EastEnders dropped another bombshell on fans on Tuesday night with the revelation that lairy Lothario Max Branning (Jake Wood) is, once again, a married man.
Warning: spoiler alert!
As viewers wondered just how the writers planned to further complicate Max's personal life, the answer came when Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks) - the sister of Max's ex Tanya - revealed that they are now husband and wife.
With Kat (Jessie Wallace) about to hit Max, Rainie stepped in, saying: "Please don't! I don't want my wedding night spent in A&E, do I?"
‼️No you aren't dreaming, RAINIE (Tanya's sister!) is a BRANNING‼️
— BBC EastEnders (@bbceastenders) April 24, 2018
*Picks jaw up off the floor*😵
Tune in on Thursday at 7.30PM to find out how on earth this has happened?!📱💻📺 pic.twitter.com/JExD4FosSp
Speaking to Metro about what lies ahead for the newlyweds, Tanya Franks said: "I would say nobody would imagine what it's like for Rainie and Max to be together so the only way to discover how potentially successful or disastrous this could be is just to view it and find out."
When asked how much recovering drug addict Rainie had changed, Franks replied: "We're now going to find out what Rainie is like without having to rely on substances.
"It's good for me because even I'm learning and finding out what she's like, because what I know of Rainie is when she is always grasping for the next new hit, and so now she's not going through that she's finding other ways and new obsessions, which is fun to play."
Thanks for all the love people, plenty more twists and turns to come #EastEnders So happy to be working with Tanya Franks as I’ve always been a massive fan of her work 👍🏼
— Jake Wood (@mrjakedwood) April 24, 2018
Here are some of the fans' reactions:
@bbceastenders just when you think max couldn't shock any Further he's only gone & married his sister in-law that's his daughter-in-law, his wife and her sister!!! if I was Cora I'd leave the country now 😂🙈 #EastEnders
— Mitchell WEBB (@MitchellWebb85) April 24, 2018
Come on give us some decent storylines #eastenders pic.twitter.com/vsL8u45wz9
— Jay (@tardisblue22) April 24, 2018
Can’t wait till Thursday to see the aftermath #EastEnders
— Luke Daley (@LukeBDaley) April 24, 2018
RAINIEE CROSS?? #EastEnders pic.twitter.com/OA3JH7vLut
— Dame Mariah. (@DameMariah) April 24, 2018
Can't wait to see what you pair get up too! It was actually a huge shock! Was not expecting that at all! #EastEnders
— EASTENDERS4EVER (@enders_4ever) April 24, 2018
I was really hoping Max’s wife would turn out to be Janine. Now that would have been a reveal. Imagine the shenanigans Max and Janine would get up to. #eastenders
— thebookgirly (@thebookgirly) April 24, 2018
EastEnders airs on RTÉ One and BBC One on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
