EastEnders’ Max left in a panic as his sordid secrets close in on him

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Max Branning standing in the market in EastEnders, holding his smartphone and looking thoughtful.
Max Branning wouldn’t be Max Branning without his secrets (Picure: BBC)

Max Branning’s (Jake Wood) sordid secrets threaten to expose themselves in EastEnders next week, as he continues to risk everything with his dangerous affair with Priya Nandra-Hart (Sophie Khan-Levy).

The Walford love rat has been sneaking around behind fiancée Cindy Beale’s (Michelle Collins) back with his car lot employee Priya, who herself was seeking excitement after being dumped by Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara). 

Recent scenes saw Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) stumble upon the existence of their affair, and despite warning Priya about Max’s ways, she agreed to keep quiet, believing that cruel Cindy’s feelings are not worth worrying about. 

But while Max and Priya have managed to keep a lid on Jean, they come close to outing themselves when they hook up once again. 

Max and Priya in the car lot office in EastEnders
Max and Priya have been sleeping together (Picture: BBC)

Max arranges to meet with Priya after finding himself getting jealous about his former flame Linda Carter’s (Kellie Bright) blossoming romance with hunky local councillor Clive Masters (Jason Durr)

After he picks up their daughter Annie so Linda and Clive can go on a date, a moment between him and Linda indicates that feelings are still there, but they avoid addressing it. 

Max being Max, he then buries these feelings by having sex with Priya at her flat. 

The following morning, it’s the day of Cindy’s hen do, and Max wakes up in Priya’s bed having overslept. 

Max and Cindy grin in EastEnders
Max fears things are about to fall apart with Cindy (Picture: BBC)

He flies into a panic after spotting multiple missed calls from Cindy, before running into her at the café, where he makes up an excuse as to why he didn’t come home the night before, which Cindy apparently buys into. 

But with Cindy having previously been suspicious of Max and Priya, could she be playing a very long game before enacting the ultimate revenge on her cheating fiancé?

EastEnders airs these scenes from Monday 17th August at 7.30pm on BBC One or stream first from 6am on iPlayer. 

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