EastEnders airs major bombshell for Cindy Beale plot in early iPlayer edition
Warning: contains spoilers for EastEnders' episode airing Tuesday 14th January 2025 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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Warning: contains spoilers for EastEnders’ episode airing Tuesday 14th January 2025 on BBC iPlayer and BBC One.
There was a shocking revelation in the latest instalment of EastEnders, leaving us wondering over a character’s innocence in Cindy Beale’s (Michelle Collins) attack.
With Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) arrested for Cindy’s attempted m.u.r.d.e.r, she was quizzed by DCI Arthurs (Ian Burfield), and instantly denied the accusation that she was at the scene of the incident.
Meanwhile, at The Queen Vic, Mo Harris (Laila Morse) proved she wasn’t too long in the tooth for a distasteful bet about the real culprit!
But most intriguing of all was an odd exchange between Cindy’s daughter Gina Knight (Francesca Henry) and Mo’s great-grandson Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier).
Gina and Freddie discussed the fact that “no one knows anything”, with Gina worried about the police asking more questions.
Gina’s father George (Colin Salmon) checked his alibi with brother Kojo Asare (Dayo Koleosho), overheard by the former’s other daughter Anna (Molly Rainford).
At the police station, Peter Beale (Thomas Law) realised that mum Cindy’s words were directly behind Lauren’s arrest, and ordered Cindy to take back her statement. But Cindy insisted she was telling the truth.
In the interview room, Lauren was defensive; but Arthurs took a rather inappropriate line with his questioning when he brought Lauren’s addiction recovery into the mix, leaving her guilty over her reliance on painkillers.
Just as Lauren was about to open up about the night Cindy was attacked, her solicitor ridiculed Cindy’s flimsy statement and the lack of evidence.
Lauren was bailed and released from custody, and returned home with Peter. But with the reminders of her lessons in recovery ringing in her ears, Lauren revealed that Cindy wasn’t lying – she was there after Cindy was attacked.
Admitting that she was the one to turn the unconscious Cindy over, Lauren explained that she ran away soon after, leaving the woman for dead.
After the Christmas Day drama, Lauren took the pills Cindy had tried to offer her, so her memory of that night was patchy.
Flashes of that evening were still coming back to her, and Lauren was terrified that she could have been the one to hit Cindy after all. But did she?
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