In May 2016, Bright announced that she was pregnant with her second child and would be taking maternity leave. Mick pleads with Linda to come home, but Linda isn't sure and Mick tells her to let him know when she's made her decision. Mick tells Linda he is innocent and she worries whether she did the right thing, though Mick reassures her. Linda screams at Shelley and leaves. After Janine scams Nancy and Zack out of 50,000 to give to Linda in an attempt for her to leave Walford, Linda invests the money in the 'Fox and Hair' salon, unaware that the money that Janine gave her was from scammed from Nancy and Zack who wanted to buy a restaurant. Grandfathers Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor This episode was uploaded to BBC iPlayer at 6am but was still . There is a big revelation about a past character that leaves Linda Carter shaken in . "He's in his thirties, so he's still running around after the kids, which is great. Dominic Treadwell-Collins (2013) She successfully resuscitates him, only for him to suffer a seizure. Following the attack, Linda fell pregnant. He rings her phone, and discovers her in the next room. Mick volunteers to swim to help Janet Mitchell's school raise money for a bus, but Mick cannot swim and Linda asks what he is going to do when they find out. [31] Kate White from Inside Soap was pleased to see Linda's backstory explored, saying "Now we know a bit about Linda's past and what made her a control freak, she's finally a sympathetic character. Whilst signing the forms, the consultant asks Linda if she is sure about her decision and Linda says having an abortion is one thing she never thought she would be doing as a baby was all she wanted a few months ago. On New Year's Day 2016, Dean goes to the wedding venue and attempts to drown Shirley, jumping into the lake with her. Following this, Stuart is arrested for perverting the course of justice but is quickly released after he blames Dylan, this annoys and worries Linda that Mick might not be released, she hears a sound in the barrel stall and while investigating comes face to face with Mick. He presents her with an engraved bracelet, and asks her if they can renew their wedding vows. Linda asks Shirley if she really thinks so little of her that she would make up such a thing and Shirley asks Linda why she can't just end it all before things spiral out of control and to confess that she made a mistake and she cheated on Mick because the lies and guilt will come out. [21], On 31 August 2014, it was announced that Dean would rape Linda. Mick conquers his fears and swims and on his way home, Mick is arrested for kerb crawling and Linda discovers this after receiving a phone call from Mick's lawyer to say that Mick is in court the following day at 2pm. EastEnders ' Linda Carter could be faced with a shock discovery this week following her affair with Max Branning. Stacey says that she was going to tell her something and Linda says that Dean is young, good looking and a bit of a player and she's a bit over protective. Linda as a Page 3 model (Tuesday 7 March 1995). Linda later turns up at The Vic and she tells Mick that Sharon asked her what she wanted and Linda wants them to get back to being a happy family and Linda apologises for running away and she and Mick reconcile. Without saying anything, Linda leaves the pub. Birth When Linda is called into the room, she leaves and tells Mick to take her home. Mick explains to Linda that it was Lee's fault, causing another argument, although they make up and have sex. She notices Jay Brown and Dennis Rickman Jr and she asks if Sharon is at home, but Jay says because of the shooting, they are staying with Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell and Linda says she will wait for Sharon there. In 2019, after her son Ollie is diagnosed with autism, Linda becomes disruptive. [13] Jane Simon from the Daily Mirror said that the fact Mick and Linda are happily married is a "rare thing in soapland". Nancy Carter Annie Carter Mick later marries Janine after taking Linda's advice. Linda tells PC Jenkins that Dean was drunk and tried to kiss her, but she pushed him away before slapping him. Linda returns to Walford to help with Sharon's wedding dress and she tells Mick she's just stopping by to see how they all are. Linda is horrified as she realises that Mick was sexually abused. Jack accompanies Linda to a check-up where she is told that there are no signs of cancer in her body but there is a chance it could come back, so she is unsure if she should tell Mick, but she does so. Linda, feeling increasingly threatened by Dean, turns down Mick's Christmas Day proposal before stunning Mick by revealing the rape. Whilst in bed, Johnny brings in the flowers from the kitchen, which were on the kitchen table the previous night and Linda throws them away, At lunch, Dean arrives, acting as nothing happened and Linda flees the pub. Annie Carter (2021), daughter of Linda and Max Branning, adopted by Mick Jade Green aka Roya Masood (2008), daughter of Dean Wick and Shabnam Masood Jimmy Wicks (2012), son of Carly Wicks Shirley asks if Mick is out the back, but Linda tells her he's out and won't be back till that night at the earliest. Willmott-Brown gives an eviction notice to the Carters, giving them a month to leave. Mick feels that he is loosing Linda, but Linda reassures Mick that he isn't loosing her and to prove it, Linda kisses Mick and she lets Mick undress her and they have sex. He appears angry, and asks if they heard the sirens. Bright announced her third pregnancy on 22 March 2021 and departed on 21 September 2021 for maternity leave. Portrayed by Linda departed the series on 25 December 2016 but made two separate guest appearances in March and June 2017. Linda confronts a delusional Dean when he insists on meeting the baby, believing that Ollie is his son. Linda and Mick initially don't let their guard