The soaps kick off February in an explosive fashion, with deadly experiences and shocking reveals aplenty.
Denise Fox (Diane Parish) confronts Lucas Johnson (Don Gilet) in a heated showdown in EastEnders, but there is soon cause for concern, as they both vanish without a trace — and there is blood left behind.
Has Lucas murdered Denise?
Meanwhile, Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) is left fighting for her life in Coronation Street after she’s hit by a car while fleeing the flat — and Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) is responsible.
Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) is left seething with Jamie and Kim Tate (Alexander Lincoln and Claire King) in Emmerdale, and therefore heads up to Home Farm with a gun in hand.
Will shots be fired?
John Paul McQueen (James Sutton) is left concerned in Hollyoaks when Dean Vickers (Paul Sloss) returns to the eponymous village, and this time, he reveals George Kiss’ (Callum Kerr) true nature!
It’s all kicking off in the soaps next week and if you cannot wait to see what transpires, then we’ve got you covered with all the must-see moments below.
Coronation Street
Todd is up to his old tricks once more, as he calls Will, and gives him his next mission: force his way into Billy and Paul’s flat. Will does as he was asked. However, Summer walks in on the young lad, and she’s horrified to find him smashing up their things. She exits the flat, but she ultimately finds herself in the path of an oncoming van!
The chemistry between Nina and Asha is apparent. Asha asks Nina to meet her in Victoria Gardens, and Nina responds by telling her it’s a date. Asha gets all dressed up, but when Dev sees her, he assumes she’s got a date with a boy. Therefore, the young girl informs him that her date is actually with Nina — leaving Dev in shock.
Tyrone confides in Dev that he regrets asking Alina to move in, as he’s struggling to relax with a stranger in the house, and he is later left flustered when Alina emerges from the bathroom in nothing but a skimpy towel! Tyrone tells Alina that he’s arranged with Debbie for her to move back into the salon flat.
EastEnders
Lucas successfully persuades Chelsea to attend church with him, but things take a turn when he’s interrupted by her phone ringing. Chelsea’s plan ultimately crumbles, and Lucas refuses to go away.
Horrified to discover that Chelsea’s mysterious trip involves Lucas, Denise accuses him of manipulating their daughter. However, Lucas is shocked as he comes to realise that Denise has no idea that this is Chelsea’s idea.
As Chelsea waits with the taxi, Lucas refuses to leave. Denise assumes he’s once again let their daughter down and confronts him. Denise rants at him, launching into a tirade of her hurt and pent-up anger. Lucas finally snaps.
Vinny later tells interrupts Jack and Chelsea to reveal that he thinks something has happened at the flat, as he’s seen blood. Devastated, they rush over to see for themselves, and they find the place in a complete state — and Denise and Lucas are nowhere to be found.
Max is on a mission to get to the truth, and Sharon panics when she learns from Linda that Max is getting closer to working out who it was that attacked Ian. Sharon argues he only wants to do so in order to win Linda back, but ultimately he makes a shock announcement: it was Sharon behind Ian’s attack and Tina is innocent!
Emmerdale
Laurel desperately fights her demons, but she’s tempted by the bottle of vodka in her cupboard. An alert from a pregnancy app delivers a cruel blow, and therefore she succumbing to temptation — knocking back a glass. Nicola catches her red-handed, and Laurel opens up about the termination.
Mack forms a plan to get revenge on Jamie, and ultimately sets a trap which the young man walks right into. Jamie and Kim soon realise that they’ve been tricked, and Kim wastes little time berating her son for allowing them to end up in such a position in the first place.
Jamie becomes hellbent on revenge, and douses the farm in petrol — but little does he know that little Kyle is playing hide and seek in the barn. Will Mack find out what’s going on in time to rescue Kyle?
Moira is subsequently on the warpath, as she enters Home Farm with a gun, and Real Greg hightails it out of there as she turns the gun and pulls the trigger! Has Moira shot someone?
Hollyoaks
John Paul is left shaken when Dean returns again. Dean clarifies that he wants George back, and thus John Paul drowns his sorrows with Courtney Donovan. Having come to believe that George is with Dean, John Paul leaves a drunken jealous voicemail on the policeman’s phone — one in which he claims to be with James!
Dean refuses to leave until he speaks to George. George tells him he’s with John Paul now, but the policeman later sees John Paul talking to James, and plays the victim — delivering quite the performance. When he later runs into Dean once again, he knows exactly what to do in order to get back at John Paul.
Toby is held prisoner at The Loft by the villainous Dr Ley, who intends on dredging up Toby’s past in an effort to make him snap. Cleo investigates when she becomes worries about Toby’s disappearance, and after spotting Dr Ley outside The Loft, she enters to find a child-like Toby trapped in a makeshift prison.
Seth asks Theresa to come with him. Theresa wants to know where he’s keeping the blackmail money. Seth ultimately gives her one of two keys to a safety deposit box. However, a hand-bag mix up results in the key ending up in Goldie’s possession, and a desperate Seth shows his true colours, as he does whatever it takes to fix Theresa’s mess.
More!
- Johnny learns his condition has worsened in Coronation Street
- Billy tries to deal drugs in EastEnders
- Gabby flirts with Jamie in Emmerdale
- Summer is determined to expose Sienna’s affair in Hollyoaks
- Gail receives sad news in Coronation Street
- Vinny and Dotty share a moment in EastEnders
- Rishi is still angry at Manpreet in Emmerdale
- Victor wants Sid to get his hands dirty in Hollyoaks
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on ITV. EastEnders airs Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday on BBC One. Emmerdale airs Monday-Friday on ITV. Hollyoaks airs Monday-Friday on E4.
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