Shane Richie has told EastEnders fans that they will see "dominos falling" as his character Alfie is caught up in all kinds of chaos next week.
Warning: spoiler alert!
The drama begins when Alfie is left in charge of his sons - and things go downhill fast.
"When Kat tells Alfie, 'You're in charge of the kids', you know it's going to go one way or the other!" the actor told the BBC.
Alfie's latest scrape involves inadvertently cracking the code for Phil's safe, a mad dash around London to get a video game for the kids - and a gunman in a rabbit mask that Alfie somehow manages to pick up while doing some cabbing along the way.
"The mask is a bit 'Donnie Darko' disturbing!" laughed Richie.
"But Alfie just straight away thinks, 'I can't let my boys down regardless'. It's not until the guy in the back pulls out a gun, and it looks like this is going to turn a bit nasty, that the goalposts slightly move.
"But all the time, even though this guy has just robbed a building society and he needs to be driven to the other side of London, all Alfie is thinking is, 'Can I make it to the other side of London and back in time to get the game?' Even with a gun in his back!"
Alfie, being Alfie, befriends the robber.
"He ultimately finds out the man has trouble with his wife and can't get access to his kids. They find a common bond between them, and Alfie thinks he's won him over," Richie explained.
"So when the guy demands to be taken to this particular place, Alfie goes, 'No, I need to get this game regardless!'"
However, things soon take another twist.
"He turns the car around and starts going back to the shop, telling the guy that he will just run in, get the game and then drive him to wherever he wants to go.
"He manages to get it with five minutes to spare, but then he takes a call on his hands-free speaker, and suddenly the gunman knows about the safe and the code that's been cracked.
"That's when the gunman spots another opportunity."
EastEnders airs on RTÉ One and BBC One Monday to Thursday next week.
