Hollyoaks spoilers follow.
Hollyoaks has confirmed that police officer Smithy will be at the centre of a dark new story, as he targets Prince McQueen next week and gives him a terrifying ultimatum. We already know that Smithy has been blackmailed by Sully, who threatened to expose his own wrongdoing unless he released him from custody.
Meanwhile, Prince has recently decided to start buying illegal steroids, but next week he changes his mind and decides to give the drugs back. However, as he is doing so, he is mistaken for the dealer by the police and arrested.
Prince is taken to the station and questioned – but in new spoilers released by Hollyoaks, next week we find out that Smithy is a corrupt copper when he gets a call from Sully, who orders him to keep the steroid operation running now the supplier has been arrested.
Smithy has also grown closer to John Paul in recent weeks, with John Paul confused about the officer’s sexuality. When he hears about Prince’s plight from Myra, oblivious John Paul asks Smithy to help get Prince released.
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Prince is devastated when he learns he could be facing a long jail stretch for his involvement with drugs. But at this point Smithy gives him an ultimatum: go to prison or walk free if he replaces the steroid dealer.
With no choice but to agree to Smithy’s orders, Prince corners John Paul and questions him on how much he really knows about his new love interest.
Smithy gives his new accomplice Prince a mission to find a new location to cook the steroids. Feeling under pressure about his task, Prince withdraws when Smithy later arrives at Casa McQueen and tells his mum Goldie that he is feeling unwell.
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Keen to keep up his gentlemanly façade and give a good impression, Smithy offers to walk Prince home. But once they are alone, Smithy gives Prince a set of keys to Hollyoaks High that he stole from teacher John Paul.
Smithy orders Prince to get them inside and set up the covert drugs operation inside the school. Prince finds himself forced to cook steroids in a very risky setting – but will he be caught and get into even more trouble?
Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.
Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.
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