Hollyoaks fans react to character’s shock death

Spoilers ahead!

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by Emma Dodds |
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Hollyoaks viewers have been left reeling after last night's dramatic First Look episode. The scenes, which aired pre-watershed, saw Glenn Donovan discover that his own son Adam had been the one shopping him to the police.

Of course, that didn't exactly go down well with the businessman, who has his reputation and a LOT of money at stake. P.S last chance - there are spoilers below! Can't say we didn't warn you...

So Hollyoaks viewers saw Glenn promise to kill whoever was telling the police all about their dodgy dealings in a previous episode, and he thought he'd struck gold with Zack Loveday.

He took him into the woods with his son Adam, trying to make him be the one to pull the trigger and kill the young lad - but Adam then revealed that it was actually HIM who'd been working as a grass.

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Daisy Wood-Davis and Luke Jerdy

Hollyoaks stars Daisy Wood-Davis (Kim Butterfield) and Luke Jerdy (Jesse Donovan) have been posting a lot of loved up snaps together lately. Status: Dating

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Sally Carman and Joe Duttine

Coronation Street stars Sally Carman and Joe Duttine are reportedly dating after a string of 'secret dates'. After attending Corrie's summer party together in July, reports suggest the couple are very happy together. Status: Dating

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Nadine Mulkerrin and Rory Douglas Speed

Hollyoaks actors Nadine Mulkerrin (Cleo McQueen) and Rory Douglas Speed (Joel Dexter) took their on-screen romance into real life!Rory popped the question to Nadine in December 2018 - during a trip to Amsterdam! Status: Engaged

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Matthew Wolfenden and Charley Webb

Matthew Wolfenden and Charley Webb - Met on Emmerdale. Status: Married.

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Charlie Clapham and Stephanie Davis

Charlie Clapham and Stephanie Davis - The Hollyoaks actors dated in 2014. Status: Split.

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James Sutton and Sammy Winward

James Sutton and Sammy Winward - The Emmerdale co-stars had a brief romance in 2010. Status: Split.

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Peter Amory and Claire King

Peter Amory and Claire King - The Emmerdale actors were married for 10 years. Status: Divorced.

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Jennifer James and Lee Boardman

Jennifer James and Lee Boardman - These Coronation Street co-stars married in 2001. Status: Married.

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Chris Chittell and Lesley Dunlop

Chris Chittell and Lesley Dunlop - These Emmerdale co-stars recently married in Cornwall. Status: Married.

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Samantha Giles and Peter Amory

Samantha Giles and Peter Amory - Met on Emmerdale. Status: Split.

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Tina O'Brien and Ryan Thomas

Tina O'Brien and Ryan Thomas - The Coronation Street couple a child together in 2008. Status: Split.

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Alfie Browne-Sykes and Amanda Clapham

Alfie Browne-Sykes and Amanda Clapham - The Hollyoaks co-stars are reportedly dating. Status: Together.

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Nicole Barber - Lane and Liam Fox

This Hollyoaks couple were married for 16 years. Status: Separated.

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Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan

Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan - The Neighbours co-stars split in 1989. Status: Split.

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Jeff Hordley and Zoe Henry

The Emmerdale couple and college sweetheart married in 2003. Status: Married.

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Alan Halsall and Lucy Jo Hudson

Alan Halsall and Lucy Jo Hudson - The pair married in 2009, but new reports suggest they have now split. Status: Split

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Emmett J. Scanlan and Claire Cooper

Emmett J. Scanlan and Claire Cooper - These Hollyoaks co-stars tied the knot in January. Status: Married.

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Nadia Swalha and Marc Bannerman

Nadia Swalha and Marc Bannerman - The EastEnders stars dated for three years. Status: Split.

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Charlie Clapham and Tamara Wall

Charlie Clapham and Tamara Wall - The Hollyoaks actors previously dated. Status: Split.

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Anna Passey and Nick Rhys

Anna Passey and Nick Rhys - It's thought these two Hollyoaks stars have been together for over a year. Status: Together.

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Claire Goose and Jonathan Kerrigan

Claire Goose and Jonathan Kerrigan - These Casualty co-stars dated for several years. Status: Split.

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Harley Bonner and Ariel Kaplan

Harley Bonner and Ariel Kaplan - Met on Neighbours. Status: Together.

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Chris Milligan and Jenna Rosenow

Chris Milligan and Jenna Rosenow - Met on Neighbours. Status: Together.

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Daniel Brocklebank and Rob Mallard

Corrie actors Daniel Brocklebank and Rob Mallard were dating until they ended their romance in July 2017. Status: Split

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Sophie Porley and Adam Woodward

Hollyoaks actors Sophie Porley (Ellie Nightingale) and Adam Woodward (Brody Hudson) are now dating. Status: Together

In true soap style, they had a MASSIVE row, with Adam storming off and screaming that his dad had never loved their family, leading Glenn to goad his son to shoot him.

Adam said he couldn't do it because he's a "better man" than his dad, giving Zack time to run away - but as Adam tried to make a run for it, his dad caught him up and shot him point blank in the chest.

He was then put in a bodybag and callously dumped at the side of the road... And who should find him but his wife, Maxine Minniver.

The scenes were too much for fans of the show, who took to Twitter to vent their emotions.

Jimmy Essex, who has played Adam on Hollyoaks since April 2016, will be sadly missed by both their fans and his castmates - many of whom took to social media to pay tribute to their colleague.

WATCH: Adam decides to dob in his dad to the police

But after Sienna miraculously came back from the dead earlier this week, could the same happen for Adam? We hope so!

Hollyoaks continues on Channel 4, weekdays at 6.30pm.

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