Hollyoaks favourite Maxine Minniver (Nikki Sanderson) found out the identity of her father during the latest visit to the village.
The villager took centre stage during Wednesday’s first-look episode on E4 as her mum Trish Minniver (Denise Welsh) dropped a life-changing bombshell.
Trish became noticeably concerned when she crossed paths with newcomer Dave Chen-Williams (Dominic Power).
It turned out that Trish and Dave already knew each other and they’re both unsettled to now be in such close proximity.
Dave is part of a big new family for Hollyoaks, as he has joined the village with his wife Honour (Vera Chok), daughter Lizzie (Lily Best), sons Sam (Matthew McGivern) and Mason (Frank Kauer) and stepdaughter Serena (Emma Lau).
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Dave’s brother Ethan (Matthew James-Bailey), who’s in a relationship with dangerous newbie Maya (Ky Discala), is also part of the clan.
When Maxine learned that Trish was planning to leave the village to make a fresh start with Mitzeee in Los Angeles, she tried to set her up with Dave so that she’ll stay.
Maxine was later left shocked to discover that Trish has a past with Dave and pushed her for an explanation.
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Trish admitted that she and Dave were lovers years ago but things didn’t work out between the pair.
“He was married, Maxine, and I’m not proud of it. He totally broke my heart and now seeing him again, it just brings it all back,” Trish explained to her daughter.
Maxine later decided that Honour deserved to know that her husband was a love rat in his previous marriage and prepared to give the couple a piece of her mind.
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Trish urged her not to and quickly told her: “I’m not protecting him, Max, I’m protecting you. Maxine, Dave is your father.”
How will Maxine react to her dad Dave now living in the village after all these years?
Fans were also left gobsmacked at the revelation and shared their views on social media.
Taking to Twitter, one fan penned: “Dave is Maxine’s dad, drama bang on midnight.”
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Another added: “Dave is Maxine’s father OMG.”
A third person posted: “Pretty predictable storyline but I’m interested to see where this goes with Dave and Maxine.”
While a fourth social media user said: “OMG didn’t see that coming.”
Fans of the Channel 4 soap wil have to wait to see if Maxine finds the courage to confront Dave or if the delivery driver will work out that Maxine is his biological daughter.
Hollyoaks airs weekdays on Channel 4 at 6.30pm followed by first look episodes on E4 at 7pm
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