EastEnders spoilers: Mel Owen prepares to expose Sharon Mitchell's secret

The week begins with Mel excited about Louise and Sharon's surprise party. She's hoping everything goes according to plan.

Louise is stunned when she discovers Lisa Fowler and Mel have been rowing and when she decides to confront her mum, she says Mel isn't coping following Hunter Owen's death.

Louise doesn't believe her and begins to ask her about her medication, but Lisa maintains she's fine.

Lisa is shocked when she arrives at E20 and sees that the party is for both Louise and Sharon.

Sharon hasn't had the easiest of times and she panics when hubby Phil Mitchell informs her that Mel's made him aware that Ruby Allen now owns E20.

With Phil on his way back to Walford, Sharon ruses to tell Keanu and demands he take Louise away from the Square and the party.

Unfortunately things don't go according to plan when Louise tells her boyfriend that she knows about the party. As she heads over to E20 and see's Sharon arrive at the party, a gleaming Mel watches on as her plan begins to unfold.

While Louise is over the moon that she's the centre of attention, Sharon feels claustrophobic. Shaz then threatens to expose Mel's secret about Hunter but Mel doesn't care at all.

Lisa begs Mel to see sense but she ignores her and moves on to the next stage of her plan – telling Phil the truth about Sharon's baby daddy.

Sharon sneaks off to meet Phil but when Mel puts two and two together she races to beat her to the airport. Keanu tries to warn Sharon but she panics and before you know it the police pull them over.

After lying to the police the race is on but Mel has a backup plan and tells Billy Mitchell to put the phone to the microphone at the party to make an important announcement – will Mel finally reveal Sharon's secret?

Back in the cars Mel is desperate to get revenge and spill all to Phil – but will she get there in time? Or will Sharon manage to find a way to keep her secret hidden for a little longer?

Over to the Carter household and everyone is feeling very tense as the day of Ollie's assessment arrives.

Linda is on edge and after snapping at Tina, she manages to cover when Shirley asks her about an empty wine bottle in the bin…

Later, Linda is surprised with Mick Carter's list of questions for Ollie's doctor. The pair have a heart and heart and begin to reminisce about old times.

Elsewhere Karen gets excited when Keegan Taylor reveals he and Tiffany Butcher are moving out of Jack's. She's then left shocked at his plans….

Jean Slater struggles with her emotions following Daniel's death and opens up to her pal Shirley about her grief.

Chantelle Atkins bumps into Denise Fox but is left confused when she mentions a fight Gray was involved in… Desperate to keep up appearances, she pretends she knows all about it.

She then decides to confront her husband about the fight he had but he says he didn't want to tell her because of the baby.

Despite being unconvinced, Gray begs for forgiveness and says he'll do everything in his power to put things right.