EASTENDERS

■ JOB (NOT) WELL DONE And so, the day of The Job comes along and, with it, a ton of things that go wrong every time Phil and his Mafia Lite bunch of cronies attempt anything.

Goodness knows why Phil thought it a good idea to rope his son in (the episode is entirely from Ben’s perspective with limited audio), and Ben’s lack of focus is intensified when he sees Peter and Lola together. Ben confronts her (pictured), but it’s hard to see why her behaviour drives him to such distraction, even though he is Lexi’s father. When Lola admits she slept with Peter,

Ben’s driven to drink. Mind you: it doesn’t take much to send a Mitchell running to the bottle: Google Maps and the word ‘pub’ is usually all it takes.

As Phil and Danny (inset) head off for The Job, what will happen with the proverbial gun on the loose (yes, I think it’s the same one from the props’ department they bring out every time someone says, ‘We got a Big Job on; you in, bruv?’ or words to that effect)? Finding himself at the wrong end of the barrel, Ben is in trouble yet again. Shoulda left it.