EastEnders’ Ian Beale was attacked and left for dead on Friday – and his attacker could be much closer to home if a theory is to be believed.
Scenes in the latest episode of the BBC soap showed his son Peter Beale out to expose his dad’s true colours to those in Walford.
He was desperate for brother Bobby to see what Ian was really like, after more betrayal.
With Max Branning now threatened by him, Peter told Bobby what his dad had done – leading to a discovery.
Bobby checked his account and realised all the money for the foundation he set up in honour of his late sister Lucy had gone.
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Ian had used it to pay off Max, after stealing his own money earlier this year.
Bobby appeared to finally realise how cruel his dad could be, and for a moment it seemed as though the old Bobby could return.
He brutally attacked Dennis Rickman and his stepmother Jane Beale when he was a kid, not to mention killing sister Lucy.
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Bobby has reformed and is regretful of his past – but could his dad’s ways change that?
As many viewers suspected Bobby could have been the one to attack his dad given his past violence, there’s also the fact that Peter seemed keen to make his younger sibling snap.
Peter told him he forgave him for killing his sister – suggesting he actually blamed Ian.
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He said his dad had more blood on his hands than him, and blamed their father for Lucy going off the rails before her murder.
Not only that, but Peter ended up driving Bobby to smashing his laptop up and told him “he should be angry” and that it was good.
Peter then asked Bobby who should be dead out of Lucy and Ian, with Bobby confessing it should have been his dad who died.
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With that, Peter seemed happy at the reaction from Bobby – with him also telling him Ian was to blame for all of his pain.
Peter walked away, with Bobby giving a sinister look – before appearing at the scene of the crime later on.
So is Bobby to blame, and could Peter have set him up in revenge for Lucy?
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Peter claimed to forgive him, but he did seem to be egging him on to hate his father as much as he did.
So could Peter have actually lied and manipulated Bobby into wanting Ian dead, to do his dirty work for him?
Or perhaps he did it himself, but only time will tell!
One viewer wrote on Twitter : “Peter WHIPPING UP Bobby to bump off Ian.”
Another agreed: “Oh Peter… trying to get Bobby to ‘hurt’ his dad by messing with his mind and knowing what he did.”
A third added: “Does peter really forgive bobby I can’t tell.”
EastEnders airs Mondays at 8.05pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.35pm and Fridays at 8.35pm on BBC One.
Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-peter-beale-manipulates-bobby-23117824