Mercedes is kidnapped!

Jacqui's concerns for Mercedes grow as Dr Browning struggles to convince Mercedes that they have a future together - is Mercedes falling for him in spite of herself? But then Mercy lands herself in even more trouble when she's kidnapped! Tilly is comforted by Neil as she struggles to accept Jen's news, but is Tilly prepared to roll over so easily? Elsewhere, Dodger struggles to regain his mojo whilE Texas makes plans for a future away from Hollyoaks. Also, Ally gains Ash's forgiveness, but Walker has bigger plans for him, and Phoebe's efforts to force a wedge between George and Ryan don't go according to plan.

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.