EastEnders spoilers: Ian Beale is left for dead – but who is responsible?

The week begins with Mick Carter and Katy Lewis heading back to the care home where he grew up. Katy is worried that the visit could trigger some of Mick's memories, but he's determined to get answers.

When they arrive, the memories come flooding back… Katy suggests that Mick's trauma was to do with Shirley abandoning but – but Mick is convinced it's something else.

Tina pays a visit to Mick and finds him feeling down – she's unaware that it's because of his day at the care home and jumps to the conclusion that it's because he lost The Vic.

So, Tina continues on her mission to get Ian out of The Vic for good… Later, she heads over to The Vic with Shirley to witness Ian's downfall.

The following day Tina tells Mick that he can get the pub back but he lashes out at her. She doesn't understand what's going on and upset, she heads over to The Vic…

Elsewhere Linda bumps into Max while buying rum but explains it's for Mick. Later on she sets up an anniversary party for Mick remembering a date they had when they were 12 – but his reaction leaves her devastated.

Linda heads over to the playground and contemplates having a drink, but when Max spots her he manages to convince her to go to the restaurant.

Max tries to comfort Linda about her troubles with Mick but as they grow closer they end up kissing… They're unaware that Ian has spotted them.

Jack Branning feels concerned about Amy's behaviour and tells Max that he needs to move out so she can have her own room.

With nowhere to go, Max confronts Ian – he wants his money back or he's kicking Sharon Mitchell out of the pub.

However Max isn't prepared for Ian threatening him about the kiss. Max begins to plot revenge.

Ian smugly tells Sharon that he's sorted Max but she's unaware that Max is ready to take his revenge and threatens Ian – give him his money back or he'll put him out of his misery.

Later, Ian spots Sharon doing the banking and forms an idea – what is he up to?

Linda tells her hubby that she's not going to the award ceremony and points out how he's made her feel recently.

Max visits Linda at the launderette and they end up heading to The Vic together.
Max is left concerned about Ian's smugness and it's not long before Ian explains what he's done and how he's had the last laugh.

Ian thinks he's outsmarted Max but he's unaware how furious Max is. Max plans revenge – but how far will he go?

Suki is still furious about Ian's latest actions and plots against him…

When Ian overhears Rainie, Stuart and Tiffany Butcher talking – Ian spitefully lets slip that Tiff is planning to become a surrogate in front of a horrified Whitney Dean.

Whitney and Jack sit Keegan Baker and Tiff down to get all the details about the surrogacy. While Whit warns the teenagers that it'll all end in tears, Jack tells them it's illegal to pay a surrogate.

Later, Rainie lashes out at Ian and blames him for Whitney putting doubts in Tiff's mind.

Ian bites back with vengeance and leaves Rainie upset. But now, Stuart has revenge in his eyes…

DI Steve Thompson confronts Callum Highway and tells him he's been put under review because of the 999 call that came to nothing.

Ben is furious that no one wants to work with the Mitchells after someone grassed on them and is determined to find out who it was.

Elsewhere Bobby asks his dad for help picking a winner for the Lucy Beale Award but he's too busy as usual.

Bobby struggles to decide who to give the award to but Ian tells him, he knows who Lucy would have picked to win.

Just as Bobby prepares to present the award, Ian joins in but they're left taken aback by a huge announcement that shocks everyone.

Ian gloats about the Lucy Beale award to a journalist from the Gazette, hoping he'll write a good article about him.

However a furious Ben arrives. It's not long before the police arrive too and Ben presumes they want to speak to him – but it's Ian and they're arresting him.

Meanwhile Phil asks Sharon to pull off the lawyers as there's things they don't need to know, but Sharon wants what's rightfully hers.

Kathy rushes to the police station to hep Ian but Peter doesn't seem to care about his dad's predicament and he even tries to convince Bobby that Ian is in the wrong.

Ian immediately blames Kathy for his arrest but pushed too far, she serves him some hard truths. It looks like she's finally had enough of Ian's behaviour…

Peter tells Bobby that they won't be happy until Ian is gone and it's not long before the teenager starts to see his dad for who he truly is…

At the end of the week in The Vic, Ian lies motionless on the floor – but who's attacked him?