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EastEnders' Lola Pearce-Brown was left in tears over a touching gesture from the Albert Square community during Monday's emotional episode.
The character, played by Danielle Harold, has a terminal brain tumour and was recently given only months to live, with her final scenes airing this week.
Despite struggling to move or speak, Lola received a visit from her co-workers and friends Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Kim Fox (Tameka Empson).
Kim had one final surprise for Lola, as she had Jay help move her in a wheelchair to her living room window to see some of her neighbours display a message spelling 'Hello Lola' to her.
The touching moment brought Lola to tears while residents such as Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) and Callum Highway (Tony Clay) said their goodbye's.
Heartbreaking: EastEnders' Lola Pearce-Brown was left in tears over a touching gesture from the Albert Square community during Monday's emotional episode
Lola began to suffer seizures in the latest episode, and the nurse breaks the news to Jay that his wife doesn't have long left, and is near the end.
Lola's final scenes will be broadcast on Wednesday 31st May 2023.
Meanwhile, Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) was overcome with emotion and spent a lot of time drinking in the Queen vic.
He then had a tense run-in with Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry), which led to the police showing up and preparing to arrest him.
In last week's episodes, viewers were left 'sobbing' as Lola began issuing her final goodbyes to her daughter Lexie during Wednesday's episode.
As her condition worsens, Lola has started saying goodbye to her most loved ones, beginning with her daughter Lexie.
After undergoing a baptism to 'end up' in heaven with her daughter, the pair shared a hear-to-heart.
Lexi told her mother: 'I'm glad we're going to be in heaven together.
Lola replied: 'Me too. But, I can wait for a very very long time, ok? I want you to have a long and happy life first. I'll always be looking over you, you know?'
As Lola began crying, she continued: Lex, as Mommy gets a little bit weaker, I need you to be a bit stronger for me ok?
'You know if you ever want to talk to me, you know like that Reverend did with God, just talk to me. I'll be listening always.
'When you're hurting, you're going to feel my arms wrapped tight around you.
'When you're happy, you're going to hear me laughing with you.
'I will always, always be looking over you, ok?'
Lexie replied: 'When I have a daughter, I'm going to tell her all about you.'
Their emotional conversation was then cut short by Lexie's father Ben Mitchell, who came to apologise for his behaviour.
Earlier in the episode, an agitated Ben lashed out at Lola for 'not fighting enough', telling her 'you should be in hospital'.
He also revealed to Lola that he had told their daughter she would be around for when Lexie starts school in September.
Despite a clashing of heads between Ben and Lola's current partner Jay, who told him to 'back off', it seems his words did not get through.
As the final credit's rolled on the episode, a plotting Ben could be seen on the phone to a doctor, telling the professional his plans to keep Lola alive for another few months.
Taking to Twitter as the episode aired, fans were left heartbroken at the devastating scenes.
'I'm sobbing', one wrote, while 'god this is heartbreaking', a second added.
