Overview
- Media spoilers preview episodes airing December 22–26 that build to a Christmas Day crisis at The Vic described as having “catastrophic consequences.”
- Police are reported to flood Albert Square on Boxing Day as residents confront the aftermath across multiple families.
- Nigel Bates’s dementia storyline anchors the week, centering on a community film screening and memory-driven visits from familiar faces.
- Zoe Slater’s months-long stalker plot intensifies over the holidays following a significant discovery on Christmas Eve.
- Additional threads include returning characters, a health disclosure from Sam Mitchell, and rising tensions within the Branning family.