EastEnders boss Ben Wadey has hinted there’s “plenty of more drama ahead” for Max Branning and Zoe Slater.

The pair’s estranged relationship with revealed this week in a series of flashback scenes leaving fans of the BBC One soap gobsmacked.

Viewers were given a glimpse of Zoe’s past as she fought for her life after getting shot by Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) or Ravi Gulat (Aaron Thiara) who were rolling around on the floor tying to gin possession of a gun.

 

 

Fans discovered that 19 years ago, Zoe gave birth to twins, though her baby girl was critically ill and she didn’t stick around the hospital to learn whether she survived.

As for the baby boy, Zoe asserted that he had “bad blood” and wanted him placed up for adoption immediately. However, has had a change of heart and has been trying to find her son.

It was revealed that Zoe bumped into Max in a bar earlier this year and later asked for help to get some money together to help pay for a Private Investigator to find her son.

 

 

Explaining his decision to put two iconic characters together, Executive Producer Ben Wadey explained: “When you’re lucky enough to come in and exec one of these shows, you have a list in your head of characters you want to bring back.

“Zoe Slater and Max Branning were up there with who I wanted at the forefront of the show. There’s quite a lot of history between the Brannings and the Slaters.

“We thought ‘Let’s do it in the biggest possible way, with the biggest twist and reveal’ .They know each other and have this relationship off-screen that nobody knew about.”

Thursday’s (September 4) flashbacks showed the two meeting in a bar and Max offering financial support to Zoe in a time of hardship.

She admitted that she had exhausted her funds in order to try and find her missing son, and had been paying a dodgy private investigator to hunt him down.

When the man, Greg Dolan (Dean Williamson), wanted another 5k in exchange for what he knew, Max coughed up the cash to help her out.

In response to his game-playing, she whacked him over the head with a lampshade several times, rendering him unconscious.

Zoe then rushed out into the street and told Max what she’d done, and promptly ended things between them.

Back in the present day, Zoe warned Max not to coming looking for her, otherwise she’d “end [him]”.