After the Christmas Day episode, Danny Dyer’s nine years as Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter came to an end, and the show’s fans waved him off.
On Christmas Day 2013, the 45-year-old actor joined the cast of the BBC One soap opera, which was soon after his on-screen wife Linda Carter, who was portrayed by Kellie Bright.
The truth about Mick’s pregnant new wife Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) and everything she did to his ex-wife Linda was revealed in last night’s episode (December 25).
Janine then makes an attempt to leave the country as Mick confesses his love to Linda.
Mick and Linda catch up with her and confront her at the seaside after pursuing her. In the end, Janine and Linda plunge into the water from a cliff’s edge.
Mick is prompted by Linda to save Janine, who is pregnant, and he obliges before diving back into the water to save Linda.
Mick disappears into the waves as she succeeds in getting out.
Many viewers believe that Mick has not actually died – and that he’ll be back in some way in the future.
“I low-key think Mick has survived and we won’t find out until/if Danny Dyer decides to come back,” tweeted one fan.
“So, we’re all agreed that we’ll definitely see Danny Dyer in EastEnders again at some point?” posted another.
“Can’t wait for Danny Dyer to turn up on Albert Square next Christmas with a French wife, having swum to Calais to start a new life,” joked a third.
Others shared how sad they were to see the actor leave the soap, and reflect on his “legacy”.
no more danny dyer in eastenders wtf is the point in anything now pic.twitter.com/rJ0DqGai1S
— sophie 🖤🍂 (@MIISAMlSA) December 25, 2022
Mick Carter is arguably the last great #EastEnders character, and he was brilliantly brought to life by Danny Dyer. When I met Danny a few years ago, he said when he left he wanted to be killed off. So giving him that wish, while giving Dirty Den wriggle room, is tough.
— Laurie (@haurielooper) December 25, 2022
“Mick and Linda Carter will be remembered as one of the greatest TV couples ever. The chemistry between Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright was palpable. We were so fortunate to have them for such a long time,” wrote a fan.
“Danny Dyer and Mick Carter have been the center of EE for ten years; he has brought attention to a wide range of issues, including acceptance, anxiety and depression in adults, male child abuse, his conflict with Stuart, Linda’s rape, and alcoholism. Another person chimed in, “He was brilliant and will be sorely missed.
Below are more responses.
It’s been two minutes since I finished Eastenders and I already miss Danny Dyer please come back babe
— vic 🌸 (@viqqyy) December 25, 2022
kellie bright and danny dyer have been such a phenomenal duo on screen and off the past nine year, it feels so wrong to think of one without the other now. what a legacy they’ve created ❤️
— katie (@Kaaaaatie_x) December 25, 2022
Dyer claimed in a recent interview that TV producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins “took a risk” when he hired him to appear on EastEnders almost ten years ago.
“I didn’t think I’d last nine years. I came into the show and I was a car crash, I can’t believe I got given a shot,” he said.
“I mean my career was on its a***. I’ve said this before, I was going to nightclubs waving off a balcony and saying hello to people to pay my f***ing mortgage.
“I’d made a lot of bad decisions, I was in a bad place. Dominic Treadwell-Collins took a risk on me and Kellie, although Kellie was a bit more well-behaved than me.
“We came in together and we was always on trial to start, a new family to take over the Vic. We just got our heads down… and we loved it. We loved the material, we loved the characters.
“I didn’t think I’d last as long as nine years, not in a million years.”
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