Overview
- Thursday’s episode shows Sam deciding not to leave for Spain after reflecting on family ties in the Square.
- Denise Fox’s suggestion leads Sam to arrange her radiotherapy in London following a recent lumpectomy.
- Executive producer Ben Wadey had framed Kim Medcalf’s comeback as a short stint, yet the storyline now signals a longer presence.
- Grant Mitchell’s extended return is confirmed, linking to his estranged son Mark Fowler Jr and Nigel Bates’s dementia plot.
- It will mark the first time in about a decade that Sam, Grant and Phil are all in Walford, with viewers eager for a family reunion.