With a single episode, EastEnders detonated months of speculation and replaced it with moral chaos. Anthony Truman’s death, long treated as a mystery with an obvious suspect, has been reframed entirely — and viewers now believe the fallout is only just beginning.

Anthony Truman’s return was never designed to end quietly. First introduced in 2000, Anthony carved a place in EastEnders history through betrayal, obsession, and destruction — most infamously his love triangle with Cat and Zoe Slater. His affair with Zoe’s mother while engaged to Zoe herself ensured permanent exile from the Slater family. When Anthony died on Christmas Day, history repeated itself in brutal fashion.

But the truth of that night has now surfaced — and it changes everything.

Anthony’s final chapter was defined by fixation. After returning to Walford last year, he became increasingly obsessed with Zoe Slater, despite being married. Restraining orders, secret photographs, and escalating control painted a picture of a man unraveling behind closed doors. The darkest revelation followed: Anthony had discovered he was the father of Zoe’s twins — including their daughter, Jasmine Truman — and concealed the truth.

On Christmas Day, that secret exploded. After a heated confrontation, Anthony fell and struck his head. He was later found dead by Cat Moon. With Chrissie Watts arriving that same night, suspicion immediately fractured in multiple directions. Zoe was arrested. Cat fled abroad. Walford judged — and judged wrongly.

The real truth emerged in a devastating, intimate moment. After being challenged by Lily, confronted by Chelsea, and shaken by Yolande’s doubts, Jasmine demanded answers about the man she had only just learned was her father. When Patrick Truman invited her to visit Anthony at the Undertakers, Jasmine came face to face with the body — and the truth she had been carrying alone.

Requesting privacy, Jasmine revealed a video filmed on Christmas Day. It showed Anthony attacking Zoe. Shouting. Grabbing. Losing control. In order to stop him, Jasmine struck Anthony with a heavy object. He died from the blow.

Her final words to the man who never knew her were chilling in their calm. She had not acted out of rage, but protection. In a single confession, the story inverted. Zoe was innocent. Jasmine was responsible. And Patrick still does not know.

Viewers now believe this revelation is not the end, but the foundation of a longer reckoning — one that may align with a flashforward scene showing Patrick declaring Oscar to be “a Truman,” hinting at loss, departure, or sacrifice still to come.

Online reaction has fractured sharply. Many viewers argue Jasmine acted in clear self-defense and is unlikely to face prison. Others believe the footage has not been fully revealed — that something crucial is still missing. Theories range from delayed confession, to Jasmine fleeing Walford, to the introduction of a mysterious twin whose arrival could expose the truth and finally free Zoe.

What unites the audience is certainty that EastEnders is not done with this story — it has only changed its angle.

As one family faces explosive truth, another navigates grief in silence. Max Branning’s storyline took an unexpected turn during preparations for Abby’s memorial. Years after her death following the Queen Vic roof fall, Lauren Branning and Oscar Branning tried to honor their sister — only for Max’s unreliability to reopen old wounds.

A ruined cake became symbolic. When Lauren banned Max from the memorial, he accepted it without protest, leaving behind a eulogy instead. The words stunned his children with their tenderness. What they did not know was that Jack Branning recognized the truth: Max had used AI to help write what he could not say.

Jack chose silence — not to protect Max, but to protect the children’s peace. In doing so, EastEnders quietly redirected Max’s arc. Not redeemed. Not forgiven. But trying.

Elsewhere, guilt threatens to destroy another household. Ravi Gulati’s storyline plunged into darkness after he accidentally attacked his son Nugget Gulati while drugged. Haunted by hallucinations of his late father and manipulated by Nicola and Harry Mitchell, Ravi lost control — nearly killing his child.

The aftermath has been devastating. Nugget remains traumatized. Ravi is consumed by guilt. In a bleak final moment, Ravi deliberately reopened an old wound in an act of self-harm, signaling that his collapse is far from over.

EastEnders has not delivered one twist — it has repositioned its entire board. A killer revealed. A father protected by mercy. Another father unraveling under shame. Each storyline now points forward, not back.

Truth is no longer hidden — it is waiting. And when it finally comes into the open, Walford will not be debating who is guilty.

It will be deciding who deserves forgiveness.

Has EastEnders revealed Anthony Truman’s killer to bring justice — or to set up an even more devastating truth still waiting to explode?