EastEnders
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
Season 2 Episodes
1986 in Walford starts with the Fowlers taking a trip to Southend to find Mark. On finding him, one of the first thing h…
Den gets an early call from David in Ilford. Angie thinks it was Jan but is even more irritated when she learns that Den…
Angie is at the Walford nick giving her statement about the car accident and they telephone Den since she says she took …
Den and Kathy go to court with Angie leaving Debbie to take care of the pub lunches and Simon and Lofty to manage the ba…
Ali calls about the flat at 47B to arrange for a look. Sue is anxious to see it so it is agreed that they can see it the…
Two blokes have been in the shop flexing muscles and threatening violence if Naima doesn't cough up protection money, an…
As Ali and Sue open the café before dawn, Beresford and Victor get out of their Merc and force their way in. Victor puts…
Andy is surprised when Debbie brings Naima home followed by DS Quick who is lugging a Zed bed for the front room. He is …
Beresford and Victor are waiting outside the café in Beresford's Mercedes when Ali and Sue open up. Victor goes in to co…
Den closes the bar early after Jan appears with the news that her dad died. As soon as Angie realises who the new arriva…
Sharon comes downstairs to the bar and just stares at Jan who tries to explain how her situation with Den happened. Shar…
Lou tells Ethel that she gave Simon Albert's watch. Pauline overhears and is upset with Lou for giving the watch to Simo…
Some thugs show up in the Square looking for Simon. Angie hits up Dot for her sleeping pills to add to her collection. T…
Angie plumbs the depths of despair when Den tells her he's moving out. Wicksy's true motive for returning to the Square …
Ethel puts posters around the square trying to find her missing little Willie. Angie sends her off early from her cleani…
Den returns early morning in a cab as Angie covers for him telling Sharon he is walking Roly. Sharon is in a bad mood an…
Tony takes his laundry to the launderette and Dot tells him all about her date the night before with "a darky" who wined…
Angie's slumped over the kitchen table at the Vic full of gin and pills. Time's moving on and it's the small hours when …
'We were made for each other... you know that. Den and me. Made for each other. Whatever anybody says.'
Kath's getting wind of Angie's suicide attempt and it's worrying her. It's her day to watch out for Angie and she's pamp…
Michelle begins to feel the pinch. She's feeling lonely and it's dawned on her that she's got the rest of her life and t…
Tony and Lofty are beginning to galvanise the Square into making preparations for the carnival. Kelvin and Ian have been…
In the Vic, the Melbourne Star promotion is in full swing. Lofty and Wicksy are fighting over customers and trying to sp…
Den and Michelle have one of their rare but revealing heart-to-hearts. Den's surprised she's behaving like an immature k…
Carnival time in the Square and it goes with a real swing. Lofty's running round like a demented amateur director on the…
Hannah and Cassie stayed the night at Tony's after, Hannah's boyfriend hit Cassie once again and Tony gave him a smack.
