Lola Pearce is struggling with balancing her marriage, being a mum to Lexi and her long lost mum's sudden reappearance into her life as she battles a terminal brain tumour in EastEnders but her husband Jay Brown will step in to try and help solve one of her problems.
Emma Harding ( Patsy Kensit ) has proven to a thorn in Jay's ( Jamie Borthwick ) side as she repeatedly attempts to freeze him out while getting to know her long lost daughter Lola (Danielle Harold).
Lola's mum recently returned to Walford after Lexi (Isabella Brown) called on her for support as she struggles to deal with her mum's illness.
However, in upcoming scenes, Emma oversteps the mark and ends up pushing the youngster to breaking point.
Lexi has Mother’s Day with Lola all planned out until Emma arrives uninvited and tags along, leaving Lexi gets frustrated.
Emma interferes in the schoolgirl's plans, resulting in Lexi losing her temper about having to share her mum.
Mortified, Emma realises she's in the wrong and offers to leave but Lola tells her to return to the flat while she talks to her daughter about the day's events.
Back at home, Lola's grateful to Emma for being there but things quickly turn awkward when an uncomfortable subject about the long lost mum's past comes up.
Emma bolts and Lola's immediately paranoid that her mum is going to abandon her all over again.
Furious with his wife's mum, Jay demands Emma meets him at the car lot as Lola struggles with the possibility of her mother rejecting her.
Jay issues Emma with an ultimatum – either stick around and be there for Lola whenever she needs her or leave and never return ever again.
Will Emma turn her back on Lola or realise how important her relationship with her daughter is?
EastEnders star Patsy revealed she had filmed her final scenes earlier this year and the BBC soap confirmed her stint as Emma would be a temporary one when she first arrived in Walford.
Speaking on The One Show earlier this week, Patsy opened up on her character's motives and said: "We're finding out that Emma is quite controlling and a bit of a trouble maker. She wants to come between Lola and Jay and cause trouble. She sees something that she doesn't quite like looking at and she makes it bigger than it is and she drives a wedge between them and it all unfolds.
"When we saw her before she was quite broken from her past and finding her daughter again but now she's back she's feisty and I've got to play some great scenes."
Reflecting on her EastEnders role, she added: "I had a great time and I miss them all. I'm so proud to have been on the show because it's a dream of mine."
EastEnders air on BBC One from Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm.
