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There\u2019s a new theory floating around the Hollyoaks<\/a> fandom \u2013 and it\u2019s completely and utterly wild.<\/p>\n It concerns Cleo McQueen<\/a> (Nadine Mulkerrin<\/a>), and the events of the last 13 months.<\/p>\n Last year, the\u00a0Channel 4<\/a>\u00a0soap\u00a0reduced its weekly output\u00a0<\/a>from five episodes to three in response to extensive research which indicates that this is the optimum episode pattern to keep viewers hooked.<\/p>\n Less air time meant less cast members, with up to 20 being cut in the lead up and immediate aftermath of the changes.<\/p>\n To facilitate the swathes of departures,\u00a0a UK soap first time jump was orchestrated<\/a>, that saw the drama permanently sky rocket one year into the future.<\/p>\n When we caught back up with our Chester<\/a> faves, a lot had changed. Folk had left the village for pastures new, Ste Hay<\/a> (Kieron Richardson<\/a>) was in a coma, James Nightingale<\/a> (Gregory Finnegan<\/a>) was long dead (though is now very much alive again<\/a>, as of this week) and their daughter Leah Barnes (El\u00e1-May Demircan) was pregnant.<\/p>\n To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web Leela Lomax<\/a> (Kirsty-Leigh Porter<\/a>) was also expecting and there was love in the air for Misbah Maalik<\/a> (Harvey Virdi<\/a>) and Donny Clark (Louis Emerick) and Sienna Blake<\/a> (Anna Passey<\/a>) and Ethan Williams<\/a> (Matthew James-Bailey<\/a>).<\/p>\n If that wasn\u2019t enough drama, we discovered that Suzanne Ashworth (Suzanne Hall) had passed away after being crushed by a motorbike, Vicky Grant (Anya Lawrence) was now with Robbie Roscoe (Charlie Wernham) and Mercedes McQueen<\/a> (Jennifer Metcalfe<\/a>) had been diagnosed with bowel cancer.<\/p>\n Cleo\u2019s family believed she was holidaying in Bali, when she was actually held hostage in the eaves of Abe Fielding\u2019s (Tyler Conti) flat.<\/a><\/p>\n Now\u2026 imagine if all of that was just a dream?<\/p>\n Has Cleo McQueen dreamt the time jump?<\/p>\n Well, that\u2019s certainly what the fans are saying. And with the utterly camp, bizarre drama that Hollyoaks dishes up every week, I wouldn\u2019t put it past them!<\/p>\n Viewer KailBenny wrote on X: \u2018Wait, are Hollyoaks hinting everything that happened in the time jump never actually happened and it was all in Cleo conscious mind?\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t Meep replied: \u2018It would be INSANE if she was still trapped after all of this omg \u2026 Class theory!\u2019<\/p>\n Hannah had her doubts, writing: \u2018that would be a hell of a plot twist don\u2019t know if the audience would accept it.\u2019<\/p>\n Lee asked: \u2018omg would they actually go with a \u2018it was all a dream\u2019 type of thing?\u2019<\/p>\n Well, Lee. Believe it or not, that has happened in soapland before.<\/p>\n At the end of season 8 of US soap Dallas, Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) was hit by a car and died<\/a> of internal injuries. The following season, which aired in 1985, showed the family mourning his loss.<\/p>\n However, in a bizarre twist, season 10 kicked off with his grieving wife Pam (Victoria Principal) waking up from a bad dream, and seeing Bobby stood in the shower.<\/p>\n The entire ninth season was a dream.<\/p>\n \t\t It seems that the theory stems from this week\u2019s episode of Hollyoaks Unwrapped, a visual podcast hosted by Kieron Richardson.<\/p>\n Each week he\u2019s been imploring co-star Anna Passey to roam the show\u2019s production base in Childwall, Liverpool, to scout for potential clues concerning Christmas storylines.<\/p>\n In the most recent edition, she could be seen in the McQueen\u2019s house \u2013 No. 65 Christleton Terrace \u2013 and found an old script\u2026 the last from before the time jump.<\/p>\n To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web The first line is Abe shouting out: \u2018Cleo! Cleo, Cleo, can you hear me?\u2019<\/p>\n Could it be that violent Abe is still very much alive, having knocked Cleo unconscious off a motorbike \u2013 that she\u2019s dreamt everything that\u2019s happened since September 2024?<\/p>\n That would be quite the twist.<\/p>\n But what do you think?<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tHas the Hollyoaks ‘time jump’ been Cleo’s dream?<\/p>\n Yes! And it would be incredible.Check<\/p>\n No, they couldn’t erase an entire year.Check<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tSign up to The Soaps Newsletter – Weekly. An unmissable selection of exclusive spoilers and interviews, handpicked by our Soaps Editor.<\/p>\n
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