Pick of the Plots: Thursday, 5th June

A look at the latest storylines from the UK and Australian soaps….

Kat and Alfie prepare to celebrate their joint stag and hen party.

Kat’s happiness is short-lived when she makes a worrying discovery on the family computer and assumes Alfie is to blame.

Meanwhile, at The Vic, the karaoke party is a flop and Elaine is furious when Kim reveals that Cindy’s re-launch party is a success. Elaine decides to attend the party to annoy Cindy against George’s advice, but Cindy uses the moment to reveal that George helped her, and even paid for additional staff to ensure the night was a success.

Elaine causes a scene and heads to the barrel store to seek solace. George attempts to reason with her, but when Elaine continues to snipe, George heads back to The Albert to celebrate and apologise for her behaviour.

Elsewhere, Tommy is furious when Kat reveals that Amy is babysitting. Joel arrives and is shamefaced when Amy rails at him for his actions towards Avani. Joel later encourages Tommy to use Alfie’s credit card to watch adult videos online.

EastEnders, BBC One, tonight at 7.30pm or watch on BBC iPlayer now

Head to the ‘Dales of Decomposition’. There’s a pong in the pond and it’s not just rotting algae. The mystery corpse – to the villagers – pulled from the lake turns out to be none other than Nate, as viewers have known since the limo crash a few weeks ago. And just when you thought things couldn’t get any murkier in the Dales…

Down at the farm, DC Cole casually drops the bombshell that Nate’s been bobbing about so long, Cain isn’t even allowed to view the remains. Moira’s horrified. Cain? Stunned into silence he’s hit with dramatic flashbacks of their last blazing row. But true to form, he plays it cool in front of the cops. (If “cool” includes staring off into the distance like a man haunted by every bad decision he’s ever made.)

Meanwhile, poor Tracy gets the devastating news, and it’s not long before the village rumour mill goes into overdrive. As she tearfully pieces together Nate’s final days, Cain finds himself squarely in the frame, thanks to a conveniently timed punch-up with the deceased.

As the net tightens, Cain’s temper frays and even Chas starts squinting at him like he’s just served up mystery black pudding. Desperate to play the good guy, Cain offers Tracy a shoulder to cry on—which only makes her more suspicious. “Since when is Cain empathetic?” she whispers to Vanessa, who responds with a meaningful sip of her wine.

With grief, suspicion, and emotional repression bubbling away like Moira’s questionable stew, it’s only a matter of time before secrets boil over.

Emmerdale, ITV1, tonight at 7.30pm  or watch on ITVX now

Theo reveals to Sonny that he thinks he could have some kind of future with Lacey, to Sonny’s dismay. Along the beach, Lacey’s enjoying sunbathing and Theo moves to speak to her, ignoring Sonny’s warning. Gage is on his way out of the surf as Theo’s asking Lacey if they can talk later. She agrees, but seconds later is swept in a showy kiss with Gage. Later, Sonny approaches Gage, hoping to convince him to allow him to drive in Theo’s place.

Gage tells him there won’t be any racing for a while anyway, the cops are too close for comfort. Lacey takes the opportunity to get them some food from Salt, where Theo’s waiting for her. When she arrives, he cuts right to the chase, telling her he thinks they should be together. She panics immediately, fully aware of the threat that Gage presents to them both. She accuses Theo of wanting ownership of her, of being no different from Gage in that way, but he argues that he actually cares about her. Which is a lot more than what could be said of his competition. She can’t be swayed and tells him if he’s not interested in continuing what they’re doing, that’s fine, but a relationship is fully off the cards.

After being caught looking at her old engagement ring, Eden explains to Cash that she was just trying to see if it still fit; not ready to be honest yet about her plans to revisit the topic of engagement. Remi and Bree catch her on the edge of a spiral and sit with her at the coffee cart. As they talk her down, Eden opens up about her longing to get her life with Cash back to its former momentum. Then, Cash arrives, having been tipped off by Remi.

They sit together, and Eden prepares for the ring situation to be a big deal, but Cash reassures her that he’s glad she likes it and it’s just a ring. But he’s still missing the point. With some encouragement from Kirby, Eden works up the nerve to finally be honest with Cash. She tells him she’s ready to wear the ring again. He admits he wants to ask her to marry him, but he wants it to be the right moment. He wants to sweep her off her feet.

Abigail tries to center Mali after he fired Kirby on impulse. She helps him build a schedule, so he won’t drown under the workload, but he still fails to see the real problem at hand; his friendship with Kirby has wounds. Meanwhile, Justin tries to help Kirby put out the dumpster-fire that her upcoming magazine article ought to be. With Abigail by his side, Mali pays Kirby a visit, to apologise. She shares in the remorse, and the friendship is recovered. But she’s still fired.

Over at Salt, Sonny admits to Remi and Bree that he thinks something terrible is about to happen to Theo. Lured in by the promise of a race, Theo’s made his way to Gage’s property. Face to face with the boyfriend of his lover, Theo may have just walked right into a gnarly trap.

Home and Away airs 1:45pm on Channel 5, at 6pm on 5STAR with first-look screenings of the following edition at 6:30 pm. The series also streams on 5.

Catching up on the street with Andrew, Cara suggests potentially adopting Thomas, and Remi’s thrown. While Paul worries about not seeing Thomas, Krista advises a concerned Terese that Paul needs to be the one to decide to let go. They’re all stunned when Chelsea shows up, admitting she couldn’t be without Thomas. Paul and Terese take her to see Cara and Remi, but when Cara and Chelsea clash over Chelsea’s behaviour, Paul and Terese bow out.

As Cara privately struggles with the idea of letting Thomas go, Remi counsels Chelsea to consider Cara and Paul’s feelings before acting. Meanwhile, Paul floats the idea of offering Chelsea a place to live to Terese and Krista. But despite Terese advising him that it’s time for him to let go for all their sakes, Paul offers Chelsea a room at the hotel and asks her not to tell Terese he knew about Jeffrey being Thomas’ dad. When Krista realises Chelsea’s at Lassiters, she calls Terese. Shocked and hurt, Terese tells Paul that she and Nell are moving back to Ramsay Street.

When Andrew comforts Sadie after her fight with Byron about Amanda’s will, she admits she’s started to question their relationship. Meanwhile, a fired-up Byron and Nicolette decide to contest the will. When Holly tells Sadie, she confronts them, furious, and breaks up with Byron. A contrite Byron tries to change her mind, but Sadie remains adamant that their differences are too great – they’re done.

Darcy works hard to keep a reserved Susan onside while they work. But he’s shocked when a familiar face shows up – Dr Anthony Halsworth. Anthony reveals Karl called and told him about Darcy’s health centre and demands a 50 percent stake in it, to atone for Darcy ruining his career. Before leaving, he introduces himself to Susan, although Darcy covers that he’s a potential investor. At home, Karl reveals to Holly that Anthony used to be in business with Darcy in a failed venture, but while Darcy made things sound amicable, Tess told him otherwise. Susan arrives, revealing she met Darcy’s new investor Dr Halsworth, and Karl’s stunned. After talking to Paul, Karl continues his ruse…

On a hunt for Andrew’s birth parents, Wendy tells Jane she’s found three families in Sandy Point that he could be related to. Later, she reveals one of the families made a big donation to the hospital where Andrew was born three days after his birth and says she’s thinking of reaching out. But Jane questions whether this is a good idea, when there’s already so much going on. Will Wendy heed her advice?

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