Ian tries to do a runner with killer son Bobby after he confesses to clobbering Jane in Eastenders
Ian Beale tries to leg it with his son but gets stopped in his tracks by Mick Carter
MICK Carter will come into the Beale drama in Eastenders’ this week, after catching Ian trying to do a runner with his violent son.
Eastenders’ fans were left reeling on Friday after shocking scenes saw Bobby brutally batter step-mum Jane over the head with a hockey stick.
The teen hadn’t reacted well to the news that his family can no longer afford to keep him at his boarding school after Ian pulled out of a deal to sell his beloved restaurant.
But Bobby comes clean about the incident to his dad on Monday – in the middle of Stacey and Martin’s wedding reception at the Queen Vic.
Party-goers will be stunned to silence as the child walks in to the pub coated in blood and still brandishing his hockey stick.
After checking on his wife, who will now be fighting for her life in hospital, new photos appear to show doting Dad Ian trying to make a run for it with his troubled son.
But the Vic’s landlord Mick Carter spots the would-be runaways and prevents them from making a clean getaway.
The confrontation between Ian (Adam Woodyat) and Mick (Danny Dyer), is said to have devastating consequences for everyone involved.
Will Ian continue to protect Bobby, played by Eliot Carrington, following Mick’s reality check? Or will he see face up to what his son has become and hand him over to the police?
This is not the first time Bobby’s violent temper has landed him in hot water, after killing off his sister Lucy in 2014.
But viewers to the brutal scenes on Friday drew comparisons to Game of Thrones, dubbing Bobby the ‘Norman Bates of Walford’ and questioned whether the brutal scene was too graphic for a pre-watershed time slot.
The BBC however, defended the decision to air the scene that ended with a cake being splattered with blood.
The representative told : "EastEnders is a fictional drama and our millions of regular fans who tune in each week know and expect dramatic storylines.
"However we are always mindful of our time slot in which we are shown and we ensure all scenes are editorially justified.
"The scenes in question were the crescendo of a long running storyline that has shown Bobby to have previous violent tendencies.
"Viewers will soon see Bobby arrested by Police and he and his family will be facing up to his behaviour in the most serious of ways."
Tune in Monday 23 May at 8pm on BBC1 to find out.