EastEnders fans were reaching for the tissues on tonight’s dramatic episode of the BBC soap as Phil Mitchell finally bonded with his son Ben from his hospital bedside.
The two have endured a strained relationship for years, but since learning of Ben’s rape and downward drug spiral, Phil rushed to his bedside to offer his support.
As Ben finally regained consciousness after being found without a pulse and rushed to hospital by paramedics, Kathy encourages Phil to talk to him.
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Phil initially struggles to connect with Ben, who admits he was raped but felt he couldn’t be honest with him about it.
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In a u-turn from his usual bad boy façade, Phil appears emotional and begs for forgiveness from him son, promising to be his biggest ally moving forward.
As Ben breaks down at the heart warming words from his dad, fans joined him in shedding a tear at the touching father and son moment.
“I’m chocking up at this ben and phil scene,” gushed one viewer.
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“im not crying there’s just something in my eye,” blubbed a second.
A third echoed: “To think that Phil went through the same things that Ben went through with abuse drinking and drugs made the scene even more emotional.”
While a fourth added: “okay but this scene…. this conversation was much needed.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Phil was back on form as the resident bad boy after telling Sam what happened to Ben and revealing he knows about the drugs.
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He throws her out of the flat and demands her keys, telling her she is no longer part of this family.
Sam pleads with Phil to forgive her but he puts his foot down and gives her one week to get out of his life for good.
While talking to an oblivious Kathy, Sam learns it was Lewis who raped Ben and sets off to win back Phil’s trust.
Sam is later furious to learn it’s Zack’s fault Phil knows about the drugs and tries to fire him but Kat decides to promote him instead.
Wanting revenge, Sam tells Kat about an earlier exchange she saw between Sharon and Phil, but Kat covers her paranoia.
Feeling guilty, Zack offers to make it up to Sam but is left shaken when she instructs him to bring Lewis to her, she needs to win back Phil’s trust.
Zack refuses but she points out if Phil discovers Zack knew about the drugs, he’s in deep trouble.
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