hollyoaks 2010 – review of the year
In the spirit of end of year nostalgia, we thought we’d take a look at all the ways that Hollyoaks rocked our world this year.
2010 was the year of…
…a new opening sequence!
….randomness
A deeply random soap at the best of times, this year Hollyoaks cranked the randometer up to 11. Unoffensive geordie teacher Des became a racist . Gentle pudding faced pole dancer Loretta went mental. Holly was hospitalised by a wall. Jake spent a week hog tied in a caravan by a former nurse called Caroline for no discernible reason. Warren returned from the dead. Our fave random moment however occurred in early 2010 when Ravi was attacked by an invisible bee. Yes, you read that right.
…the Hollyoaks Later drinking game
…Darren’s coming of age
Seeing in the year married to an alcoholic anorexic, 2010 seemed destined to be another same old same old year for our beloved Mr Osborne. Indeed, he got punched a lot, vommed on and shagged not one but two married women – he even got stabbed. But somewhere amongst it all, things changed. We like to think it was his Henry Higgins-esque mentoring of Duncan that started it. Since then he has been rebranded, finally been forgiven by his dad and welcomed back into the Osborne home, got himself a dog, embarked on a remarkably grown up career path of accountancy and, in the latter stages of 2010, hooked up with Nancy. Aww. We hope the string vests make a come back though.
…Hollyoaks’ 15th birthday
…”is that it?”
Sadly, there were a few things that didn’t live up to our expectations. Hollyoaks Later 2o1o was a bit rubbish. Inferno Week promised much but delivered little. Even the revelation of who killed Calvin wasn’t the OMGer we’d hoped. Luckily, the year is ending with amazeballs – a three way gangster face off and a killer granddad? Yes please.
…this poster
Fucking ace.
…arrivals
- Three returning former Hollyoaks giants: Lee, Mandy and Warren
- A certain moustachioed dandy
- The Footballers Wives-esque Costellos, complete with Fritzl tribute act Carl, glamour girl Mitzeee, transgender Jasmine/Jason, gay-but-not Alfonse and killer granddad Silas
- The Sharpes, Tony’s new adoptive family. Shouty. Pouty. Prone to underage shagging.
- The O’Connors. Less fun than the Sharpes. Imagine that.
- Lyndsey. Nothing of interest to say about her.
- Two more McQueens (because we don’t have enough of them already): Bart and Angel/Kathleen Khloe
- Mum of the year Eva
- Jamil. We think he’s still in it. Hasn’t done much of late though, so maybe not.
- Leanne, Lee’s weasel faced, slightly bonkers child bride
- Fragrant good time girl Texas
- Evil lesbian Fern
- Hairy thumb Arlo
- 12 year old detective Ethan Scott
…departures
- murderous Myra Hindley lookalike Lydia
- sexual chameleon Zoe
- all of the Valentines (in one way or another)
- biscuit smashing liability Spencer
- part time anorexic Hannah
- the rest of the Ashworths, bar Rhys
- reformed (but not that much) mental Jake
- the least dysfunctional McQueen couple, Michaela and Zack
- Des the unexpectedly racist geordie teacher
- shrill transvestite Kris
- slappable douchebag Dave
- kindly, constantly bewildered looking Charlotte
- the anti Gilmore Girls mother and daughter double act Cindy and Holly
- wrongly banged up chav Gaz (who is returning!)
- reformed emo Newt
- The Roys, minus Anita
- the DILF. Boo hoo.
- chubby cheeked nutjob Loretta
- epically useless Dom
- relationship black hole Elliot
- whiney bitch Malachy
- BTM queen Steph
- poor, poor India
…bounce rate
Characters who briefly lit up our lives and quickly left:
- clingy gangster Danny Huston
- pouty hot panted Jem
- rubbish drug dealer Doug (though spoilers have it that, like Gaz, he’s coming back!!)
- glorious Savage Garden bad boy Kyle Ryder
- alien/care in the community Kevin
- saucer faced minx Veronica
- hobbit boy lover Macca
- Rerse, Des’s scary, leatherette clad sister
- dapper pensioner Alistair who swooped in, got himself a wife and swooped out again
- Blanche, Alistair’s formidable ma
- spectacularly inept, Chuckle Brothers-ish villains Liam and Nathan
and finally….
…Brendan Brady
Yes. He bestrode 2010 like a moustachioed, leather clad, perpetually hungry colossus. We love everything he says, does, wears, eats and occasionally sniffs. Thanks to him we have the greatest hollyoaks scene ever and pretty much every other scene starring him is genius. We cannot remember Hollyoaks before him – nor do we want to. Long may he reign.
What are your best Hollyoaks bits of 2010? Tell us below and our fave will win the last of the WLH alternative Hollyoaks calendars:
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cyrilandshirley
505 days ago
Just this. That Brendan Brady cocked his head on one side and decided to reel in Ste in the most magnificently planned seduction ever. And then bloody fell in love with him, giving rise to eye sex, flirty pushing, angry pushing, shouting, tears, attempts to understand each other, bed pushing, snuggling, sofa pushing, words around the Christmas tree, a date in a gay bar … and a moider. And my life became a megawatt brighter. I kid you not.
welovehollyoaks
486 days ago
@cyrilandshirley your 2010 best bit is our fave because, obviously, we agree – STENDAN 4 EVA – so a WLH alternative hollyoaks calendar is yours! just drop us your address to welovehollyoaks@gmail.com and we’ll pop it in t’post
mia
505 days ago
I agree that Brendan Brady is the best thing ever happened to Hollyoaks
Amanda
505 days ago
Brendan. Hands down.
Siena
505 days ago
Same here! Brendan Brady is the best thing happened to HO!!
And Happy New Year ;D
Inagl
505 days ago
brendan bloody brady
best character ever
ever
Mrs Levinson
505 days ago
Brendan Brady is not just the best thing to ever have happened to HO, He’s possibly the best thing to ever have happened to the entire world!.
Rachael
504 days ago
I think Brendan Brady almost goes without saying as the best thing of Hollyoaks 2010. But if it wasn’t Brendan, Jacqui’s little memorial service for Mal – complete with her full willingness to check if the karaoke machine does hymns – might just take the biscuit.
Elliot
504 days ago
2010 – a year so full of flashbacks, might as well of been ’09.
Lauren
498 days ago
I think I fell in love with Brendan when, having just recently met Ste, he punched his lights out and then said “Oops” in that Irish brogue of his. I love how Brendan is a dark and complicated character, but Emmett manages to inject this humor into him. Brilliant!