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Hollyoaks 2nd February 2026
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00:00What were you doing at my support group anyway?
00:02Look, I'm in recovery.
00:03If he pleases guilty and owns up to what he's done takes responsibility then maybe
00:07one day you could get your son back.
00:08Plead guilty?
00:09If you come and see me, can I think about him?
00:11We can take this to trial.
00:12You just need to plead not guilty.
00:14My family here, a big discussion about why he'd all went wrong.
00:19What's the least that can happen?
00:20You told me that you were having intrusive thoughts about hurting him.
00:23I would never hurt Joseph.
00:25Can you be a hundred percent sure?
00:29No.
00:30Come and talk to me again.
00:31share
00:34want
00:36Oh
00:38No
00:44do
00:48Right here! Right there! Right here!
01:04Auntie Mary, are you back?
01:06Of course I am. Family's falling apart without me.
01:09Hey.
01:10Henry.
01:11You all right, love?
01:12You heard about Mercedes then?
01:13No, Cleo. Why, what's up with Mercy?
01:18Why are you taking an L? Psychiatric assessment for Cleo's own welfare.
01:25Please don't ask me if I hurt Joseph. I just... I just can't trust myself.
01:40Sorry, please.
01:42Whoa, whoa, whoa. What's the rush?
01:44It's the past day.
01:48Addicted to anxiety meds.
01:50Drugs, again, ruining this family.
01:52Yeah, well, she is in therapy, which is obviously a good thing.
01:54That's why she's asked us to go visit her today.
01:56Yeah, well, she didn't ask me to go.
01:58Yeah, well, that's the whole point of rehab. Anything toxic, you get rid of it.
02:02Well, we'll all be there, right?
02:04Well, don't do that!
02:05He reads books anyway.
02:06People with more than one functioning brain cell.
02:09Give her this, will you?
02:10But I don't want her feeling like she's alone in there.
02:12Well, she's not, is she?
02:14Because she's got us, a family.
02:16Where are you going?
02:17I've got to sort Cleo first.
02:20And then I'll sort Mercy.
02:22And you lot.
02:23Steve will be so mad if he knew he went to go see Lucas.
02:26I did it for him!
02:27If Lucas be guilty, Steve won't have to testify against him.
02:31That's why Steve has to go now.
02:33Show him if he does the right thing.
02:34He might not lose his family.
02:36Steve's not going to go visit his son!
02:38Hey!
02:39What's going on?
02:40Did you know he went to go see Lucas yesterday?
02:44He said sorry for missing your birthday.
02:46How sweet.
02:50Look, if Steve would just go and see him too.
02:52Look, you don't need my permission to go and change Steve's mind.
02:55You never asked for it before.
02:57And I'm not asking for it now.
03:00Rex, I'm asking for your help.
03:02To persuade him.
03:03Hey.
03:07You alright?
03:08Thank you for coming.
03:11Yeah.
03:12I brought you a tea sandwich.
03:13Didn't know if you'd eat it.
03:15Liv's busy looking after Sophie and Cleo's being assessed by the doctors
03:18and they're keeping Joseph in paediatrics.
03:20I mean, he seems fine, but they just keep testing him and testing him and testing him.
03:26You don't really think Cleo was hurt?
03:29Honestly, I don't know.
03:31I don't know.
03:32I just feel like my little family's falling apart.
03:35See ya.
03:39I hope this is worth it.
03:40No, it will be.
03:41Look, this place is proper.
03:43Hi.
03:44I'm Dr Pierce, Mercedes therapist.
03:46Thanks for coming.
03:47Yeah, any time.
03:48Well, in fact, not any time.
03:49We're all very busy people.
03:51Me especially, I'm very busy.
03:52My boyfriend, he's going through a lot of stuff at the minute.
03:55I'm a mum.
03:56A really good mum, in fact.
03:57Not like my mum, no.
03:58She was a cow.
03:59Sammy, I get very nervous around therapists.
04:02Oh, don't be.
04:03I just want us to find a way to work together.
04:06To help Mercedes with her recovery.
04:08Are you ready?
04:09Yeah.
04:10Yeah.
04:11Yeah.
04:12Should I give her Warren's note?
04:16Look, I don't need this right now.
04:20I've got enough on me plate.
