Hollyoaks: 1st > 5th February 2010 - Episode guide

Find out what's coming up this week for the residents of Hollyoaks village!


Monday 1st February 2010
(Episode 2746)

Calvin and Mercedes' flirting is interrupted when Malachy arrives for work for a penguin themed dating event. Speaking to Kris, Malachy expresses his fears that Mercedes is falling for Calvin, but the conversation is halted by Carmel's arrival. Malachy tells Mercedes that Carmel's coming along to the Loft and she vows to find her a fit bloke. Carmel arrives looking stunning, but admits she's not sure she's ready for a new love interest; however, a determined Mercedes finds the match for Carmel at the dating event. Malachy's torn watching Mercedes flirting, aware that it's aimed at Calvin. Kris can't bear to see the hurt on his brother's face and takes matters into his own hands, playing a song referring to infidelity.

Too near the knuckle for Malachy, he confronts Kris and tells him to be a mate or to stay out of his life. Calvin and Carmel are surprised when they realise their penguins are a match, but the moment is ruined when Archie, on legal highs, knocks into her, sending her flying. Evicting Archie from the Loft, Malachy finds himself on the end of a rollicking from Calvin for allowing drug taking in the club. As tempers flare, Mercedes steps in and Calvin apologises to Malachy for taking his anger over Archie out on him. Re-united after Calvin's outburst, Malachy suggests they look into renting a flat of their own and he's thrilled when Mercedes agrees…

Hannah's unaware she's being observed as she chats happily with Rhys. Entering the Dog, she's surprised to hear Suzanne laughing and is shocked when she finds herself face to face with her ex, Jamie. Furious that he's had the audacity to turn up on her doorstep, he attempts to placate her and insists he's sorted his life out, but Hannah refuses to be swayed and asks him to leave. Duncan lets slip to Rhys that Hannah's been acting weird since this surfer type dude showed up, and putting two and two together, he realises Jamie's back on the scene.

Panicked that Rhys has discovered Jamie's turned up, Hannah heads off in search of him. Unprepared to give him a second chance, Hannah insists he leaves the village before Rhys finds out and takes matters into his own hands. Rhys confronts Hannah, insisting she tell him everything about Jamie's intentions, but even after hearing that she's told him to leave; he remains furious and heads off in pursuit. Re-iterating Hannah's feelings, Rhys tells Jamie to steer clear of his sister before sealing his words with violence… However, after receiving a voice message from Jamie declaring his love for her, is Hannah's resolve weakening…?

Archie's worried about his financial affairs, now Zoe's left he has no one to give him advice. Insisting Elliot needs a break from studying, he attempts to lure him out, however, Elliot has other ideas and refuses to budge. Panic strikes when his laptop goes into hibernation and Elliot's thrown into terror at the possible loss of all his work. Meanwhile, at the Loft, Archie bumps into Sheila and offers her a legal high. Refusing to take up his offer, instead, she fishes for news of Elliot. After being kicked out of the Loft by Malachy, Sheila helps Archie back home…


Tuesday 2nd February 2010
(Episode 2747)

Fed up with his life revolving around Relish and his aneurysm, Ravi decides he wants more. Walking through the village, he notices a sign advertising the council hall for rent. Before his aneurysm, Ravi was fighting fit and the idea of starting a boxing club quickly forms. The thought of earning a living from something he enjoys and is good at seems perfect and he throws himself into the organising. When he tells Anita, she's doubtful the club will take off, as is Calvin but with some encouragement from Carmel, he agrees to help. They soon rope in Malachy and it's all hands on deck to set up all of Ravi's old equipment in the hall. Before long the place is transformed into an impressive boxing club and an excited Ravi is more certain than ever that this is the start of something big for him.

Struggling to concentrate on his studies, Elliot is becoming increasingly frustrated with a manic Archie. Sheila quickly intervenes before things get physical and demands that Archie, and Kris, leave Elliot alone. Despite the flat now empty, Elliot is still struggling to get his work done and although grateful for her help earlier, it's Sheila who is making things worse. At his wits end, Elliot is now in a foul mood and when Sheila appears in a skimpy leotard, he assumes all her help has only been to get him in bed. Furious, Elliot unleashes his frustration and anger on a shocked Sheila, who only wanted him to do some exercise to help him concentrate. Hurt and upset, Sheila storms out, leaving Elliot to calm down and realise his mistake.

After the dating event at The Loft, Carmel is starting to realise how much she misses having Calvin around. Meeting him again in the village, she can't help herself enjoying his company and soon agrees to meet him for a drink. In the Loft, Malachy purposefully comments to Mercedes about how much Calvin and Carmel are flirting, but Mercedes is adamant that Carmel would never take him back. Feeling jealous, Mercedes later turns up at the Valentine's to make Calvin an offer she's sure he won't refuse, but is left feeling cheap and used when Calvin gives her a ten minute slot. Furious at herself and Calvin, Mercedes returns home and drags Malachy up to bed. Later with Carmel, Mercedes tries to subtly ask about Calvin but is left reeling when a giddy Carmel admits she still loves Calvin and is determined to get her man back.

