EastEnders’ Freddie Slater mirrored on of his mum’s Little Mo Slater’s iconic storylines during Tuesday’s episode.
A violent showdown with his former tutor Theo Hawthorne the soap drew parallels to one of the 90s most harrowing moments.
During the episode, Freddie (Bobby Brazier) was left shaken after an encounter with his biological dad Graham Foster (Alex McSweeney) and soon spiralled, going on to get into an altercation in The Vic before things escalated further.
Freddie struggled to shake the fear that he could end up like his evil father, but it appears that he could in-fact be more like his mum Little Mo (Kacey Ainsworth).
A showdown between father and son began when Freddie demanded that Graham admitted he raped Little Mo.
![Freddy Slater from EastEnders: A Nod to Little Mo Slater's Iconic 90s Storyline Resurfaces in a Tense Confrontation 1 Scenes: EastEnders' Freddie Slater mirrored on of his mum's Little Mo Slater's iconic storylines during Tuesday's episode](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/03/21/76131793-12590249-image-a-58_1696366527611.jpg)
Scenes: EastEnders’ Freddie Slater mirrored on of his mum’s Little Mo Slater’s iconic storylines during Tuesday’s episode
![Freddy Slater from EastEnders: A Nod to Little Mo Slater's Iconic 90s Storyline Resurfaces in a Tense Confrontation 3 Throwback: A violent showdown with his former tutor Theo Hawthorne the soap drew parallels to one of the 90s most harrowing moments](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/03/22/76132931-12590249-Throwback_A_violent_showdown_with_his_former_tutor_Theo_Hawthorn-a-64_1696367287769.jpg)
Throwback: A violent showdown with his former tutor Theo Hawthorne the soap drew parallels to one of the 90s most harrowing moments
Freddie was left shaken after receiving a friend request from ‘Graham Foster’ and straight away blocked him but after talking to Gina, decided to confront him instead.
Worried Anna went with him but as the pair argued. He ordered Freddie to leave, threatening to call the police.
Freddie was reeling after his confrontation with Graham and couldn’t believe that his dad was so cold and remorseless.
Anna tried to reassure Freddie that he is nothing like his evil father, but Freddie can’t shake the fear that he shares his DNA with a monster.
As the difficult day went from bad to worse, Freddie tried and failed to put things right, having a row with Stacey and a drunk altercation with a couple at the club.
Arriving home, Freddie finds that Theo has broken in and is attempting to rape Stacey, having pinned her to the floor.
As a fight breaks out Theo hits Freddie after he drags him off Stacey, with the stalker claiming Stacey had ‘led him on.’
Triggered by his use of the phrase Freddie is see reaching for an iron and violently attacking Theo until he appears lifeless on the floor.
![Freddy Slater from EastEnders: A Nod to Little Mo Slater's Iconic 90s Storyline Resurfaces in a Tense Confrontation 5 Upset: During the episode, Freddie (Bobby Brazier) was left shaken after an encounter with his biological dad Graham Foster (Alex McSweeney) and soon spiralled](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/03/21/76132593-12590249-During_the_episode_Freddie_Bobby_Brazier_was_left_shaken_after_a-a-62_1696366676038.jpg)
Upset: During the episode, Freddie (Bobby Brazier) was left shaken after an encounter with his biological dad Graham Foster (Alex McSweeney) and soon spiralled
![Freddy Slater from EastEnders: A Nod to Little Mo Slater's Iconic 90s Storyline Resurfaces in a Tense Confrontation 7 Scary: Arriving home, Freddie finds that Theo has broken in and is attempting to rape Stacey, having pinned her to the floor. Freddie is see reaching for an iron and violently attacking Theo](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/03/21/76131795-12590249-image-a-60_1696366563879.jpg)
Scary: Arriving home, Freddie finds that Theo has broken in and is attempting to rape Stacey, having pinned her to the floor. Freddie is see reaching for an iron and violently attacking Theo
![Freddy Slater from EastEnders: A Nod to Little Mo Slater's Iconic 90s Storyline Resurfaces in a Tense Confrontation 9 Mirror: The horrifying scenes echoed his mum Little Mo's New Years 2001 storyline where viewers her strike her husband Trevor Morgan with an iron](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/03/22/76132933-12590249-The_horrifying_scenes_echoed_his_mum_Little_Mo_s_New_Years_2001_-a-66_1696367323111.jpg)
Mirror: The horrifying scenes echoed his mum Little Mo’s New Years 2001 storyline where viewers her strike her husband Trevor Morgan with an iron
The horrifying scenes echoed his mum Little Mo’s New Years 2001 storyline where viewers her strike her husband Trevor Morgan with an iron.
Little Mo and Trevor’s violent marriage took centre stage for some of EastEnders most harrowing domestic abuse storylines throughout the 90s.
Fans of the show will no doubt recall the catalogue of abuse Little Mo suffered at the hands of her evil husband.
Trevor raped her when she treated herself to a hat for Lynne Hobbs’ (Elaine Lordan) wedding.
In one disturbing episode, Little Mo was forced to eat her Christmas dinner on the floor.
But one of their most iconic scenes saw the battered wife hit back at her husband as she bashed him over the head with an iron, which got her sent to jail.
The wife-beater went up in flames when his plan to threaten his lover about rethinking the divorce with a petrol can went wrong.
Viewers watched on as he could not be rescued from the inferno in his final hour during dramatic scenes in a 2002 episode of EastEnders.
EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and iPlayer.