Mercedes McQueen will "get her comeuppance" on 'Hollyoaks' this year in "one of the biggest chapters in her life".
Jennifer Metcalfe
The Channel 4 soap's boss Bryan Kirkwood has promised huge developments for Jennifer Metcalfe's alter ego, who is cheating on loyal husband Sylver (David Tag) with villain Liam Donovan (Jude Monk McGowan), while she has also been taking drugs and neglecting her parental responsibilities to young son Bobby Costello (Jayden Fox).
Bryan told Digital Spy: "Mercedes' affair with Liam is going to get really messy. Our characters on Hollyoaks fit into really clear archetypes - if they're successful, that is - and we see Mercedes as a bad girl who wants to be good.
"That's her role in the show. But Mercedes is going to get her comeuppance later in the year, in ways that I can't go into right now.
"The decisions that Mercedes has made over the past few months - the good ones and the terrible ones - are all building to one of the biggest chapters in her life. That includes the love triangle with Liam and Sylver, the lies about Grace's hit and run, and the drug-taking."
While the executive producer promised some "sexy fun" over the summer, he admitted things will "turn toxic" for Mercedes which sets up a very dramatic autumn.
He explained: "We are going to see Mercedes have sexy fun over the start of summer. But by the end of the summer, her affair with Liam will turn toxic and that leads us into an exciting autumn."
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