down, but Elaine knows it's to do with Dean and she was wrong to think that it was an affair. The couple then had to use the three embryos they had left trying for their third baby, with the first two not working out. Linda also says that Dean could be sweet and he was there when she went through a bad time with Mick, but she swears never sought him out or lead him on and PC Jenkins reassures Linda she believes her. Tina persuades Shirley to stay for a drink and Shirley asks Linda how the kids are and Linda says they are great before asking Shirley how hers are. At the Christmas raffle, Mick announces that he and Linda are expecting another baby and when Linda gives out the first prize to Stacey, a bottle of Whiskey and Dean enters The Vic and shocks Linda, which Stacey picks up on. It eventually comes out that Linda was away from Walford for such a long period of time because she was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. Mick turns up at Sharon's and he tells Linda that he spoke with her mum, who told him she'd been off crutches for a week and they should talk instead of avoiding it. Later, Mick tells Linda that they need to talk and Linda says it's about time and she heard him and Johnny, but she refuses to talk about it as she thinks she knows her children and Johnny isn't gay. Jack Branning finds this out as Linda gives birth but sees how happy Linda and Mick are with the baby and promises not to tell Max or anyone. EastEnders bosses worked with charity Rape Crisis to develop the storyline. [34] Neither nomination made the viewer-voted shortlist. It is a gun, so Mick can be prepared for the big job.The following day, after Linda finds the gun, Mick returns the gun to Aidan and tells him he is out of the job. Linda isn't pleased with Shirley and she tells Mick to step up. Max uses this to blackmail Phil into convincing Sharon to sign The Queen Vic back to Mick. NOTE: Please do not add content from the BBC iPlayer's early episodes until it has been aired on television, as it is intrusive to our readers who may not have seen the episode on iPlayer. Dean then asks how many weeks Linda is again, but she again tells him that the baby isn't his. As they leave, Linda reminds Tina that she is welcome and Shirley asks Linda to tell Mick that she misses him. Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) returns to Walford for Tina's funeral, surprising Mick. She's been part of some huge storylines over the years, including her relationship with husband . Linda returns the following day and Mick informs her of Lee's departure and the debts he left. Mick gets hold of Dean and he pushes him into the table, causing it to collapse and he starts punching Dean whilst Linda pleads for Mick to stop. Eventually, she tells him she hates herself and, because of Dean, she feels the same way she did when she suffered from bulimia after her father died, and has been making herself sick again. In the pharmacy, Linda awkwardly picks up a pregnancy testing kit with other items and when she leaves, fear grips her as she notices Dean. While Freddie was conceived naturally, Kellie became pregnant with Gene at 39-years-old after undergoing IVF for the first time. PC Jenkins asks if Linda still has the message and her phone will be needed to be used as evidence and Linda feels as if it will be her word against Dean's and PC Jenkins explain that in a case with no witnesses, it comes down to the issue of consent. "[4] She also worked as a receptionist at a nightclub in London. Cora persuades Linda to go along to the court and show Mick her support and at the court, Cora discovers the prostitute was her daughter, Rainie Cross. Mick asks where it is all coming from and Linda fears for when the kids leave and who she will be if she isn't their mother. The following week, Linda has a party for her birthday, and Lee returns permanently from Afghanistan in time for the celebrations. Mick talks to Linda about the other week when they thought she was pregnant and it keeps nagging away at him and he reveals to Linda that they should have a baby. When Linda's mum cancels their shopping trip, Mick bribes Nancy into going with money and on their way, Linda persuades Nancy to try on a dress for her and they bump into Dean, who gives Linda her birthday card for a free treatment at Blades. Halfway gives the ring to the Carters, who then give the ring to Fi in exchange for the freehold for the pub. Later, when the family eat Mick's birthday cake, Nancy tells her parents that she can't pretend everything is OK when it isn't and she tells Linda that she points out that the mum she knows wouldn't have let Dean run his mouth off and she would've told him something about himself. On 12 March 2015, Bright revealed that she had received "personal letters" from rape victims who had been affected by Linda's story, leaving her feeling "humbled" by the audience's response. In August 2017. Stacey says that she said exactly the same thing to herself, but the truth has a way of getting out and she ended up killing Archie Mitchell and Linda says Mick would do the same to Dean. Shelley insults Ollie which leads to Shirley punching her. The following morning, Linda is researching a clinic up on the internet for an abortion and whilst running a bath, Linda phones the clinic and arranges a telephone consultation for 7pm that night. Later, when Linda is cleaning up the bar from the previous night, she panics when she receives a text from Dean, saying he won't say about last night. Linda continues to clash with Shirley, who moves in with them, and she befriends Sharon Rickman (Letitia Dean) over their mutual dislike of Shirley. Stan's girlfriend, Cora Cross (Ann Mitchell) overhears the conversation and accompanies Linda to Mick's hearing, and Linda is devastated when he pleads guilty to protect Ian, who is going through a tough time following the death of his daughter, Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater). Other names Linda says she isn't lying and Dean raped her in the kitchen whilst her children were downstairs and despite telling Dean to stop, he didn't. Linda drinks Mo's vodka on the bus en route to the boat and arrives drunk, which leads to her announcing in front of everyone that Mick and Whitney are having an affair. 