EastEnders delivered answers this week — and immediately discovered that answers can be more unsettling than mystery. In a quiet, devastating scene set inside Walford’s Chapel of Rest, the BBC soap confirmed that Jasmine Fischer was responsible for Anthony Truman’s death. What followed was not relief, but a storm of questions, backlash, and accusations that the show has crossed an emotional line.

Anthony Truman’s death has haunted Walford since Christmas. Zoe Slater was imprisoned. Cat Moon chased false leads abroad. Patrick Truman grieved a son he barely recognised by the end. Now, the truth has surfaced — and it has fractured the audience just as deeply as the characters involved.

In a private moment beside Anthony’s coffin, Jasmine stayed behind after the family farewell. Alone with the man she had only just learned was her father, she confessed. Producing a recording from Christmas Day, Jasmine revealed footage showing Anthony violently attacking Zoe before turning on her as well. In fear and desperation, Jasmine struck him with a heavy object. He died from the blow.

The scene framed the act as self-defense. But instead of clarity, viewers were left reeling. If the video proved Anthony’s aggression so clearly, why was Zoe allowed to take the blame? Why did Jasmine remain silent while her mother sat in a cell and her grandmother tore herself apart searching for answers?

That question dominated social media within minutes of the episode ending.

The manner of the confession itself raised even more eyebrows. Rather than going to the police, Jasmine played the recording to Anthony’s body. For many viewers, the choice felt baffling, even jarring. Some admitted the moment pulled them out of the story entirely. Others defended it as raw, illogical grief — a daughter speaking truths she could never say aloud.

Then came another unsettling detail: after Anthony lay dead, Jasmine turned the camera on herself. Fans compared it to a vlog confession, questioning why the show chose such a self-aware visual at the most traumatic moment of her life. What was meant to feel intimate instead sparked debate over tone, realism, and intention.

Adding fuel to the fire was the lingering question of Chrissie Watts. If she was not responsible for Anthony’s death, why was she reintroduced at all? Some viewers now believe another twist is still coming. Others accuse the show of deliberate misdirection with no payoff.

Even Anthony’s character has become a point of contention. Longtime fans argue that this obsessive, volatile version feels unrecognisable compared to the man introduced in 2000. Without deeper exploration of what caused his descent, his ending has left many feeling unsatisfied — and unsettled.

As Jasmine’s reveal divided viewers, another storyline ignited fury for entirely different reasons. Ravi Gulati’s descent into self-harm following the attack on his son Nugget has prompted accusations that EastEnders went too far.

Drugged by Nicola and Harry Mitchell as part of a revenge plot, Ravi hallucinated his abusive father and violently lashed out, leaving Nugget Gulati hospitalised with a brain hemorrhage. In Wednesday’s episode, Ravi deliberately injured himself in a moment of self-punishment — scenes many viewers described as deeply distressing.

Although the BBC aired a support message after the episode, audiences were furious that no warning appeared beforehand. Social media filled with criticism, with viewers accusing the show of failing to protect those with lived experience of self-harm.

Meanwhile, danger continues to build elsewhere. George Knight edges ever closer to the truth about Nicola Mitchell. Their relationship, already strained by crime, revenge, and secrecy, now hangs by a thread.

Nicola’s role in spiking Ravi — an act that indirectly led to Nugget’s near-fatal injuries — threatens to destroy any future they might have had. Warned by Billy after a chilling message from Teddy Mitchell in prison, George begins pulling back. A rejected business deal and a refused investment hint that he may finally be listening.

But the full truth remains buried — for now.

EastEnders has pulled back the curtain on one killer — and exposed a far more dangerous question underneath. When self-defense becomes silence, when guilt turns inward, and when secrets are protected in the name of love, justice becomes blurred beyond recognition.

Walford is no longer asking who did it.
It is asking whether the truth, when it finally arrives, will save anyone at all.

Has EastEnders revealed Anthony Truman’s killer to deliver justice — or to justify a new era where morality no longer has clear boundaries?