EastEnders has announced the start of an important storyline for Mick Carter, which sees him coming to terms with the non-recent sexual abuse he experienced as a child.
Earlier this year, Frankie Lewis arrived on Albert Square. Mick quickly became suspicious of Frankie and began worrying for his youngest son, Ollie’s safety.
Soon, he demanded to know the reasoning behind her interest in his family.
But he got a shock when Frankie revealed that he is her father. Mick was adamant she had the wrong person.
That was until Frankie mentioned her mum’s name, Katy Lewis. Her name took Mick back to his childhood.
Mick has been unable to tell his family and Frankie’s connection to him. But in tonight’s episode (Monday, October 12) Tina happily reminisced to Frankie and the Carters about Katy.
She stated that Katy was their beloved care worker when she and Mick were in care. Immediately realising that Mick was only 12 and her mother older, Frankie was silently appalled.
But Mick, clearly confused about his past, privately told her it’s not what she thinks.
The storyline will look at the impact the revelation has on Mick. It will also look at his ongoing struggle with abandonment and coming to terms that what he experienced was abuse.
Having repressed what happened to him, the story will portray Mick suffering with some long-term effects of abuse with his emotional difficulties, panic attacks and mental health problems worsening as a result and how this impacts his family.
EastEnders: Working with NSPCC and SurvivorsUK
Both NSPCC, the UK’s leading children’s charity, and SurvivorsUK, a specialist service for male and non-binary sexual violence survivors, worked closely with the team on this storyline.
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