EastEnders fans spot warnings Dennis Rickman would die EIGHT months ago
ON Friday, EastEnders fans saw Dennis Mitchell die in horrific fashion as the explosive 35th anniversary episodes came to a close.
Ian Beale locked him in a room below deck which ultimately left the lad unable to escape with everyone else – but some viewers had figured out it he was the character who wouldn’t survive all along.
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Thanks to a series of clever clues that were dropped into the BBC One soap up to EIGHT months ago – many had Dennis pegged as the character who would die on the soap.
Here, we run down some of the biggest hints that the youngster was going to meet a watery end…
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‘Boy in green’
Stuart Highway, dressed in true creepy form as Captain Hook, made reference to a “pesky boy in green” who would “never grow up”.
He was, of course, talking about Peter Pan – but Dennis was also dressed in a green jacket and sadly now will never grow up.
One fan tweeted: “After Stuart’s Peter Pan reference of a boy never growing up, and Denny being in a green coat, I thought it’d be him that died. Really sad and tragic death!”
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Sharon swearing on Dennis’s life
Sharon swore on Dennis’s life that nothing was going on between her and Keanu Taylor – months before he died.
She unleashed the mighty whopper when Louise Mitchell made her promise, with Sharon insisting: “Find a bible if you like.” But she pressed: “On Dennis’s life.” Sharon then replied: “On my son’s life.”
One fan predicted: “I have resigned myself to the fact Dennis is going… it began when Sharon said ‘on my son’s life’.”
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Ben’s chilling omen
Back in June, Dennis’ stepbrother Ben went to buy Sharon a card after finding out that she was pregnant – at the time thinking that his dad Phil was the father.
The Walford bad boy left Lola disgusted when he picked up a card that read “deepest sympathy”, with Lola snapping: “Deepest sympathy, are you serious?”
Ben replied: “It could be ironic, couldn’t it?” – with the dark joke now holding a whole new meaning.
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Dennis’s voicemail message
As the waters rose, Dennis reached for his phone and sent his mum a voicemail, yelping: “Ian’s locked me in a room on the boat. I need help, I can’t get out.”
Many fans correctly guessed that meant his fate was sealed – and that Sharon was going to go ballistic at Ian in a later plot twist.
One amateur sleuth tweeted: “He left Sharon a voice mail, wanna bet she’ll listen to it once he’s dead and blame Ian for his death.”
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Sharon tempting fate
One thing nobody on EastEnders should ever do is say anyone is going to have a happy ending – because it usually spells disaster.
Sharon did just that, telling her newborn son: “You gave me quite a scare there. But everything is going to be all right, sweetheart. Everything will be fine.
“Your brother will be here soon and then we’ll all go away for a new start. Just the three of us.” Oh no.