Dillon Ray (Nathaniel Dass) is set to be led astray by troublemaker Rex Gallagher (Jonny Labey) in Hollyoaks early next year, with the gangster preying on the young dad’s struggles.
The teen, as viewers know, has been struggling to come to terms with the fact that he’s a father after he slept with Leah Barnes (Ela-May Demircan) during the missing year.
His heart is also aching following his split from Lucas Hay (Oscar Curtis), who has been unable to forgive him for sleeping with his sister while he was in young offenders.
Dillon’s struggle to parent baby James has left Misbah Maalik (Harvey Virdi) and Donny (Louis Emerick) frustrated and upcoming scenes, now available to stream as part of the Christmas boxset, will see them pleading with the teen to step up.
But Dillon is soon the subject of Rex’s manipulation, with the sinister character persuading the struggling dad to skip out on his responsibilities to go out drinking instead.
At first, Dillon refuses and instead tries to look after James but, struggling to settle his son, he turns to drinking at The Loft, messaging Rex to take him up on his offer.
Misbah and Donny, meanwhile, are left to look after James and, after a sleepless night, they’re exhausted. Donny pleads with Misbah, telling him that they can’t carry on like this, coming to the realisation that perhaps he shouldn’t have pushed Dillon so hard.
Dillon, however, is a little worse for wear when he returns home and thus he tries to sneak straight to bed. The question is: what is he hiding?
And what’s more, just what does Rex want with him? In the New Year boxset episodes, the former associate of Blue’s attempts to target Lucas but these new spoilers confirm that he turns his attention to Dillon.
But why?
That remain to be seen. Speaking of Lucas, he offers support to Frankie Osborne (Isabelle Smith) during the week in question, aware JJ’s (Ryan Mulvey) trial is rapidly approaching.
Frankie worries that Darren (Ashley Taylor Dawson) will disappear again when she needs him the most but can Lucas quell her fears?
