The BBC One aired the surprise return scenes on Wednesday night before Thursday's episode revealed in flashback scenes to earlier this year that Max had been in a romantic relationship with another recent returnee, Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan).
In the present day, a recent shot Zoe called Max to warn him not to return to Walford, but he didn't sound so keen...
On the twist of Max and Zoe's connection, Wood revealed he was "excited", adding: "Like I knew that Michelle was coming back – really pleased that she was coming back and she wasn't being recast iconic character. And I think it's really interesting to have Max in the mix; it makes everything so much more complicated. I do return for a little bit. It's quite soon before my sort of permanent return, and there's lots of drama and chaos to issue."
Given that neither Max nor Zoe has had particularly smooth-sailing love lives, is this a true romance? Wood is a firm believer that their connection was true and real feelings are involved.
"But I think by the time Max comes back onto the Square, it's just become very complicated in terms of in terms of where Max is at and what he's about at that moment, to be able to commit to her, but I do feel like they do have a connection, and I think a lot of that was down to Zoe's looking for her son that she gave up for adoption, and that Max helps her financially to to pay for the PI, to help look for it.
"Obviously the you know, that's got very deep meaning for Max, the not having a relationship with his kids. So I think there was a lot of common ground."
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