[33][34] He has featured in some of the show's most memorable and highly viewed storylines and he is the second longest running male character to appear in the soap, surpassed only by Ian Beale. Phil is appointed Lexi's foster carer and ordered to arrange for Lola to visit Lexi three times a week but he immediately takes over, angering Lola by calling Lexi his baby, refusing to take presents that Lola buys for her and having her christened with the name Mitchell, instead of Pearce. When Lexi is unwell, Phil praises Lola's actions, and decides to tell Social Services that Lola may be ready to have Lexi back. In 2019, Phil is led to believe by Sharon that she is pregnant with his child. Later, Phil is knocked unconscious when the exposed gas line explodes during the Walford in Bloom event but he is unharmed. After the reception, Shirley enters their house and confronts them; Sharon is left devastated when she realizes Phil has been cheating behind her back even after he asked her to marry him. They are not being told anyone else's storylines. After blackmailing Billy into telling him that Mel slept with Phil before she married Steve on the night of the shooting, Dan kidnaps Mel and alerts both Phil and Steve about this threatening to kill her unless they pay him 200,000. [4] On the rebound, Phil enters into a marriage of convenience with Nadia Borovac (Anna Barkan) - a Romanian refugee - enabling her to stay in Britain, with Nadia departing after the wedding.[3]. Lisa stays with Louise at the hospital and Lisa stands up to Phil, telling him she is not going and Phil allows Lisa to visit Louise. Phil is stunned when a badly injured Louise is found in the wreckage, and with her pleas he decides to finally give up the booze. After the two are forced to work together to provide 200,000 for Mel's release, Phil plans to take Dan down during the exchange. Viewers never see Phil take drugs to make sure the episodes are suitable for all audiences. Shirley finds out and believes he is doing it so she will stay quiet about his involvement in Heather's death. She is later hospitalized with a ruptured spleen, leaving Phil distraught though he later admits to Shirley that he arranged for the men to scare Sharon at the bar, but believed the bodyguards that he hired for her would have protected her and did not realize that she would be hurt. Whitney instead accidentally runs over Kat and drives off, after this Phil stays in hospital with Kat until she recovers. Whilst still at the hospital, Phil is arrested for attempted murder and realising that Nick has framed him asks Sharon to help him prove his innocence. Phil then reveals this to be a lie in a mysterious phone call. Sharon returns two months later without Phil and she informs Michelle that they have bought a holiday apartment in Italy and that he regularly attends Alcoholics Anonymous. Ben, who has been blackmailing Martin Fowler, agrees to destroy evidence for him if he kills Keanu for the Mitchells, Martin agrees and Louise helps set Keanu up. She agrees but changes her mind and telephones Steve, asking him to return Louise. Ben reveals the abuse during the wedding ceremony, and Stella flees to an abandoned warehouse with Phil in pursuit where she kills herself by jumping from the roof. He is rescued and Peggy leaves the next day, realising he is better off without her. [13] Shot in London's Docklands, the scenes required stunt doubles, divers and crash test dummies and it has been hailed as "one of the soap's most dramatic storylines ever. [27] Subsequently, Phil becomes addicted to crack cocaine. Sharon decides not to tell Phil the truth, but later changes her mind when she learns that Denise is planning to give her son up for adoption. The robbery goes wrong when Mick is shot, and the police arrive. As Jake flees to alert Chrissie of the situation, Johnny holds Phil and Grant at gunpoint to reclaim the recording but relents in letting them escape when his daughter Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) walks in on the incident. Writer Jacquetta May, who once played Rachel Kominski in the show, evaluated the episode in an article about social realism, education and the moral messages within EastEnders storylines, commenting: "The episode blames his destructiveness on the 'male' response to self-hate: violence. Sharon resumes her relationship with Phil and moves in with him. "[25] The storyline also sees Phil become more violent. It's his history". Depressed, Phil embarks on a sexual relationship with drug addict Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks) and begins to use crack cocaine developing an addiction. Phil starts to track down by Ben, but is convinced by Jay and Sharon that Ben will return when he is ready. Phil prepares for his son Ben's marriage to Callum. The repercussions of Phil's betrayal contributed to many subsequent storylines involving the Mitchell brothers during the 1990s. Later in 2019, Phil is told by Lisa that he is not the father of Sharon's baby. However, she later overhears his secret and begins plotting against him with the help from their family solicitor Marcus Christie (Stephen Churchett). Sonia returned as a permanent character . He attacks Ian, who calls the police and Phil is arrested. Distracted, Phil crashes the car, and Dennis is badly injured. Five months later, when Louise suffers burns from being pushed into lit candles by bullies Alexandra D'Costa (Sydney Craven) and Madison Drake (Seraphina Beh) at her prom party, Ben contacts his father. Phil gains entry to their room and Lisa hits Phil over the head with a phone. While trying to escape, Phil pulls out a gun and shoots at the dashboard, causing Grant to crash into the River Thames. Phil Mitchell faces a dangerous fate over a fire in his kitchen in EastEnders. Dalton agrees to spare Kate, but tells Phil that he now owes him a favor. However, on their wedding day, Phil is