But her fussing is doing the Mitchell's head in and when she insists he sees a doctor, Phil boots her out. But someone else is about to step in... his brother Grant who hasn't been seen in The Square since 2016.
As Phil's all-consuming depression takes its grip, he starts hallucinating and is taken back to 1985 where he, Grant, their sister Sam and their devoted mum Peggy (Jaime Winstone who's back in the guest role) lived under the control of violent criminal Eric.
With Phil no longer able to distinguish between the real world and the horror his mind is churning up, he starts talking to the ghosts of his past as a critical situation from his youth plays out...
When Jay finds psychotic Phil in a state at No 55, Sharon returns, desperate to address his distress and to overrule her poorly ex's restrictions. Though angry Phil sends Sharon packing again, reinforcements follow as Nigel arrives with Grant...
'Grant has been in Portugal running a bar,' explains Ross Kemp who's returned for a short stint as the Mitchell. 'He has come back because Nigel has conta...