996 episodes, 1993-2015 Rita Simons . Mick also says that Dean has been bad mouthing Linda to people and he wouldn't let it go, which resulted in Mick loosing things and Linda promises the whole thing is in Dean's head. However, the truth is revealed when the prostitute, who is revealed to be Cora's estranged daughter Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks), bumps into Ian's partner Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and reveals the truth. When Mick asks what changed, Linda says that it's knowing that he wants the baby too and she's starting to see things differently. She tells Linda that it's natural to want something different, but Dean is too close to home and Linda tells her mum to stop talking about Dean. Mick theorises that Linda is pregnant when she vomits at the smell of lavender bath soap, and she, is horrified to discover he is correct, when she takes a test. Linda says there is something and Elaine says she knew it the minute Mick rang and that she uses a migraine as a cover up and carries on and Linda says running the pub gets on top of her at times. Max tries to convince Linda to move to New Zealand with him and, after another rejection from Mick, she decides to go. Now Read: EastEnders confirm Harry Redknapp will make a special appearance later this year, EastEnders actor Nitin Ganatra working in family's shop after quitting soap role of 12, EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale schedule change: When are the soaps on this, recently hit out at trolls who criticised her for having a baby in her 40s. Nancy and Lee have an argument, which causes Ollie (now Charlie Harrington) to fall off his highchair. The storyline aired over the autumn. "[11] Dyer said there is a "Den and Angie [Watts] feel" to the relationship. Linda refuses to accept that he is gay and encourages him to date Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), who shows an interest in him. She tells him to leave Walford and Jack agrees. Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor Character - Actor This episode was uploaded to BBC iPlayer at 6am but was still shown at the regular time . [14], In 1992, Bright voiced the character of Beauty in the Bevanfield Films production of Beauty and the Beast. Mick decides to call Linda's mum, Elaine and she arrives at The Vic and she tells Mick that she isn't going anywhere until she has got to the bottom of things. At the end of the party, Mick tells Linda that with the kids cleaning up down in the bar, they have a good half an hour to themselves and he asks Linda if she enjoyed her night and whether he can do anything else. Classification She went to the hospital and it was confirmed the cancer hadnt returned, and Linda was okay. Linda later invites Sharon to live with the Carters but her guilt grows, especially when Keanu's mother Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley) becomes convinced that Phil has killed him, causing her to drink heavily again. Linda continues to be uncomfortable with this, and attempts to sabotage his plans by making him work. Mother 13 Sep 2021. Linda tells Mick that when she wanted another baby, he didn't want to know and Mick tells they may have a girl who'd want to wear dresses, but when Mick makes a remark about having a boy who would be like his dad, Linda firmly says no as he can't change his mind on it and it's not fair. [10] [26] Linda's on screen departure aired on 25 December 2016. Johnny finds a dog tag whilst grinding meat in the meat grinder and he and Shirley believe it is dog meat instead of lamb. After The Upper Hand had finished, Bright has said that she struggled to make ends meet. She becomes very withdrawn, telling nobody and refusing to be intimate with Mick. He believes this will show Linda how much he cares for her and will be enough to win her back. Linda chooses alcohol and later phones Mick telling him that she wants a divorce. On filming this particular storyline, Bright stated that "It is a challenging storyline, but it is an important storyline and I feel honoured to have been given it". Dean, still convincing himself that Linda cheated on Mick with him, says it doesn't give her the right to ruin things for him and Linda orders him to get out. Later, Johnny reveals to Linda that the meat is dog and not lamb and they have a visit from the Environmental Health, who inform them that if the meat isn't suitable for human consumption, they could face a hefty fine and a possible custodial sentence. Linda tries to convince Mick that she isn't pregnant as she is on the pill nor does she feel pregnant as she isn't craving apples like she did with the others and she doesn't have any symptoms. Following this, Stuart is arrested for perverting the course of justice but is quickly released after he blames Dylan, this annoys and worries Linda that Mick might not be released, she hears a sound in the barrel stall and while investigating comes face to face with Mick. 85 Aliases The introduction of Dyer and Bright was part of a large cast shake-up planned by new executive producer Treadwell-Collins in an attempt to improve ratings. Relationships/Known relatives Johnny announces he is leaving Walford to travel with Gianluca, although initially upset, Linda decides to support him. Linda sits in the bar with her coat and bag and when Mick arrives back with Nancy and Lee, she tells him that she wants to go now as she can't put it off another day and Mick gives her the car keys.
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