‘It’s getting stale now’ say EastEnders viewers as they slam ‘rough watch’ storyline
FED up EastEnders viewers have complained that an ongoing affair between two of Walford’s randiest residents is getting ‘tired’.
Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) and Junior Knight (Micah Balfour) have been sneaking around for months and now viewers are getting sick of the ‘stale storyline’.
Randy Cindy lives with Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) but has been fooling around behind his back with Junior, who is her stepson from ex-hubby George Knight.
Their steamy affair has seen them rendezvous in some unusual places, including the office in Peggy’s club as well as a torrid tryst in the toilets.
On Reddit, one EastEnders viewer said: “Anyone else not bear to watch the Cindy/Junior scenes?
“Makes me almost bring my dinner back up. The sight of them going into the toilet cubicle to s**g made me gag.”
Another added: “Yeah, it’s a bit gross. I think it’s more because Cindy isn’t so much a cougar, as she is a crypt-keeper.”
A third fumed: “Ridiculous storyline. Cindy and The Knights should have stayed where they were.”
A fourth agreed, writing: “Its getting stale now. they need to hurry up and get caught , put ian out his misery . poor guys in lalaland dreaming about marriage.”
Meanwhile another moaned: “Not bothered about the affair really. Just don’t like any scenes with Cindy in. Or Reiss. Or Tommy.
“It’s been a bit of a rough watch all round the past few days.”
And now there is more potential action on the cards as ex-flame David Wicks (played by Michael French) is back on Albert Square.
Cindy and David did the dirty on Ian back in the 90s in a super-dramatic storyline when Cindy hired a hitman to kill her husband so she could run off with David.
David was shocked to find out she was ‘back from the dead’ and in Tuesday’s episode, the pair of ex-lovers had a drink and a heart-to-heart during which Cindy revealed she left Walford under a witness protection programme.
During that time she married George – but left him and returned to the Square when Ian asked her to come back.
Now, Cindy and Junior have cooled things off after George got suspicious about them – but it wont be long before they are back at their antics.
What role will David play in their unravelling?
EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7:30pm on BBC One and from 6am on BBC iPlayer.
EastEnders stars who QUIT
MICHELLE Collins has seen her second EastEnders stint boost her bank balance. Yet what stars have quit this year?
The Sun exclusively reported how Michelle, 62, was down to £20,000 in her company accounts when she agreed to a shock back-from-the-dead return to Albert Square last year.
Her character, Cindy Beale, was presumed dead off-camera in 1998.
Yet what about the 2024 exits?
Earlier this summer, loyal soap fans appeared to note how Stevie Mitchell had “quit” the long-running series.
It came after Alan Ford enjoyed just six-months on-screen.
Bobby Beale actor Clay Milner Russell also left this year after five years in Walford.
Fans also feared Martin Fowler actor James Bye would “quit out of boredom” over recent storylines.
Additionally, a host of stars have quit the BBC soap for Hollywood fame.
One of the most successful stars to come from the BBC One soap is Rob Kazinsky.
He played Stacey Slater’s brother Sean Slater from 2006 to 2009, he has starred in Hollywood blockbusters Pacific Rim and Captain Marvel.
Ben Hardy, who quit EastEnders as Bobby Beale almost a decade ago, went on to break Hollywood the following year, when he starred as Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse.
Since then, he has played Roger Taylor in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and he starred in Michael Bay’s Netflix movie 6 Underground.
Michelle Ryan played Zoe Slater until 2005.
She starred as the lead in short-lived American series Bionic Woman from 2007 to 2008.