EastEnders fans convinced Zoe Slater’s last scenes aired as Michelle Ryan goes missing – ahead of soap death

EASTENDERS fans believe Zoe Slater’s final scenes have already aired – with Michelle Ryan having ‘gone missing’ from the soap for weeks. Zoe made a dramatic comeback to Albert Square last year after a 20-year absence. EastEnders viewers think Zoe Slater’s final scenes may have already aired Credit: BBC The character – played by Michelle Ryan – returned to Walford last year Credit: BBC The Sun told how actress Michelle, 42, would be written out just 12 months later – with being Zoe killed off. Back in July, Zoe and her half-brother Tommy Moon went to stay with their aunt Lynne Slater (Elaine Lordan). Sign up for the Eastenders newsletter Thank you! As Zoe has not been seen since, viewers have been speculating whether she already made her last on-screen appearance. One wrote on X: “Like… has Zoe already gone? The Sun revealed Michelle quit the soap, with Zoe set to be killed off Credit: Instagram Michelle’s return reunited her with Jessie Wallace, who plays on-screen mum Kat Slater Credit: Getty “And we’re going to get a call from Lynne and her puppies to say she’s kicked the bucket?” Another added: “I have a horrible gut feeling that they’re gonna kill zoe slater off off-screen.” A third penned: “They are really going to kill Zoe Slater off screen ain’t they.” A source previously said of the departure: “Michelle’s long-awaited return has been somewhat flat and lacklustre. Most read in TV “There’s been a backlash about her comeback, leaving some fans disappointed with her on-screen presence. “There has been some disappointment backstage that the return was shortlived as everyone loved the Zoe Slater’s historic moments.” Zoe first appeared from 2000 to 2005, with one of EastEnders’ most iconic plot twists being when “sister” Kat, played by Jessie Wallace, was revealed to be her birth mum. Comment now