Soap posts: Hollyoaks lights up the screen

Once again teen soap Hollyoaks has dragged me back. With the soap being on a quite unexpected and steep fall from grace since the turn of the year I was unsure whether to bother watching the climax to this week's episodes on Friday night.

But I was certainly not disappointed as I tuned in to witness The Loft inferno and demise of bad boy Warren Fox. The return of local super villain Clare Bates saw The Loft nightclub ravaged by fire as she looked for revenge on Justin Burton. But when Justin's girlfriend Hannah turned up at the scene of the crime looking for Justin she was unwittingly dragged into the drama as Clare held nemesis Warren captive.

As fire destroyed The Loft Justin saved Hannah and left Warren to meet his grisly end, all that was left of Clare was a single red shoe (surely a sign of her return as she yet again as she escapes another near death experience - think back to when her car plunged into a lake for her to drag herself out and walk off into the distance)

Hollyoaks may not be known for it's top notch acting but it can certainly delivers spectacular scenes. Once or twice a year Hollyoaks creates an episode that keeps me hooked, back in 2008 the dramatic death of newly wed Max Cunningham and revenge of long lost son Niall Rafferty were good examples.

This week's fire scene was dramatic and impressive, although the lack of fire engines and police to the scene until it was too late was a questionable plot device. All actors and characters involved played their parts well, with Warren Fox getting the dramatic send off his character deserved.

He has been a integral part of the show over recent years, involved in the majority of criminal activity that has besieged the village during his time. But as a murderer (of both old nemesis Sean Kennedy and wife Louise Summers) Warren was always going to get his comeuppance. He may have been a bad boy that viewers loved to hate but Jamie Lomas' character had run his course.

Whether Hollyoaks can hold my interest long enough to keep me watching is another thing but yet again they have delivered on high paced spectacular scenes and dramatic deaths.

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