Trigger warning: This article contains discussion of rape.
Emotional scenes are on the way in Hollyoaks as Dodger Savage (Danny Mac) bravely opens up about his rape ordeal to his loved ones.
Dodger, as viewers know, was raped by gangster Griff during an undercover operation in Liverpool last October, with colleague Donny Clark (Louis Emerick), who was raped by Sully (Harry French) moments before, forced to watch the ordeal.
The night in question left Dodger devastated and he subsequently reported what he went through to the police, but a number of his colleagues made the situation more difficult by spewing horrible comments in the aftermath.
Theresa McQueen (Jorgie Porter), who has reunited with ex Dodger, knows there’s something he’s not telling her and in upcoming scenes she begins to question what exactly it is, feeling as though Dodge is pulling away from her.
Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas), meanwhile, offers to fix Myra-Pocahontas’ broken robot but Dodger snaps at him, insisting he can do it himself. Warren mocks him for not being a ‘man’s man’, which leaves Dodger rattled as he heads upstairs.
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The McQueen residence is somewhat overcrowded as Tinhead and Liberty arrive to watch a boxing match. It’s not long before Tinhead and Warren’s shared history comes to light.
Cleo, meanwhile, agrees to move into the Blakes. After Dodger’s revelation, tensions are rife between her and Sienna. Lib advises Sienna to be there for Cleo, who imagines herself snapping at Sophie only to wake up and realise it was in her head. Sienna later arrives home to find baby Joseph having a seizure.
At the hospital, Misbah and Gemma wonder if Cleo harmed Joseph while suffering from a postpartum pyschosis episode.
Elsewhere, newcomer Jenson watches from afar as Warren assures Mercedes that she’s strong as she heads off to rehab. While at the facility, she meets Brookside’s Nikki Shadwick.
Jenson later heads to The Loft on a mission to find Tinhead as he demands his money back – otherwise he will tell Warren what he’s done. The question is: just what has he done?
Theresa follows and he asks if their relationship is okay, to which she responds with reassurance, encouraging him to be honest with her.
Warren subsequently discusses how Dodger’s behaviour has been ‘strange’ since the night in Liverpool. Feeling the weight of his trauma, Dodger breaks down and reveals to everyone that he was raped.
Later, Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) gives Cleo McQueen (Nadine Mulkerin) the cold shoulder over the fact that she knew of Dodger’s ordeal.
Dodger, meanwhile, confides in Theresa that it’s going to take some time for him to be intimate with her. Theresa makes it clear that she’s willing to wait as she plans to spend the day with him.
Sienna and Cleo continue to argue and it’s awkward when Theresa finds out that Cleo knew about Dodger’s rape. Dodger does his best to find out why Sienna is angry.
Warren, meanwhile, asks Dodger what his intentions are with Theresa. Dodger explains that his intentions are genuine.
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