Jake Wood bows out of EastEnders after 15 years
Alex Green, PA Entertainment Reporter
19 February 2021, 10:21 pm
Jake Wood has bowed out of EastEnders after more than 15 years on the soap.
His character Max Branning departed Walford after realising he could not put aside his feelings for Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), who had returned to her husband Mick’s (Danny Dyer) side after their affair.
Determined to win Linda’s affections, he tried to blackmail Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) to sign over The Queen Vic pub to Mick.
He hoped the gesture would prove his love to Linda, but the stunt backfired and Mick confronted him at the pub and warned him to stay away from his wife.
Next week s
EastEnders episodes see Max struggle to cope ahead of his upcoming departure from Albert Square, while Denise s disappearance has her loved ones baffled.
Meanwhile, Kush and Whitney grow closer and share a kiss. Will this be the start of a proper romance?
Here s a full collection of 10 big moments coming up.
1. Max struggles to cope Kieron McCarron/Jack BarnesBBC
Max is still on a downward spiral after Linda s rejections. In a low mood, he reflects on the other upsetting losses he has faced in the past few years, including the tragic death of his daughter Abi.
With Jack too distracted by Denise s disappearance to help his brother, Max doesn t have many other people to rely on. At a loss, he spots a flyer for a clairvoyant and gets an idea.
Now, Halfway will be caught between his brother and his boss, even though he s already being blackmailed to bring the Mitchells to DI Thompson or face boyfriend Ben going down for the car heist.
Can Callum somehow get himself out of this complex ordeal, and will Stuart s legal problems impact the deal to keep Ben free? Kieron McCarron/Jack BarnesBBC
EastEnders is set to air Callum Highway s dilemma on New Year s Day (January 1, 2021) at 8pm on BBC One.
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Stuart and Rainie Highway have made a shock discovery over the corpse they ve been hiding in
EastEnders.
The couple were desperate to dispose of the corpse in Thursday s (December 17) episode, but their attempts to move it out of Walford in their hearse were foiled when they had some car trouble. BBC
Callum (Tony Clay) showed up to delay his brother even further, but the real stunner came when they had the coffin moved back to the funeral home.
Ben came by to have a look at the engine while Stuart and Rainie had a pint with Callum, where they were shocked to hear that one of Halfway s colleague had seen DI Thompson a day earlier at his disciplinary hearing.