New love interest for Martin Fowler as he finally returns from months long break in EastEnders
Will Stacey Slater really let him move on?
AFTER a failed attempt to get his relationship with Stacey Slater back on track, Martin Fowler is ready to find new love in the Square.
The EastEnders favourite finds a new woman he could get along with in Walford. But how will his entourage react due to her behaviour?
Romance is finally back on the cards for Martin Fowler.
The market trader portrayed by James Bye has been standing on the side-lines, away from all the drama unfolding in Albert Square.
In recent months, Martin was keen to rekindle his relationship with former wife Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) but things got out of hand due to Theo Hawthorne’s meddling and her choice to resort to online sex work.
This left Martin feeling insecure as he caught Stacey flirting with other men for cash and, after a few moments of bliss, both him and his ex-wife agreed to leave things be.
In more recent scenes of the BBC One soap, Martin left Albert Square to head to Australia with an overwhelmed Sharon Watts.
The blonde bombshell portrayed by Letitia Dean fled Walford in the aftermath of Keanu Taylor’s murder to see Michelle Fowler.
However, next week, Martin comes back and makes an impromptu entrance as he catches Stacey kissing a married Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) just as they decide to end their affair for Denise Fox’s benefit.
Terrified to face consequences, Jack and Stacey insist to Martin that the kiss was a moment of madness and beg him not to tell Denise.
The hairstylist’s daughter Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams) interrupts and is suspicious when Stacey rushes after Martin.
When alone, Stacey admits to the affair with Jack and tells Martin it’s over and the whole thing is none of his business.
In other scenes, Martin confides about what’s happened to Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), who desperately tries to persuade him to keep the secret.
Kathy is desperately trying to keep Keanu Taylor’s death under wraps and she fears the consequences of Denise finding out about Jack’s affair for the rest of the Six.
Meanwhile, Will Mitchell (Freddie Phillips) is encountering the dangers of peer pressure again as he spends time with Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James).
In scenes due on our screens next week, Avani pressures the lad into vaping, unaware of the consequences ahead.
It doesn’t take long for Will’s mother Honey (Emma Barton) to catch him red-handed with a vape and, horrified, she demands to know who sold it to him.
Honey eventually finds out Avani is to blame which prompts her to charge into The Queen Vic, where she has it out with the teen’s mother, Priya (Sophie Khan Levy).
An unrepentant Priya further angers Honey and, soon enough, Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) arrives before profusely apologising.
Unfortunately, Priya doesn’t back down and makes the situation ten times worse.
A harsh conversation transpires between Ravi and Avani as he confronts her about selling vapes.
But much like her mother Priya, the teen fails to show any remorse, particularly when her father criticises her parenting skills.
An explosive row then ensues as Ravi rails at Priya over how she raised Avani.
Following their argument, Priya decides to turn her focus to fresh beginnings as she flirts with Martin.
Priya takes things up a notch and invites him to buy her a drink at Peggy’s that same night.
Ravi soon comes to find her and apologises, leading Priya to tell him she’ll deal with Avani.
Will she keep her word?
Whatever the case may be, tension rises again later on when Ravi finds Priya at Peggy’s.
The pair share a warm moment as they discuss their daughter but when he asks if he can join Priya for a drink, she sends him packing in favour of Martin, who shows up in just in time.
What will Ravi do?
Is there really any hope for Priya and Martin?
EastEnders airs from Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One.
