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Joel Marshall's bad behaviour gets out of control again on EastEnders next week when he launches a brutal attack on the Slater family.

The twisted teen's increasingly worrying behaviour has continued to ramp up since his arrival in the Square ? and he's soon up to no good once again as he convinces reluctant Tommy Moon to steal booze from The Vic's barrel store.

The boys' disappointed parents quickly find out, causing a row. As they're lectured by their loved ones, Joel shocks everyone by lashing out at Tommy's mum Kat.

"The parents can't believe what they're hearing," our EastEnders source explains. "Joel viciously targets Kat and uses some truly awful derogatory language.

"Ross harbours secret guilt over his son's outburst, as he'd taken the boys to the timber yard earlier and overheard the other workers saying some unacceptable things ? little does he know, Joel's vile views come from elsewhere?"

After Ross icily refuses to let Joel work at the timber yard again, the rueful teenager says sorry to Kat in The Vic, so she lets him hang out with Tommy again.

But it's not long before Joel's next foul tantrum. When he overhears his stepmum Vicki Fowler bonding with Stacey Slater as they gossip about parenting and men, he just can't help but pitch in.

"Joel eavesdrops on the women's chat and gets really angered by what he hears," our insider shares. "For such a young person, his views on women are totally disturbing and he really shows his true colours this time.

"Obviously, his mum walked out on him and Ross, but it's absolutely no excuse for his treatment of women. What exactly it is that he does is to be seen, but viewers will be shocked?"

Before Joel's second outburst, Ross tries to get through to his son. He's satisfied when they bond and Joel shows him a video from an online influencer that he idolises.

Ross initially sees the video as harmless, but his relief is short-lived when he makes a worrying discovery on Joel's laptop?

"Joel is taking in some really frightening views online which are majorly influencing his behaviour towards women," our source warns. "Ross sees red and destroys the laptop in a bid to stop Joel's downfall, but when he admits to Vicki why he smashed it up, she's horrified.

"Feeling lost on how to help his wayward son, Ross confides in Harvey, who gives him some ideas?"

But after Joel's rage at the Slaters, will Ross manage to help his son before it's too late, or are his misogynistic views about to spiral out of control?