Eastenders fans have said their Christmas is ruined after watching Sunday night's festive special.
The hour-long episode saw actor Danny Dyer leave the soap in tragic scenes as his character Mick Carter appeared to be killed off.
Mick was seen entering the English Channel in a bid to save the love of his life Linda following a brief reunion. Mick reunited with his ex after new wife Janine Butcher’s web of lies unravelled during a family Christmas Day dinner
After discovering that his new bride had engineered the break-up of his former marriage by framing Linda as the cause of a car crash, Mick refused to let her get away.
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A dramatic car chase followed as Mick and Linda followed Janine, played by Charlie Brooks, to Dover. After a scuffle on the clifftop, Linda and Janine were then seen plummeting in a car into the water below
Mick was then seen jumping into the water - and after finding the car - followed Linda’s instructions to help Janine first as she is pregnant with his baby.
However after noticing that Linda had not come out of the water Mick then jumped back in - unaware that she had crawled onto the shore. Mick did not reappear from the water as the episode ended.
Viewers at home were not impressed by the ending and have accused the soap of 'ruining Christmas.'
@FBritnell tweeted: "Everyone is crying at Eastenders in my household, so thanks, Xmas is ruined." @amyxlouiseex also wrote: "That Eastenders episode has just ruined my whole Christmas Day." And @CB1878_ tweeted: "Eastenders just ruined Christmas, can’t do this."
Other fans were left in tears by the heartwrenching scenes. @ShaniceSJ_X wrote: "Eastenders got me crying like it’s real life."
@IanW_STC tweeted: "What happns next as that had me crying and a lump in my throat."
@Jodie_Shefford also wrote: "Eastenders NO I am crying my eyes out" And @_anisakhan tweeted : "Eastenders Christmas episode ending got me crying real tears."
Danny, 45, left the BBC One soap after almost a decade, having joined the cast on Christmas Day in 2013, shortly followed by his on-screen wife Linda Carter played by Kellie Bright.
He has appeared in 1150 episodes of the soap, had 117 doof-doofs, welcomed the-then Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla to Albert Square and starred in a spin-off series with documentary maker Stacey Dooley.
EastEnders airs at 7.30pm on Boxing Day on BBC One.
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