04:21Just cancel the card, will ya?
04:23You know they do anger management classes here every Thursday.
04:27I don't need them.
04:28I just need to find out why all this weird stuff keeps happening.
04:31Last night, someone ordered a round of Mai Tais in my club with my card.
04:35Right, well, obviously fraud then.
04:38I mean, come on.
04:39You, Mai Tais, never.
04:45Hi.
04:46What?
04:47You wanna tell me how I don't have a heart?
04:50Or that you're gonna blow me up to Mercedes?
04:52Well, guess what?
04:53You're too late because we've already split up.
04:55I'm sorry to hear that.
04:57How are you not?
04:58And I'm sorry for the part I played in it.
05:00Hang on a minute.
05:01Who are ya?
05:02And what have you done with that witch of an ex of mine?
05:04New year, new me.
05:07All that matters now is Joseph.
05:09Look, there's gotta be something you can do.
05:12I need to get in there today.
05:14It's urgent.
05:16The doctors seem to think that you might have been shaken.
05:19And the social workers, they're talking about an emergency care order.
05:22What if we don't get them back?
05:24Hey, you will.
05:25Okay?
05:26Of course you will.
05:27Hey, do you know Cleo?
05:28She was freaking out last week at the baby group.
05:30I really don't believe that she would hurt her baby.
05:32It's a little boy.
05:33There's not a chance.
05:34Is those cheddar?
05:39Yeah.
05:40You know I prefer Bree.
05:44Yeah.
05:45What do you think's gonna happen to Cleo now?
05:47I don't know.
05:48Honestly, I don't.
05:51Oh, Myra.
05:52Thank-thank you so much for coming.
05:53Well, I didn't have much choice after what you said over the phone.
05:56Are you sure?
05:57Well, I am next of kin so I need to see her before we make any decisions.
06:06Okay, I think the doctors are gonna decide.
06:08But she's gonna need you to be here when it...
06:11When it happens.
06:13When what happens?
06:15I really think they're gonna section Cleo.
06:18Your recovery doesn't end when you leave here.
06:23It keeps going back at home.
06:25That's why family support is so important.
06:29None is this.
06:30What's been going on is my fault.
06:32I've never even seen these anxiety pills.
06:34If anyone says I have, they're lagging.
06:37Sorry, I'm still a bit nervous I think.
06:40Let's start this way.
06:42What hopes do we all have for Mercedes recovery?
06:48I'll go.
06:49She just breaks my heart.
06:52To know that she's been going through what I have and I...
06:56I just wanted to get clean and sober.
06:59Find some happiness.
07:02I just want you to live your best life.
07:07Look, I want Mercedes to know how important she is to us all.
07:10But it's like a mixed sword, you know, a double-edged blessing.
07:17When Mercedes does something, it affects us all.
07:21And then when Mercedes messes up, it messes us all up big time.
07:26So you think making amends is an important part of a recovery?
07:29Amends? What for?
07:31For bringing Warren Fox into our lives.
07:34Look, if he's not tearing us apart, then he's ending us.
07:38Babe.
07:40Well, you can't deny that you make bad choices, miss.
07:43I mean, look where you are now.
07:45I'm here cos of what life's taken from me.
07:47Bobby, my miscarriage, half of my flaming coal on Goldie.
07:51I'm here cos of what them pills have done to me.
07:55I've done nothing.
07:57I don't think that's the most helpful way to look at your situation.
08:01If you're not partly responsible for reaching this point of crisis, who is?
08:10Her.
08:22Do you think I should be objecting?
08:24No, not at all.
08:26I know how serious psychosis can be.
08:28What they're doing is they're just making sure that she's got the help that she needs.
08:32Yeah.
08:34Although I really don't think she's psychotic, I really don't.
08:37I mean, she's taking her medication.
08:41This is all my fault.
08:43I thought that I could just take care of it all by myself.
08:46How stupid was that?
08:47Hey.
08:48At least you're getting a proper treatment now.
08:51Sienna.
08:53You never answered me before.
08:56Do you think that Cleo could hurt Joseph?
08:59I mean, the way that she was.
09:04The postpartum psychosis, the hallucinations.
09:08I mean, the things that she really thought that she was seeing and hearing.
09:12And now all these dark thoughts she's having.
