Hollyoaks [News, Spoilers and Discussion]

1 year forward jump

FFS why is Cleo acting like a pathetic loser addict with Abe, she doesn't know him that long, again a victim

Totally shocked to hear about this

Steph Waring has confirmed on instagram that Cindy has been effectively axed

I did not expect her to be one of the 20 to get axed.

No one is safe!!

😱.😱😱

Kitty pre trans the daddy of Lizzie's kid?

ah stop the lights!!

Hollyoaks is at its best at the moment - genuinely great storylines, and quickly rotating out little used or less popular cast members in favour of returning favourites and genuinely compelling new characters. Definitely reminds me of the mid to late '00s and early '10s in term of fast paced storytelling, cast turnover, and a sense that no characters were ever safe.

After her performance the last few episodes I do think cutting Stephanie Waring from the cast is a mistake, not only because she's been there for so long, but because this is the best we've seen out of Cindy in years - it is possible they could reverse decision, and bring Cindy back after a few months (like with Grace) if the actor is willing. I do think over the past few years Cindy was becoming stale as a character though, so I can see the reasoning behind her being one of the cuts, just hoping they change their minds on that front. As a precedent though, I do think its not terrible that all the soaps are willing to lose longstanding characters, just because they've been there for so long - how many of the other soaps (especially Coronation Street) have characters who do f**k all most of the time and are fairly useless when they do get stuff to do, but are kept just because they've been in it for so long.

Last few episodes have been a great nod back to the first Hollyoaks death when Natasha Anderson died of an ecstasy overdose in 1996 - obviously there are some differences with this, as they're tying it in with Warren supplying dodgy drugs, but I appreciate the call back to the early years all the same.