EastEnders Christmas Cliffhanger_Drops potential new clue over Christmas death _

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00:00 EastEnders drops potential new clue over Christmas death in latest episode.

00:05 EastEnders has aired a scene between Linda Carter and Dean Wicks, adding to theories

00:10 about who the Christmas death might be.

00:12 This week saw Dean blackmail Linda, threatening to tell the police that George Knight pushed

00:17 him down the stairs unless she made a false statement saying that he didn't rape her.

00:22 Longtime viewers will know that Dean did rape Linda back in 2014, something which has affected

00:28 her life for almost a decade now.

00:31 Linda eventually agreed to make the false confession, but she didn't realize that her

00:35 words were being secretly recorded by Dean.

00:39 Devastated by what had happened, Linda almost turned to alcohol, but was comforted by mum

00:45 Elaine, who told her to take back her power, and so she confronted Dean.

00:49 "Nobody wants you here," Linda told him.

00:53 "Nobody cares about you, loves you, you could disappear tomorrow, and nobody would even

00:58 notice this hold you've had over us.

01:01 It's gone, for good.

01:02 You can't hurt me anymore."

01:04 A flash-forward scene in February showed the six staring down at an unknown male who is

01:09 dead on the floor of the Vic this coming Christmas.

01:13 Fans are firmly on the lookout for any lines that could foreshadow the identity of the

01:17 victim, and Linda's line about Dean "disappearing" adds to theories that it could be him.

01:23 In an interview with the BBC on his return, D'Angelo said about the speculation, "We know

01:28 that Linda is involved in the Christmas storyline, and we also know that most people in the square

01:34 would like to see the back of Dean.

01:36 But everyone is going to have to wait to find out if Dean's the body on the Vic floor because

01:40 I'm not giving away any clues."

01:43 The upsetting scenes featuring Linda and Dean this week have been heavily criticized by

01:47 viewers online, with some saying that the blackmail storyline shows a lack of respect

01:53 for real-life victims of rape and sexual assault.