Phil (played by Steve McFadden) was on the hunt for his daughter Louise (Tilly Keeper) at the beginning of tonight’s EastEnders after his nemesis Danny Hardcastle (Paul Usher) ordered thug Midge (Tom Colley) to hold the teenager hostage.
With Phil having failed to launder the money Danny had asked of him, the criminal wasn’t too happy with the Walford hard man, with Phil’s son Ben (Max Bowden) stepping in unbeknown to his father to try and reason with the villain on the BBC soap.
However, as Phil’s search at the shipment yard coming to no avail and having received a text from Danny which read “I don’t take too kindly to threats,” the dodgy dealer was knocked out by Ben as the menace sneaked up on him.
As Phil lay unconscious, Ben rang Danny and told him: “Danny, you leave Louise and my dad out of this, alright. You and me, we can sort this.”
With Phil eventually regaining consciousness, he managed to track down Midge and ended up beating the thug senseless as he desperately tried to find out where his daughter was being held, leading Midge to reveal the location.
Just as he and Ben arrived at the container, Louise and Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters) broke out of their prison with the distraught teenager escaping as Ben drove off away from the shipment yard.
When they all returned home, Phil faced the wrath of his wife Sharon Mitchell (Letitia Dean) as she ended up discovering his dodgy deeds in an explosive revelation following her own investigation into who had kidnapped Louise.
At the end of the episode, Phil looked sinisterly calm as Ben tried to get some answers as to what his father’s next steps were going to be as it became clear Danny was out for blood.
Ben asked Phil: “I know we should probably sleep on it, but what are you going to do with Danny and Midge?” to which his father stared into the distance, slowly
