brendan watch: w/c 10th january

Posted on February 6, 2011 by welovehollyoaks 6 Comments

As if to atone for the previous week’s shocking drought, this week was choc full of Brendanny goodness. Mmmm.

Hollyoaks almost destroys the universe

So the bromance of Danny Huston’s murder appears to be over. And it’s thanks to Brendan’s wish to rid himself of the whisperer that we were treated to a truly incredible scene where Brendan came face to face with KYLE RYDER. That’s a whole lot of leather and camp hotness in one room. But the magic didn’t end there. No no no. Brendan came face to face with Kyle Ryder whilst PRETENDING TO BE WARREN FOX.

The very fabric of space and time itself was at risk as Hollyoaks crossed three streams of AWESOMENESS.

Admittedly, Brendan‘s impersonation of Foxy was limited to donning a hoodie and doing the trademark ‘shhhh’ but the whole thing still rocked our world. We look forward to Brendan doing more Foxisms – donning a puffa jacket, perhaps, or lumbering around the village irritating the shit out of everyone.

teacup scene: refilled

So, now that Amy is back she has taken it upon herself to get involved in all kinds of shit that doesn’t concern her. Instead of spending time with the children she seemingly abandons on a whim, upon learning of Rae’s impending bun she marched around to Brendan’s to tell him to put an end to all of our Stendan fun. THANKS FOR THAT, PRAMFACE. Anyway, what resulted was a lovely homage to the legendary teacup scene, this time with Amy doing the teadrinking/”Mmm it’s lovely” bit, but with much less demented laughter – though let it be noted that Brendan was equally as uncomfortable serving hot drinks as he was receiving them.

BY THE WAY we didn’t hear any apologies from Amy for wrongly accusing Brendan of torching half the village in Inferno Week. Betch.

STENDAN UPDATE

Cos they’re the bits we all look forward to.

It was all going so well. Apparently choosing to ignore the Brendan-scarpering-through-the-toilet-window-of-a-gay-bar-before-Chrismas incident, our dynamic duo demonstrated that just because you’re locked in a complex dominant/submissive secret homosexual love affair doesn’t mean you can’t get things done. Indeed, they seemed to use nebbing into Warren’s Kyle Ryder scheming as extended foreplay. Brendan first terrorized the information out of Ste via table throwing and envelope chewing (see below). He then heroically saved Ste from Warren-shaped danger with a clever use of text (we’re choosing to ignore the fact that it was Brendan’s commandeering of the mission to see Kyle that put Ste in danger in the first place).

Mission accomplished, Brendan then rewarded Ste with a spot of bedroom sexytimes whilst sporting a dubious grey T-shirt. We love bedroom sexytimes Brendan. He is all docile and purry like a drugged tiger, and 30% less likely to batter Ste. He is almost happy.

It was a heartbreaker, then, that Rae’s overly hospitable environment went and fucked it all right up (see scene below). It seems the only force stronger than Brendan‘s appetite for ratboys is his latent father issues. Boo. Fingers crossed he will soon be back to doing what he does best and is locking a hog tied Ste up in a cupboard.

brendanisms

Our look at the sniffy, grabby Brady ways.

blagger of the year

Brendan is so often smashing up office furniture or hitting gangsters with hammers that it’s easy to forget what a cool customer he can be when Ste isn’t the topic of conversation. His skillful extraction of information from Kyle Ryder reminded us of his manipulation of Dom back in Inferno Week. The man has balls of steel. Probably literally.

like a cat

Oh Brendan, how we love your daylight stalking. So stealthy

nom nom

His oral fixation was strangely quiet this week, only gnawing on gum and an envelope full of Kyle Ryder plot macguffin:

his oh-no-my-secret-gay-lover’s-girlfriend-is-pregnant face

Aww, look how crestfallen he is:

lurking

Ooh, out of focus, forehead a-glow:

brendan, as seen through the ‘O’ of the Hollyoaks titles

forehead

Opening the door to Ste, the forehead greets him first:

pointing

He once again uses the ‘Jedi point’ to open pesky doors:

During an otherwise standard terrorizing of Ste, he wows us with the little seen ‘karate chop to the chest’ point:

In a bid to reduce the risk of physical contact with a girl, he utilizes the point to slowly…edge…a cup of tea towards Amy.

walking up a short light of stairs in an EXTREMELY camp fashion:

GRAAAA moment

An innocent table in the SU Bar falls victim to moustachioed fury:

mmmmoustache

Some close ups of the tash. Because, rightly or wrongly, we think it’s totally hot:

man in the mirror

We noticed a few shots of Brendan being reflected in mirrors. Is this to signify the duality of Brendan’s existence – bad boy ladies man in public, tortured ratboy lover in private? Do the reflections represent the chaos and danger that are constantly threaten to descend on Brendan’s life? Or is it just a of case two Brendans for the price of one? Either way WE WIN:

stendan scene of the week: “this is goodboi’

Ste has asked to speak to Brendan. Unbeknownst to him, Brendan already knows what he is about to tell him. They meet on the SU Bar stairs.

Brendan: “Alright what is it?”

Ste: “Ehm…Rae’s pregnant”

Brendan *impassive*: “Is she now?…Okay”

Ste: “I don’t know what to do”

Brendan: “You need to stand by her. It’s the only choice left”

Ste: “Yeah but me an you-”

Brendan: “Are history”

Ste: “No…last night-”

Brendan: “Was last noit…I was using you, Steven, like I always do”

Ste: “That’s not true” *he reaches out desperately, putting his arms around Brendan’s neck. Brendan grabs him and throws against the wall*

Brendan: “Get yer hands off me unless ye wanna another smack”

Ste: “Why you being like this?”

Brendan: “You’re about to be a dad – step up for once in your loife”

Ste: “I love…you”

Brendan: “Shut up…” *by now Mitzeee has started spying on them* “…please just…”

*Ste kisses him*

Brendan: “No”  *he half pushes/half nuzzles Ste with the forehead. There is much heavy breathing. Brendan clutches Ste’s face one last time, Ste about to cry, and kisses him. Mitzeee is agog*

Brendan: *with a sniff*: “That was goodboi”

Ste: “No”

Brendan: “Get out of moi face”

Ste: “No”

Brendan: “Go! Now!”

*Pushed away, Ste stumbles down the stairs. The stairwell stands between them, SYMBOLIZING THE MANY OBSTACLES PREVENTING THEIR LOVE. Or perhaps an homage to the early 90s Cathy Dennis hit, Too Many Walls.

Sob.  Brokebackoaks.

quotes

“You really hate yourself don’t yer? I can’t imagine what you see when you look in the mirror” let us answer that one for you, Amy – what he sees is a hairy, slightly demented HEART THROB. So shut it, love.

“Gis a kiss…gis a kiss…”*gets a kiss* “Good” aww we love kittenish bedroom sexytimes Brendan.

“Oi did somethin…” magnificent “we didn’t burn him!” moment from the double B.

Amy: “Do you love him?”
Brendan: “Oi don’t even know what that means”

Sob.

Brendan: “What are you gonna do the for Fantastic Mr Fox?….Oi love a bit of Roald Dahl, me…”

Ste: “Yeah?”

Brendan: “Oi used to…read the books to the boys”

Ste: “Aw Leah likes it as well”

Brendan: “That’s cute”

Probably our fave bit of Stendan dialogue ever. All of their conversations should be slightly menacing discussions about domestic matters.

Bosh. Done. On to the next one.

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