A shocking night in EastEnders changes everything in Walford | Soaps

If Ross Marshall (Alex Walkinshaw) and Vicki Fowler’s (Alice Haig) wedding wasn’t chaotic enough, the following week of special EastEnders episodes, all set on one night, will certainly be!

In the aftermath of the uber-dramatic wedding, EastEnders presents: ‘the night that changes everything’, in which the Fox-Trueman, Branning, Beale, and Knight families will endure a night of unbelievable drama, with huge ramifications following for those involved and their loved ones.

Following her blood cancer diagnosis, Denise Fox (Diane Parish) is reeling, before an incident with her daughter, Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) means she’s needed urgently – what’s happened to Chelsea?

Max Branning (Jake Wood) seeks to wipe the smile off the communities collective faces, and makes a bold move in his relationship with Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), but how will she react?

Ian and Kathy Beale (Adam Woodyatt and Gillian Taylforth) share a warm mother-son moment, before he finds himself shaken to the core by a knock at the door. Left terrified for his future, what’s Ian done?

George (Colin Salmon) finally sees his adoptive dad, Eddie Knight (Christopher Fairbank) for who he truly is and after bombshells are dropped, George makes a move that changes everything. Will the Knight’s ever be the same again?

Let’s take a deeper look, shall we?

The Fox-Truemans

Confronted by Yolande (Angela Wynter), Denise breaks down and tells her of her cancer diagnosis.

As the hospital rings, insisting she return and immediately begin treatment, Denise is pulled in another direction when it becomes clear that Chelsea needs her.

With her daughter’s life having been turned upside down, she rushes to support her.

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Yolande covers for Denise’s previous absence, but makes it clear that the wider family need to know about her diagnosis, though all Denise wants to do is rest, exhausted and broken.

As she continues to support Chelsea, Denise realises that Yolande is right and heads home to find Jack Branning (Scott Maslen).

Finally ready, she tells him about her blood cancer.

The Brannings

Aware of the mocking and criticism his relationship with Cindy has been receiving from the wider community, Max decides that it’s time to shut everybody up.

In the aftermath of the wedding, Max grabs the microphone and publicly declares his deep love and affection for Cindy.

As she blushes, he reaches down and gets on one knee, just before popping the ultimate question.

Utterly shaken, Cindy blanches as Max asks her to marry him.

What will her response be?

The Beales

Keen to avoid a confrontation between a squabbling Kathy and Cindy, Ian decides it’s time to take his mum home, completely unaware of what lies ahead of him.

Arriving home, Ian is heartened as Kathy relays how proud she is of his achievements in becoming councillor.

Outside in the Square, though, trouble is brewing.

A knock at the door soon reveals everything, sending Ian into an utter spin.

Terrified at the prospect of losing everything he holds dear, the question remains, what happened?

The Knights

After hearing of Eddie’s comments from Harry Mitchell (Elijah Holloway), Gina confronts her dad with the truth.

When George realises that his adoptive dad is the same racist monster he’s always been, he declares his intention to send him back to prison.

With one card left to play, Eddie reveals that Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington) has orchestrated everything in exchange for money.

As things heat up, old wounds are reopened and begin to pour.

With the tension at an all-time high, George makes a decision to protect his loved ones from his evil dad after renouncing him for good, but what will he do, and will he live to regret it?

What next?

The following day, it’s evident that life for a number of residents of Albert Square will never be the same again.

As Kat and Alfie Moon (Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie) host an after party at The Vic, a number of our beloved characters are forced to take a long, hard look at the road ahead and realise just how difficult things are going to be.

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