The character has been missing from the BBC soap since back in October
EastEnders fans were left saying the same thing as a missing character returned after months away from the BBC soap.
Scenes aired on Monday (February 16) saw Anthony Trueman’s family gather for his funeral nearly two months after he was murdered on Christmas Day (December 25).
After returning in August last year for the first time in over a decade, Anthony began to become fascinated with his former fiancé Zoe Slater. It revealed that he and his wife had a restraining order against him and he kept lots of photos of Zoe on his laptop.
On top of this, when Anthony learned that not only was he the father of Zoe’s twins, but their daughter was the mysterious Jasmine, he decided to keep the information to himself. After getting into a fight with Zoe in the Queen Vic over the information he withheld, where he hit his head, Anthony was discovered dead by Kat Slater.
However, with Zoe’s rival Chrissie showing up that evening, fans were convinced that Zoe didn’t kill him. It turned out that neither Zoe nor Chrissie killed him, with Jasmine having fatally hit him with a firm object in an act of self defence.
While Jasmine later fleeing Walford after failing to convince her boyfriend Oscar Branning, Jake Moon returned to visit Zoe in prison and try and see if Chrissie really was to blame.
Patrick was disappointed on the day of Anthony’s funeral that Jasmine wasn’t there. Only for Kat managing to track her down after receiving a lead from Chrissie.
Oscar headed upstairs at The Vic and found Chrissie and Jake waiting for Jasmine. The former wife of Dirty Den Watts tried to persuade Oscar that it was Jasmine who killed Anthony. Later, Jasmine was horrified to realise Kat trapped her when she was confronted by Chrissie. However, when they were alone and Kat swore to protect her no matter what as Jasmine finally admitted the truth.
In what turned out to be a day of returns, Laila Morse’s Big Mo Harris popped up for the first time since October. Mo was away staying with her granddaughter Lynne when she broke her leg.
While Mo was delighted to see Jake back, who she thought was dead, she asked Sam Mitchell to keep an eye on Chrissie, refusing to ignore her turbulent past.
On top of this, Howie Danes walked into the Trueman’s living room to pay his respects to Patrick. Appearing for the first time in two months, the family were not happy to see him due to one of the last things Anthony did prior to his death exposing him for blackmailing Oscar.
Despite the amount of drama occurring in just 30 minutes, most EastEnders fans on X, previously known as Twitter, wanted to let everyone know how happy they are to have Mo back.
@slaterscouture said: “mo being back on our screens is like a breath of fresh air #eastenders.” @BowBells added: “Hurrah Mo is back!! ##EastEnders.”
@RyanSoapKing25 wrote: “It’s been so great to have Big Mo back where she belongs in today’s #EastEnders. Her scenes with Chrissie and Jake today were hilarious.” @PsychoBunneh stated: “Great to see big Mo back in #eastenders.”
@babesmithh commented: “Everyone who’s been away for months Mo, Howie, Jasmine, Cindy…suddenly being back in the same ep #EastEnders.” @lisaa_ell posted: “omg Big Mo still exists #EastEnders.”