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"Episode 3494" (alternatively titled "Max & Stacey") is an episode of the British television soap opera EastEnders, broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2007. It was written by Simon Ashdown, directed by Tim Mercier and produced by Diederick Santer. The episode takes place on Christmas Day 2007 and centres around the fallout of the affair reveal of Max Branning (Jake Wood) and his daughter-in-law Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner).

Plot
After the wedding video showing Max Branning (Jake Wood) kissing daughter-in-law Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner) is shown to the Branning household, Max tries playing it off as a joke to his wife Tanya (Jo Joyner). Stacey, frozen in fear, meekly apologizes to her husband, Bradley (Charlie Clements). Bradley attacks Max and runs out, causing most guests to leave the house. Max's brother Jack (Scott Maslen) finds sobbing Bradley outside, taking him to the pub to try calming him down. Tanya goes to her daughter Lauren (Madeline Duggan), who filmed the video, to ask if it was really a joke, finding out the video was real. Stacey tries apologising to Tanya, but Tanya slaps her and tells her to leave, along with Max. Stacey returns home, where her family shows disappointment in her. Stacey's brother Sean (Robert Kazinsky) tries comforting Tanya, who is re-watching the video, but she panics and hysterically kisses him before telling him to leave. While Jack chews out Max for cheating, a very drunk Bradley makes a show of himself in the pub before having a loud argument with Max in the streets. Max tries apologizing to Bradley and telling him to give Stacey another chance, but Bradley feels too betrayed to listen. Back at the Branning house, Tanya tries overdosing on pills but is stopped by her other daughter Abi (Lorna Fitzgerald). Tanya tells her daughters to pack bags because they will be leaving. Once the girls have packed, Max returns to the house and tries stopping Tanya from leaving, but this results in accidentally pushing her down the stairs, knocking her unconscious.

Cast

 * Jake Wood as Max Branning
 * Jo Joyner as Tanya Branning
 * Charlie Clements as Bradley Branning
 * Lacey Turner as Stacey Branning
 * Madeline Duggan as Lauren Branning
 * Lorna Fitzgerald as Abi Branning
 * Scott Maslen as Jack Branning
 * June Brown as Dot Branning
 * Gillian Wright as Jean Slater
 * Robert Kazinsky as Sean Slater
 * Derek Martin as Charlie Slater
 * Laila Morse as Mo Harris
 * Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell
 * Barbra Windsor as Peggy Mitchell
 * Samantha Janus as Ronnie Mitchell
 * Rita Simons as Roxy Mitchell
 * Perry Fenwick as Billy Mitchell
 * Emma Barton as Honey Mitchell
 * Charlie Jones as Ben Mitchell
 * Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale
 * Laurie Brett as Jane Beale
 * Aaron Sidwell as Steven Beale
 * Melissa Suffield as Lucy Beale
 * Thomas Law as Peter Beale
 * Pam St. Clement as Pat Evans
 * Phil Daniels as Kevin Wicks
 * Diane Parish as Denise Wicks
 * Kellie Shirley as Carly Wicks
 * Belinda Owusu as Libby Fox
 * Linda Henry as Shirley Carter
 * Cheryl Ferguson as Heather Trott
 * Anna Karen as Aunt Sal