EastEnders fans predict death of fan favourite amid dark blackmail storyline

It was another dramatic night in EastEnders as the fallout fromZoe Slater's shooting continues. Jack Branning was the one to accidentally pull the trigger after a tussle with Ravi Gulati, and now fans predict more tragedy to come.

The secret still remains a mystery to the rest of the Sqaure, and the police, although Ravi revealed all to Jack's partner Denise Fox last night, and of course, chaos struck. A guilty Jack later revealed all to Denise, and tonight, things took a darker turn.

Jack got his hands on the gun after it was found by his nephew Oscar Branning in the Square, and Ravi broke into his house to steal it. As the two fought, it was Zoe Slater who ended up in the firing line, but is fortunately recovering in hospital.

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During tonight's episode, Jack stormed over to Ravi's house after planting the gun there last night.

Demanding to know where it was - he told him they can get rid of the gun together, but Ravi wasn't having any of it. Later, he told a suspicious Priya a fabricated version of the truth as she threatened to leave him.

"Jack shot Kat's daughter!," he exclaimed. "I witnessed it. I overheard him talking to that dodgy nephew of his. He gave him the gun. I thought it was dangerous because there was kids about so I went to confront him about it, and it went off," he said.

As Priya asked him why he didn't report him, Ravi responded: "He is the police. You saw what happened with Avani. You made a complaint and they protect their own. So I've been binding my time, making him sweat."

Things took a turn at the end of the episode, as Ravi and Jack bumped into each other on the street - and Ravi came with serious threats in hand.

"Your little visit earlier nearly cost me my relationship," he said. "So now it's 100k in cash, or it's my turn to play hide and seek with the gun."

"If I get done for this, I'm taking you down with me Ravi, so don't be stupid," Jack responded, although Ravi was already five steps ahead.

"Don't you be stupid Jack. You're the one who should be scared of prison. So, what's it going to be?"

Now, fans predict the storyline is set to take a dark turn, with a death of either of the duo. Taking to Reddit after the episode, one fan penned: "I'll be honest, I see Ravi or Jack dead by the new year :(".

Another responded: "Between the two of them, it will definitely be Ravi. Jack has been in the show for the better part of 20 years. He's iconic. Ravi isn't."

A third said: "Thing is Jack is boring now, it's just the same stuff and ordering takeaways. He's not really had any storylines that are just him and not work related for ages. I do agree it'll likely be Ravi though, but I'm not sure I'd want it to be."

But how will the storyline end?

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

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