EastEnders Spoilers: Mick Carter FEARS FOR HIS LIFE in prison

Next week's EastEnders begins with Mick having a rough start in prison.

However the landlord is left relieved when his cellmate Bob steps in to help him.

Later, Mick is eager to speak to his son Johnny to wish him a happy birthday and when he asks about using a burner phone he's told to speak to inmate Fraser.

However it soon dawns on Mick that getting a burner phone won't be easy as he'll need to do a favour for Fraser.

When Mick goes through with the favour, he's left horrified when he realises the ramifications of his actions. Then when he asks Fraser for the phone is horrified as he learns something new and soon begins to fear for his life.

Meanwhile in the square, Stuart is ecstatic about Mick being in prison.

Mick decides to put the record straight with Fraser but when there's another close call with an inmate in the canteen he realises things aren't going to be easy.

After Bob advises his new roommate to keep his head down, Mick ignores him and instead confronts Fraser. Mick is soon informed that Fraser needs another favour from him.

Later on, Mick is visited by a mysterious woman in prison – who is she and what does she want?

Later on in the week when Linda pays a visit to the prison, Mick warns her about the woman who visited him.

He's then further horrified when Fraser torments him and threatens him!

Elsewhere Stuart is buzzing when he's discharged from hospital but his mood changes when his daughter Zara accuses him of being confused by hate for the Carter family.

As he begins to panic that he'll lose her, he pays a visit to The Vic and gives the Carters an ultimatum. Back at the flat, he assures Zara he's changed – but has he?

Towards the end of the week, Linda asks Halfway to help get through to Zara and convince her that Stuart is lying.

While Zara continues to support her dad, tension beings to grow for Mick in prison as Fraser's threat looms over him.

It looks like Mick is in trouble...

Meanwhile in the square, Mel leaves Jack worried when she sends him a panicked text but when he arrives he discovers she just has a burst pipe in the flat.

When the pair begin to discuss their break-up they call a truce and hug it out but when Ray walks in and spots the exchange he begins to wind Jack up.

Hunter decides to be peacemaker for Mel and Ray when they keep bickering and decides to cook a meal at the restaurant. Even though he makes quite the mess Masood decides to step in and help him out. The teenager is then left gutted when Ray cancels on him last minute and decides to lie to his mum and said it's his fault his step dad couldn't attend.

An upset Hunter heads to The Vic and decides to give Linda Carter the meal instead. Later on, after avoiding Ray's calls, he eventually gives in and the pair make amends.

Unfortunately it doesn't look like it'll last long as Hunter begins to get suspicious that Ray is hiding something following an odd encounter. When he gets home he does some snooping and makes a suspicious discovery…

Shakil Kazemi was fatally murdered back in May and viewers have since watched his friends and family continue to grieve for him.

Next week it becomes clear that Bex is struggling with her ex-boyfriend's death when she tells her mum she wants to quit Sixth Form because it reminds her of Shakil. Sonia instead encourages her daughter to consider transferring to another school instead.

Later Sonia visits the head of the sixth form but after she's told that Bex has the potential to attend a top university, she decides to not tell her about Bex wanting to transfer.

After she returns home and tells her daughter about the opportunity, Bex hits out at her for not taking her side.

Sonia decides to look into private tutoring for her daughter and goes against Martin's advice and puts her car up for sale.

When Bex returns home later she sees her mum and the head of sixth form discussing university and it's not long before she breaks down over Shakil.

Later after apologising to her daughter, Bex agrees to speak to her head of sixth form about everything.

She then has a heart-to-heart with Carmel.

But what will Bex decide?

Over to Keanu, he's been having an affair with Sharon Mitchell (we dread to think what Phil will do when the truth finally comes out) and next week he's determined to prove himself to Sharon and get a job. When Kat Moon gives him the money he's owed, Keanu is struck by a new idea – he wants to become a minicab driver.

Feeling disheartened about his struggle to get a job, Sharon decides to give him one of Phil's car keys for his minicab work but Keanu returns them because he feels like a failure. After the lovebirds clear the air, Keanu makes it clear he wants to make it on his own and decides to earn some cash by cleaning Charlie's cab. Things take a slight turn when he rows with Kat and he ends up storming off.

He later decides to accept Phil's car from Sharon but when Phil wife begins to feel jealous of Keanu and Hayley's friendship she takes the car keys back from her toy boy.Eek!