Nancy Carter (Maddy Hill) goes into labour unexpectedly in EastEnders next week, with mum Linda (Kellie Bright) and brother Lee (Danny Hatchard) nowhere to be found at the crucial moment.
Nancy returned to Walford last month alongside Lee, revealing to a shocked Linda that she was carrying a surrogate child for Lee and his estranged girlfriend Jess. It later emerged that Lee has been battling alcohol addiction, which initially made Nancy question whether she should give up her legal parental rights to the baby.
Lee's drinking worsens tensions
With Lee still struggling to control his addiction, relations between the siblings deteriorated this week when he drunkenly crashed an antenatal class at the Community Centre. Next week, Lee hits the bottle again, and with Linda preoccupied by Janine Butcher's (Charlie Brooks) return, Nancy's waters break at just the wrong moment.
The situation escalates when Linda learns of a shocking claim from Janine, possibly about the whereabouts of Mick Carter, and realises she needs to tell the kids. But as she prepares to tell Lee, Nancy and Johnny the truth, the trio disappear.
A desperate search
A concerned Linda and her partner Max Branning (Jake Wood) head out to look for them. When they locate Nancy, mother and daughter have a heart-to-heart. Needing to still track down Lee, Linda heads off, but the timing could not be worse as Nancy's waters then break.
Luckily, her ex Zack Hudson (James Farrar) is on hand, enlisting Johnny Carter (Charlie Suff) and Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) to help get her to hospital. However, they are unable to reach Lee, who has been getting drunk at Harry's Barn, where his mum later finds him intoxicated.
Will they make it in time?
Lee opens up to his mum about his worries over becoming a father, but neither of them realises that his baby is due imminently. The question remains whether they will make it to the hospital in time for the birth.
EastEnders airs these scenes from Monday 9th November at 7.30pm on BBC One, or stream first from 6am on iPlayer.
