EastEnders spoilers: Mel and Hunter Owen prepare to flee the Square

The week begins with Mel still struggling after her son killed her husband. She concludes that enough is enough and decides to tell the police everything. After writing down everything that happened on New Year's Day, she tries to reassure Hunter it's for the best. Later on she begins to worry when she can't find her son.

When Billy Mitchell pays a visit to her she snaps at him and then when Maddie rocks up and demands money, Mel reuses to help. It's not long before Maddie makes a remark about Hunter and Mel ends up grabbing Maddie, leaving her scared and Billy stunned.

After Mel apologises to Billy, she soon realises she can't confess all to the police. In the evening she's left relieved when she finds Hunter back at home but is shocked when she discovers where he's been all day…

Following Hunter's revelation, Mel makes a dramatic decision and offers to sell the Mitchells her share of the club.

She refuses Phil's low offer and then has to rush off after Hunter calls her and reveals the police have arrived.

After the police tell Mel that Hunter threatened Maddie and Nicola, she's left unnerved by her son's recent attitude.

She then decides to accept Phil's offer.

She then tells Hunter her plan – they're leaving Walford.

Mel continues to take drastic actions and decides to hide all the knives in their house to protect Hunter. At the end of the week, Mel encourages hunter to stay at home but when she calls Phil about her money from the club, she struggles to get hold of him.

Phil eventually arrives at their house but Hunter (being Hunter) antagonises him into leaving. It's not long before he realises that all the knives in the house have gone missing and when he confronts his mum about it, she confesses she just wants him to be safe. Sensing his mum's concern, Hunter agrees that they should leave Walford.

It was recently confirmed that Hunter will be leaving the Square – will he get away with Ray's murder? Or will his murderous secret come to light?

Elsewhere in Walford Ruby is mortified when she wakes up, following a night with Jay, and discovers that he's not in her house… meanwhile Jay is gushing to Keanu about how amazing Ruby is.

Ruby tells Stacey Fowler all about her special night Jay but reveals she hasn't heard from Jay since. Her BFF tries to convince her that Jay's a good guy and after gives her some advice, unfortunately Ruby gets the wrong end of the stick and confronts Jay while he's at work.

She's then left horrified when she returns home and discovers a note Jay left for her on the fridge…

It's not long before she heads over to The Vic to make amends with Jay.

It looks like the pair get back on track.

N'aww.

After helping out Ruby, Stacey realises that she's been giving her husband Martin a difficult time and decides to make it up to him with lunch. While they're talking Stacey reveals Jay spent the night with Ruby however she's then left annoyed at her husband's reaction and storms off…

Noticing the tension between Stacey and Martin, Ruby decides to invite Jay on a night out with them. During their double date Martin is surprised to see how adorable Jay and Ruby are together.

Later, Ruby is flattered when Jay helps her land a new client for her events company.

Also on the Square, Jean deliberates on asking Ian out on a date. After some encouraging words from Kat she meets Ian for lunch but it soon becomes clear that his mind is elsewhere when she tries to flirt with him…

Things take a turn for the worse when Ian ends up offending Jean and she then decides to end things with him. Taken aback by his response she throws a drink over him.

Back at the Slater household, Kat begins to doubt whether she should go through with the Knowledge or not but luckily Mo steps in to help, keen to keep the Slater family together.

She then goes out of her way to take Tommy to school, meanwhile Jean Slater feels unwell and decides to look her symptoms up online…

Mo manages to convince Tommy to pretend to be ill for one of her money-making scheme...

But she ends up panicking when she loses him…

Stacey is over the moon to find out Kat passed her first round of Knowledge tests. They're both them confused when Martin brings Tommy home – he was wandering around outside on his own. When Mo arrives home – flustered – Kat and Stacey decide to teach her a lesson.

Later on in the week, Mo begins to worry that Kat is getting too attached when she refers to Cherry as one of her children. She later gives Kat a reality check and makes her realise she can't look after all the children without any help.

Kat decides to visit Hayley and is delighted to hear about the progress she's made. She then decides to try and persuade her to return to the Square and look after Cherry.

Over to the Mitchell household and Keanu Taylor tries to get a moment alone with Sharon Mitchell, she gives him a reality check and hurries off.

When Phil mentions the possibility of returning to Spain, Sharon begins to worry and suggests they go for lunch in The Vic. She's then left touched when Phil lets her take the reins and reveals he's not going to Spain.Phew.

Later when Sharon pops to the toilets, Keanu follows her and says his piece leaving Sharon conflicted.

What has he said?

Over at the Carters and Linda is left feeling worried and impatient when Mick keeps missing Tamwar's phone calls… when he eventually gets through to him, Masood interrupts their conversation with some surprising news…

Kathy Beale returns to the Square.

She leaves Masood stunned when she admits she wants to make a go of things.

Ian is later shocked when his mum reveals she's in a relationship with Masood.