanincan]

Wow! I thought we only had this much excitment on the Square at Christmastime

Thanks for the updates carmelina!