Tuesday 21st October 2008
Life is back to normal in the village. Sort of. Our faithful other characters re-introduced. We had almost forgotten the plight of pregnant Amy and her abusive boyfriend, Ste; of Russ, the father of deceased Tina’s son; of Nancy and Ravi, the infuriating is-it-is-it-not couple; of the cheating lying murderer Warren, his alcoholic girlfriend and his mistress; and of Justin, the murderer’s accomplice.
Did they too do a deal with the ‘Oaks devil and trade in their life commitments for a week of exhilarating non-stop drama?
Resurrected from the literal Hollyoaks rubble (not the church rubble) here comes Justin and Ste. In the usual scatty ‘Oaks manner of building up a story, delivering the goods and then throwing an ordinary (nearly. compared to Niall) plot back into the mixture.
This must be a taster of events to come. Life, as it often does, goes back to normal.
Disappointment fills me.
Thankfully the ‘Oaks does swing back to clearing up the wreckage of the previous week.
Darren, clearly unhappy that his father previously put in a bid for a quote of the week, attempts to match it.
Delivering his ‘Everyone’s got a choice. You don’t chose to be mental… that’s a crap example, sorry’ line to Newt in attempting to persuade him to forgive Frankie for sending him off to the madhouse, Darren has almost pushed his father off the top position.
Almost.
What a way to convince someone to do what you want. Remind them of the illness that is ruining their relationships. That is clearly what the ‘Oaks ‘persuasion for dummies’ prescribes.
Clearly shocked by his self-proclaimed road to hell, Darren does another good deed. He confesses to Malachy and Kris that the man who they buried as Jack Osborne is their own father.
Is telling two brothers that you buried a man disguised as your own father but who was actually their father, a good deed? In ‘Oaksland, I believe so.
The McQueens are still fighting over babies and boyfriends, mothers and morals. Not satisfied that their half brother has done enough to destroy their family, they are finishing it off for him.
Putting the icing on the McQueen cake of destruction.
Hopefully Niall will be the final cherry as it is revealed to the clever clogs posse that Niall is still alive.
Well. Who would have guessed it?
