Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) receives some much-needed support in Hollyoaks next week from none other than estranged twin Dodger Savage (Danny Mac), as the siblings reunite after a decade.
Dodger, as viewers know, staged an almighty return earlier this year as part of an undercover operation to expose the child exploitation racket going on in the village.
The racket in question is the work of Grace Black (Tamara Wall) and Rex Gallagher (Jonny Labey), who are working alongside dodgy DI Banks, exploiting the local teens as part of their twisted mission.
Dodger, who Rex believes is working for him, has lurked in the shadows and done his best to stay out of sight, despite rekindling his romance with Maxine Minniver (Nikki Sanderson).
The character has appeared sporadically since his comeback but next week will fill in some of the blanks, with a special flashback episode taking us back in time to the ‘missing’ year.
Subsequently, we return to the present day and Sienna is in for a shock when she faces Dodger for the first time in almost a decade – and she turns to Maxine for advice.
Sienna collapses once again as Jez comes to her aid (Picture: Lime Pictures)
Maxine witnesses the ordeal and swiftly approaches (Picture: Lime Pictures)
Liberty is soon right by her sister’s side (Picture: Lime Pictures)
Jez spies an opportunity, summoning Dodger (Picture: Lime Pictures)
And soon the Blakes receive a shock when a hooded figure appears in the market (Picture: Lime Pictures)
Sienna can’t quite believe her eyes (Picture: Lime Pictures)
Nor can Maxine! (Picture: Lime Pictures)
It’s Dodger! (Picture: Lime Pictures)
With some assistance from her estranged twin, Sienna gets back to her feet as Dodger leads her home (Picture: Lime Pictures)
Leela is taken aback to see Sienna with her long-lost twin (Picture: Lime Pictures)
And she’s not the only one, with Myra and Prince wondering what Dodger’s return means for Myra-Pocahontas (Picture: Lime Pictures)
Rex and Grace, meanwhile, realise who Dodger is (Picture: Lime Pictures)
The Blakes accompany Dodger and Sienna back to Oakdale Drive (Picture: Lime Pictures)
With all eyes on Dodger, just what will await him beyond his reunion with the Blakes? (Picture: Lime Pictures)
The family reunions don’t stop there either, as Dodger will come face-to-face with Jez (Jeremy Sheffield) – who is his biological father following an unexpected twist last year which confirmed that the dastardly Patrick (also Jeremy Sheffield) was actually Sienna and Dodger’s uncle.
Myra-Pocahontas, meanwhile, shows Myra (Nicole Barber-Lane) and Prince (Malique Thompson-Dwyer) a picture she took of a man in the village, asking if it’s her dad.
Myra convinces her otherwise before relaying to Prince that the person in the photograph is, in fact, Dodger.
Sienna, meanwhile, continues to fear for her health, believing that she’s got motor neurone disease after she fell to her feet and was unable to get back up.
Viewers know that Martha (Sherrie Hewson) was behind the collapse, with the matriarch having poisoned her granddaughter to prevent her from going on holiday with new flame Cleo (Nadine Mulkerrin).
Sienna, however, remains in the dark about such a thing and, seriously stressed out, she collapses in the market.
Dodger comes to the rescue! (Picture: Lime Pictures)
Spying an opportunity, Jez summons Dodger, who subsequently arrives in the village and, ignoring Maxine’s fears, he comes to his sister’s aid.
He picks Sienna up and, with Martha, Jez and Liberty Savage (Jessamy Stoddart) by his side, he walks her back to her flat at Oakdale Drive.
Myra and Prince watch on wondering what this means while Grace and Rex lurk nearby, seemingly having worked out who Dodger is.
The question is: how will Dodger get along with the new wave of Blake family members? Will he work out that his father is, in fact, a serial killer and that his grandmother – who has dementia – has assisted in covering up his crimes?
If so, just where does this leave him with regards to his role in the police? And speaking of his undercover work, will he successfully expose Grace and Rex and put them behind bars?
So many questions and so much still left to come. Dodger is back and it’s safe to assume that he will make his presence felt!
