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Another favourite Clare scene of mine. After Clare had falsely reported Max to Social Services for abusing Tom, she goes to Tom and tells him that everyone who he's loved and that loves him dies because of him. So, when the Social Service Worker comes to investigate Tom and Max, Tom falsely tells the Social Worker that he doesn't want to live with Max anymore because Clare convinced him that Max would die because of him (though he doesn't say that directly), like Tom's other loved ones. The sad thing is, Clare was right, everyone who loves Tom ends up dying. Clare is insane, and it's kind of funny in a bad way the stuff she tells Tom. Also in this clip, Clare had told Calvin that Louise aborted their child together, so that's why Calvin is so mad at her. This entire episode is posted, and this is just part two of three parts. "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344">

Shocking John Paul, Kieron, and Niall spoiler, thanks to Anita for PM-ing me this! I don't see how Niall is redeemable after this and all the other things he's pulled. I wonder how Craig's return fits into all of this. http://dailystar.co.uk/soaperstar/view/46262/Hollycroaks/

This week is going to be good with Jack's "funeral" and the stuff with Newt!

BTW, here is Gemma Bissix's exit interview for EastEnders, she said she'd return to Hollyoaks if asked because she'd like to finish up the stuff with Warren, even if Max is dead, but she'd like to try a variety of things outside of soaps first. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a112553/...eastenders.html

Here it is, this was one of the best episodes EVER. Justin tells her towards the end of the clip, btw. Yes, thank you!

Off topic, but one of my favourite Clare scenes is posted on youtube. When OB confront her and slams her into the wall. This was the set-up for the Who Pushed Clare mystery. Clare mentions "two for the price of one" as the night Mel and Sophie died. The night they died, Mel was going to expose Clare for the liar and cheater she was (Mel found out that Clare was sleeping with Warren and her illegal activities I think) and was going to tell Max about it. OB already knew and he never liked Clare from the start. Mel and Clare hated one another from the start too, and Mel was battling alcoholism, which made many not believe her claims towards Clare. The irony is by the night that Mel died (along with twin sister, Sophie), she had finally won her battle against alcoholism. Sophie and Mel were close with Max and OB. Anyway, Justin, who is the brother of Mel and Sophie, overheard this confrontation between OB and Clare and pushed her, which was later revealed. It was a good umbrella story/mystery. Oh, and by this time Clare had gotten Social Services to take Tom away from Max.

A summary from Wikipedia. Oh, and Mercedes doesn't know that Russ is actually little Max's father through the one night stand he had with Tina. I'd love to see how she reacts to Tina and Jacqui when she finds out. Leah isn't, but Ste doesn't know. Amy has been trying to pass Leah off as his kid for a long time now. The kid Amy is expecting is Ste's kid though.

WOW, Friday's episode was great. I LOVE that Amy's finally left Ste, after he beat her up AGAIN. It's sad that she has yet another baby on the way though, that's the last thing she needs in her life right now. I love how Tina is consoling her though. There was such a theme of parenthood in this episode. Like Amy raising Leah in an abusive relationship and being pregnant, Tina regretting giving Max to Jacqui and Tony, and Kris' bad relationship with his own father. That's why I love Hollyoaks so much, no matter how different everything is, there's always so sort of unifying factor going on somehow. I've seen Monday's episode too and its even better.

Last Friday and Monday's episodes were AMAZING! Wow, Newt is going crazy by blaming himself for Jack's death, and it's nice to see sympathetic side of Darren, even if he's concealing a lie. This whole thing is really screwing him up, and it's nice to feel for him, since he's an otherwise unsympathetic character. The family drama invovled in all of this is outstanding, and Ashley Taylor Dawson (Darren) is really acting his ass off, this is probably the best acting I've ever seen him do. When is Craig's return, Anita? It's just weird that they haven't mentioned him, as he's Frankie's son, Steph's brother, and was close to Jack and Darren.

EastEnders is pretty good right now as well, and Coronation Street is also getting better at the moment. You might like Emmerdale, I think out of all the UK soaps, it's probably closer to American daytime soaps, as it can be sleezy and trashy at times. I personally can't stand the show though.

A little too JER-ish for you, eh? Newt is a foster kid that Jack and Frankie took in last fall, he's definitely had a troubled past. Summary from Wikipedia regarding him being a schizo: Well, kind of, he's a gay man who loves wearing female clothing. LOL! Darren lost his half of The Dog (the pub/place where Jack, Frankie, and Darren lives) in a game of poker to Warren. In order to get Darren's half back, Jack took out a loan. However, this caused him to go into huge debt, which is only getting worse. Darren had a gambling addiction that set the whole thing off earlier in the year. Jack and the rest of the Osborne/Dean family disowned him for a while, but eventually Jack forgave him. Jack suffered a heart attack initially when he learned how Darren lost his half of The Dog. Darren's gambling problems got so bad that he started stealing Frankie's jewlerly to pay off his debts. Jack initially thought it was Newt who was the theif, so he kicked Newt out. He eventually invited Newt to come back, but since then "Eli" has been telling Newt that Jack wants to send him back into the foster care system and the only way to stop this is if he kills Jack. Darren is trying to cover his own ass, most of this is his fault. LOL!

