EastEnders hard-man Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) was offered his freedom if he became a police informant for DCI Keeble (Alison Newman), but it seems his knowledge comes at a tasty price.
That’s because the crime boss insisted he wouldn’t help the cops before he got to tuck into some hash browns on Monday night’s episode of the BBC soap (April 18).
At first, Mitchell snubbed the decision and it looked like he would be spending a long time behind bars, but Sharon (Letitia Dean) begged the gangster to reconsider his options.
After pondering the idea from prison, Phil decided to talk to the police, but he left fans in stitches with his hilarious food request for police officer Keeble.
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It came after Sharon saw Ben (Max Bowden) assaulting a homophobic bloke in an alleyway, leaving her worried about his mental state and the risk of him facing more prison time.
She pleaded with Phil to think about accepting DCI Keeble’s offer, telling him he needed to keep an eye out for Ben, which he could do if he was out of his cell.
To her relief, Ritchie revealed Phil was meeting the detective to talk to her.
But Phil insisted he wouldn’t help the cops until he’d had some breakfast, and specifically some hash browns.
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Talking to Phil from police custody, Keeble said: “Why don’t we start with a few names?”, to which Phil said: “Breakfast first.”
The cop laughed at first before telling him: “You can visit any greasy spoon in London when we’re done.”
But Phil told her: “You ain’t getting [intel] until I get my hash browns.”
After a long pause, Keeble said: “Fine. One slice or two?”
Fans were in stitches at the snack request on Twitter, with one writing: “You ain’t getting it until I get my hash browns.” I love Phil.”
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A second said: “Phil must have the upper hand if he’s able to demand hash browns”
A third laughed: “You tell em Phil get them hash browns!”
A fourth added: “Phil Mitchell negotiating his release from prison in exchange for hash browns is so #EastEnders”.
Later on, though, Phil seemed to decide he didn’t want to co-operate with the forces as he declined Keeble’s questions, such as who was on the other end of the line when he made his oversees phone call.
It remained to be seen whether Phil would decide to follow through on being an informant for the sake of his son Ben.
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