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Hollyoaks - Season 31 - Episode 38: Tue 1 Apr 2025
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00:00If you ever need someone to vent to.
00:01Tommy was saying if you ever needed a therapist.
00:04Oh, I mean, I can do.
00:06Rex, your phone's ringing.
00:08I know you've been helping, Grace.
00:10You're a dead man walking.
00:14Me and Ro had a little chat earlier, didn't we, May?
00:16And he swore to me that Arlo isn't the one doing the bullying.
00:19You really can't see what's going on right in front of your own eyes, can you?
00:22Ro?
00:23How do you believe me?
00:24That's razor glass to the man of the hour.
01:05You get away from my son.
01:07Diane was right about him all along.
01:08He's a bully.
01:09Are you seriously trying to justify hitting a child?
01:11Hey, he's been victimising my kids for months.
01:13Messages, threats, abuse.
01:14You have completely broken Arlo.
01:17He's the reason that Oscar got stabbed.
01:19Why didn't you tell me?
01:20And Rose trying to defend himself against you, you spiteful little rat.
01:23You can shut it and all.
01:25Hey, Marie, you don't understand.
01:26No, you don't understand.
01:28You've just hit a little boy.
01:30Your own stepson.
01:32And now you want me to stand here and you want me to believe all the made-up reasons that
01:36you were right.
01:37Why don't we just go home?
01:39Don't touch me.
01:40I'll rip your arm off, I mean it.
01:45Mum.
01:46Oh, sweetheart, it's okay.
01:48It's all right.
01:49Listen, you don't need to be upset, all right?
01:51This was not your fault.
01:52Yeah, it is.
01:53He's a bully.
01:54And a crybaby.
01:55Just leave him.
01:56Marie, wait.
01:59Ro.
02:02I'm so sorry I didn't see this sooner.
02:06Ro.
02:06So, just give him some space, yeah?
02:10Maybe go and sort that out.
02:16Do you fancy...
02:19I'd take away...
02:22This phone rang in your pocket.
02:26I answered it.
02:29Freddy Roscoe says you're a dead man walking.
02:32Oh, that's weird.
02:34Get off me.
02:36How stupid am I?
02:38You promised that you were going back on the straight and narrow.
02:41Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait.
02:42Are you sure you heard right?
02:43Yeah, I know what I heard, Rex.
02:45Well, I'm sorry to bring it up, but...
02:47You know, it's not the first time that you've imagined things.
02:50Wait, you're just trying to say that I'm real, obviously.
02:52No, I just...
02:53You know, this phone's ancient.
02:56Yeah, I forgot I even had it.
02:58See, look, no call since forever.
03:04What?
03:04I'm sorry, Steve.
03:07No.
03:08No, because I remember what it feels like to not trust your own mind,
03:11and it didn't feel like that, okay?
03:12It doesn't feel...
03:15I don't understand.
03:19And that was it.
03:20You just slapped them.
03:21Right in front of everyone.
03:22Well, what did Tony say, Arlo, did?
03:24What difference does it make?
03:25Erm, listen, if someone was bullying Daniel or Clara from once on end, then...
03:29What, you just hit them?
03:30It's like a reflex, innit?
03:31It's your child.
03:33Oh, Tommy.
03:35Asking if you want to start therapy.
03:40Oh, good!
03:41There you are.
03:43You can have that.
03:44Marie.
03:44You hit my child in the face.
03:46Yeah, only to protect mine.
03:48If you'd have seen Ro at that party when Arlo said his name,
03:50the fear in his eyes, he was shaking.
03:53But Diane told me, and I didn't want to believe it,
03:54and then I saw it.
03:55And I saw how badly I let my son down.
03:58This bully just standing there, smiling and laughing.
04:00Marie, I'm sorry, but what I did was just pure instinct.
04:02Arlo is not a bully, okay?
04:04He's in pieces.
04:05He's humiliated and he's hurt.
04:07Yeah, but now he knows how Ro feels.
04:08So what, is this tit for tat?
04:10Arlo's just a little kid.
04:12You're supposed to be a man.
04:14Some man you are.
04:15Don't you see his history repeating itself?
04:17You were blind to what he did.
04:18Now you're doing the same with Arlo.
04:19Even if he was a bully,
04:21you hitting him is beyond out of order, all right?
04:25And he's not.
04:26Do you know what?
04:27I can't even be in the same room as you.
04:29You make me sick.
04:29Come on, Marie.
04:30We worked so hard to get here.
04:31We just celebrated our engagement.
04:33What engagement?
04:35I spent years of my life in a relationship with a violent thug.
04:40And I will not spend a single second in another.
04:45Now get out of my house.
04:49Ro?
04:50Ro, are you out here, love?
