Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton) was left shaken to the core in EastEnders as Bea Pollard's (Ronni Ancona) true nature came to light in sinister scenes, leaving her terrified of what her 'friend' is capable of.
Bea's obsession and manipulation
Bea, as fans know, has become obsessed with Honey, who – despite having had a credit card taken out in her name by the schemer – refuses to have a bad word said against her supposed mate. Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick), meanwhile, has long suspected that Bea cannot be trusted and he's voiced such concerns to Honey, who wouldn't listen.
Sensing that Billy would become a thorn in her side, Bea decided to set him up, claiming that he attempted to sleep with her, using AI-generated voice notes to strengthen her accusations. Honey believed every word uttered by the villain, much to the devastation of Billy, who was forced to move out of his home and away from his kids despite having done nothing wrong.
Allies try to intervene
Will (Freddie Phillips), however, knew full well that Bea was up to no good and therefore he joined forces with his dad in a bid to try and expose the truth. But despite his best efforts, Honey still refused to listen. And Will wasn't the only person whose pleas had little effect, with Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington) and Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) all hoping they'd have better luck in making Honey see that Bea cannot be trusted. Sadly, it didn't work, with Honey storming out of the Vic when she realised that the trio were staging an intervention of sorts.
The cleansing ritual shock
Determined to show her loyalty to Bea, Honey joined her so-called friend at the allotment for what Bea called a cleansing ritual, stealing a number of Billy's prized football shirts, which she threw into the flames. The bigger shock came moments later when Bea attempted to discard a shirt made by Will and Janet, which named Billy the 'world's best dad'.
Honey intervened, grabbing hold of the shirt as she remarked that they shouldn't be getting rid of something so special but sinister Bea turned cold, threatening to tell Billy what they were up to if she didn't follow through. The scales fell from Honey's eyes as she watched Bea, realising that her friends and family might have been spot on about the schemer, who stared intently at the flames as if she were about to speak the future like the Red Woman on Game of Thrones.
What happens next?
Will Honey finally turn against Bea? Is this the beginning of the end for Bea? Or has the master manipulator got another trick up her sleeve? EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One or streams from 6am on BBC iPlayer.