Hannah is still reeling over Jamie's arrival and she continues to argue with Rhys. Although she can't forget what happened with Jamie nearly getting them killed, she remembers how he made her feel when they were together. Nancy finally gets to meet Jamie but the pair get off on the wrong foot, with her clearly concerned for Hannah's safety. When Hannah meets up with Jamie, she sees he's in pain and realises Rhys has beat him up. Angry at him resorting to violence, she turns up at the pub with a warning to stay out of her business. Nancy can't deny that Hannah comes to life around him and she starts to wonder if he's good for her after all. Feeling like he's getting somewhere and with nothing to lose, Jamie asks Hannah to leave with him and start afresh. He moves in for a kiss, to which Hannah responds but knowing what she wants, she tells him it has to be on her terms. As Hannah walks away, we see Rhys is watching and the look in his eye tells us he's not quite finished with Jamie yet.


Wednesday 3rd February 2010
(Episode 2748)

Mercedes tries to put Carmel off Calvin, unaware that Malachy's listening in. Calvin senses Mercedes is annoyed with him when she turns up for work at The Loft and is surprised to hear that Carmel wants to get back with him. Malachy puts his plan into action to get Carmel and Calvin back together and encourages Calvin to make a go of it with Carmel, persuading a reluctant Mercedes to do the same with Carmel. Carmel's distracted when Frankie turns up for the Stylist's job in Evissa but soon relaxes when she gives her some advice. Feeling like a new woman, although not to her usual standards now Frankie's had her hands on her, Carmel arranges to meet Calvin. After giving Calvin an ultimatum, Mercedes is left devastated when Carmel and Calvin agree to make a go of things. Malachy, meanwhile, breathes a huge sigh of relief.

Elliot panics when he realises he's fallen asleep and hasn't finished an assignment that's due in today. Archie tries to lighten the mood but Elliot's sick of him trying to make a joke out of everything and snaps, insisting he leaves him alone to get on with his work. But as he struggles to make sense of it all, he decides to take Archie's advice and have a break and heads off to freshen up. But he's thrown in to a blind panic when he returns to find his laptop's gone. Elliot's livid when Archie returns and announces he's handed his incomplete work in and almost hits him. Disgusted with himself and at the end of his tether, Elliot's grateful when Nancy invites him to move into her flat but his peace is short-lived when Charlie starts crying…

Rhys is worried about Hannah now Jamie's back on the scene and begs Darren to help him get rid of him. There's no love lost between the two boys and Darren isn't interested in helping Rhys out until he explains how dangerous Jamie is. Rhys hatches a plan to frame Jamie and gets Darren to buy drugs off him, but Darren's left looking like an idiot when Jamie insists he doesn't deal and walks away. Convinced Jamie's lying, Rhys insists they plant drugs on him but their plan fails miserably as they try to set Jamie up.

Frankie automatically assumes Steph's down after splitting with Fernando and encourages her to write him a letter. Steph covers her real feelings but with nothing to lose she decides to follow her mum's advice and posts a letter to Gilly, telling him exactly how she feels. Feeling upbeat and fed up of Cindy bragging about how well her business is doing compared to Mobs, Steph gets her own back when she pays a visit to Cindy's boutique. Frankie's pleased to see Steph back to her old self and encourages her to get back on stage after seeing an advertisement for a talent contest. But Steph has to save face when Cindy points out the competition is for twelves and under and insists it's Tom that's entering, against Holly.


Thursday 4th February 2010
(Episode 2749)

With nothing but Carmel and their 'first date' on his mind, Calvin tells Ravi he's now unable to help him at the club today as promised. Ravi quickly susses what, or rather who, is distracting Calvin and although surprised that the recently divorced couple are making another go of things, he tells Calvin to go for it. As soon as Calvin and Carmel meet, things are awkward and both are clearly nervous. Conversation is strained but Carmel, not really thinking about what she's saying, mentions Warren. Calvin's guilt gets the better of him once again and, certain they'll never be able to move on from what happened, he leaves Il Gnosh and a hurt Carmel behind. Meeting up with Ravi, Calvin fills him in on his disastrous date, telling him it's over for good. Ravi can't understand what Calvin's done that is so bad until Calvin confesses he's been seeing someone that he really shouldn't.

