There was more drama with the Mitchells in EastEnders today, as Harry Mitchell continues to be held hostage by Okie, with Teddy becoming more suspicious that he’s not in Cardiff after all after a strange text message.

Harry’s storyline has left fans heartbroken – as he’s turned to drugs to mask his reality. Throughout the storylines, fans have been questioning the whereabouts of his mother Nicola, seeing as she’s aware he’s involved with Ravi and his dodgy dealings.

However, another character who mysteriously went missing, was Harry’s younger brother Barney Mitchell. Barney had a huge storyline earlier this year when it was revealed Zack Hudson was his real dad, not Teddy. However, we didn’t see much after that, and then the character ‘mysteriously’ disappeared for a couple of months.

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Tonight, however, Barney returned like he never left as we saw him coming out of the tube station following a boys night with his father Teddy, Uncle Billy and cousin Will.

As the gang arrived back in Walford, Teddy received a text from his son Harry, who he believes is in Cardiff.

“Went to Cardiff castle today, barny would love it,” it read. Of course, fans know this text was sent by Okie, and the typo in Barney’s name made Teddy suspicious.

“When’s he coming home?” Barney asked, as Teddy said he wasn’t sure, and was having a “good time” with Kojo in the Welsh capital.

Later on, Teddy shared his concerns with Billy away from Barney, as he told him that Harry had gone away because people were taking advantage of Kojo.

“These blokes Bill, they’re bad news,” he said, before expressing his concerns about Barney’s name being spelt wrong – afraid someone else had written it. However, Billy wasn’t convinced and told Teddy not to overthink things. But will Teddy act on his concerns?

Aside from the storyline, fans were over the moon that Barney had returned to the Sqaure, as one penned: “BARNEY! Oh my sweet boy I missed you #EastEnders!”

“ayyyyyy, barney & will spotted hanging out together with their dads!!! hopefully, the writers will remember that these cousins are close in age and can actually have more scenes between them!!” said another.

A third wrote: “BARNEY’S BACK FINALLY!”

Barney was last seen on the Square in August, where the Walford teens were seen getting their GCSE results.