WARNING: This article contains spoilers for today’s episode of EastEnders, which is streaming on BBC iPlayer now but has not yet aired on BBC One, and reveals a Max and Mark flashforward theory.
Today’s EastEnders sees Lauren confront Mark about him plotting the car robbery last week. Mark doesn’t even deny being involved and instead has a plan up his sleeve.
However, in a surprise twist, Mark asks Lauren to go into business with him. He claims that with him stealing cars and Lauren selling them, they could make a fortune. Lauren points out that her uncle is a copper, but Mark urges her to think about it.
Convinced that Lauren is going to say yes, Mark’s in a good mood. And she is certainly tempted by the promise of making big money when she meets a mum whose child attends a specialist nursery for sight-impaired children.
After learning how much the nursery will cost, Lauren and Peter ask their families for help. However, when Ian, Max and Jack all fail to step up with the funds, it looks like Lauren might take Mark up on his offer.
However, after Peter promises to provide for his family and start his personal training business again, Lauren goes to see Mark. She tells him she doesn’t want anything to do with his dodgy deal, and he’s surprised.
But what the pair don’t realise is that Max has seen them talking in the shadows and is now suspicious.
New fan theories for the EastEnders flashforward
We now have a few months under our belts since seeing the New Year flashforward episode air.
Since then, fans have predicted that the baby Jack is looking after belongs to Penny and Vinny, after finding out they were expecting a few weeks ago. Fans are worried that something sinister is going to happen to Penny, however, as she is nowhere to be seen in the flashforward episode.
Other fan theories are that Mark and Lauren are having an affair by the end of the year. However, some viewers believe that while Mark is likely to be the person Lauren is texting in the flashforward episode, their relationship is purely business and not pleasure.
1. Max goes into business with Mark Jr
With Lauren seemingly backing out of the deal with Mark to sell his stolen cars at the car lot, fans think Max might step in, instead. After he heard Lauren and Mark talking in today’s episode, fans are convinced he will go behind Lauren’s back and make the deal with Mark instead.
This theory links Mark and Max together, and after Mark seemed so invested in Max’s arrest in the flashforward episode, this would make sense. Could the pair go into business together through Mark’s stolen car scheme?
Fans certainly think so after today’s episode. “Is Max going to assume Lauren is having an affair with Mark? Or is he going to be the one doing dodgy deals with Mark in the end?” said one fan on Reddit.
Someone else agreed. “”“”
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