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Hollyoaks - Season 32 - Episode 20: Wed 18 Feb 2026
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00:00You'll let a criminal gang use our school as a drugs kitchen.
00:03I'm sorry, but I have to terminate your contract.
00:05You'll never teach again.
00:09Vic.
00:10Hello?
00:11Get off me!
00:12Vicky?
00:13Are you okay?
00:14Vic!
00:16Savage.
00:17This just arrived for you.
00:18I'm longing me at prison.
00:20Hello, Dodger.
00:21I hear you've made an arrest.
00:22Sully, T, I need you to close all the curtains and don't let anyone leave the ass.
00:27Why? What's going on?
00:27Your lives are in danger.
00:32I'm back.
00:34What do you want me to do?
01:07It's very simple.
01:08I want you to get Smithy out of the station before he talks.
01:12Sully, you know I can't do that.
01:14You don't have a choice.
01:16I've got people outside your girlfriend's house.
01:22And don't try anything stupid, because I'll know.
01:25I've got your phone tapped and eyes everywhere, so don't test me.
01:30Okay?
01:32What do you mean?
01:33How can I make this any clearer?
01:35Dodger says there's a threat outside and we need to stay away from the windows.
01:38Theresa?
01:39You're ridiculous.
01:40Nancy, I can't leave!
01:42Yeah, I can.
01:45The board of government is a...
01:49I'm okay.
01:51I'm okay.
01:52Now do you believe me?
01:55Vicky, I'm getting really worried now.
01:57Just call me, please.
02:14Theresa's calling me.
02:16Answer it.
02:19Tate, you okay?
02:21They've got a gun.
02:22Nancy, open the door and someone's shot.
02:25Um, okay.
02:27Okay.
02:28I want you to listen to me.
02:31I've got the doors.
02:32Stay there until I can get you.
02:34You're the girl.
02:36I love you.
02:37It's gonna be alright.
02:40Jumpy little thing, isn't she?
02:42Lucky that was just a warning shot.
02:44I've got Smithy in the interview room.
02:47Hold all my calls.
02:51Get rid of it.
02:53The note in your left hand.
02:55Get rid of it.
02:57I told you not to do anything stupid.
03:02Wondering who you can trust?
03:05No one.
03:07So get a move on.
03:12Hey, Vic.
03:16Dad?
03:18What is it?
03:20What's wrong?
03:21So these men have me.
03:24They told me to tell you to do exactly what they say.
03:31Vic!
03:32Vic!
03:34You know, this is all down to you two.
03:37The situation was completely out of our control.
03:40No, I don't accept that.
03:41You might not have had control, but you still had a choice.
03:44And yet again, John Paul makes the wrong one.
03:47And this time, we might not get out of this alive.
03:49Do you know what?
03:49Come on.
03:51Can you just sit down and see?
03:53No, I'm not gonna listen to you just because Teresa is hiding upstairs.
03:56You know what?
03:57We all have families that we might never speak to again.
04:00You know, we all have kids.
04:02I'm gonna give Matthew a call.
04:03If you don't sit down, they're gonna get you.
04:11Did I tell you he's been offered a place at a school in Switzerland for gifted children?
04:15Look, everyone, just try not to panic.
04:17Dodger will be here soon.
04:20Please don't make me say, if you do, my life will be at risk.
04:26What I've got is a police force riddled with corrupt officers.
04:31So we're gonna sit here, rake over the details until I've got enough to put you all away.
04:38Now, how did you get to be in Sully's pay?
04:45Sir, this ain't a drill, there's a fire.
04:48Possible attempt on this one.
04:49I'll take him to a secure location.
04:50Okay, let's go.
04:54Move!
05:02Get him! Sully's got my Vicky.
05:17Okay.
05:18I've done what you wanted.
05:27Another instruction.
05:29Which is?
05:33No.
05:35Donnie, please!
05:36Put that back in.
05:38Tell Sully we'll do exactly what he wants.
05:48Missed or stupid faces?
05:51I think about them all the time.
05:55Oh, poor family, eh?
05:58We've already lost so many.
06:01I'm gonna go check on Theresa.
06:07Why don't you try Matthew again?
06:11What's the point?