Kelvin tries to reason with Cassie that she needs to stop getting in the way all the time if she wants Hannah and Tony t…
Sue starts to lose her rag with everyone treating the café like a doss house. Pete tells Arthur about Michelle asking Lo…
Arthur tells Michelle that Lofty has no prospects but Pauline agrees to stand by Michelle's decision to marry him. Tomy …
Dot's in a state and hot on the trail of Ethel, who's been telling her fortune. Pauline chooses a new carpet but Lou doe…
Angie returns home and wants to know where Den is. Lofty asks Arthur for Michelle’s hand in marriage. Mary apologies to …
Den provides Lofty with a big diamond engagement ring for Michelle. The day is full of engagement celebrations. The roma…
Nick tells Dot that Charlie is not coming back and gives her some cash. He annoys several residents and offers to be a p…
In the middle of the night Andy sneaks into the the Vic through the back to go and see Angie to carry on their secret af…
Dot is informed by the bank that someone she knows tried to cash her cheques but she can see none missing from her chequ…
are missing after all and her bingo winnings are missing. Nick almost convinces Mary to get into prostitution, leading t…
Sharon is worried about the stranger in her home, while Den is nervous about all the police in Albert Square. DS Quick t…
The guest at the Vic monopolises the bathroom and when Angie knocks on the door to complain that she and Sharon need to …
Tony receives a letter from Cassie's school saying she is bullying another girl. After Sharon tells Den she is fed up of…
Ethel tells a reporter that Den got rid of the mob and several people thank Den for doing so. Ethel gives Den her husban…
Michelle goes into labour but Pauline is nowhere to be seen. Angie panics as she discovers Sharon is missing. Meanwhile,…
Michelle speaks to a mother of four, Lizzie Burton, about how she would cope bringing up her children on her own, as she…
ony tells Hannah they should stop their divorce before it is finalised but she says she is not sure about it yet. After …
Doctor Legg and Dot both complain about the noise and dust created by Tony's work, while Arthur asks Tony to pay him cas…
Michelle brings Vicki home and Arthur is annoyed when Lofty takes charge of hosting visitors, leading to an argument. De…
Pat arrives in Walford to a mixed reception. Pete and Kathy have a fight with her in the pub, while Wicksy is worried th…
Pat is intent on causing trouble for her ex-husband, Pete. So she tells Pauline exactly what she thinks of him, but Paul…
Den tells Pete he thinks Pat was lying about Wicksy not being Pete's son. During a band meeting upstairs in the Vic, Har…
DS Quick is bitter when he sees Andy and Debbie kissing in the street. Arthur worries about paying for the wedding. Loft…
Ian offers to make Lofty and Michelle's wedding cake for free and asks Naima for a part-time job in the shop. Lofty asks…
DS Quick questions the band members over the burglary because he associates being in a band with drug use. he also quest…
DS Quick goes round to the Beales', making enquiries to the youngsters about the crime of the burglary in the surgery an…
Ali feels he has failed at fatherhood and is depressed, later getting drunk and asked to leave the Vic. A drunk DS Quick…
Doctor Legg compensates Ethel and Lofty for the burglary. DS Quick tells people he has quit and has a new job in securit…
Ethel answers the phone in the Vic to a man asking if Michelle had her baby yet, leaving people wondering who it was, es…
Cassie is bullying again and she accuses Hannah of not caring about her and just thinking about money. Kelvin tells Hann…
Sue wants to talk to Ali about IVF but he refuses to. Dot tries to apologise to Sue but Sue sends her away. Sue then con…
Arthur is forced to look after the café after Ali and Sue leave without warning and Ali later refuses to pay Arthur for …
Jan invites Den to New York in November and Den tells Angie. Angie stops Den seeing Jan that night by inviting Willmott-…
Today's the day for everyone to go to the community centre to give blood. Andy gets down on one knee and proposes to Deb…
Pauline and Lofty talk about the events with Cassie and Pauline is furious with Mark and Owen. Hannah tries to reason wi…
Tony and Hannah consider sending Cassie to boarding school. Arthur confronts the Carpenters, telling them to sort out th…
Sharon wants to leave private school and just be a singer so Den tells Angie they will speak to her after the band's fir…
Hannah is adamant that Cassie is going to private school. Arthur upsets Dot after she offends him. Harry and Simon bicke…
Debbie gets some devastating news from the police. Arthur asks to call a truce with the Carpenters.
