In Walford, every parent claims they’d do anything for their child—but Teddy Mitchell’s latest actions prove just how far a desperate father might go. His world has narrowed to one goal: saving his son Harry, no matter the cost. Yet the path he’s taken seems destined to place him behind prison bars for years, possibly decades. As the community reels, the Mitchells are about to face one of their most explosive family crises to date.

Harry Mitchell has been spiraling for months. After enduring horrific abuse, captivity, and manipulation at the hands of Tobias Oki Oiera, he’s been left severely traumatized and hooked on substances just to cope. Oki’s reign of terror warped Harry’s mind, leaving him raw, unstable, and lost. When Oki was finally killed, Harry—already fragile—panicked, leaving Teddy to step in before the police could get close to the truth.

Teddy believed there was no chance Harry would survive prison. So, without hesitation, he smeared his fingerprints across Oki’s knife, confessed to the murder, and allowed himself to be taken into custody while Nicola whisked Harry away. By the time Harry realized the terrible sacrifice his father had made, Teddy was gone, locked behind steel doors and formally charged with murder.

What Harry didn’t know was that Teddy went even further: he entered a guilty plea without consulting anyone, not even Barney. Nicola has been doing everything possible to shelter Harry, convinced the truth will shatter what remains of his fragile stability. But George Knight, meaning only to check on the young man, accidentally mentions Teddy’s guilty plea—and Harry erupts. Emotion crashes through him in a tidal wave of shame and fury. He finally breaks down and admits the truth: he was the one who killed Oki.

For a moment, it seems like Harry is ready to finally turn himself in. George encourages him, urging him to do the right thing before things get worse. But just as Harry teeters on the edge of confessing fully, Nicola drops a bombshell—she is pregnant, and the father is none other than George. The revelation hits them like a hurricane. George reels, Nicola trembles under the weight of her secret, and Harry, terrified and overwhelmed, slips right back into drugs.

Soon afterward, Nicola and George return home only to discover Harry has vanished. Panic sweeps through them until they track him down with Gina Knight. George eventually convinces Harry to attend Teddy’s court hearing despite Nicola’s protest. Inside the courtroom, the tension is suffocating. Teddy steps forward, calm but resigned, accepting punishment for a crime he never committed. The judge’s words devastate the entire Mitchell family as Teddy’s fate becomes chillingly clear.

In the aftermath, the household fractures even further. Barney Mitchell decides to leave and live with his biological father, Zack Hudson, a decision that infuriates Nicola, who feels her family slipping through her fingers. As for Harry, he wanders toward the Arches, clutching a packet of drugs like it’s the only thing tethering him to reality. Whether he sinks further or finally finds the strength to come clean remains to be seen.

But Teddy’s sentencing is only one thread in a web of turmoil spreading across Walford.

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Jean Slater’s Dark Confession

Elsewhere, the unsettling stalking of Zoe Slater takes a dramatic turn. For months, Zoe has endured anonymous phone calls, eerie notes, and moments where she felt someone lurking just beyond her sight. But next week, viewers will watch the mystery intensify during the Christmas lights switch-on event when another disturbing message appears in the window of the Vic.

This time, the culprit is revealed—Lily Slater catches Jean Slater in the act.