Things didn’t look good for EastEnders’ Charlie Cotton when he vanished back in September.
Dot’s grandson made the grave mistake of trying to blackmail his wife Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack) into handing over their son Matthew.
And viewers were left wondering whether she and former lover Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood) had bumped him off.
His fate seemed to be determined when his wallet was later discovered abandoned in a bin.
But it turns out Charlie is alive and well, although he definitely won’t be returning to Walford any time soon.