EASTENDERS: Max knows who?

EastEnders has really lift the lid on Lucy's murder storyline once again, even more than we could have imagined.
With last week's twists and turns, by Friday it could've been an easy guess that Max Branning would be the unlucky EastEnder to be charged with her murder. And he was...

I love how the writers have managed to make it such uneasy viewing. That's really clever. It's awkward, as we watch the Beale's watch Max in court, knowing he's innocent. Phil's digs about it in Ian's ear making him (and us) squirm even more.
Then there's Abi. Always a daddy's girl, until now, who also knows that she's lied about Max pressuring her to keep quiet about his whereabouts on Good Friday 2014. Ab's really wants to be a Mitchell, but even Mitchell's by marriage aren't really Mitchell's. Phil still keeps Sharon at arms length when needs be, and he's known and loved her for years, regardless of them now being man and wife. Sharon was a Mitchell with Grant and now a Mitchell again, but when it comes down to it, Mitchell blood is always thicker. This was even proved with Billy turning Jay in last night, even if it was for selfish reasons to keep Lola.

Which, by the way, I don't think was a great exit. Lola and Jay were meant to be in new young love, and she's just gone to Newcastle, leaving him in Walford nick, not even checking he's okay or when he will be released? It seemed rushed, in my opinion, and the character deserved a more fitting exit than one slapped in the middle of an already charged episode. #JustSaying.

Back to Max, however, and it looks like right now, he's only got Stacey on his side. Even Carol didn't go to see him in court and has a niggling doubt.
Ian and Jane need to be careful, too, as they don't seem angered or shocked enough that their Lucy's killer has supposedly been found. I think this is a clever quip from the story team, too, because it's keeping us wondering if one of them will crumble. As a viewer, who knows the whole story, they're not acting right, so to characters who don't know the full shebang, especially the people of the Square who are really clued one (Mick Carter being one to already call Ian out...) will surely notice their behavior is a little hit an miss?

Before the 'duff duff' last night, Max called Stacey and pleaded with her that he didn't kill Lucy. We know that, Stacey believes that, but what we weren't bargaining for was the line 'but I know who did'.
Who Max? Who?
Of course we know it was Bobby the Staircase-Boy, but does Max?

It's all in his eyes... and the things he hears on the stairs...

This is the clever thing with Max, because he might well think he knows who murdered Lucy, but he'd also not think twice about framing someone else, either. Especially after being back-stabbed by his own daughter.
It was an unfortunate twist of fate that caused Lucy's blood to be on Max's shoes, and word online is saying that he might believe Abi did it. Or did he see more than we realise on the night Lucy was killed by her brother? Does Max think Jane did it?
I guess we'll find out tomorrow, but Stacey will help Max, that is a given. He helped her escape when she admitted killing Archie, so she owes a lot to Max, not to mention their history together.

I'm enjoying the way that EastEnders are getting viewers excited about the Lucy case again, even though all the secrets have now been told (we think!).
What's more is Bobby and his creepy, innocent-but-not-so-innocent, look. Shouting 'Die Die Die' at the computer game, in the exact spot his sister died, just as Ian came home was a stroke of genius. Then his 'have I said something wrong?' when mentioning going to University one day... The little actor, Eliot Carrington, who plays him is doing a great job. 

As I keep saying, whether it's through overhearing conversations, or in a premeditated way, Bobby the Staircase-Boy knows more than the Beale's think!

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