A reporter arrives to get information about Andy, puts words into Arthur's mouth, twists what Ethel says, angers Den and…
Debbie leaves for Andy's funeral and Colin moves into Albert Square. Arthur follows Pauline to her class and sees them m…
Everyone's thoughts are with Andy on the day of his funeral. Sharon and Angie go on holiday to Florida. The band agree t…
Sue sees Michelle without Vicki and assumes that she cannot cope. She asks to adopt Vicki so Michelle slaps her hard and…
Michelle has a fitting for her wedding dress and the family attend church to hear the banns being read out. Afterwards, …
Arthur is angry when he sees Den paying Tom cash in hand. Pauline says the reception can be at the community centre if a…
After a rehearsal, Harry declares that Simon is no longer needed - they argue and Simon quits, taking his song with him.…
Simon writes a new song, Every Loser Wins, and plays it to himself on the Vic piano during afternoon closing. Arthur sne…
Pauline wins a Glamorous Grannies competition in the Vic. Afterwards, Arthur announces that he has paid for Michelle and…
Pauline tells Arthur he could go to prison and she wants to cancel the wedding to pay the money back, but Arthur says it…
It is the day of Michelle and Lofty's wedding. Michelle tells Lou she feels "numb" and "frozen" but Lou says it is norma…
Den leaves the church early. Michelle tells Arthur she cannot go through with the wedding so he takes her home. Simon tr…
Michelle and Lofty sit alone in their respective rooms - Michelle is plagued by a series of well-meaning visitors, Lofty…
Angie gets test results from Doctor Legg - she has liver damage but it is reversible if she stops drinking, otherwise in…
Den spends a frustrated morning trying to get Angie on her own to discuss Jan's ultimatum. Sensing his motive she thwart…
Den continues hounding Angie, but she evades him once more by saying she's going out. Den takes out his subsequent bad t…
Den is ready to walk out on Angie and leave everything behind, including his successful like as a publican, but then som…
Kathy explains to Pete why she'd like to become a Samaritan. He's initially shocked, and rather hostile to the idea. Art…
It's finally The Banned's big competition night. Michelle and Angie go along to support Sharon, but Pete stays at home a…
Pauline starts a new cleaning job at Colin's flat. Arthur complains that she's taking on too many jobs. Lou warns Pat to…
Kelvin and Eddie have a standoff with Harry in the community centre, and ask him to explain why he sabotaged The Banned'…
Pat starts working at the Queen Vic. Sharon goes to the job centre to find work and considers going on a Youth Training …
Arthur tells everyone he is withdrawing the Christmas club money that day. At the end of the night, he invites Pete and …
DS West investigates the burglary. Arthur and Lou say the club money, the post office account book, jewellery and Lou's …
DS West questions Arthur at the police station. Pete tries to make things up with Simon, saying Simon is his son regardl…
Colin makes morning coffee for his overnight guest, Barry, who is nursing a hangover from the disco they met at the nigh…
Den seeks out Jan in Venice. Back in Walford, Lofty and Dot visit Ethel in hospital. Dot advises Colin to remain single,…
Den and Angie take a trip on the Orient Express. Ethel returns to Albert Square. The Fowlers have disappeared and no one…
Michelle has moved in with Lofty. Colin tells Barry he likes him as a casual friend. Den and Angie return home and Den v…
Pete breaks with family tradition and plans to spend Christmas Day at the Vic with Den. Pat decides to stay in Albert Sq…
Pete and Arthur have a fight. Charlie flirts with Pat. Ethel is upset that her room has gone. Den tells Angie she will g…
Arthur's depression gets the better of him, while Michelle and Lofty head off on their honeymoon.
Rezaul arrives but Naima insists she does not want him there, especially when he says he must be paid. She calls both th…
Mehmet introduces Pat to his friend while Wicksy conspires to throw a spanner in the works. Sharon tells Angie she is go…
Hannah disapproves of Kelvin's relationship with Carmel. Barry continues to annoy Colin in the flat so Colin asks him to…
Dot learns of Charlie's intentions to leave her before Christmas. Kelvin informs his parents of his intention to move ou…
Christmas Day at the Vic has unexpected consequences for Angie after Den gives her an important letter. Pauline begins t…
Angie is left reeling about the divorce. Pete and Lou make amends. Arthur breaks down.
Angie and Sharon stay at Kathy and Pete's. Kathy tells Pauline to see Doctor Legg about Arthur. Pat urges Mary to talk t…