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"The Six" is a storyline from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. The storyline began in episode 6649, broadcast on 20 February 2023, which featured the show's first flash-forward sequence at the end of the episode. The scene showed six female EastEnders characters, Denise Fox (Diane Parish), Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth), Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), and Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) in The Queen Victoria public house on Christmas Day standing around an unidentified male body lying on the floor, seemingly dead. Events leading up to Christmas that year put each character in the frame to be the potential murderer, as well as several male characters to be the victim. The storyline was composed as a different type of Whodunit mystery. When Christmas Day 2023 arrived, the murderer and victim were revealed to be Linda Carter and Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters), whom Linda stabbed to death with a meat thermometer in an act of defence.

Storyline creation and development[edit]

The storyline began its creation DATEDATEDATE, where executive producer Chris Clenshaw explained the team were "looking for a vehicle for The Six (women) – Linda, Suki, Kathy, Stacey, Denise and Sharon – to come together, and we were looking for an episode to get viewers really excited as we setup an event that they'll hopefully look forward to all year".^[1]

February 2023

Dainty, Sophie (20 February 2023). "EastEnders - Who dies at Christmas? 5 huge questions after flashforward scene". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

Suspects and motives[edit]

The Six[edit]

Denise Fox, played by Diane Parish.
Kathy Cotton, played by Gillian Taylforth.
Linda Carter, played by Kellie Bright.
Sharon Watts, played by Letitia Dean.
Stacey Slater, played by Lacey Turner.
Suki Panesar, played by Balvinder Sopal.

The Seven[edit]

Dean Wicks, played by Matt Di Angelo.
Jack Branning, played by Scott Maslen.
Keanu Taylor, played by Danny Walters.
Nish Panesar, played by Navin Chowdhry.
Phil Mitchell, played by Steve McFadden.
Ravi Gulati, played by Aaron Thiara.
Tom Cotton, played by Brian Conley.

Plot[edit]

Flash-forward
Christmas Day
Sharon runs, Linda drinks, Denise spirals, Kathy divorces, Nish wakes
Body found and Sharon arrest
Linda frames Dean

Reception[edit]

References[edit]

^ Dainty, Sophie (20 February 2023). "EastEnders boss Chris Clenshaw explains shock flashforward story". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

Category:EastEnders storylines Category:2023 in British television Category:2024 in British television Category:Whodunit storylines in soap operas

[1] Dainty, Sophie (20 February 2023). "EastEnders boss Chris Clenshaw explains shock flashforward story". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

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