EastEnders fans baffled as Isaac Baptiste quits Walford – without an exit scene
EASTENDERS viewers are baffled after Isaac Baptiste left Walford without a goodbye scene.
The teacher – who is played by actor Stevie Basaula in the BBC soap – has decided to leave Albert Square after getting news his mum Sheree has suffered a stroke abroad.
Despite Sheree stealing money from her estranged husband Patrick and trying to destroy the family, Isaac decided to up sticks.
But he waited until the very last minute to tell his girlfriend Lola that he would be leaving.
Explaining to Lola that he had to go and help his mum, he told her: “Whatever you think of her, whatever I think of her – she’s still my mum.
“And she’s ill. I’ve got to do what’s right. I love you.”
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He then asked Lola to help him pack and walk him to the station.
“It’s not forever,” he promised.
Isaac briefly stopped to look at his dad Patrick but the pair didn’t exchange words.
And then that was it.
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Viewers were left confused and furious at the barely-there goodbye scene.
One wrote: “No Julia’s theme for Isaac Then #EastEnders” referring to how the show’s departing characters often get a special orchestral version of the theme song playing over their final scene.
A second said: “Honestly if that’s Isaac’s exit I’m not surprised, this year alone the character exits have been so bad. Even the Gray storyline, I get it went on so long, but a trial would have been epic. It’s so sad because Isaac was a great character.”
Another added: “They did Isaac so dirty with that exit.”