09:14Yeah.
09:15Yeah.
09:17Yeah, I think that she hurt our boy.
09:21You do?
09:25When we were kids, mum were always off with her latest fella or dealing with another comp or claim.
09:33So we all had to grow up pretty quick.
09:36As soon as I was a teenager.
09:39I got out partying.
09:41Drinking.
09:42Meeting men.
09:43That's the addiction that's landed you in here.
09:46Five marriages.
09:48Countless relationships.
09:49God knows how many quickies behind the bin.
09:51And I tell you what.
09:52Warren Fox has been the worst of the lot.
09:55Warren got me in here, mum.
09:56What have you done?
09:57Warren don't poo rainbows.
09:58He took my hunter from me.
10:00Warren's done a lot of stuff, Goldie, but we're over now, so watch your beef.
10:03Till you can't keep your legs crossed again.
10:05Guys, can we stop?
10:06We're supposed to be a family.
10:08Families do have conflicts.
10:10And it's healthy to explore them.
10:12With kindness.
10:14Kindness.
10:17You're right.
10:19I weren't the perfect mum.
10:21And you did have to grow up before you were ready, but...
10:24Being a grown up means taking responsibility for yourself.
10:28I know that, mum.
10:30Do you?
10:31Because if you don't admit to your mistakes, then being in rehab is about as much good as teats on a bull.
10:38I wouldn't use those words exactly, but Mercedes, until you can hold yourself accountable, your progress in here is going to be limited.
10:46I am ready.
10:48Ready to say sorry for any hurt you've caused to those closest to you?
10:53Are you here?
10:57Well, I am.
10:59I am so sorry, Max.
11:02That I wasn't here for you.
11:05And I wasn't the mum you needed.
11:08I could have been a better brother.
11:11You always look out for me and I try and pay it forward, so...
11:15I could try harder.
11:17Do you know what?
11:20I'm sorry as well.
11:22I should have seen how you were slugging it.
11:25So should I, I am.
11:27I shouldn't keep blaming you for what Warren's done.
11:30I'm sorry, Merce.
11:32I'm sorry.
11:37And I don't want to be like this anymore.
11:41I want to be a better person, a better mum.
11:48I just want to be better.
11:52Absolutely no way.
11:54Maybe if you go see Lucas, it might persuade him to plead guilty.
11:56But it won't though, will it?
11:58All that's going to happen now, you visited him, is Lucas is going to feel great.
12:02Dylan likes me again, so you know what I'm going to do?
12:04I'm going to plead not guilty.
12:05So I can get out of here and I can get back with him.
12:07Yeah, I mean, Steve's got a point.
12:09He needs to face the consequences, whether he's hurting or not.
12:12But that's the point.
12:14If Steve doesn't go and see him, Lucas is going to go to trial.
12:17Do we really want that?
12:19I want you to leave him alone, Dylan.
12:21So he can't get in your head again, or mine.
12:23Well, he didn't leave me alone.
12:24When I was drugged up.
12:26Being exploited.
12:28Pushing him away.
12:30I'm not saying that I want him released.
12:32I just...
12:34I want him to do the right thing.
12:36For you and for him.
12:39Still, you didn't see him yesterday, he was...
12:41You're right.
12:43I didn't.
12:45And you know what?
12:47I never will.
12:48We've made great progress.
12:50But long-term, Mercedes is going to need a home that's free from drugs and alcohol.
12:59Can you all commit to that?
13:01No problem, I know.
13:03Absolutely.
13:05After today, I'm feeling optimistic.
13:07And so should you.
13:11Thanks, everyone.
13:12Oh, thank you.
13:14Thanks.
13:16Bye, babe.
13:17Come on.
13:19Play well.
13:20I'm so glad you've seen the light, love.
13:39I love you.
13:41I love you too.
13:43Take care of yourself.
13:44Mm-hmm.
13:54Miss.
13:56Warren wanted to give you this, hmm?
13:59You were growing up, so you decide if you want to read it.
14:11Saw your text.
14:12Got another idea about Steve and Lucas?
14:15No, it's, um...
14:18It's about all of you, actually.
14:21I've been wondering what to do with Grace's inheritance, and, um...
14:26I remembered she asked me to do something.