04:52Diane, how's the party?
04:57Is everything okay?
05:00No, Miss Bed.
05:01Arlo's been bullying Ro and Tony has just gone and slapped him in front of everyone.
05:05Oh my goodness.
05:06So Ro's run off to the toilet, but now he's just disappeared.
05:10I've let him down, again.
05:13You know, mums are meant to do anything for the kids.
05:15And I let him go and live with us, bully.
05:18You weren't to know.
05:19You know, that poor kid's been going through all of this on his own.
05:22And now he's got even more to cope with.
05:23And I don't even know where he is.
05:25You could go back to the Lomaxes and wait for him there.
05:28There's no way I'm ever going back to Monty's police.
05:31And Ro definitely isn't.
05:32And the dog's still a building site, so...
05:35We've got no way.
05:38Hey.
05:40You can stay at ours for a night or two.
05:43Really?
05:44Yeah.
05:46Miss Bed, thank you.
05:47It's okay.
05:48Right, but first I'd better go and find Ro.
05:50Yes.
05:50I'll see you in a minute.
05:51Okay.
05:52Bye.
05:58I got your text.
05:59Why, do you want to meet me here?
06:01Why, do you think?
06:02I needed somewhere discreet so I could give you a piece of my mind.
06:05You need to leave town.
06:07Like you said you would.
06:08And don't you dare threaten me again if you know what's good for you.
06:12The phone was yours.
06:15Well, you didn't know.
06:18It was you Grace called that night.
06:20You helped frame Mercedes for killing eight.
06:22Yeah, but I...
06:23No, I didn't.
06:24She didn't.
06:25I...
06:25No.
06:29It's really no.
06:30Don't let me go.
06:32That's all your sister gets here.
06:33You can both tell me the truth about how you frame Mercedes.
06:37Hey, Leela.
06:39Just a quick voice message.
06:41Did you get my text?
06:43Has Joel changed his mind about therapy,
06:45only I'd really love him to come and see me for some counselling.
06:49We could really dig into his life and maybe you could...
06:54give him a nudge
06:56and, um...
07:09If you want something done,
07:12do it yourself.
07:16Dave, maybe he's gone back to the hutch.
07:19Ro?
07:20Oh, he's here.
07:22Are you okay?
07:24Sorry.
07:25I just...
07:26I needed to be alone after...
07:28Yeah.
07:29I know he's been on a big scene now.
07:31I'm really sorry.
07:33So am I.
07:35Ro, I let you down.
07:37I brought Arlo into her life and I didn't listen to your mum when she tried to tell me the
07:41truth.
07:42And there's no need to be scared anymore, yeah?
07:45Did you think I'd be grateful?
07:47You've just made everything a million times worse.
07:50Doing that to Arlo in front of all those people.
07:52What, the bullying's going to stop now?
07:54Oh, what, cos you've sorted it?
07:55By hitting him?
07:56Like, that's the right thing to do?
07:58After everything Arlo's done.
08:01After he told me to kill myself.
08:02You said what?
08:04Yeah.
08:05It's a sick, mean bully.
08:08But, and then we all piled in on you when Oscar got hurt.
08:12You see, I can't imagine what you've been through, okay?
08:15And I'm so sorry.
08:17Blame you.
08:18It was my stupid choice to carry the knife.
08:21But I wouldn't have done it if it weren't for Arlo.
08:24Now it's my dad done.
08:25Gone and made him a victim.
08:27It was just instinct.
08:28I was defending you.
08:30I was helping you.
08:31I thought I was finally putting you first.
08:33Put me first?
08:34No.
08:35Now I'm just the boy with a violent dad.
08:38Everyone will say it runs in the family.
08:40That'll really help me when I'm being sentenced for stabbing Oscar.
08:43You know, Arlo could report this.
08:44You get done for assault.
08:45How would that help anyone?
08:48Come on.
08:50I'm going to fix this.
08:53I promise.
09:00This hurts.
09:01Let me go.
09:03Not until you both tell me the truth about what you did and get Mercedes off.
09:06Keep it there.
09:07I like it.
09:09What?
09:09Look, why on earth would I want to help you save Mercedes, right?
09:12Just because you're playing silly monkeys with my brother.
09:14I can do a lot worse to him if you don't fess up.
09:16Grace, stop him.
09:18Hello?
09:19Hey, my car could do the service.
09:23What's going on here?
09:24It's just a tiny problem with an invoice, right?
09:26Nothing to worry about, detective.
09:27Except for these two criminal maniacs.
09:29They frame Mercedes for Abe's murder.
09:32Mercedes confessed on her crime.
09:33Only because she thought she was dying.
09:34She didn't want you going after the women that Abe abused.
