Thursday’s episode of EastEnders sees a row erupt between Jack, his daughter Penny, and his niece Lauren as the fall out from his affair with Stacey continues.
At local bar Peggy’s, Lauren and Penny Branning (Jacqueline Jossa and Kitty Castledine) voice their disgust over Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and Stacey Slater’s (Lacey Turner) torrid affair.
The pair have been enjoying a secret romance in recent months after they ended up in bed together back in January, much to fans dismay.
Their tryst was revealed soon after Jack’s wife Denise Fox (Diane Parish) returned from psychiatric hospital as she battles with her conscience over the murder of Keanu, which Stacy was also involved in.
In Wednesday’s episode, Stacy was left begging for her daughter Lily’s forgiveness as she shares a child with Jack’s son.
Thursday’s episode of EastEnders saw a row erupt between Jack (Scott Maslen, pictured), his daughter Penny, and his niece Lauren as the fall out from his affair with Stacey continues
At local bar Peggy’s, Lauren and Penny Branning (Jacqueline Jossa and Kitty Castledine) voiced their disgust over Jack and Stacey Slater’s (Lacey Turner) torrid affair
Lauren returned to the soap earlier in 2024 after a six-year absence with cousin Penny who had, unbeknownst to Lauren, planted drugs on her
Stacey and Jack were caught in an compromising position by Martin in Monday’s cliff-hanger, just as they had finally accepted that their relationship had to come to an end.
Martin (James Bye) headed off to in January, and his early return left Stacey in a bit of a frenzy as she begged him not to tell Denise about what he saw.
While Stacey admitted that she was seeing Jack, but isn’t anymore, Martin left to confide in Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) about his latest discovery.
As Martin remained torn over what to do, Jack’s guilt got the better of him and he broke down with Denise in the kitchen and confessed to the affair.
After a heartfelt conversation the pair decided to stick together pondered his decision, the guilt began to overwhelm Jack and he ended up breaking down to Denise in the kitchen.
This led to them having a heartfelt conversation, where they vowed to stick together no matter what.
Later on Martin had a confrontation with Denise’s daughter Chelsea (Tiana Benjamin), as she defended Jack and accused him of stirring the pot.
Her accusations caused Martin to snap, and he revealed he had walked in on Stacey and Jack kissing outside.
The pair have been enjoying a secret romance in recent months after they ended up in bed together back in January, much to fans dismay
Lauren was especially furious as, in 2007, she discovered Stacy was having an affair with Max Branning, Jack’s brother
Furious, Chelsea then headed straight to confront Jack and Stacey publicly in front of their families.
While Denise initially insisted she knew all about it, Martin then stepped in and explained that he’d seen them kissing earlier that evening. A huge physical fight then ensued between Jack and Martin.
Lauren returned to the soap earlier in 2024 after a six-year absence with cousin Penny who had, unbeknownst to Lauren, planted drugs on her.
EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7:30pm on BBC One and from 6am on BBC iPlayer.