31 July 2023 , 23:01
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EastEnders has revealed Freddie Slater will reunite with his mother Little Mo next week, amid hints of a return for the latter character. Following a shocking discovery, Freddie will take some time out of Walford to see his mum.
It's not yet known if Little Mo will be seen on screen, but spoilers suggest Freddie flees Walford to see her, while fans are hoping a return will happen at some point.
Freddie wants to speak with his mum after learning the truth about his father's identity. He wants answers, after scenes this week see him learning what happened between his mother and father.
He will be devastated as he finds out he was conceived when Little Mo was raped by a Queen Vic customer, Graham Foster. Little Mo had kept this from him for the past 18 years.
EastEnders has revealed Freddie Slater will reunite with his mother Little Mo (BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)But it seems the truth does come out prior to him heading out of Walford briefly to be with his mum. Will he finally hear the full story and Mo's reasons for keeping quiet for his whole life?
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How will Mo react to knowing Freddie has seen and spoken to Graham? All of this remains to be seen, but his aunt Kat Slater steps in with some advice for her nephew before he leaves.
Realising he's off to visit Little Mo, she tells him to remember how hard Little Mo has fought to protect him. Whether we will see more of Graham remains to be seen.
It comes after the news Graham would be returning to the BBC soap after more than a decade away. The last time Graham was on screen he was in prison, after he was exposed for raping Little Mo.
Little Mo was raped by a Queen Vic customer, Graham FosterFreddie had been lied to his whole life about his paternity, with him initially believing Billy Mitchell, Mo's ex, to be his father. Billy had to break the news this was not true.
Since then there's been claims about his father and his mystery identity, while this week Kat one again lies to her nephew about who his dad is. Freddie will discover the truth though and even tracks Graham down.
Freddie will come face-to-face with Graham and introduces himself to him, unaware of the dark truth about how he was conceived. But at some point it seems Freddie could finally find out the truth about his father, and the reason he has been absent from his life for the past 18 years.
EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.