Killers at war! Nicola takes on Ravi as she issues a dark threat in EastEnders

Two of Walford’s most dangerous residents go head to head (Picture: BBC/Metro)

It’s a pretty widely accepted in EastEnders that Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) is not somebody to mess with. Incredibly dangerous and now entangled with drug dealing, he makes for a formidable foe.

Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington), however, is just as formidable, and doesn’t think twice about going after the Square’s pre-eminent bad boy next week. With both having ended lives and both having ties to the underworld, they’re certainly pretty evenly matched.

Ravi turned to drug dealing, entering the shady game (via a contact of Nicola, in fact) to save his family from financial hardship, after Bernie Taylor (Clair Norris) wiped out the his family businesses bank accounts before absconding.

As Ravi expanded his operation, Nicola’s own son, Harry Mitchell (Elijah Holloway) found himself embroiled, initially to protect his best friend, Kojo Asare (Dayo Koleosho) who flushed Ravi’s stash, and has since been cuckooed by him.

Harry has found himself up to his neck in Ravi’s drug operation (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron) Harry remains trying to protect his best friend (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)

Next week sees Ravi and his top dealer, Okie Okyere (Aayan Ibikunle Shoderu), panic of repercussions when they hear that their latest drugs run has caused issues with another narcotics gang.

When Harry spots said gang lurking around the flat, he fails to inform Ravi, hoping that a raid will force him to withdraw from Kojo’s place.

While Harry is distracted by his girlfriend, Gina Knight (Francesca Henry), Kojo returns home to find a batter and bloody Okie. When Harry discovers the mess at Kojo’s place, he pales. The heat is high and the trio are now in way too deep.

Okie is left in a bad way by the rival drug gang (Picture: BBC/Jack Barns/Kieron McCarron)

He turns to his mum, Nicola, who has absolutely no qualms about taking Ravi on.

Reminding Ravi that, as she was the one who was the conduit to setting up his drug operation, she knows his bosses all too well, Nicola puts him squarely on the backfoot.

With a deadly threat to contact his higher-ups, which would place Ravi in mortal danger, Nicola has him on the ropes and he acquiesces, releasing Harry from the operation entirely.

Harry turns to his mum when it becomes apparent that the drug operation is spinning rapidly out of control (Picture: BBC/Jack Barns/Kieron McCarron)

While Harry is relieved, he’s unaware that Ravi still wants to base his dealing from Kojo’s flat, meaning that while he is free, Kojo definitely isn’t.

With the rival gang still circling and Harry removed from the equation, is Kojo in more danger than ever?

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