EASTENDERS fans have slammed the soap for a glaring blunder in Sonia Fowler’s gripping prison storyline, as a key character was noticeably absent during the drama.
EastEnders viewers know that a pregnant Sonia (Natalie Cassidy) was imprisoned for Debbie Colwell’s murder, even though it was her fiancé Reiss Colwell (Johnny Freeman) who smothered her.
With the whole Square rallying around to protest for Sonia’s innocence, there was one key person missing… Bex Fowler.
Bex is Martin and Sonia’s 25-year-old daughter who left Walford back in 2020 to take a gap year to go travelling before attending Oxford University.
Five years later, she is barely mentioned despite both her parents still living on the square.
The oversight has left many viewers feeling frustrated as Sonia continued to endure her injustice and Bex was no where to be seen.
Taking to Reddit, one fan questioned: “Where has Bex been while all this is going on?”
Another added: “I can’t stand Bex and never have been able to, but even I know that the show not even mentioning her thoughts on what’s happening to her mum (let alone a cameo) is ridiculous.”
A third wrote: “Has the actress done anything else? I’m kind of surprised she hasn’t come back.”
A fourth chimed in: “Travelling, but that was 5 years ago at this point. At this point I’m convinced she pulled an Ash Ketchum and went on the world’s longest journey.”
A fifth joked: “Need a spinoff where Bex is fighting bridge trolls or taming dragons because that’s the only logical explanation to her absence for the last five years.”
Fans of the BBC soap are also questioning where Sonia and Bianca’s (Patsy Palmer) mum Carol (Lindsey Coulson) is, with both her daughters in peril.
Watch the moment Sonia Fowler collapses in court as Reiss Colwell loses it in EastEnders
Carol left EastEnders in 2015 after deciding that her relationship with David Wicks (Michael French) was over.
Her departure came after a difficult time when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy.
Carol’s last storyline included leaving Walford on a motorbike with her son Robbie (Dean Gaffney), and she hasn’t been seen since.
