EastEnders fans 'figure out who's after Zoe' as 'dead character alive'

Fans believe a dead EastEnders character may be about to come back to life in a twist linked to Zoe Slater.

Zoe, played by Michelle Ryan, panicked that someone was out to get her as she was shot in explosive scenes on Wednesday night. She had no idea she had accidentally been shot after Jack Branning and Ravi Gulati fought over a gun.

Fearing she was in danger, she admitted to her mum Kat Moon that someone was after her and seemed shocked when she said the words "he's still alive". She didn't specify who she was referring to before she lost consciousness.

Now fans think it's someone from the show's past and that they could be about to make a shocking return. One theory was that she was talking about Paul Trueman, who was killed off on the BBC soap in 2004.

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Another theory was it was about Dennis Rickman, who died in 2005. Some fans wondered if it was a living character, but Zoe wrongly assumed they were dead - with Ross Marshall named, as well as Max Branning.

Fans also questioned if Zoe's biological father Harry Slater, who raped Zoe's mother Kat Moon when she was 13 years old, was the one who was "still alive". Fans took to X with their theories.

One fan said: "Who's still alive? What if Dennis Rickman or Paul Trueman is alive and Zoe knows them?" Another fan said: "Who was Zoe looking at in the pub? She clearly saw someone. And she told Kat ‘he’s still alive’.

"Was it Joel? Was it Ross? Was it Oscar, then did she click Max was alive because he looks so much like Oscar??" Another fan posted: "Zoe said 'He's still alive," when talking to Kat in the ambulance. It's either her twin brother, or (((drum roll))) Harry Slater didn't die in 2018!"

More will be revealed in upcoming episodes. It come as fans learned Zoe had given birth to twins in 2006, while until that flashback episode no one knew about it.

It seemed that sadly one of the twins died after childbirth, while Zoe left the little boy and fled the hospital, wanting him to be adopted. Now, fans think the father of the babies could be Den Watts.

Zoe slept with Den amid a storyline with her partner Dennis, Den's son, and it was thought she had an abortion. Now fans think she was still pregnant and that the twins are Den's children.

Taking to X one fan said: "If anything it’s Den’s baby." Another said: "Wait is Dirty den the dad." A third fan posted: "Zoe Slater is the mother of twins by Den Watts, and one of them is dead." Another added: "No way she had Den’s baby???? No way right????" A further post read: "Is that Den’s baby?."

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