EastEnders spoilers follow for Wednesday’s episode (4 March).
EastEnders may have shared another major New Year flashforward clue in tonight’s episode as Linda Carter and Max Branning grew closer. After Max took it upon himself to teach cocky Tim (the man who blackmailed Linda’s son Johnny) a lesson by pretending to be a cab driver, ditching him in a backstreet, and kicking him, Linda visited Max at the car lot to show her gratitude.
“Please tell me he cried just a little bit?” Linda asked, as she revealed Max’s scare tactics had ensured Johnny received his money.
“Yeah, he did. Like a newborn who just had his bum slapped,” Max responded, while Linda shot him a coy smile.
Linda admitted Max’s actions had won over Elaine and joked he should think twice if her mum invited him to her “boudoir” to say a more intimate thank you. Flirty Max responded: “She’s not really my type” and the two shared lingering glances.
But the gazing into each other’s eyes was interrupted by Lauren, who burst into the car lot office to ask her dad to speak to a customer.
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A deflated Max apologised to Linda, who looked equally disappointed their flirty moment had been cut short.
“Whatever makes your life, Annie’s life, easier, I’m there,” he told her.
Viewers already know the twosome gave into temptation and kissed last month. However, their relationship soured again after Linda discovered Max’s grandson Louie had been bullying her son Ollie and Max lied to her about it.
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However, their latest eye contact-filled scenes give the strongest hint yet that Linda could be the mystery bride Max was preparing to marry in the New Year’s Day flashforward episode (even though he woke up with another woman in his bed).
The BBC soap began hinting the blushing bride was Linda earlier this year, but then shut down the romance theory last month after the twosome’s falling out.
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Linda even told her baby daddy at the time: “There will never ever be an us. I can’t risk it for me or Annie.”
But is she changing her mind?
EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast.
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