Mick Carter EastEnders twist leaves Linda devastated

'A twist that changes everything'

On Tuesday, viewers might have noticed that Mick Carter's story took another turn.

As revealed in an episode released early on BBC iPlayer, as officials had already issued a death certificate confirming it, Linda had just learned that her ex-husband's body was finally found, nearly four years after he vanished at sea.

And now, Linda tracked down Janine to the hotel where she's been staying since her release from prison, as she's officially Mick's next of kin.

While Janine tried to dodge the questions at first, Linda demanded answers face to face.

The Mick Carter death certificate twist explained

Linda didn't believe a word of it when Janine eventually admitted Mick had been cremated and that she'd scattered his ashes in Dover.

Janine then changed her account, saying that Mick hadn't drowned four years ago at all.

Rather, she said, he had died of a heart attack only two weeks earlier, as she presented a second death certificate as proof.

First, it was Digital Spy that reported the twist, calling it "a twist that changes everything".

That said, viewers already know the new paperwork is forged, as Linda is left none the wiser about what really happened to her ex-husband.

What Linda does next on EastEnders

As she is unable to tell her children what she's just learned, Linda returns to Albert Square in a daze.

Instead, she confides in Max Branning, while he is quick to call the situation a scam.

Max offers to help Linda search nearby crematoriums for the undertaker who handled the cremation Janine described.

Viewers may notice that this is the first concrete step toward unpicking Janine's story.

Is Mick Carter alive in EastEnders?

EastEnders has exposed Janine Butcher's second death certificate for Mick as fake.

However, the show has not yet revealed what actually happened to him.

When is EastEnders' Mick Carter episode on BBC iPlayer?

Ahead of its TV broadcast, Tuesday 10 November's episode, which contains the twist, is already streaming on BBC iPlayer.