EastEnders aficionados were taken aback in the most recent instalment when Nish Panesar, who had been hovering on death's brink mere episodes earlier, seemed astonishingly hale and hearty. In Tuesday evening's enthralling segment of the iconic East End series, viewers saw a revitalised Nish resuming his menacing ways. Nish, who took to terrorising his unfortunate spouse Suki, pressed her relentlessly to confess who had struck him on the head, rendering him unconscious last Christmas.

Pestered by threats, a beleaguered Suki eventually let slip that Denise Fox was the assailant. Taken aback by her revelation, Nish responded: "I'm sorry. I mean it's a bit ironic, isn't it? My whole life you despised me as a murderer but when push comes to shove, we're the same.

" To which Suki retorted with revulsion, "We are not the same!" Nonetheless, as tension escalated on-screen, viewers were instead befuddled at Nish's seemingly miraculous recovery. Not long ago, the character, who suffers from a critical heart condition requiring a transplant, was seen battling for survival in hospital. His dramatic turnaround left perceptive fans bewildered, leading them to take to social media to voice their confusion, reports the Daily Star .

A viewer questioned incredulously: "Wait, isn't Nish dying of a heart condition? What happened to that? Where is he getting all this energy to shout and scream and throw his weight around? He was gasping for breath in a hospital bed a couple of weeks ago!" Viewers .