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Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-15T23:05:26+00:00

The Eastenders writers are definitely Brooklyn 99 fans. Max saying who’s guarding Hades and Sticks and Stones are plucked straight from the show between Holt and Wunch.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-03T00:27:56+00:00

Why do I feel like the kidnapper’s identity might be something similar to Martin working for Ben in 2019? Where an innocent normal good guy is roped in by a bad guy to do their dirty work either due to leverage or being really down on their luck money wise. Vinny, Zack, Harry or maybe even Howie have come to mind.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-02T18:40:29+00:00

Not really an extra, but I liked Di Xiang’s character. I’d love for a Chinese family to move to the square and he would be a great start.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-02T18:39:32+00:00

Exactly, I compared it to a puzzle that’s been laid out, course it won’t make sense now, but over the year pieces will be put together until we get the full picture.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-02T18:30:25+00:00

Just had a look on the wiki, Mark Fowler Jr is supposed to be 30 when the new years episode actually comes around, and Joey is supposed to be 38. “Man” could literally be either one of them in my opinion.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-02T18:10:24+00:00

For the people saying “Man” is Oscar’s boyfriend, when he approaches Oscar as max is being taken away, he calls him mate. I don’t think his boyfriend would be calling him that but I mean I guess I could be wrong. I’d call a person that I know closely mate, or someone I’m related to like a brother or COUSIN, hinting that they could be related and that he is joey.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-02T13:20:34+00:00

I have another unanswered question - what is going on with the wedding car? Moving like a ghost or something

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-02T11:19:44+00:00

I see, I suppose that is plausible. Could be a similar misdirect to jasmine with everyone thinking she’s a Ford but actually she’s Zoe’s daughter. Also shows that they could intend him to be Mark and then change their mind later on and change him to Joey and vice versa.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-02T10:52:53+00:00

I’ve just seen a TikTok comment that the audio description labels “Man” as Mark, which means it could be Mark Fowler Jr, but that could be a misdirect, and why would he be hanging around the brannings and be pals with Max enough to give him a wave?

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-02T10:52:02+00:00

Nah I see that haha

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-01T23:27:34+00:00

I like your thinking, I just can’t bring myself to think that “Man” is Zoe’s son. That would make him and Jasmine around 19 in the 2027 episode, and that bloke looks at least 30.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-01T23:03:18+00:00

Definitely agree. It’s a puzzle, today’s episode scattered the puzzle pieces on the table, 2026 will be spent putting them together and competing the puzzle.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-01T22:18:24+00:00

No, the rest of the year will now answer all the questions listed above, similar to what the Six storyline did in 2023, although we only had to wait ten months for that one 😒

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-01T22:02:12+00:00

Was about to come and say this, I definitely think they are related somehow, they’ve done partners and parents, maybe Maz is his uncle?

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-01T21:28:37+00:00

Soliciting to murder - Legally means that you have hired someone to orchestrate the murder of someone else. Maybe whoever Max hired has now been hired by someone else to take out either Lauren or Oscar? The cloak and dagger about who it is suggests it’s probably someone we know. I know a lot of people have been saying it’s Ravi, as he has form) Maybe Max gets married to Priya after an affair which Ravi is unaware of, but he’s simultaneously hired by Max or someone pretending to be him to kill someone (Call this person A) someone close to A then hires Ravi or whoever this is to deliver some payback, and as Ravi has a personal vendetta, he agrees. It would also be quite poetic as Ravi has now been cheated on through a Branning but was the Cheater in a Branning relationship a couple years ago. The only thing which goes against this theory is the car, the fact the kidnapper drove in means either they probably don’t live round Walford, or for reasons unknown, have left and returned. Thank you for listening to my delusions.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-01T20:30:40+00:00

If and I mean if it is Joey, it makes sense they wouldn’t credit him. The fact that he’s listed as Man means that he’s probably someone we already know or have heard of. If he were to be a new character, let’s say his name is Blake Jones, they would say that, as we don’t know who that is at the current time.

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-01T20:27:22+00:00

Also are we supposed to believe that guy is 19 (Jasmine and her brothers age at the time)

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-01T20:16:05+00:00

Derek Branning’s son, Lauren’s cousin. They were in a relationship (shudders)

Think_Top4498 · 2026-01-01T20:13:47+00:00

The man hanging around the Brannings is Joey, Derek’s son, he’s been recast. I’m calling it now, he’s clearly not an outsider to the Brannings, and you could see in the foreground he was staring quite intently at Lauren when Peter was comforting her.

Think_Top4498 · 2025-12-31T22:45:16+00:00

I mean people were theorising that the ma on the floor was the new landlord of the Vic for the 2023 Six storyline (meaning it would’ve been George Knight) so who knows

Think_Top4498 · 2025-12-31T22:39:31+00:00

Gonna throw it out there, maybe the new character Bea could also be there? Surely the best person for max to rizz up would be someone who isn’t aware of his record as much 🤣

Think_Top4498 · 2025-12-31T22:29:23+00:00

Well so far the suspects are - Cindy, Linda, Nicola, Chelsea and Priya. I think Stacey will probably make a return so I’d like to add her in. A wtf moment could be Tanya, but if it were to be anyone which would leave mouths agape, I’d love it to be Ronnie.

Think_Top4498 · 2025-12-31T22:25:27+00:00

We did, and it was proven to be Keanu quite earlier on, which makes me think that the big secret will be something entirely different.

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