06:13I've hardly spoken to him since he left.
06:15And now that he's moving to Switzerland,
06:17it's just gonna be even harder, isn't it?
06:23He's never had that with me.
06:27I've never been a good dad, mate.
06:30Truth is,
06:32I think he's ashamed of me.
06:35Why would he be?
06:38Because I'm a lonely, middle-aged alcoholic.
06:41And now I'm facing a load of criminal charges.
06:43I mean, would you want to be around me?
06:46No, I've...
06:47I've failed him.
06:49Me?
06:50Because I'm a failure.
06:57You're talking about a man's life, Dom.
06:59You're more aware of that, don't you?
07:01Well, they've got eyes on Theresa,
07:02and they've got my daughter.
07:03What choice do we have?
07:04Boys, you don't have to do this.
07:05Shut up, Smithy.
07:06What, please?
07:07You said shut it!
07:14Okay.
07:16Let's do it.
07:29Look at me, Prince.
07:31Eh?
07:32I'm no parent, am I?
07:35All I do
07:37is go from one toxic relationship
07:39to another.
07:45I often wonder
07:46what would have happened
07:47if
07:47I hadn't come out.
07:52Or if I'd married someone else.
08:01Come on.
08:03Sit down.
08:05I've been calling out
08:07I want the ones to know
08:10Got to let it show
08:12Oh, yes!
08:13There's a new me coming out
08:15And I've just had to live
08:18And I want to be
08:20I completely fall to tears
08:22I've lived this time around
08:24Oi!
08:27I was enjoying that!
08:28I can't hear myself think.
08:30Then do what the rest of us do,
08:31and don't.
08:31Don't tarnish us with your brush
08:33because of mints.
08:35Erm, I'm not the airhead
08:36in the family.
08:36We all know who that is.
08:38Hello, beautiful people!
08:41Oh, there you go.
08:47What have you done to your face?
08:48Er, arguing with the carb on it.
08:50Hmm.
08:53Hi.
08:54Sushi jump-all.
08:56It's mine, that.
08:57Don't you go thinking about nicking it.
08:59It was a present from my gym.
09:03Oh, jump on!
09:04When are you booking in for your tattoo?
09:06I've designed a really good one.
09:07It's Matthew Jesus,
09:09and I was going to put it right across your chest.
09:10No, I'm not.
09:11I don't want a tattoo.
09:13Babe, you know how I feel about all these doodles.
09:21Oh, you're late.
09:22Oh, I got talking to Darren.
09:25You know, it's really not that annoying
09:26once you get to know him.
09:27Why am I in Sienna?
09:28I'll never know.
09:29Hey, baby.
09:29Well, I hope you're not thinking of doing the dirty
09:31on your new husband.
09:32Never.
09:34Look, dinner's nearly ready.
09:36I'm going to nip up and get Matthew, all right?
09:37Okay.
09:40Hey, will you get our Jackie and Nana
09:42on the Zoom after tea?
09:45Okay, boomer.
09:46Will you stop calling it the Zoom?
09:48Yeah, of course I will.
09:50Matthew, come on, buddy.
09:53Everything okay?
09:56Yeah, he won't open his door.
10:04Well, er, there's Matthew holed up in there
10:08and, er, the rest of the motley crew downstairs.
10:14That gives me and you a bit of, er,
10:18alone time.
10:28What the hell?
10:32What are you doing?
10:43So you're imagining what your life would be like
10:45if you'd never come out?
10:46I mean, that's crazy.
10:48One, there is no world where you and me end up married
10:50and, two, even if you'd never come out,
10:54how could you think that your sexuality
10:55could in any way be an issue in bringing up Matthew?
10:58I'm just trying to make sense
10:59of where everything went wrong with him.
11:01It'll be okay, you know.
11:03You're only saying that
11:05cos we're holed up in here.
11:06You've gone from hating me
11:07to being kind to me.
11:11I could never hate you, John Paul.
11:16Well, you'd be joining a long line of people who do.
11:19Him, for starters.
11:22And Craig.
11:24You know, Craig had to strong-arm me
11:26into being a dad.
11:28I had to be persuaded to have a child.
11:30Can you imagine that?
