We knew from the start that Silas kind of sucked at being a village murderer. For one thing, he went for months having killed only two victims, leaving pretty much everyone questioning his status as a “serial” killer. Alas, he eventually got his act together, offing victim #3 – Rebecca/Becks/Jenny/whatever her real name actually was. [...]

This is hard, right?  We know we said last week that we thought Lee should head for the States to live out his dream.  But it’s a whole different (baseball) game when it comes to saying … No.  We can’t say it.  Not yet.  Let’s rewind. When we left Lee last week, he was staying [...]

After what seems like months and months, in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, for a murder that wasn’t actually him (although one of the many unsolved murders in Hollyoaks did involve our favourite moustachioed Oirishman) people, including his devoted sister, finally remembered that Brendan exists. Of course, people couldn’t be blamed for being [...]

It’s a small place, Hollyoaks.  I know, I’ve been, and Brendan could spit his gum from the Chez Chez balcony into the fountain.  But hey, lives get lived in small places.  Bugger Downton Abbey; this week, drama was unfolding down at Hollyoaks’s own Slum Towers, Chester’s least appealing rental property.  The slum is home to [...]

Hi, newbie poster here, accepting with all due awe and fear the massive honour/responsibility of this week’s Brendan Watch. And since its been a while since the last, please allow me a Hollyoaks stylee: previously on Brendan’s storyline… After Brendan finally confirmed his feelings for Ste with an actual out loud use of the L-Word, [...]

So, Hollyoaks.  It’s not real, right?  Course not.  In the real world, you don’t end up living with your dead sister’s husband’s step-brother and looking after your dead sister’s child by her pupil, who had her banged up for paedophilia.  Or married to the guy who shagged the mother of his girlfriend, later the girlfriend [...]

People often ask us how WLH got started. Probably because they think some sort of head trauma must be involved. Since since we’re in post birthday/pre WLH wedding celebration mode, then, we thought we’d get all nostalgic and fess up… WLH began life as a game of Top Trumps. It is at this point we should say [...]

When you are old and withered and your life resembles a particularly maudlin Moby video, there will be certain days that you can look back on and say ‘that was facking awesome’. Friday 13th May is one such day. Ahead of the British Soap Awards, WLH was once again invited onto the lovely Gemma Cairney’s [...]

Life, a short Irishman once said, is a roller coaster – just gotta ride it. Despite the fundamental flaws in this metaphor (life has height restrictions?/what happens if you go on the waltzer instead/where would Final Destination 3 fit into it/etc) it does neatly sum up Stendan this past month. The last time we saw [...]

You may remember that a couple of months ago WLH was asked to go on BBC Radio 1Xtra to chat to the charming Gemma Cairney about the wonder that is Hollyoaks. Well, we mustn’t have made a complete arse of ourselves because we’ve been asked to go on again – TOMORROW! This time it’s all [...]