Chavtastic or Hitting the Nail on the Head?

It is often difficult to tell whether Hollyoaks Jacqui McQueen’s fashion sense is totally chavtastic or whether she has hit the nail on the head with the current fashion trends.

The beginning of tonight’s E4 episode (7.00pm, to be shown at 6.30pm tomorrow on Channel 4) demonstrated the latter for our dear Jacqs.

She has certainly been following the latest high-street brands and has adopted an off-the-shoulder tee with the face of a tiger on the front.

Want to deny your natural instinct and copy fierce Jacqui’s style? You can get a black t-shirt with gold tiger face from Topshop, just click here.

Coming soon… Hollyoaks Review 2008

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Secrets Uncovered

Wednesday 21st January 2009

In an episode where the major Hollyoaks storylines of the first quarter of this year are outlined, we are thankful that it makes up for Monday’s (19.01.09) nicey-nice episode…

Nasty Nige is BACK… Calvin did not kill him when he used self-defence on him after drug-dealing Nige stabbed him in his arm.

Warren had convinced us all that he had been killed. (Although, this does open a can of worms… where did Warren hide the body? Why did Calvin not want proof of Nige’s death? Why did Calvin not tell the police and plead self-defence?)

But Nige makes a surprise appearance at The Loft. Whilst Calvin is looking after Warren’s kid bro (Spencer), Warren warns Nige to back off, revealing that he had told Nige to stay away and that if he does come back he will ensure that Nige does end up dead.

Got to love the Hollyoaks-threats.

Meanwhile, tagged-up Darren has been given some responsibility by step-sis Steph to look after Mob’s (juice bar) and count the cash.

In a brief period of desperation Darren nips up to Warren’s flat to ask for money (£5000 to be exact) to get him back on his feet. Little naive Warren tries to blackmail Warren into giving him some cash, threatening to tell everyone about their deal earlier in the year and the death of Sean (see the review of Hollyoaks 2008 for more details).

But we know Warren’s capabilities. And so should Darren. 

Darren leaves with his tail between his legs and upon locking and cashing up from Mob’s, he gets mugged – beaten up and the money stolen. 

We have a little taste of the mugger – jeans, timberland boots… who wears those in Hollyoaks…?

Steph wants to go to the police, but Darren doesn’t want the hassle – let’s take a moment here.

Darren doesn’t want the hassle? He has just been beaten up, and the day’s takings have been stolen, but yet he won’t got to the police…

… and run the risk of Steph thinking he took the money

Which is exactly what she does think. Darren is kicked out. It is hard to feel sorry for him

Where will Darren go? Will Nige return? Will Calvin come back? Is the Warren/Sean/Darren/Jake storyline going to re-emerge in 2009? And did Malachy mug Darren?

So many questions. And we have a whole year for the Hollyoaks team to string out the answers.