11:34Maybe that's where it all went wrong.
11:38What if I'd never had Matthew?
11:43Get off it!
11:44Mum, it's just a beer!
11:46Come on!
11:46You are not drinking today.
11:49Of all days.
11:50What is wrong with you?
11:52How can I face the Horticultural Society now
11:55after what you've done?
11:55Our good family reputation
11:57will be in tatters
11:58when the news gets out.
12:00Well, I can't help you.
12:01New restaurant's opening.
12:02Is Bobby there already?
12:03He's greeting the VIPs.
12:05This is such an embarrassment.
12:07No, I'll tell you what's an embarrassment, Mum.
12:09Half of this family's showing up
12:10for Hunters Art exhibition
12:11and swerving our launch.
12:15Should we be leaving
12:16with all this going on?
12:17Er, yeah.
12:19We've busted our balls
12:20for him over the years.
12:21Enough is enough.
12:28What's going on there?
12:29Stock markets rocketing, apparently.
12:33Couldn't you have stopped
12:34this from happening?
12:35John Paul?
12:36How?
12:36I don't know.
12:38You're the criminal psychologist.
12:40I could never have predicted
12:41that he'd done this.
12:42Aggravated robbery.
12:43I needed the money!
12:45Get a job.
12:47Talk to Mercedes.
12:48Ask Carmel.
12:49I don't lend to family and friends.
12:51As a rule.
12:55That is because you
12:57have strayed from the path.
12:59What has happened to my children?
13:01He's ruining his life
13:03and you, Carmel, Celine,
13:05Marguerite McQueen,
13:05turning your back on religion.
13:07I get it, okay?
13:09You're all ashamed of me.
13:11I've let the family down again.
13:12Will you just
13:13stop banging on about it?
13:15I did try to talk to him,
13:16but the problem is
13:17he's inherently selfish.
13:19I'm right here, you know.
13:21Don't worry, John Paul.
13:23I'm going to sort this all out, okay?
13:24Hey.
13:25Hey, everyone.
13:26It's John Paul.
13:27Ready to go.
13:28What do you think?
13:29Er, what's this?
13:31Oh, Darren's going to give him
13:32a lift at court
13:32because, you know,
13:33can't fit.
13:34Where he's going to be sentenced
13:35didn't go straight to jail.
13:38Jail.
13:39My son, the criminal.
13:41Do you know how this tears my heart?
13:44Oh.
13:45John Paul,
13:46it didn't have to come to this.
13:50You know,
13:50it's not too late
13:51to put things right.
13:53Matthew is a gift.
13:56Tell me honestly,
13:57if you could go back in time
13:59and change having him,
14:00would you?
14:03No.
14:04No, of course I wouldn't.
14:05Yeah, we all have demons,
14:06John Paul.
14:09But becoming a dad
14:10has made you work hard
14:11to overcome them.
14:14No-one said that being a parent
14:16was easy.
14:17In fact,
14:18it's the hardest job in the world.
14:20Well, at least it's still a job I've got
14:23now that my teaching career is over.
14:25Okay.
14:26Then you move on
14:28and you do something else.
14:31And don't you want to be someone
14:33that your son can be proud of,
14:35that he can respect,
14:36look up to?
14:39Okay, so
14:40what did you dream of doing
14:42before you became a teacher?
14:54I thought you might need a break.
14:56How's it going?
14:59Well,
15:02that editor
15:03is chasing me for the latest draft.
15:05Anne Legal have just sent me
15:06a load of notes,
15:06but apart from that,
15:07it's going really well.
15:09Well, you know it's worth
15:10all the hard work
15:11when you see your name
15:11flash up on the screen.
15:14I couldn't be more proud
15:16of you, son.
15:20Silver, again?
15:22Honestly,
15:23if I didn't know any better,
15:24I'd say he had a crush on you.
15:26Imagine.
15:26In this family?
15:28Oh, God.
15:28The only relationship drama
15:30that I have in my life these days
15:31is on the page.
15:33Yeah?
15:34My happiness.
15:35My responsibility.
15:36Exactly.
15:38Anyway,
15:38you've got your hands full
15:39with your career.
15:40And the little man.