With the talent show looming, Cindy is going all out in preparing Holly to win. Tony is concerned by how much effort Cindy is making, but he's told to butt out. Steph is making little progress with persuading a stubborn Tom to enter, much to Cindy's delight, which only riles Steph more. Tom can see how down Steph is feeling and eventually gives in and agrees to enter the talent show, but there are two conditions; he can tell jokes and he gets the gerbil that he's asked for. Steph happily agrees but is shocked and moved when Tom reveals he'll call the gerbil Gilly, as he misses the real Gilly. Steph can't get round to Cindy's quick enough to tell her the good news and succeeds in removing her smug smile but Tony soon has to step in when the competition between the pair becomes personal. It becomes clear to Holly that Cindy has her own selfish motives for wanting her to win and feeling used, she runs from the flat.

Hannah is still wary of her relationship with Jamie, not knowing how she'll cope if he hurts her. Rhys is adamant that Jamie leaves Hannah alone and enlisting the help of Darren, he plans to get rid of him for good. Suzanne can see how happy Hannah is around Jamie and is willing to give them space but after hearing Jamie asking Hannah on a date, she needs to know if he's serious about her daughter. Taking a big risk, Suzanne turns up to Nancy's flat to catch Jamie alone. She wants him to see Hannah at her worst and as a sure test of his love, she shows him Hannah's video diary. Jamie is shocked but assures Suzanne that he'll make Hannah happy, promising to take care of her. Suzanne is relieved and heads back to help Hannah prepare for her date. Heading to meet Hannah, Jamie is suddenly stopped in his tracks. Beaten and thrown in a boot, he's eventually dumped in woods with a warning from his attacker - stay away from his sister. Fearing she's to blame for Jamie's no show, Suzanne is forced to admit to Hannah what she showed him.

As Dominic returns from a mock battle, his good mood is soon ruined by a run in with Carmel and then Tony. Fed up with Tony's put downs, Dominic is determined to prove that he's not the useless little brother he's made out to be. Overhearing Ravi offering Relish to Tony, an idea quickly forms. Catching Ravi on his own, Dominic puts a few ideas forward and offers to go into business with him instead. Ravi likes what he hears and it's quickly a done deal. A smug Dominic walks away with a new business and one up on Tony.


Friday 5th February 2010
(Episode 2750)

Jamie lies beaten and bruised where Rhys and Darren left him after their attack. Hannah is heartbroken, not knowing where Jamie is. Rhys tries to make Hannah believe that she has been dumped, telling her that Jamie has obviously got what he wanted from her and left. Hannah finds this difficult to believe but when Darren tells her the same thing she struggles to stay positive. Darren begins to feel guilty about what he is putting Hannah through and becomes increasingly concerned for Jamie. Feeling guilty about their attack on Jamie he confides in Rhys his fears. Rhys however is adamant that they did the right thing, and is glad Jamie is out of Hannah’s life. Rhys reminds her that Jamie saw the film Zoe had made about her anorexia and must have got scared off.

Hannah is upset by Rhys’ blunt attitude. She has faith in Jamie, however the more Rhys talks the more she doubts the situation. Hannah turns to Nancy for support and she offers her a glimmer of hope when she tells Hannah that Jamie has left his bag behind. Hannah is tempted to look in the bag for contact details but Nancy manages to talk her out of it. Nancy takes Hannah to The Dog. As Nancy’s flat lies empty, a loud knock can be heard at the door. Is it someone looking for Jamie? Darren tries to take Hannah’s mind off things by offering to take her away, however she is distracted when she sees a battered Jamie walking in. Hannah flies over to him, demanding to know what happened. Jamie points the finger at his attackers. Hannah is horrified by Rhys and Darren’s behaviour, their plan has backfired, she wants to be with Jamie.

Calvin is confused after his date with Carmel. He confides in Cheryl, telling her that their first date since their divorce was a disaster. He is also concerned after telling Ravi about his affair the previous day. When Ravi arrives to talk about the boxing club, Calvin becomes paranoid that his secret will be revealed. He talks to Ravi once more and is reassured that his secret is safe. Ravi encourages Calvin to work at things with Carmel, telling him that if his affair is over then there is nothing stopping him pursuing Carmel. Calvin takes his advice and goes to visit Carmel at Evissa. He asks Carmel if they can try again and go on another date. He tells her that he wants to try again, but Carmel is reluctant and Calvin leaves dejected. After another pep talk from Ravi, Calvin decides to try once more to win Carmel round. As Carmel arrives home, Calvin is there waiting. He reminds her of their first holiday together and how optimistic they were when they first met. Will Carmel be able to forgive and forget?

Holly is desperate for her mum to help her with her dance routine but Cindy is preoccupied with Cincerity. Tony can think of nothing but the shop accounts and Dom’s experiments in the kitchen. When Holly tries to talk to Dom about her feelings of isolation, he is distracted and ends up spilling his chilli on the floor. An angry Dom shouts at Holly, blaming her for the spillage. Holly is left feeling isolated, alone and unwanted.


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