This week on EastEnders: Is this the scariest moment ever on EastEnders?

Hope you took some breath mints first, Phil

If we had spent our formative years dreaming of our lovely daddy in far-off, exotic Walford, then walked into the Vic to discover that THIS was our daddy dearest... we might slip out the doors and thumb a lift back to Portugal toot sweet. But Louise is a Mitchell good and proper. Can Lisa really be that bad a mum that this option is more appealing?

So, once he'd climbed out of Ronnie's grill, Phil pledged to convince social services that his appalling criminal record and erm anger issues should not be an impediment to his looking after his daughter. Meanwhile, Shirley now finds herself playing THIRD fiddle, behind Peggy and Louise. And to think that this time last week Phil was drawing a temporary tattoo on his arm to prove his undying love to her. Some people.

Lucy's difficult decision

Poor old Lucy tried to do the right thing - but sometimes it's difficult to figure out exactly what the right thing is... is it going through nine months or pregnancy and labour in order to hand it over to a woman who, with the best intentions in the world, is starting to get a bit scary with the baby books and the names? Peter didn't think so. 

Plus, let's not forget that Lucy's endured 16 years with Ian as her father - should she inflict that on the next generation too? Consumed with the guilt of betraying Jane, Luce decided to terminate the pregnancy with her dad there to hold her hand. He promised to break the news to Jane. Does Ian have the decency to be open and honest to his beloved wife to whom he promised there'd be no more lies... errr... hmmm...

Stacey and Max

She's alive! She's alive! So what did Max do when he found her? Take her in his arms? Promise she'd be alright? That he'd look after her like Bradley would have wanted? Err... no. He threatened to shop her to the police, tried to make her reveal to Bradley's grieving mother that she was responsible for her son's death, then chased her til she fell. Yeah, might want to work on your bereavement counselling technique there, Max.

But he did right by her in the end. He was just looking for someone to lash out at, when the person that he really blames is himself. Also, it turns out that Bradley knew that she was the killer before they started running. It always bothered us to think that she'd let him think that he was responsible for Archie's death. So, he ran from the police to protect her. Oh Bradley. You really were a Prince among men.

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