Next week on EastEnders, Ian angers most of the Square - and he ends up paying the price.
Elsewhere, Mick tries to find answers from his past, Rainie and Stuart get a surrogacy setback and Callum feels the heat from Thompson.
Read on for pictures and spoilers from next week's new episodes!
Monday, November 30 (Episode 6173)
Jack tells Max that he needs to move out so that Amy can have her own room - so Max responds by telling Ian that he wants his money back or he'll kick Sharon out of the Vic.
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Ian deliberately lets slip that Tiffany is planning to be the surrogate for Rainie and Stuart to a horrified Whitney.
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Mick and Katy visit the care home where he grew up as he goes in search of answers. When old memories come flooding back to him, she suggests it's to do with Linda leaving him.
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Suki is still furious with Ian and plots against him.
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Linda bumps into Max at the Minute Mart while buying rum but insists that it's for Mick. Later she recreates a date she had with Mick they had when they were 12 but he clams up.
Linda ends up finding comfort in Max at the restaurant, where they share a kiss - unaware that Ian is watching...
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Also: Bobby asks Ian for help picking the winner of the Lucy Beale Award but he's too busy.
This episode airs Monday, November 30 at 8.05pm on BBC One
Tuesday, December 1 (Episode 6174)
Max is left fuming after Ian tells him that he needs to back off or the whole Square will find out about his dalliance with Linda.
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Whitney and Jack sit down with Keegan and Tiffany to talk about the surrogacy, whereupon Jack informs them that it's illegal to pay a surrogate.
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Also: After finding Mick despondent, Tina starts a mission to get Ian out of the Vic. Max takes his revenge on Ian, Bobby prepares for the Lucy Beale Award night and DI Thompson confronts Callum.
This episode airs Tuesday, December 1 at 7.35pm on BBC One
Thursday, December 3 (Episode 6175)
Bobby is struggling to decide who should get the Lucy Beale Award. Ian tells him he knows who Lucy would have picked. When Bobby makes the big announcement, everyone is shocked.
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Ben is fuming as no-one wants to work with the Mitchells anymore - he's determined to find out who the grass is.
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Also: Max reassures Linda that he's sorted things with Ian, Tina and Shirley look forward to witnessing Ian's downfall.... but will Ian get the last laugh on them all?
This episode airs Thursday, December 3 at 7.35pm on BBC One
Friday, December 4 (Episode 6176)
Mick lashes out at Tina after she suggests that he can get the pub back.
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Max and Ben are fuming at Ian, who is hoping that he will be getting a glowing write-up in the Gazette. Ian's gloating is short-lived, however, when the police show up and arrest him.
When Kathy rushes to Ian's aid, he immediately tells her that it's her fault he got arrested, prompting her to deliver some home truths. Peter attempts to make Bobby see that Ian is in the wrong and they won't be happy until he is out of the picture.
When Ian is back on the Square, Rainie confronts him about telling Whitney about the surrogacy plans. Ian bites back and Stuart is none too happy.
Later on, Ian lies motionless on the floor in the Vic after a vicious attack.
This episode airs Friday, December 4 at 8.35pm on BBC One
Neil Wilkes
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