Thursday's show was so good. Newt is obviously a schizophrenic, and Eli is a figment of his mind that's controlling him. Darren is stupid. He never thinks anything through. However, I guess he doesn't know that it was Kris' dad who died, with whom he had Jack switched identities with. BTW, Jack is bankrupt and the only saw he can afford to pay off his debts is if he died and his life insurance can cover the costs. So, Darren convinced him to fake his death.. I like how's this is incorporated into Newt's schizophrenia, since the voice inside his head (Eli) is telling him to kill Jack. This is going to crush Frankie and Steph when they come back.

There's so much speculation going around about what's going to happen to Kieron when Craig returns. I think he's a goner (in more ways than one!).

Wednesday's show is a good set-up for tomorrow's shocking show. Even though Jack brought a lot of this on himself, I can't help but feel sorry for him. I also liked how everyone is trying to help him out, the sense of community is really essential to any soap, IMO. Poor Newt, he really misunderstands the whole situation. I never thought I would like this character, but he's grown a lot on me. Anyway, tomorrow's episode should be great.

God, Niall is such a nasty psycho. LOL! Did you see how he looked when he realized that John Paul and Kieron had worked things out? He really wanted John Paul to get hurt. I don't want Steph anywhere near him. Maybe they'll hook up and Steph will come to know what a lunatic he is and dump him. I still can't believe that after how many times he's tried (and succeeded) at breaking Max and Steph up, they'd even consider pairing Niall and Steph. I feel really sorry for Newt, and Jack. That story is really heating up, what Jack will do this week is really desperate and sad. Anyway, another Max and OB video a friend of mine made set to Leona Lewis' Footprints In The Sand. The song is so perfect, especially with these clips. "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344">

I liked the Frankie and Steph scenes today, they were sweet. It looks like Jack's financial woes are catching up to him this week. I still thought it was pretty low of him to hit Steph up for money, considering the state she's been in lately. I hate that Steph told Niall that she knew him running down Max was an accident. I wanted her to hate his psycho ass much longer. But I loved how he told her that he was there if she ever needed anyone and she replied, "Well, that's what my family is for!" I will be really pissed if they decide to pair Steph and Niall in the future. I also can't wait for Niall to be exposed in a few months...

Blanche is hilarious.

Oooh, I just saw it! I can't say I feel sorry for Ste, after the way he's physically and mentally abused Amy. I'm glad she's finally left him and I hope she doesn't take him back. I really want Amy and Josh to reconnect, I loved them together! The link to the spoiler photos: http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/m.../07/080711.html

^No, I haven't, feel free to post them.

I agree, after all the nasty and evil things Clare did, there was no redeeming her. It also didn't help that half the town hated her by the end of her run. Clare was a good short-term character, but I don't see how she could've worked in the long-run.

Tom's mother and father are death, they died in car accident a few years ago. In her will, Tom's mother Helen stated that Tom's half sister (Max's step-sister), Mandy, would be his legal guardian. However, Mandy couldn't deal with taking care of Tom, so she gave him to Max who raised him. Tom and Mandy's mother is Helen, Max is Helen's step-son through her marriage with Gordon Cunningham. Max's biological sister is Cindy (the bitchy brunette one). Clare isn't coming back, though Gemma Bissix has recently said she's leaving EastEnders. There's no plans to bring her back to Hollyoaks, and I really don't see what she'd be without Max anyway.

LOL! I love how he pronounces the director's name! Matt Littler (Max) and Darren Jeffries (OB) won Best Onscreen Partnership at this year's BSA's. It's so fitting since this was their last year together.

Actually, the song Steph sung was "About You Now" (slow/piano version) by the Sugababes. "Change" is kind of their song, and was the song that was played on the Jukebox the night Steph came home after Max died, when she was in her wedding dress crying. Here's a montage video about the funeral and Max/Steph set to "About You Now." Here's an more comprehensive Max and Steph montage set to the faster/up-tempo version of the song: "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> The lyrics, "Nobody gets me like you" was so fitting, Max really understood Steph. Carley Stenson (Steph) rocks! She rocked that whole funeral episode. It must have been so hard to carry on sining and crying at the same time. I don't know how she did it. She was in-tune for most of her singing too, while crying at the same time. She also looked authentically devastated, she looked a mess, how anyone in the situation would look. OB actually left in February. He came back to be Max's best-man at his wedding to Steph. OB left to follow Summer, the woman he fell in love with to London, where she had moved. This is his goodbye to Max and Tom in February. If you notice, OB quoted a line Max said in this episode in the eulogy that Steph read for him. Darren Jeffries (OB) and Matt Littler (Max) decided to leave together, but for story purposes, Bryan Kirkwood (HO's EP) had OB leave a few months before Max. I guess for dramatic reasons. This is a Max/OB tribute video, for all of you not familiar with them. If you look at the first scene, you seem them as young kids/teens. Their friendship was a pivotal part of Hollyoaks for 11 years.

The following episode, OB's last day and final farewell to Hollyoaks is also up! I love the end credits, where they show a montage of Max and OB clips over the years. Those two really grew up on this show, which makes their loss so painful to me. As I said before, they helped raise Tom together, now Tom has neither of them. But I love how far Steph's come from that self-absorbed and petty girl, Max's love really changed her for the best. I'm glad she'll be taking care of Tom. Hollyoaks - OB's Last Day 11.07.08 - Part 1 Hollyoaks - OB's Last Day 11.07.08 - Part 2

YAY! The funeral episode is up! Hollyoaks - Max's Funeral 10.07.08 - Part 1 Hollyoaks - Max's Funeral 10.07.08 - Part 2 Hollyoaks - Max's Funeral 10.07.08 - Part 3