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EastEnders fans have ‘worked out’ how Max Branning’s return will lead to Stacey Slater’s exit from the programme.

Max actor Jake Wood made his return to the BBC soap after several years away at the beginning of the month.

It was revealed through a flashback sequence that Max was having an affair with Stacey’s cousin Zoe Slater in spite of their turbulent history together.

The pair’s unison was cut short when Zoe abandoned Max , who thinks she stole £5,000 from him, after she was assaulted by a Private Investigator.

Previously warning Zoe, while she was in hospital after getting shot, that he would be back in Walford, fans got their wish in scenes aired on Tuesday night (September 30).

Lauren Branning was left stunned in the previous episode when her fiancée Peter

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