Break ins, Bonding and Brienna...
Rounding up a week in Hollyoaks (1st-5th October 2018)
Is it Mac Nightingale or Little Britain’s Andy Pipkin? It was hard to tell this week as Mac continued to feign disability. Having returned to the village with girlfriend, Asha, last week, Hunter headed to Cindy’s to have it out with the villain, only to find himself accused of assault when Mac, hearing Alfie approaching, suddenly threw himself out of his wheelchair and claimed Hunter had pushed him. Alfie took the whole situation surprisingly well and after Hunter had left, filled Mac in on Hunter’s addiction to anxiety meds. Sensing he’d found another way to be despicable, Mac ordered some pills from the internet and forced them on to Hunter. Later, after a chat with Asha, Hunter agreed to try and put Mac behind him, but he was soon put right back to square one when he discovered that someone had defaced Neeta’s memorial...
Back at the McQueen’s, Hunter suffered a panic attack and secretly took some of the tablets. Later, Hunter bumped into Mac in the village and accused him of vandalising Neeta’s memorial. Somehow, without anyone noticing, Hunter dragged Mac from his wheelchair and up onto the archway, threatening to throw him to his death if he didn’t confess. Prince’s arrival on the scene stopped Hunter from committing murder but that wasn’t the end of the matter as Roxy later turned up at the McQueen’s to arrest Hunter. However, as Roxy’s got far bigger fish to fry, she soon abandoned the arrest when she received news that new evidence had been found regarding Carl Costello’s murder. Wanting to put the past behind him, Hunter decided to leave the village with Asha and the pair headed off for a new life in Brighton.
Meanwhile, over at The Dog, Russ’ jealousy continued to get the better of him as Mercedes and Sylver spent time together. Mercedes was playing the proud Mum this week as she taught Bobby to ride his bike. However, she was later sent into a panic when she couldn’t find the youngster. Seconds away from phoning the police, Mercedes was relieved when she found Bobby at the garage with Sylver and she raged at him for taking her son. Back at The Dog, Mercedes felt bad for shouting at Sylver and told him that her experience of losing her son, Gabriel, had made her protective of Bobby (so protective that she had nothing to do with him for years!). The pair made up and shared a hug, but were spotted by an angry Russ...
As if facing the wrath of Mercedes wasn’t enough trauma for Sylver, he soon found himself with a lot of explaining to do when he was arrested on suspicion of murdering Carl. At the station, Roxy informed him that his DNA had been found on Carl’s body and he would almost certainly face prison if the case went to court. Sylver admitted that he’d argued with Carl on the day of his death but still maintained that he hadn’t killed him. Sylver was released on bail whilst investigations continued but Mercedes was alarmed when she caught him attempting to burn his trainers. After Mercedes confronted him, Sylver admitted that he’d moved Carl’s body as he’d assumed she was responsible for his death. Although horrified that Sylver would think she could ever do such a thing, Mercedes was touched by his declarations of love and leaned in for a kiss. However, the pair were stopped in their tracks by a sudden noise. Someone had seen them...
Elsewhere, Romeo was back in the village and quickly picked up where he left off by trying to lure Prince into another money making scheme. After having a run in with Ste at the Lunch Box, Romeo came up with the idea to steal Ste’s menu, recreate his sandwiches and undercut his prices. Ste soon got wind of what was happening and turned up with James in tow. James’ words forced the lads to shut up shop, leaving Romeo furious and he later broke into James’ house and trashed the place. However, he was interrupted by a half naked Harry, who had arrived to surprise James. As Harry attempted to give chase, he fell and sprained his ankle, leaving him with lots of explaining to do when Marnie returned home! Realising what had been going on, Marnie told Harry that he would have to chose between James and Ste...
Knowing that it was James he wanted to be with, Harry tried to give himself more time to break the news to Ste by attempting to postpone the wedding. With Dee Dee being so ill, it seemed he had the perfect reason, however, Tony stopped him in his tracks by telling Harry that he and Diane were really looking forward to it. Feeling like he couldn’t ruin his family’s only chance of happiness, Harry told James that it was Ste he needed to be with. Manwhile, Romeo found himself with more to worry about when his Mother, Donna-Marie arrived in the village and informed him that they were facing eviction.
Finally, there was gossip, make overs and sisterly bonding as Liberty moved in with Sienna. Liberty was left heartbroken after Brody rejected her and Brody himself wasn’t doing any better as he used Damon’s ID to visit Buster in prison. Struggling to cope with everything, Damon slept with prostitue, Donna-Marie. The following day, Donna-Marie arrived in the village, claiming that Brody had forgotten to pay her. Sienna was only too happy to take Donna-Marie to Brody and humiliated him in the pub when she told everyone what he’d been up to. Brody ran off and Sienna felt terrible when Damon filled her on Brody’s past. Sienna soon apologised to Brody and admitted that she knew just what he’d been through as she opened up about the abuse she’d suffered. As the pair grew closer, they shared a kiss, just as Liberty returned home!
5 Things We Learned This Week:
1. The Hollyoaks police force are really struggling at the moment. In fact, they have so few officers that they will release you, mid arrest, when they receive new information for a different crime.
2. On the other hand, Dee Valley Hospital isn’t struggling at all. In fact, they have enough resources to not only give someone with a sprained ankle a bed, but his own private room! Fantastic!
3. 6 year old Bobby is really into maths and equations. Are we sure he’s the son of Mercedes and Riley, who probably didn’t even have a brain cell between them?
4. Roxy took great delight in telling Sylver that ‘forensics had got more sophisticated’ since he last did time. So what’s her and her co-worker’s excuse for arresting the wrong people 99% of the time?
5. James has a table in his flat filled with framed photos of himself. Of course, Marnie could have put them there, but it’s far more fun to believe that James himself is responsible.
Alfie, Asha, Bobby, Breda, Brody, Buster, Cleo, Darren, Donna-Marie, DS Roxy Cassidy, Goldie, Harry, Hunter, Jack, James, Joel, Kyle, Liberty, Lily, Mac, Mandy, Marnie, Mercedes, Myra, Nancy, Prince, Romeo, Russ, Sally, Sienna, Ste, Sylver and Tony.
Past Characters Mentioned:
Nico Blake, Patrick Blake, Sebastian Blake, Sophie Blake, Carl Costello, Jonno Dean, Milo Entwhistle, Neeta Kaur, Luke Morgan, Frankie Osborne, Anna Savage, Dirk Savage, Shane Sweeney.