Rounding up a week in Hollyoaks (30th December 2019 - 3rd January 2020)
It may be a new year (and a new decade) but some things stay the same. Darren is still pining over Nancy, the Hollyoaks police force are still incompetent, and Breda still hasn’t been caught. As New Year’s Eve kicked off, Charlie confronted Nancy over her supposed affair with Darren, the affair that Darren had demanded he keep quiet about. Nancy was horrified by Charlie’s accusation and promised her nephew that nothing was going on, before heading off to The Hutch for her new year party. Whilst there, she confronted Darren over the state he’d gotten Charlie in to, leading to Darren referring to him as a stupid kid. However, both were unaware that Charlie had snuck into the kitchens, having taken up the dare that Leah had set Ella to steal something. Furious, Charlie returned home with a huge tub of ice cream and Darren’s credit card, which he used to buy a whole load of virtual currency for his game, much to the delight of Leah and Lucas, and the horror of Ella.
Meanwhile, downstairs at the Osborne’s, Brooke, Ollie, Imran, Juliet and Sid were also having a gathering, with Sid and Juliet making plans to sneak off and sleep together. However, Juliet was beginning to have second thoughts, and Sid stormed off when she voiced her concerns. Brooke attempted to comfort Juliet but was left shocked when her friend planted a kiss on her! Whilst Brooke was left confused by the kiss, Juliet quickly tried to brush it off as nothing and soon left to look for Sid. Over at The Dog, Sid was buying drugs from his cousin, Jordan, but was spotted by Ollie and Imran. Luke soon arrived on the scene, and realising what was happening, tried to convince Sid not to throw his life away. Sid decided to make up with Juliet, and the pair headed back to the Lomax’s to sleep together.
At the Hutch, another party was taking place, as Nancy had gathered the Mum’s of the village for their own new years bash. However, Nancy soon put a downer on things when she decided to tell Mandy about her fling with Darren. Mandy was left devastated by the revelation and, the following day, headed to The Loft with Cindy to let her hair down. When Mandy realised that underage Sid and Juliet were in the club, she attempted to take Juliet’s drink from her, leading to the teenager spiking Mandy’s drink with ketamine. Mandy awoke in the village the next morning with no recollection of how she’d got there. Mandy struggled to piece together what had happened, and was left terrified when she found a wad of cash and a note in her bag, demanding that she keep quiet about what she’d seen...
Elsewhere, Breda decided to take up Jack’s suggestion of a move to Portugal, much to the shock of both families. First, however, there was the small matter of Breda framing Mercedes for her killings. We know that Breda has been collecting ‘evidence’ to implicate Mercedes over the last few weeks, and this week, she collected the last of it; the buttons from Glenn and Carl’s jackets. Under the guise of dropping off Christmas presents for Curtis, Breda was able to gain access to the Donovan’s flat and, whilst Grace’s back was turned, she pocketed the dolls she’d made for Curtis and Bobby. However, as Breda hid her evidence box under the floor back at home, she was interrupted by the return of John Paul. Worried that John Paul was onto her, Breda needed to escape quickly and so wrote an anonymous confession on the back of one of Bobby’s drawings and left it on DS Cohen’s car. With the wheels in motion, Breda went to meet Jack, but was left furious when he revealed that he couldn’t leave Darren due to the problems he and Mandy were facing. With her plan unravelling, Breda decided to take revenge on Darren, by stabbing him! Although, surely Breda should be pleased that Jack is being a good Dad and putting his son first? Then again, why am I looking for logic in this storyline?
In other news this week, Yasmine was delighted when Tom asked her out whilst Sienna was clearly struggling with the fact that Brody and Liberty had slept together. Finally, as the residents of Hollyoaks welcomed 2020, we got a glimpse into the future. It seems 2020 is going to be a very dangerous year for some of the village’s youngest residents...
Bobby, Breda, Brody, Brooke, Celeste, Charlie, Cindy, Curtis, Damon, Darren, DS Cohen, Ella, Goldie, Grace, Imran, Jack, John Paul, Jordan, Juliet, Kyle, Leah, Leela, Liam, Liberty, Lucas, Luke, Mandy, Marnie, Martine, Matthew, Mercedes, Misbah, Nana McQueen, Nancy, Oliver, Oscar, Peri, Romeo, Sally, Sid, Sienna, Sylver, Toby, Tom, Tony and Yasmine.
Carl Costello, Craig Dean, Glenn Donovan, Louis Loveday, Myra McQueen, Finn O’Connor, Stuart Sumner, Harry Thompson.