EastEnders has revealed Mark Fowler’s secret link to another character, as he returns to Albert Square with a big secret. Last week, Phil Mitchell was preparing to take Nigel Bates to Portugal without Julie’s permission – but his plan was scuppered by the arrival of his nephew Mark, who arrived on his doorstep battered and bruised.

In today’s episode, Mark woke up on Phil’s sofa the next morning, reuniting with his half-sister Vicki and meeting Sam and Nigel for the first time.

Vicki was keen to know how Mark had been injured, and he explained that he was randomly attacked by a group of men. He made out that he was back in Walford to support Vicki during Joel’s upcoming trial, but Phil and Sam didn’t believe his story.

They later confronted Mark, and he admitted to being involved in a drugs operation, adding that he was beaten up by the men he works with because they think he is a police informant.

Mark pleaded with Phil to help clear his name, but Phil insisted that he wasn’t involved in that world anymore – plus Sam told him that he was fleeing to Portugal with Nigel that evening.

Julie then arrived home unexpectedly early from Scotland, but Phil told Sam that he was still pressing on with his and Nigel’s plans.

Meanwhile, Mark made waves in the Square when he punched Ross for his involvement with Joel. But he panicked when he received a photo from his colleagues that proved they were watching him and Vicki could be in danger.

As Phil refused to help again, Mark realised that his uncle was lying to Julie, so he took matters into his own hands and told Julie that about Phil’s Portugal scheme.

Julie confronted Phil about taking Nigel away, devastated that he had been working behind her back. They clashed again, and Julie decided that she and Nigel would move out, booking a room in Peacock Palace until they find somewhere permanent.

That evening, Mark desperately reached out to Phil once more and Phil reluctantly agreed to help. Mark explained that he had been adding false intel into different jobs to see what gets back to the police, and he had tracked the leaks to this area of London.

As they suspected the informant could be in Walford, viewers already know that it’s Ravi who is working with the police. With Mark saying that the informant is a “dead man” if he gets caught, is Ravi in serious danger?