Hollyoaks reveals reason why Lucas collapsed as diagnosis is issued

Lucas Hay (Oscar Curtis) was rushed to hospital after a devastating collapse, with subsequent scenes confirming the reason why.

The popular character was found unconscious at dad Ste’s (Kieron Richardson) flat at Rowing Club Apartments by Rex Gallagher (Jonny Labey) earlier this week.

Rex reckoned Grace Black (Tamara Wall), who was found in the flat at the time of the collapse, was to blame but the gangster assured her brother of her innocence as they raced against time to get Lucas to hospital.

Over at The Hutch, Ste was enjoying his friends’ company amid John Paul McQueen’s (James Sutton) and Jez Blake’s (Jeremy Sheffield) engagement party when a phone call from Rex left him chilled to the bone.

Fearing his son had taken drugs again, Ste swooped into action, determined to make it to the hospital to be with him, with longtime pal and former partner-in-crime Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) offering to drive him.

Sienna, however, had unknowingly been spiked by Martha (Sherrie Hewson) – and this led to complications, with a horror car crash ensuing.

Despite this, Ste still made it to the hospital, where Rex was all set to confess to his role in the exploitation operation, believing that Lucas’ hospitalisation was ordered by boss DI Banks (Drew Cain).

Before he could so do, however, Lucas woke up and – in emotional scenes – he told Ste that Misbah Maalik (Harvey Virdi) had already spoken to him about what led to his collapse.

They’ve found something on his brain, and doctors believe that it’s a tumour.

Will Lucas be okay? Subsequent scenes will see Ste urging his son to get the surgery he needs in order to get better.

Star Oscar Curtis teased the scenes to come last month, telling Metro: ‘There is going to be a lot [to come], I’ll say that!

‘And also, it’s going to get scary… and intense and emotional – but not exactly in a break-up sense.

‘I think it’s going to get emotional in a ‘life and death situation’ sense.’