McQueen family
McQueen family | |||||
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First appearance | 11 January 2006 | ||||
Created by | Bryan Kirkwood | ||||
Introduced by | Bryan Kirkwood | ||||
Duration | 2006–present | ||||
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The McQueen family is a fictional family in the
History
Queenie McQueen had at least two children, daughters
At age 14, Myra fell for the charms of Martin Brownlow and they began a relationship. They slept together and Myra fell pregnant by Martin, who left her. Ashamed of this, Marlena forced Myra keep her pregnancy a secret. When the baby arrived, Myra and Marlena left the baby, named
Kathleen had one daughter who she named Theresa, Theresa's father was believed to be a man named Don, but it was later revealed that Billy Alexander was her father after Kathleen had a one-night stand with him at a nightclub. It is assumed Kathleen lied to Don about Theresa being his daughter.
Louis went on to join the army and has a son who was also called Louis. Louis Sr. was killed in action, this inspired Louis Jr. to follow in his father's footsteps and enroll in the army too.
Reenie was repeatedly raped by Marlena's abusive boyfriend
Marguerite was married to a pig farmer and they had at least four children, including
Breda became a nanny and was devoted to the children she cared for. She was also a strict Catholic woman, married to a man named Vinnie Bletcher. On Christmas Day 1986, while pregnant with her and Vinnie's daughter,
In Hollyoaks
In 2006, Michaela was the first McQueen to be seen on-screen in Hollyoaks. Michaela's first appearance was
Mercedes had begun a relationship with
A stranger arrived in Hollyoaks as a new hairstylist at Evissa.
Myra decided to track down her first-born son with the help of Kieron. Kieron tracked down the foster mother of Matthew, who then showed him a photograph of Niall. Craig returned to Hollyoaks to win back John Paul, only to find him engaged to Kieron. Kieron approached Niall with the picture. Niall revealed the truth and agreed to confess to Myra. Panicking, Niall laced Kieron's beer with pills. Kieron collapsed and died in his arms. Niall covered up the death by making it look like suicide. Niall was infuriated when John Paul decided to leave for Dublin with Craig. Niall put pills in John Paul's beer and attempted to kill him, however John Paul swapped their drinks after spilling Niall's. Mercedes had begun a relationship with Malachy Fisher, however was shocked to discover he has HIV. Niall discovered Jack Osborne had been responsible for jailing his birth father Martin. Martin died in prison as a result of his conviction. Niall then attacked Jack and told him who he really was. Niall then took his final revenge on the McQueens by kidnapping them one by one and holding them hostage in the church he had been abandoned at birth. An injured Jack sought the help of Darren Osborne, Tony and Dom to save the McQueens. With the truth revealed, Niall asked Myra 6 questions. For each one she got right, she could choose one of her children to live and each she got wrong, she could choose one to die. Myra ended up getting two questions right. Mercedes told Myra to choose her to die as she may have HIV; she then admitted to Jacqui that she had sex with Tony. John Paul also offered himself to die. Myra then made the tough decision and chose Jacqui and Carmel to die, therefore leaving Michaela and Tina alive. Jack, Darren, Tony and Dom made their way into the church just as Niall detonated explosives.
The church lay in ruins after the explosion. A trapped Myra had a heart to heart with Niall and forgave him. A statue then fell, supposedly killing Niall. The McQueens all escaped, until they discovered Tina had tragically been killed after being crushed by rubble. Jacqui decided to raise Max as her own, but refused to forgive Tony, Mercedes or Myra. John Paul and Craig finally moved to Dublin shortly after the events. The McQueens were informed that Niall was still alive and had escaped the church. Jacqui told Russ that he could see his son whenever he wanted, however her promise was quickly broken. Mercedes and Malachy ended getting married in
Calvin cheated on Carmel with both her sister Mercedes and cousin Theresa, and ended up getting Theresa pregnant. Calvin refused to stay with Theresa and their new baby, Kathleen Khloe McQueen, and in revenge Theresa shot Calvin dead at his second wedding to Carmel. The McQueen's discover Theresa's guilt although agree to protect her. Carmel is devastated by Theresa's actions although agrees not to tell the police, knowing that Kati would be taken in to foster care. They frame local gangster Kyle as the murderer, and he dies later on.
