ELAINE Knight was left reeling after making a shocking discovery about Cindy Beale’s affair with her stepson Junior Knight.
EastEnders viewers know that Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier) and Anna Knight (Mollie Rainford) used a voice tape recorder to listen to bird calls.
However, they accidentally recorded a confession from Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) admitting she settled for Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) and really loves her ex husband George Knight (Colin Salmon).
She also revealed that she is sleeping with her stepson Junior Knight (Micah Balfour) because he reminds her of George and closes her eyes to pretend he is him.
Elaine was left stunned when she heard the revelation in Friday’s episode.
But the big question is… what will she do next?
Will she tell George what she knows?
Or will she confront Cindy and beg her to tell her family the truth?
As Christmas Day approaches, George invites the Beales to spend the day with Knights.
The BBC trailer shows George being gifted a USB stick with Cindy’s voice recording on it.
As he plugs it into his laptop and plays it in a pub full of people, including the Beale and Knight families.
With Cindy left gobsmacked by the turn of events, can she talk her way out of this one?
Meanwhile, Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) is still onto Cindy about her involvement with Kojo’s (Dayo Koleosho) fall.
However, Peter Beale (Thomas Law) and Ian fail to believe Lauren word over Cindy’s, convinced the pills are affecting her judgement.
Can Lauren prove to them that she is telling the truth?
EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7:30pm on BBC One and is available to stream from 6am on BBC iPlayer.
LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic?
EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET
Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.