09:37These two killed him.
09:38What?
09:38You're wrong.
09:39Tell him the truth.
09:40Please, don't hurt me.
09:41Stop that.
09:42What's wrong with you?
09:43Nothing.
09:44But I'm not letting this go.
09:47Hey, hey, hey, hey.
09:48Listen.
09:49You're back.
09:50Is Vicky back too?
09:51Search me.
09:52What?
09:53So she never left with you?
09:54Where is she?
09:55I don't know.
09:56But I know Mercedes is innocent.
09:59And these two are killers.
10:05Tony, don't do anything stupid.
10:08You know what they say?
10:09Today's news is tomorrow's chip paper.
10:12Yeah, well, not for me.
10:13I always put my chips on the side in an enamel pot.
10:16Besides, I made real promise.
10:25Listen, can I have a word?
10:27Detective.
10:28Sorry.
10:29Um, I'm here to hand myself in.
10:50Woo, that is a bummer.
10:52Mate.
10:53Hey, at least they left tonight.
11:08Hello?
11:10Hi, my name's Joel Dexter.
11:11You, um, left a note on my car about knocking my wing mirror off.
11:15Joel.
11:16It's Tommy.
11:18Leela's therapist.
11:19What coincidence?
11:20Oh, hi.
11:22I can't believe it was your car I hit.
11:24I'm really sorry.
11:26I was on my bike going way too fast.
11:28I'll pay for the damage, obviously.
11:30Yeah.
11:31In fact, why don't we sort it out right now?
11:34I'm in the market.
11:35Look to your left.
11:43And so today, I found out that Arlo Fielding's the one that's been bullying my son Roe.
11:48He's been belittling him and persecuting him.
11:51And so, so I hit him.
11:56You're confessing to assault?
11:58Yeah, I wanted to report it now before anyone else and explain why, you see.
12:04Arlo told Roe that he should take his own life.
12:07I mean, he's the reason Roe was carrying a weapon, even though he knows it's wrong.
12:10He's why Oscar Osborne ended up getting stabbed.
12:13But Arlo's a criminal here, not me.
12:15And certainly not my son.
12:18Well, Roe's a hero.
12:20And he's way stronger than the rest of us.
12:24We'll have to investigate your assault of a minor.
12:27But I will look into the harassment you've reported.
12:30You can do whatever you want to me.
12:32But you need to drop all the charges against Roe now and arrest Arlo.
12:36It's on you to assault this.
12:40And normally I'm very safe on the road, but you know what it's like when your head's somewhere else but
12:43your bicycle isn't.
12:44Yeah.
12:45Listen, I reckon it's going to end up being about £100 for that minute, you know.
12:48Is that OK?
12:49Yeah.
12:53I've left my wallet at home and I don't have my band cap set up yet.
12:57Right.
12:57Can you pop round tomorrow?
12:59Lena's got my address.
13:00Sure.
13:01Steve!
13:03I look forward to it.
13:04You OK, mate?
13:06I thought going for a walk might help, but it hasn't.
13:08Do you remember when I was imagining things?
13:11Well, I think...
13:13It's just, it doesn't feel the same as last time, so I've...
13:15Have you booked an appointment?
13:17Right, well, look, I'm sorry, mate, I've got loads on, OK?
13:20I mean, Tony's hit Arlo and I need to go and get Clara.
13:24Tony's what?
13:25Look, just phone Leela, right?
13:27Or speak to Ricks.
13:28Did you really just say that?
13:31Get out of here, I'll speak to Ricks.
13:35He knows what's going on and he can help me.
13:41Here you go.
13:45How are you feeling?
13:48I'm so sorry about what Tony did to you.
13:50It is totally unforgivable.
13:52And what about what Tony said?
13:54About Arlo, Bully and Roe?
13:56I mean, is that unforgivable too?
13:57Leela.
13:58Why would you be so mean?
14:00It's all right, sweetheart.
14:02You're safe now.
14:04So Tony's never going to come back here?
14:06Do you promise?
14:08I promise.
14:12I'll get it.
14:17Police.
14:18Do I need to speak to Arlo Fielding?
14:23I've got a family to think about now, Grace.
14:25Right?
14:25I've got Steve, Lucas.
14:27Yeah.
14:27And I've got Curtis.
14:28Whose mess do you think this is?
14:30And he tried to heat up his dinner and boom.
14:32You're not having to gaslight anyone.
14:35I had to make the man that I love think that he's losing his mind because Freddie called
14:40my burner.
14:40I mean, when's it going to end, Grace?
14:42I'm lying to everyone.
14:43Lying to the doctor about where I got this bruise from.
14:46Lying to Steve.
14:47I'm not even sure he bought it.
