Overview
- BBC One aired a New Year’s Day episode set on 1 January 2027 that plants the clues viewers will follow across 2026.
- The future-set chapter shows Max preparing to marry, with official imagery highlighting a wedding Rolls-Royce and multiple possible brides.
- A bedside sonogram and an unseen pregnant partner hint at a new baby storyline linked to Max.
- A gun is shown being aimed, two close family members are threatened, and armed officers stage a raid to establish life-or-death jeopardy.
- Max later faces arrest, a familiar character returns to Walford, and the team behind the show emphasizes that answers will arrive progressively throughout the year.