unhappy when Lisa reappears demanding access to Louise. Sharon's life was recently . [4] Phil persuades Lisa to return to him and then makes it clear that it is Louise he and Peggy want, not Lisa. Phil returns to the Square to rescue his family from a "shock crisis". By then, Phil's drinking worsens and he drives with Ian and Dennis in the car whilst intoxicated. I own none of this all rights go to the BBC. EastEnders fans were gobsmacked to find out Janine's (Charlie Brooks) real age in last night's episode (Monday Nov. 22) as she announced that she was 38 years old. After resolving matters with Grant and securing Jake's safety from exposed as a killer following the discovery of Danny's death, Phil resumes life with his family and Sharon. Sharon and Louise ask Phil to give Lisa a chance. He finds out that Peggy betrayed his father to the police to protect Phil and visits her grave. [46] Indeed, the character's violent behaviour evoked concern from viewers in October 2002. Kathy is incensed, and Grant beats Phil so badly that he has to go to hospital, due to a blood clot on his brain. 10 Sep 2021 EastEnders spoilers follow. Various key characters were in the frame for the deed and viewers were left guessing for weeks as to which of them was the real culprit. Phil comes to believe that the father is in fact Jack. By then, Phil and Dan have become best friends; with Phil being the only person to defend Dan when he is revealed to have cheated on his girlfriend Carol Jackson (Lindsey Coulson) by having an affair with her daughter Bianca (Patsy Palmer), the wife of Frank's son Ricky (Sid Owen). When Billy's great-granddaughter, Lexi Pearce, is taken into care, Lexi's mother Lola (Danielle Harold) tells Phil that Ben is Lexi's father and Phil is her grandfather. [22] In July 2004, it was announced that McFadden had delayed his return. It quickly turns out Carl threatened Shirley to stay away from Walford or he would harm Phil's family. However, Sharon and Dennis soon learn the truth about Chrissie killing Den and they end up joining forces with the Mitchells to help Sam against Chrissie with Phil and Dennis putting their differences aside over their previous rivalry. By Charlotte McIntyre 17:50, Wed, Apr . Danny previously appeared in James' vlog where he hinted that he'd get James a job on EastEnders in 2021. . Phil prepares to kill Carl, but Carl implies that he caused harm to Shirley. Phil later grows annoyed when Kate befriends Dennis, and ends up punching him upon learning that the two nearly had sex together. McFadden temporarily left the series in late 2003, then returned in April 2005 for a brief appearance before making a permanent return in October 2005. When Phil learns that Max has taken over The Arches, he promises revenge and blames Sharon for the loss of the business. This was done to assure the chosen actors who would work together had a strong rapport and physical resemblance. She knows how much he fought for custody, for contact and how important it was for him to see his children. Later, Ben tells Phil that he will donate part of his liver. In response, Phil ends his romance with Kate and threatens to kill her even when she admits to loving him with the promise of quitting her job. [41] In 2011 McFadden was nominated for 'Best Actor' at the British Soap Awards 2011 for playing Phil. Nadia seduces and sleeps with a drunken Phil. [25] The report followed the news that Lucy Benjamin was to return for a single episode, reprising her role as Lisa, the mother of Phil's daughter Louise (Brittany Papple). The next day, Sharon tells Phil that Ronnie and Roxy have died in the hotel swimming pool which devastates Phil. However, Archie later returns to the square and ignores Phil's constant demands that he leave Walford again. Phil denies any involvement in Keanu's disappearance but later discoverers that Sharon has given the police the video that Martin filmed of Keanu's supposed death. Phil prepares to kill Dennis, but changes his mind when Dennis offers to kill Dalton himself so that they can both be free of him; Phil reluctantly gives Dennis the gun to go after Dalton, and is later surprised to learn that Dennis actually killed Dalton as he promised. Aidan threatens Mick's livelihood and his family, and eventually, Phil is convinced to help Mick. Lisa agrees until some of Phil's relatives, assuming she is the nanny, start talking about how unstable Louise's mother is. Later in the year, Phil attempts to buy back The Queen Vic, wanting to move his family into The Queen Vic after his split with Sharon. Their conflict leads to Phil abducting Vincent's daughter Pearl, with the two threatening to shoot each other up to the point where Vincent attempts to strangle Phil to death, before later sorting out their differences when his friend Fatboy (Ricky Norwood) gets accidentally killed. He later tells Billy that Lola will never get Lexi back, which Lola overhears. Grant also makes a brief reappearance, warning Phil to expect a war over money owed to Grant. Before Kathy returns to South Africa, she asks Phil to go with her but he declines as Grant has planned an armed robbery and Phil refuses to let him do the job alone. 13million viewers tuned in to see their return giving the BBC a 52.9% British audience share,[31] a massive coup for the show which had come under heavy criticism in the British media after it drew its lowest audience in more than five years (6.6million viewers tuning in to one episode in September 2005). It is revealed that Phil attacked Ian at Sharon's request. Phil then agrees to be her confidant for the secret in exchange for money, which Shirley steals from her younger son Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) at his salon; he later discovers this and confronts his mother about her involvement with Phil, who later warns Dean off when they cross paths. 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