Hollyoaks is Gonna Burn

Not now, but it will be on November 5th! In a shock arsonist attack on the local restaurant, several characters will die and it will spark up a 'whodunit' storyline.

Uuugh! We are not a fan of Hollyoaks here at Sameesh! We both used to, but we both began to not like it months ago. It became quite disastrous and we gave up. It wasn't the first time I had gave up on it either. Paul Marquess the new series producer came onboard a couple of months ago with the intention of getting rid of alot of characters who had passed the storyline date, introduce new families and spice up the slowly declining show. 


So far he has achieved two of his objectives. Getting rid of cast and getting new ones. In the first announcement, 11 characters got the axe and soon more followed, but then tones of new additions were added as show in this promo for the soap:


Don't worry, it doesn't excite me neither. The problem was, I stopped caring for the characters when I watched it. I just could not be bothered with them anymore, and the storylines got sillier and sillier. I watched the first 5 minutes of Paul Marquess' era and again I just could not be bothered with it. 


So, I imagine Paul is think this fire will get the soap back on track. I think I have to disagree with him there. Let's think back. Fire in Hollyoaks? Been done several times. At the pub which was around the time I got addicted and possibly had shed a few tears when the twins died. Also quite recently with crazy Claire (who was a fantastic character ruined by this storyline) set the club on fire. Epic Fail there.


What's going in other soaps? Well Eastenders is having a fire this week as it happens. The Queen Vic will be destroyed taking it's famous landlady Peggy Mitchell along with it (finally). And Coronation Street is having the epic tram crash for it's 50th Anniversary which I'm totally excited for. So more Epic Fail here. 


Hollyoaks? You are what I like to call an Epic Fail! Your ratings are awful, your storylines are pretty bad, your characters aren't worth caring about and you could be in the wrong timeslot. Sort it out and people might watch yeah?


What do you guys think of Hollyoaks? Will the axe be swinging anytime soon? If it turns around will you watch if you have stopped recently? Let us know!