Hollyoaks spoilers follow for Christmas and New Year. The episodes in question are now available to view on Channel 4 streaming as part of the Christmas 2024 boxset.
Grace Black (Tamara Wall) was shot by a sniper during the Christmas carol concert after she jumped in the line of fire to protect husband Freddie Roscoe (Charlie Clapham).
Freddie, as viewers know, has fallen in love with Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe), who is battling cancer, and he planned to leave his wife over the festive season for her.
But before he could break the news to Grace, she jumped in front of a sniper for Freddie, getting shot in the process.
Freddie made it his mission to find out who shot her but it turns out that Grace staged the whole thing, getting Rex (Jonny Labey) to shoot her so that she could jump in front of Freddie and play the hero.
Her aim was to stop Freddie from leaving her after she suspected that he was going to do just that to be with Mercedes.
Will Freddie find out the truth?
That remains to be seen but he spent much of the boxset offerings of the Channel 4 soap attempting to work out who was behind the shooting, unaware that the perpetrator was much closer to home.
Hollyoaks has undergone a number of changes over the past year, with a reduction of episodes and the exit of many cast members, with a time jump being employed to explain away the changes.
The events of the show are now permanently set one year in the future.
