EastEnders fans fear for Vicki Fowler as Joel Marshall's behaviour takes shock turn

It was another tense night in EastEnders tonight, as villain Joel Marshall back to his old ways. However, fans now fear for his stepmother Vicki Fowler, as the teen made a shock comments towards her.

We've seen the misogynistic teen get away with a number of sick acts, most recently, releasing Stacey Slater's SecretCam footage online.

Last week, it looked like there had been a breakthrough after his father Ross had thrown his laptop in the sink after discovering a number of up skirting videos on there. However, after getting away with releasing Stacey's videos, the teen seems to have gone back to his cunning ways. It comes after an EastEnders legend was rushed to hospital after a deadly attack by a familiar face.

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In tonight's episode, fans were left in shock when he called Avani a "murderer" for terminating her baby, after she had gotten pregnant after a one-night stand with the teen.

He then raised his hand as if he was about to slap her, but it was quickly caught by his stepmother Vicki, who warned him he needed to go home.

As she had a chat with him when they got home, things took a dark turn, as he told Vicki that she was controlling his "weak" dad Ross. He then began saying shock statements, such as: "Reproduction is the purpose of motherhood."

He then continued to say to Vicki: "My dad's your doormat, you walk all over him. You pick away at him until he forgets he's a man. You will never control me the way you control my dad!

"If he wasn't weak, he would have put you in your place months ago! Push me, and you'll soon find out a proper slapping will do you the world of good," he continued.

The statement left Vicki in shock, as well as fans, who took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to discuss. "Joel just said what to Vicky?? #EastEnders" questioned one, while another wrote: "That Joel guy. Just nasty," said a second.

Others fear for Vicki as one said: "Oh Joel is soooo gonna do something awful to Vicki!" while another worried fan said: "Whoever first speculated that Joel will attack Vicki - I think you're right and I almost expected it during that scene. I wonder if she'll tell Ross what he said."

Elsewhere in the episode, it was a close call for Joel as he headed over to Ravi's house to find Avani. Of course, Ravi being Ravi, tried to go for Joel, but Priya warned him to stay away as it was "what he wants".

But will Ravi found out about Joel's latest interaction with Avani and how will he react if he does?

EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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