Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Wednesday’s (July 22) episode that is now available to view on Channel 4 streaming. The episode in question will air on E4 on at 7pm.
Jez Blake (Jeremy Sheffield) has struck again, claiming the life of Bobby Costello (Zak Sutcliffe) in dramatic and intense scenes.
Bobby, as viewers know, was serving time in prison after killing Verity Hutchinson (Eva O’Hara) and Silas Blissett (Jeff Rawle).
He also left Sylver McQueen (David Tag) to die in a fire and almost killed DeMarcus Westwood (Tomi Ade) when he set a blaze at Price Slice.
Bobby escaped from the young detention centre a number of weeks ago and resolved to subsequently return, hoping to finish his sentence so that he could return home and live his life with mum Mercedes (Jennifer Metcalfe) by his side.
Serial killer Jez, however, complicated the situation when he murdered social worker Ian, with Bobby becoming the police’s prime suspect in the crime.
Bobby worked out Jez’s involvement courtesy of Martha (Sherrie Hewson) and the two came to some sort of twisted agreement, with Bobby assisting Jez in planting Dilly Harcourt’s (Emma Johnsey-Smith) DNA on items belonging to another victim of his – Dennis.
Bobby subsequently sought shelter at the McQueen residence, much to the shock of Mercedes, who desperately tried to get him out of the house without Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard) seeing.
After a heart-to-heart with his mum, Bobby revealed his plan to hand himself in to the police but Jez got wind of such a thing and gave chase. Tony, meanwhile, also set off to locate fugitive Bobby, still harbouring feelings of upset towards the teen given his role in Verity’s demise.
Knowing Jez was a killer, Bobby hightailed it out of dodge by stealing a cab, which broke down on the side of the road. In upsetting scenes, Jez proceeded to loom over the boy, who stumbled to the floor.
The gardener-turned-serial-killer then struck the teen with a large rock which he found nearby.
Tony, meanwhile, spotted the broken down cab – and did his best to avoid it. However, he drove over something – presumably Bobby – in the process.
Jez grinned with glee, ecstatic to have eliminated yet another threat, as he told John Paul McQueen (James Sutton) – who was asleep in the cab – that this is who he is.
Chilling.
Will Tony find himself facing the blame? And just how will Mercedes react when she learns what’s happened?
