Hollyoaks spoilers follow.
Hollyoaks provides an unexpected update on Joel Dexter next week, as he makes contact with another character. But as his ex-wife Leela gets hope that Joel wants to see her again, things might not be as they seem…
Joel has been in prison since last year, serving a sentence for grievous bodily harm – though his murder charge was dropped when it was revealed that evil Jez killed therapist Tommy, not him.
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While actor Rory Douglas-Speed officially left the show last year, his character Joel is due to be released from prison soon, and next week he contacts Cleo, wanting to see his son Joseph. Dodger is unsure about her reconnecting with her ex – and Cleo later decides to see Leela to check they’re on the same page about Joel.
Meanwhile, the pupils of Hollyoaks High cause chaos on the last day of school before summer, and headteacher Nancy struggles to deal with the raucous students.
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The teens – Ant, Kathleen-Angel, Maddox and Trina – team up and make a plan to find out whether Leela is having an affair with Jonah, Maddox’s stepdad.
They leave Leela a note telling her where to meet and sign it ‘J’ for Jonah. But when Leela finds the letter outside her flat, she mistakenly believes Joel wants to see her and is overjoyed.
Leela heads to meet who she thinks is Joel but is completely shocked when she is instead met by four masked strangers aiming paintball guns at her!
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As Leela later meets new character Abigail and deals with a worrying situation involving Rex, the teens rush back to school after this incident and try to pretend that they’ve been there the whole time.
While they desperately hope they’ve got away with their end of school antics, the next morning the teens wake up to a stern telling off from their disappointed parents.
Tony dishes out a punishment to his kids, telling Ant and returning Dee Dee that they’ll be working over the summer holidays, running the pizza kiosk for Donny.
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Meanwhile, Theresa is so furious with Kathleen-Angel that she can’t bring herself to even speak to her, urging Dodger to deal with her daughter instead.
Will the teens face any other consequences for ambushing Leela – and will we ever see Joel again now he’s out of prison?
Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.
Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.
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