BBC/Composite: EastEnders Insider Share By Joel Harley Sep 5 2025 By Joel Harley Sep 5 2025 5 burning questions we still have after this week's EastEnders We need answers! Features Max Branning Stacey Slater Zoe Slater Share By Joel Harley Sep 5 2025 By Joel Harley Sep 5 2025 Well that was quite the week of revelations on EastEnders this week, wasn’t it? From the shocking return of Max Branning to the many bombshells dropped about Zoe Slater’s past, the soap gave us quite the rollercoaster of events. In doing so, several recent mysteries were answered – we now know how Zoe grew estranged from mum Kat, while also explaining what she’s been up to over the past twenty years. Other mysteries came and went almost immediately (so that’s how she knows Max), while a batch more were raised. Here are five burning questions which still remain after EastEnders this week. Zoe gave birth to twins in 2006 (Credit: BBC) 5 questions we still have after EastEnders this week 1. Who’s the father of Zoe’s twins? Chief among this week’s revelations was that Zoe gave birth to twins during her time away from Walford. The little girl tragically didn’t make it, and Zoe abandoned her son at the hospital, bringing about her attempt to find the surviving child two decades later. But who’s the father? A handful of potential candidates have emerged, with ex-fiancée Anthony Trueman as the most likely candidate. Is Anthony Zoe’s babydaddy, or does another figure lurk in her chequered past? Article continues below Read all the latest spoilers Zoe enlisted a sleazy Private Investigator to find her son (Credit: BBC) 2. Where’s Zoe’s son? As she got to know Max Branning, Zoe revealed that she was trying to find the son she’d given up for adoption. She’d hired a Private Investigator, although he soon turned nasty after trying to extort her for more money. Zoe’s no closer to finding her lost son, but the soap wouldn’t drop such a bombshell without reason. What became of Zoe’s son after being abandoned in 2006? And where is he now? Zoe claims she’s still hard-up for cash (Credit: BBC) 5 burning questions we still have after EastEnders this week continued 3. Why does Zoe still need money? Zoe’s deal with her grubby Private Dick came to a sudden end when he tried to sexually assault her in his even-grubbier flat. Smashing a lamp over his head, she fled the scene, leaving him for dead. As it turns out, he survived, but why does Zoe still need the money? Is she still hoping to pay off Greg Dolan? Or does she simply need the funds to get to safety? Does anyone remember Dermott Dolan? (Credit: BBC) 4. Does she know about her own twin? Amid Zoe’s shocking twin revelation, a chapter from EastEnders’ own history re-emerged. We’re talking of Kat and Alfie: Redwater, the lesser-remembered EastEnders spin-off which revealed that Zoe’s own twin brother (!) was residing in Ireland as a murderous Priest named Dermott Dolan. The soap has done much to brush the events of Redwater under the rug, making it unlikely that they’ll ever revisit that particular thread. Still, Zoe’s gasp of ‘he’s alive!’ had fans wondering. While this was likely in reference to Greg Dolan (and is that name a coincidence too), all this talk about twins has us wondering whether EastEnders is headed for a Luke Slater return. Zoe filled Max in on her past (Credit: BBC) 5 burning questions we still have after EastEnders this week continued 5. Where’s Abi Jr? As Zoe met Max in a swanky London bar, the two former Walford residents swapped notes on their pasts. Max then revealed that his granddaughter, Abi Jr, is now living with his ex-wife. When we last heard of Abi Jr, she was in Max’s custody after he left Walford. That seems to have changed now, but with which ex-wife is Abi residing? Is it with ex-wife Tanya – Abi, Lauren and Oscar’s mother – or Tanya’s sister and other ex-wife, (plus Abi Jr’s original guardian) Rainie? Read more: Who’s leaving, joining and returning to EastEnders? Complete list of cast exits, arrivals and returns. Share Good to Know Share By Joel Harley Sep 5 2025 By Joel Harley Sep 5 2025
