One EastEnders villain faces danger next week, as Max Branning takes a deadly revenge.

New spoilers and images reveal the moment that Max takes brutal action against new baddie Tim. After he finds out about what Tim has done to Johnny Carter and Callum Highway, he tells Johnny’s mother Linda Carter he’ll deal with it.

Soon, armed with a crowbar, Max pretends to be Tim’s taxi driver before he attacks him. He seems to shove him in the boot of the car as Tim goes to put something in there.

That said, another image shows him driving the car with Tim appearing oblivious in the backseat. Spoilers reveal that Max terrorises him, before issuing a threat.

It follows Tim taunting Johnny once more, after drama this week. After he had damning footage of Callum and threatened to share it to ruin Callum’s career, Johnny tried to help his partner.

But Tim told Johnny the only way he would delete the footage was if he slept with him. Next week, Johnny is struggling with recent events, and Linda feels guilty after her involvement in the drama with Tim.

When she berates Tim, it’s clear he is unfazed and pushes ahead with his antics. It’s when Linda confides in Max that things take a dramatic turn, and Max kidnaps him.

Linda knows what has happened and she tells Johnny, and soon Callum finds out everything. As Linda is frantic over what Max might do, we see the fan favourite making it clear to Tim that he needs to leave.

As his revenge plan unfolds, Max tells Tim to never set foot in Walford again. But how will things be left, and will Tim listen to Max’s chilling advice?

It could well spark a theory regarding who might die in the lead-up to next January. In a flashforward to New Year’s Day 2027, we saw Max accused of being linked to a possible death.

While the fate of the mystery character was not made entirely clear, it was hinted someone dies and Max is involved, while he claimed he had been stitched up. Amid Tim’s villainous ways and Max’s determination to make him pay, fans will no doubt be suspecting that Tim could be the one who dies.

So are the scenes next week all pointing towards something happening to Tim, and Max getting the blame after the kidnap drama?