14:30Help traffic some teens?
14:32On her deathbed.
14:35She wanted to say sorry.
14:37To you, Frankie.
14:39So I'm going to do the right thing.
14:43I'm going to give you three the money.
14:45You joking?
14:47Wait, Frankie.
14:48Grace was loaded.
14:50Could quit your job.
14:52Well, yeah, I mean, I've always dreamed of going to ballet school, but the fees are just...
14:56It'll cover it.
14:57No problem.
14:59What about a penthouse?
15:01Like the one that we had in Liverpool?
15:02Eh, it might not stretch that far, but...
15:06Er, deposit.
15:08Yeah.
15:09Wait, you're being serious?
15:11I'm being serious.
15:13No.
15:16LAUGHTER
15:20What about you, Dylan?
15:22You must have dreams too.
15:24Loads.
15:26So did Lucas.
15:28And where are his dreams now?
15:29They're gone.
15:30They're gone.
15:31OK?
15:32Because of what he did, not you.
15:34You need to start living your life.
15:36And live at large.
15:38Come on!
15:39We've got all this money!
15:40Oh, Dylan!
15:41Look, chill out.
15:55Look, I'm still not stalking you.
15:56It's not that.
15:58I missed the meeting, didn't I?
16:01Could have really done with it as well.
16:02Yeah, you do look a bit of a mess, Lee.
16:04Oh, thank you.
16:05Thank you very much.
16:06Well, I suppose I'd better book another meeting, then.
16:12Why, what's up?
16:16My sister's in rehab.
16:18My family are trying to...
16:20It's just brought a lot to the surface, you know?
16:23Look, why don't you take my number, then?
16:25If you can't find another meeting, just message me.
16:28Maybe I can help.
16:32Thanks.
16:34But you said yourself you weren't sure if you harmed him.
16:37I hoped I was being paranoid.
16:38I hoped you, of all people, would know that I would never hurt Joseph.
16:43You're saying you don't know?
16:46Sienna, you're going to have to look after him if I get sectioned.
16:49I mean, the questions that the doctors were asking me
16:52and my history of psychosis...
16:54OK, but maybe it's for the best if you still need help.
16:58I'm going to be separated from you both again.
17:01Cleo.
17:03I'm...
17:05I'm so sorry I wasn't here for you.
17:08I will be a better auntie, I promise.
17:14Cleo, can we have a word?
17:16I'm private.
17:18No, you can say it in front of my family.
17:19We want to admit you to an inpatient psychiatric ward for further treatment.
17:26To keep you safe and to support you, Cleo.
17:29You're sectioning me.
17:31I love you. I love you.
17:33I love you.
17:35I love you so much.
17:37And I love Joseph.
17:39If you tell him that, tell him mum is sorry,
17:42everything is going to be OK, I promise you.
17:43It will be there for you, don't worry.
17:47Cleo, I love you.
17:58The three of them, they were... they were so happy.
18:03And now they know how badly you wanted to make amends.
18:06I just hope that I made you happy too.
18:14Yeah.
18:18Happy.
18:26Sadie's all right?
18:28She will be.
18:37Pretty stuff.
18:39You've got more money.
18:41No.
18:44I actually came to give these back.
18:46Steroids aren't for me.
18:48Like one of many else.
18:50But wait!
18:52You're under arrest!
18:54I was suspicious of supplying control of drugs!
18:57I'm not a dealer!
18:58I'm not a dealer!
18:59I'm not a dealer!
19:01I'm not a dealer!
19:03I'm not a dealer!
19:05Merce, you are being a hero for our girls.
19:08And I'll always love you for that.
19:12Brewing up?
19:15You OK?
19:17Do I look OK?
19:19What's wrong?
19:20Everything.
19:22You can talk to me if you want.
19:24I don't even know you.
19:26Well, my mum used to always say that a stranger's just a friend you've not met.
19:33OK?
19:34What are you having?
19:37Free sugars and lots of milk.
19:39Free sugars?
19:41Sweet tooth like me.
19:51Someone tells me we're gonna be good friends.
19:55I'm so glad to see you.
19:56I'm so glad to see you.
19:57If you want some of the things you did in my mind,
19:58I'm so glad to see you in a room.
20:20We need you, too.
20:22See you later?
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