DAVID Wicks returns to the Square next week in EastEnders, a decade after his exit.
David Wicks – played by Michael French – is back in Walford, but what brings him back?
Cindy (Michelle Collins) is left reeling to see David back in Albert Square and keeps out of sight.
Cindy tells her ex husband George Knight (Colin Salmon) about why David being back has her rattled.
He advises her to front it out.
After meeting with Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman), David is soon distracted when he gets a shocking blast from his past.
He is stunned to see Cindy is very much alive and standing in front of him.
A shocked David has a lot of questions for Cindy as they catch up on the past two decades.
Meanwhile, Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) is horrified when Bianca Jackson (Pasty Palmer) reveals that David is back in Walford.
Later, Ian goes to see Anna Knight (Molly Rainford) to make amends and tells her that he’s got a big plan for Cindy.
Soon, Cindy is forced to juggle several different tricky situations.
Whilst David and Bianca have some deep conversations.
Elsewhere, Junior Knight (Micah Balfour) starts to talk to George about his mystery woman, as his feelings for Cindy weigh heavy on his heart.
George is intrigued as Junior admits that what started as a fling has developed into something much more serious, and he believes the woman feels the same way.
George gives him some fatherly advice, not knowing he’s talking about Cindy. Will he figure out it’s her?
EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
MICHELLE Collins has seen her second EastEnders stint boost her bank balance. Yet what stars have quit this year?
The Sun exclusively reported how Michelle, 62, was down to £20,000 in her company accounts when she agreed to a shock back-from-the-dead return to Albert Square last year.
Her character, Cindy Beale, was presumed dead off-camera in 1998.
Yet what about the 2024 exits?
Earlier this summer, loyal soap fans appeared to note how Stevie Mitchell had “quit” the long-running series.
It came after Alan Ford enjoyed just six-months on-screen.
Bobby Beale actor Clay Milner Russell also left this year after five years in Walford.
Fans also feared Martin Fowler actor James Bye would “quit out of boredom” over recent storylines.
Additionally, a host of stars have quit the BBC soap for Hollywood fame.
One of the most successful stars to come from the BBC One soap is Rob Kazinsky.
He played Stacey Slater’s brother Sean Slater from 2006 to 2009, he has starred in Hollywood blockbusters Pacific Rim and Captain Marvel.
Ben Hardy, who quit EastEnders as Bobby Beale almost a decade ago, went on to break Hollywood the following year, when he starred as Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse.
Since then, he has played Roger Taylor in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and he starred in Michael Bay’s Netflix movie 6 Underground.
Michelle Ryan played Zoe Slater until 2005.
She starred as the lead in short-lived American series Bionic Woman from 2007 to 2008.
