EastEnders in the next week. The BBC soap had confirmed that Natalie Cassidy would return from her recent break next week, but she actually made a surprise appearance at the end of Friday's episode. While Tiffany (Maisie Smith) and Dotty (Milly Zero) were being held up by an angry club patron who'd broken into their flat, Sonia appeared from nowhere to whack him with a hurling stick. BBC Sonia will scare off the club patron, Greg, in upcoming episodes, but she warns Tiffany that she'll have to call Bianca unless the teen comes clean over what she's got herself up to.