EastEnders secretly foreshadowed Kush Kazemi's horror death back at Christmas with a chilling hint spotted by eagle-eyed fans.
Kush (Davood Ghadami) was shockingly pushed under the path of an incoming underground train by Gray Atkins after a confrontation at the station while Whitney Dean took Arthur to the toilet.
Gray (Toby-Alexander Smith) was obsessed with Whitney and realised she was fleeing with Kush, and was overcome with jealousy before claiming his third victim.
But viewers realised that the heartbreaking death was heavily hinted at back at the Christmas Day episode of the soap, as he joined the Slaters along with Ruby Allen.
Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), Kat, Martin (James Bye), Ruby (Louisa Lytton), Jean (Gillian Taylforth), Tommy, Bert, Ernie, Lily, Arthur and Hope were all at the table eating, making thirteen people altogether.
In superstition, whoever is the first to stand at a table of thirteen is the next to die - meaning hosts used to deliberately try to avoid having that number of people present.
Kush was the first to stand at the table - and indeed he was next to tragically lose his life.
A blogger on Walford Web, a fan website for the soap, wrote: "‘There’s a superstition about that,’ they said, ‘whoever stands up first, dies next.
"I think it’s a superstitious Biblical throwback,’ (Jesus and the 12 disciples, homeboy was the first to stand up and make a speech and next thing you know he’s being crucified)," they added.
"Kush was the only standee… if he ends up dying then we’ll know they’ve possibly factored that in (unless it was a very strange coincidence)!"
Chantelle, Gray's wife, was also murdered by him when he pushed her and she fell back and on to the loaded dishwasher, bleeding out and dying while he did not get help.
Her death was also chillingly foreshadowed months earlier, when he told her off for loading the dishwasher with the knives pointing downwards instead of up.
Gray then murdered Tina Carter when she rumbled his wicked deeds - but so far has managed to evade blame and justice.
* EastEnders airs Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on BBC One
