Hollyoaks is delivering the unmissable drama once more next week, with a chaotic and explosive stunt week set to change everything for a number of fan-favourites as major characters are feared dead.
The Channel 4 soap is currently in the middle of a high-octane week following Clare Devine’s (Gemma Bissix) escape from prison, with the storyline in question set to reach a dramatic peak in the coming episodes.
But the drama doesn’t stop there, as the subsequent week will see the aftermath of the big scenes as questions are asked about what happened with Clare, while the arrival of a new family amid the exit plot of a main character proves catastrophic.
Frankie Osborne (Isabelle Smith), as viewers know, is excited for a fresh start after a traumatic few years. On the cusp of achieving her dream in heading to dance school in London, her nearest and dearest gather together to see her off in style.
Emotional scenes ensue at The Loft amid her leaving party as Darren (Ashley Taylor Dawson), who gifts his daughter some new ballet shoes, delivers an emotional speech.
This proves overwhelming for Diane Hutchinson (Alex Fletcher), who heads to the bathroom, devastated at the prospect of missing all the milestones her children will hit when she’s gone. Leela Dexter (Kirsty-Leigh Porter) offers support.
Frankie, meanwhile, prepares to exit the village she’s called home for years and she’s delighted to hear that Vicky Grant (Anya Lawrence) is going on a date with Charlie Dean (Charlie Behan).
The trio set off together as Charlie drives Frankie to her train. Tony (Nick Pickard), however, realises that they’ve left Frankie’s dancing shoes behind and offers to drive to the station to catch up with them. Diane asks Leela to go with him, wondering if she might be good for Tony.
Elsewhere, new family the Keanes are excited for a fresh start and thus they set off on a drive to their new home in Hollyoaks village – to surprise their family that already live there.
Son Caleb (Lewis Walton), however, notices on the way that his phone needs charging and thus undoes his seatbelt to locate the device.
Frankie, meanwhile, realises that she left her ballet shoes behind and, panicked, she informs Charlie, who turns the car around, speeding up to keep time.
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They find themselves behind the Keanes’ removal van and, when overtaking fails, Frankie goes to beep the horn, which causes Charlie to swerve, clipping the van as both vehicles go off road!
Later, Leela is helping Tony in navigating to the station when they encounter the van turned over on the side of the road.
The question is: is everyone still alive? Are there casualties? And will everyone make it to the hospital on time before tragedy strikes?
Elsewhere in the village…
Donny Clark (Louis Emerick) is on the case of finding what really happened with Clare and thus presses for information. Cleo McQueen (Nadine Mulkerin) tries to shut him down while Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) confronts Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) on her manipulation.
Donny turns his attention to Warren but both fail to realise that Jenson Cole (Ryan Clayton) is listening in. Jenson later confronts Warren over his conversation with Donny but Warren tells him to keep out of it.
Misbah Maalik (Harvey Virdi), meanwhile, urges Donny to stop looking for answers on what happened to Clare.
Elsewhere, Dodger Savage (Danny Mac) offers Cleo support with a hug, much to devastated Theresa’s (Jorgie Porter) dismay. Theresa later tells Dodger that she’s not the nice person he thinks she is.
Kathleen-Angel (Naledi Rapotu) isn’t pleased that she’s been grounded from seeing Ant (Brook Debio) and tells her mum that she heard her conversation with Dodger. The question is: just what has she overheard?
Cleo, meanwhile, tells Sienna that she’s still the woman she fell in love with.
Hollyoaks streams Mondays to Wednesdays from 6am on Channel 4’s streaming platform, or catch episodes on TV at 7pm on E4.
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