15:42Speaking of which,
15:43Yep,
15:44I am taking him
15:45laser-questing.
15:46Don't suppose you fancy it?
15:48Yeah,
15:48you suppose right.
15:49Anyway,
15:50I've got a date with your mum,
15:51a bottle of cider
15:52and the karaoke machine.
15:54Sounds exciting.
15:55See you later.
15:57Hello, Mary.
16:07What on earth are you doing?
16:10It's like a backstruck
16:11brothel in here.
16:15They've gone!
16:16Oh, sorry.
16:17Oh!
16:18Who's gone?
16:19Oh, what?
16:20Oh!
16:23Good?
16:24Yeah.
16:28Life only gives you
16:29so many chances.
16:30You are not hidden.
16:32What if this is my last one?
16:35There's never been a moment
16:37You were forgotten
16:39You are not hopeless
16:44Though you have been broken
16:46Your innocence stolen
16:49I hear you whisper
16:53Underneath your breath
16:59I hear your rest
17:02Oh, where's your rest?
17:05Oh, where's your rest?
17:06Oh, where's your rest?
17:19Darkest night
17:20It's true
17:22I will receive
17:23Hey, buddy.
17:25Hi, Dad.
17:25Sorry I got you off before.
17:27I was game with my mate
17:28so I didn't want to have to stop.
17:29No, no, no, no.
17:29It's fine.
17:30It's fine.
17:32I've been thinking about you
17:33a lot today.
17:34I mean, I'm
17:35thinking about you
17:35a lot every day.
17:38Um,
17:40I wanted to ask you
17:41a question.
17:42Okay.
17:45I'll be your shelter
17:48When I grew up
17:51I didn't have my dad around
17:53and I think
17:54I think in hindsight
17:56I think it really affected me
17:58and I think it
17:59I think it made me really sad
18:01and, um
18:04and it breaks my heart
18:05to think that
18:07you might be going through
18:08what I went through
18:10and you might be sad.
18:12I don't know what you're saying.
18:17I want to be
18:19I want to be the father
18:20that you deserve.
18:22I want to be
18:23I want to be the father
18:25that I'm supposed to be.
18:28Um
18:31How would you feel
18:32if, um
18:35if I came to live with you
18:36in Switzerland?
18:42Matthew, are you there?
18:47Oh, it's probably
18:48a really silly idea.
18:49You don't want
18:50your old man around, do you?
18:51I do.
18:52I just wasn't expecting
18:53you to say that.
18:54I've missed you too, Dad.
18:57Really?
19:00That's amazing.
19:02That's amazing.
19:03You sure?
19:04Why are you crying?
19:05No, I'm not
19:06I'm not crying, mate.
19:08No.
19:09No, no, no.
19:10No, I'm happy.
19:12I'm
19:14I'm really, really happy.
19:15I miss you
19:16I will rescue you
19:22Oh, I will rescue you
19:30Don?
19:33Well?
19:34Smithy's back in custody.
19:36The super took him in.
19:37And?
19:37Details, Dodger.
19:39Sonny brought the stagefire
19:41as we sent him.
19:42So he thinks that Smithy's dead?
19:43He's got eyes everywhere
19:44so he's going to find out
19:45soon enough
19:46but as it stands
19:47he does, yeah.
19:49It's over.
19:50No, Don, it ain't.
19:52Sally's placated for now
19:53but the super wants answers.
19:54He's called me back in
19:55to go over what happened
19:55during the fire.
19:56Where I took Smithy,
19:57why I left.
20:00Don,
20:01we have to go to the station
20:02and tell the super the truth.
20:03I mean everything.
20:05But once he knows
20:05what we've been through
20:06he's going to back us, surely.
20:07Don't we?
20:09Donny.
20:10I broke a criminal
20:11out of custody.
20:12I'll go to prison.
20:13I don't want any more
20:13to do with this.
20:14Not anymore.
20:14I don't care.
20:15You have something
20:15to do with this
20:16and I need you.
20:17You might be willing
20:18to throw your whole life
20:19away over all of this
20:20but I ain't.
20:21Look,
20:22I'm sorry.
20:23I really am.
20:24But you're on your own.
20:34You're on your own.
20:58I don't care.
20:59You
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