BBC EastEnders return spells trouble for major couple in early iPlayer release
This article contains spoilers for tomorrow's episode of EastEnders, which airs Tuesday at 7.30pm on BBC One or can be streamed now on iPlayer.
Junior Knight (Micah Balfour) has returned to Albert Square, with a huge bombshell.
As viewers of the soap know, the businessman has been taking some time away from the area to visit his son Xavier in recent weeks – and he clearly couldn't wait any longer to reveal some damning information about dad George (Colin Salmon).
Things are already tense in The Queen Vic following the revelation that George helped his ex-wife Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) with the relaunch of her boozer The Prince Albert.
Her staff had walked out, and there was some serious redecorating to do, and so he paid for some hire staff to complete the tasks for her.
His current spouse Elaine (Harriet Thorpe) had absolutely no idea of his kind gesture, and when she did find out, considered it to be the ultimate betrayal.
As things began to thaw out in the most recently instalment, George apologises for going behind her back, while Elaine offered her own 'sorry' for kicking off at Cindy's re-opening bash.
Things seemed to be going swimmingly,but they were blissfully unaware of the storm brewing.
Junior swanned down Turpin Road, bumping into Cindy – who was clearly keen to kickstart their fling again. She asked him for lunch, but he had other places to be.
Elaine prepared a touching gift for George to show her commitment, with the whole family gathering around to watch him unwrap. However, Junior presented his own nightmarish present.
He revealed that, on Christmas night, his dad visited his mum Sabrina.
This completely contradicts his previously established alibi of taking part in an illegal boxing match.
An enraged Elaine ordered the family upstairs, where an argument escalated. George tried to explain his actions, saying that he needed to talk to someone who knew Junior better than anyone else in the wake of his affair with Cindy.
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Elaine began to understand, but then backtracked. If he was telling the truth, then why did he have blood on his shirt? More Trending
George then blurted out that Sabrina had tried to kiss him, and when he rejected her, she slapped him and made his nose bleed. Elaine then began to think about how many people he got to lie for him in the aftermath – namely his brother Kojo (Dayo Koleosho) – who had no idea where he actually was.
Trying to hold it together, Elaine ordered him to leave. He then sought advice from an unlikely source, with the encounter overseen by his scorned wife.
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