Linda and Grant united to save Phil in EastEnders

Will Phil’s mental health relapse? (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)

EastEnders’ Phil Mitchell’s (Steve McFadden) battle with his mental health was one of the most harrowing soap plots in recent memory.

Though long-term viewers will have seen Phil deal with both alcoholism and crack addiction and take on a ‘who’s who’ of East End villains, gangsters and all around wrong’un’s, his war against his own head proved to be the most impactful, as depression gave way to psychosis and, ultimately, suicidal ideation.

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