George Knight blackmailed by evil dad Eddie with shock family secret in EastEnders
EDDIE Knight has been keen to get his adoptive son George to give him a good character reference but the latter refused.
Desperate to avoid prison, the EastEnders villain stoops to a new low next week to get what he wants and blackmails George.
George Knight’s world was turned upside down when he found out his father Eddie had been accused of murder and needed his presence at the trial for a glowing character reference.
Recent scenes of the BBC One soap have led to the Knight family secrets to come undone and George (portrayed by Colin Salmon) not only found out Eddie (Christopher Fairbank) was a murderer but that he had also killed his biological father Henry.
Eddie slowly showed his true colours and his racist micro-aggressions culminated into him having an outburst against George in The Vic.
This prompted Gloria Knight (Elizabeth Counsell) to reveal to George why Eddie killed Henry.
According to her, Henry wanted to take a teen George back with him to their family in Africa and Gloria refused to let go of her adopted child, thus begging Eddie to take action.
Coming up in Walford, Eddie’s murder trial begins as George continues to come to terms with his African heritage… but an unexpected visit may take him aback even further.
It’s Mother’s Day in Walford, and Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) is excited about celebrating with her children Gina (Francesca Henry), Anna (Molly Rainford) and Peter Beale (Thomas Law) together for the first time.
However, at The Vic, George is struggling to cope, having been informed that no DNA matches have been found for him and there’s no trace of his birth family.
His fiancée Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) and Cindy insist that the time has come for George to tell the girls the truth about his heritage before they head to Jamaica, and he reluctantly agrees.
Gina and Anna are horrified when George shares his story and are furious to discover the truth about Eddie and the trial.
Gloria later rings the pub after being coerced by Eddie into begging George to give a defence statement in court.
Later, George goes to see them and tells them to never contact him or the girls again.
But Eddie throws a spanner in the works and tells him that he’s got information about George’s birth mother.
There’s a catch – Eddie blackmails George and lets him know he will only hand it over if he gives him a character witness in court the following day.
George is in turmoil as he mulls over Eddie’s ultimatum, leaving Elaine and the Knight girls desperately worried for him.
Could he decide to help Eddie?
Or will he turn his back on him once and for all, thus never receiving the information he craves about his parentage?
EastEnders airs from Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm on ITV.