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post Yesterday, 05:33 PM
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There doesn’t feel like there’s enough characters to do that without it being an absolute death knell to the show, it could work but I can’t see it being as easy as that.

Although by chucking the deadwood who have been in the show a while and still not really come to anything (Zain, Dave and his family, Pearl/Sharon/sadly Zoe, Vicky, Beau, Dilly, Liberty, lowkey a few of the teens but they’re tied to the core families) you probably have a good half or more of the 20 sewn up. I do worry they will cull the interesting new characters like Kitty and Abe, both kind of feel like they have a potential shelf life with the storylines they’re in so I don’t know how they would survive a time jump.

I can see them maybe just basically centring the show on the McQueens/Hutchinsons/Osbournes then maybe keeping like Maxine, Sienna and Misbah in their own little corners, and maybe they hold on to some of the newer faces and allow them to develop. I think they could chop the deadwood, trim the main families a bit (get rid of Beau, Hunter and Prince), and I think they can get to the 20 without too much damage but it does feel very Brookside and I don’t think it will be that straight forward. I could see a couple of the big names/mainstays jumping ship and that could be a death knell if they’re left with either boring characters or newbies that people aren’t invested in.

Already confirmed to be leaving is Sharon, I do expect Pearl and Zoe to follow tbh
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I'm really intrigued to see how all of this is going to pan out on screen. Hollyoaks going back to a smaller cast will literally strip it right back to where it started. I do think people will switch off if we have just some core families so having extra characters who support/aren't tied to a family would certainly allow the show to retain its diversity which has always been its strong point but allow for multiple storylines too.
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It’s bold but honestly I’d be more inclined to get rid of the bulk of the core families and keep the diverse/interesting characters, like we don’t really need Darren, Jack and Nancy if we’re being honest, and frankly even a chunk of the McQueens (Cleo, Hunter, Prince, even John Paul tbh) as blasphemous to HO as that may sound laugh.gif I can’t see the show being around in a few years anyway sadly so I kind of think they should go more bold, lean into the diversity and exciting storylines rather than just relying on stale characters that have been around for ages.Hollyoaks has always been bold and taken risks, done things no show would ever do, so why should they stop now?
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