EastEnders Mick Carter has breakthrough about childhood abuse in episode exploring suicide
Samaritans worked with soap bosses on the episode. 31/12/2020
The following article contains discussion of themes including suicide and sexual abuse that some readers may find upsetting. spoilers follow.
Mick Carter has had a breakthrough about his childhood abuse in a powerful New Year s Eve episode that saw him contemplating taking his life.
Thursday s (December 31) episode opened with Mick (Danny Dyer) standing on the edge of the Vic s roof, before flashing back to him in his home, calling Samaritans for help. BBC
Through a series of flashback sequences to both the near and distant past, Mick revisited traumatic moments throughout his life that led him to the point of such misery.
Note: The following article contains discussion of sexual misconduct and suicide that some readers may find upsetting.
EastEnders relaxed social distancing rules for its dramatic Mick Carter and Katy Lewis showdown scenes.
On New Year s Day, Mick will finally address his deepest fears head on as he confronts Katy over the sexual abuse she subjected him to when he was in a care home as a teenager.
For the upcoming scenes, Danny Dyer and Simone Lahbib were able to film in close cohort while still taking all the usual safety precautions. Kieron McCarron/Jack BarnesBBC I think the big scene where Mick finally confronts Katy, it needed to be filmed that way so we could organically make it work, instead of the technicalities that come with filming socially distanced, explained Dyer.