Hollyoaks spoilers: Monday 26 – Friday 30 July 2021

Monday 26th July

• Writer: Jonathan Boam
• Director: Suzanne Readwin

The McQueens are delighted to have Mercedes back as she returns following her stay in a psychiatric hospital. She’s in good spirits, but her husband, Sylver, still has baby fever, and she soon breaks the news that kidnapping Diane’s baby has made her not want to have a baby anymore. Later, her step-daughter Cher gets back to her meddling ways and encourages Tony to go and see Mercedes, knowing it will overwhelm her. Later, Mercedes makes a shocking discovery.

Trish is delighted that she’s able to get her dance team back into the competition after last week’s disaster, and she has a big ask for Ste…

Brooke starts to question their relationship with Imran, and a conversation with Ripley makes them come to a realisation.

Still clueless about the real reason for the party, Romeo invites Juliet to his surprise birthday party Their mum, Donna-Marie tries to invite herself, but to no avail. Feeling sorry for her, Juliet gives her an idea to win him over…

Tuesday 27th July

• Writer: Katie Lythgow
• Director: Suzanne Readwin

After Mercedes’ shocking discovery yesterday, she is now convinced that she didn’t take baby Eva, but is she pointing the blame at the wrong person? Meanwhile, Sylver gets some bad news from the fertility clinic.

Later, Peri overhears a conversation Mercedes is having and gets the wrong end of the stick, resulting in the revelation that Cher was the one who framed Mercedes for kidnapping baby Eva…

Donna-Marie is scrambling to sort out a last-minute gift for Romeo after her original surprise fell through, but advice from James makes her realise that its not the most important thing. Later, she discovers that the surprise party isn’t meant for Romeo, but will she tell him…

Still trying to get under Felix’s skin, Fergus and Warren decide to buy Price Slice, so, orchestrated by the pair, the council gives Martine an official warning about the shop’s trading hours and Warren uses the importance of family to try and convince Toby that Walter and Martine should let the shop…

Wednesday 28th July

• Writer: Alanna Hallum
• Director: Suzanne Readwin

Armed with Peri’s revelation, Mercedes confronts her scheming step-daughter Cher after months of manipulation. Will Cher admit the truth, and will Mercedes tell Sylver what his daughter is really like…

As Donna-Marie sits outside The Dog, her and Goldie get into a sudden heated argument resulting in Goldie revealing that Romeo slept with Mercedes, but what will she choose to do with this information…

Fergus brings in Timmy to pose as a property release representative and talk to Walter, but it doesn’t work. After some convincing from Fergus, Warren agrees to try one more thing and they plan to rob Price Slice to scare the Devereaux family.

Brooke uses the term non-binary for the first time aloud as they have a heart to heart with Imran. Later, Brooke fills Ripley in on the day, and Ripley has an offer for them….

Thursday 29th July

• Writer: Zoë Lister
• Director: Suzanne Readwin

The plan to rob Price Slice grows riskier when Fergus suggests they rob the safe with Timmy’s help. Maxine almost finds the bag of tools but Warren snaps at her for snooping around. She reminds him it’s the anniversary of her wedding to Patrick on the following day and he offers to take her away to help her forget about it. The robbery is set to take place, but whilst Warren is in the middle of stealing from the safe, Timmy spots a police officer in the village…

Donna-Marie thinks outside of the box to win over her son, Romeo, but will she be successful…

Sylver looks into IVF, but later realises the cash from a big job he hasn’t even started on yet has gone missing…

Trying to keep Martine positive, Felix insists that they have fun. Martine mentions her wig appointment and her worries about cancer defining her, so Felix comes up with the idea, to do a wig fashion shoot. When one of the wigs reminds him of how Martine looked when they first met, they share an intimate moment.

Friday 30th July

• Writer: Thabo Mhlatshwa
• Director: Suzanne Readwin

One village resident life is in jeopardy after an altercation during the Price Slice robbery, as police try to figure out who the culprit is. When Warren is questioned by the police, Joel gives him an alibi, but later discovers that his dad, Warren was lying…

Meanwhile, martine is feeling guilty for having an intimate moment with taken Felix, and that guilty is amplified when his girlfriend, Grace gives her a gift…

Sylver is shocked to discover that money in his account is missing, and Mercedes is left scrambling for words….

The Hutch is in financial difficulty and Mandy spends her shift trying to get Tony to read a piece of paper that she’s written on which is later revealed to be an IOU for extra shifts.