14:48Look, this'll all be worth it to make our business a success and no one will mess with
14:52us anymore.
14:54Right?
14:54In the meantime, you need to shift this spice.
14:59No!
15:00I'm not doing it, Grace.
15:01I'm putting Steve first, all right?
15:03And I'm not getting anyone else to do it either.
15:05Fine!
15:06Fine.
15:07All right?
15:07I will speak to Banks.
15:09And I will get him to let you and your mates out.
15:12Really?
15:13Yeah.
15:14I mean, you've always stood beside me and you've kept my secrets.
15:17It's about time I repaid the favour.
15:20But for now, I just need you to keep Steve quiet and, er...
15:28Only for now.
15:29Mm-hmm.
15:40Hi, it's D.A. Banks.
15:42Leave a message.
15:43Hey, it's me.
15:44Listen, the deal's still on, all right?
15:45I've managed to speak and things with Rex.
15:51It's Tony you should be talking to.
15:53He slapped my boy.
15:55We are dealing with Mr Hutchinson's crimes separately.
15:58This is just an informal chat about an accusation of harassment,
16:03intimidation...
16:04Bullying.
16:05I mean, is that illegal?
16:09Arlo would admit to bullying Roe, then.
16:11No, not bullying.
16:12It's just banter.
16:13You know?
16:15So if we go through your social media,
16:18we won't find any abusive messages?
16:24Maybe a few.
16:25But I didn't mean for it to get this bad.
16:29You did encourage Roe to take his own life, though, didn't you?
16:35What?
16:35I think you heard my question.
16:41Arlo?
16:42Did you do that?
16:44Hmm?
16:45Did you tell him to...
16:48do that?
16:51I did.
16:55But look,
16:56you need to know why.
17:03You took your time.
17:05You're on that new telly.
17:07I had to start the chaos, didn't I?
17:08You need to shift these fast.
17:12What?
17:12That you're good at this.
17:13Dealing.
17:14Yeah?
17:14Makes you a bit of cash.
17:16But I promise you,
17:17it's not gonna be forever, yeah?
17:18I promise I'm looking after you.
17:21Yeah.
17:27Dunno.
17:28Have you seen anything of Vicky lately?
17:31No.
17:33Everything all right, lad?
17:36Yeah.
17:37Yeah, fine.
17:39Hi.
17:42Where have you been?
17:44Look, I've been calling you.
17:45Look, you were spot on.
17:46Okay, I am imagining things.
17:49You getting death threats on random phones.
17:51And then Joel saying weird things about Tony.
17:54Well, I'm losing it again, aren't I?
17:57Breathe, breathe.
17:58Yeah, breathe.
17:59Shh.
18:00I got you, I got you.
18:01I always will.
18:04I'm sorry that you have to put up with this.
18:07Look, if I can deal with your Cheryl obsession,
18:09I can deal with anything.
18:12Shall we go?
18:13All right.
18:16Thanks.
18:21Yeah, this is D.I. Clark.
18:25I'm gonna need to take another look into Rex Gallagher.
18:30Miss Beth, thank you so much for this.
18:32And you won't even notice with it, yeah?
18:34Come on, kids.
18:35Put all your bags to the side.
18:36Oh!
18:39Watch what you do, I love.
18:41Sorry, Dr. Marlott.
18:42It's fine.
18:44Hey, guys.
18:45Dad!
18:45Hey.
18:47Miss Beth, thank you so much for taking us all in.
18:51Ro.
18:52You were right before.
18:53I should have never hit Harlow.
18:55So I've just been to the police and confessed.
18:58I'll probably get a fine,
18:59but the most important thing is I told them what he did.
19:01And this could help us with the Oscar Osborne case.
19:03Maybe even get us a dismissal for self-defence.
19:07I'm trying to make things right here, Ro.
19:13No, police are gonna want to talk to you.
19:15Maybe look at that phone of yours.
19:17But in the meantime,
19:18I'm gonna go and pick up Eva from a play date
19:20and bring us back some prawn linguine.
19:22What do we say, yeah?
19:23Yes, please, Dad.
19:28Mr Hutchinson, we spoke to Arlo Fielding.
19:30He admits he's been bullying Ro.
19:33But he also told us why he did it.
19:36To get back at you, Mr Hutchinson.
19:39Arlo claims you've been hitting him for months.
19:41Well, that isn't true. He's lying.
19:44I'm arresting you on suspicion of child cruelty.
19:46You do not have to say anything,
19:47but it may harm your defence if you do not mention...
19:49I'm not a child abuser.
19:50I mean, it's not true, kids.
19:52It's not true.
19:52Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
20:05To be with you next time.
20:17And this is something you do not know.
20:18Your Uncle, Dad.
20:24You
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