Despite the HIV results being negative, Mercedes lied that they're positive and Malachy is furious when he discovers the truth. Malachy later dies in a fire. After this, Mercedes becomes engaged to wealthy footballer Riley Costello, but begins an affair with his father Carl Costello. On their wedding day, Mercedes eventually admits to the affair and Riley ends their marriage. Mercedes, who is heavily pregnant with Riley's son, is then kidnapped by Riley's serial killer grandfather Silas Blissett and is held hostage in a basement, with Silas promising to murder her once the baby is born. Silas is eventually exposed and arrested, however and Mercedes is rescued and gives birth to baby Bobby, although Riley refuses to take her back. Riley begins dating Mitzeee Minniver and in an attempt to split them up, Mercedes stabs herself and frames Mitzeee for it, resulting in Mitzeee going to prison and Mercedes and Riley getting back together. Myra discovers Mercedes's lies, however, and reports her to the police. That same day, Riley is accidentally shot dead, and Mercedes uses his death to escape a prison sentence, blaming the stabbing on Riley.
In 2012, Jacqui and Rhys adopt homeless teenager Phoebe McQueen and Rhys is killed in a bus crash later this year, leaving Jacqui distraught and even more upset when she discovers he had been having an affair with Cindy Cunningham. Later in 2012, John Paul returns home from Dublin for Christmas and on the same day a baby is found outside the house. Myra names the baby Jesus, despite knowing that she he will have to go to social services. John Paul later reveals that the baby is his and Craig’s. John Paul also reveals how he and Craig have broken up. He decides to keep the baby and names him Matthew Jesus McQueen. This same year, Nana McQueen moves in with the family and Michaela leaves again to go touring with her boyfriend's band. Jacqui gets into trouble with gangster Trevor Royale when she and business partner Trudy Ryan attempt to con him for extra money after Mercedes is kidnapped by Clare Devine who demands £200,000 from the McQueen's in exchange for Mercedes's life. She and Phoebe then find out that Trevor is smuggling illegal immigrants which Jacqui sets free. Jacqui, realizing that Trevor will hunt her down for what she has done, is forced to flee the country in order to protect her family from Trevor`s revenge and leaves, saying a tearjerking goodbye to Tony, whom she had reconciled with. Mercy later finds Jacqui in Allecante and says a farewell to her sister. The McQueens work with Jim McGinn and Mercedes's new boyfriend, Dr Browning to convince Trevor that Jacqui is dead and manage to pull it off, using a fake casket and a Jane Doe dead body from the hospital. Myra interferes in Mercedes and Browning`s relationship when she finds out that he murdered Lynsey Nolan. Browning discreetly tries to get Trevor to kill Myra, even attempting to do it himself. Browning finally convinces Trevor when he tells him that Jacqui is still alive. On 3 September 2013, Mercedes goes under cover, pretending to love her husband Doctor Browning after she, Myra and Jim McGinn find out that he had paid Trevor to murder Myra. She discovers that the murder is happening sooner than planned but Myra manages to escape to a Church where she summons her family: Carmel, John Paul, Theresa, Phoebe, Matthew, Kati and Nana, and says a tearful goodbye, remarking that she has already said goodbye to Mercedes and called Michaela. Doctor Browning finds out that Mercy was lying and races to the docks to stop Myra from fleeing on a boat organized by Jim. He makes it in time and Myra begs him to think of Mercedes and her children but Browning pulls the trigger and Myra plummets into the sea, although she was later shown alive, having worn a bullet proof vest during her stand off with Browning. Myra later flees the country after a tearful goodbye with John Paul. Doctor Browning is later arrested when the police arrive after he shots Myra. A few weeks later, Doctor Browning attempts suicide to get out of prison. When he escapes the ambulance taking him to the hospital, he arrives in Hollyoaks, where he runs over Clare Devine, killing her. He later captures Mercedes and takes her back to the McQueen family house. Unknown to Doctor Browning and Mercedes, Cindy and Lindsey followed them and the trio end up killing Doctor Browning in self-defence. They later hide the body in the attic of Mercedes' house but everyone else in the house begins to notice a horrible smell, they move the body into the Price Slice freezer. Later, with the help of Freddie Roscoe, they push Doctor Browning's car, with the body inside, off a cliff and then setting it on fire to make it look like a suicide and also setting him up for D.I. Trent's murder. Also, that week, Theresa goes on a road trip with her first cousin, Louis McQueen.
In 2014, Carmel discovers that she has chlamydia. She initially believes that her boyfriend Jim has cheated on her and has given her the disease but later finds out that she has had chlamydia for the past four years after Theresa reveals that she gave chlamydia to Calvin, who in turn gave it to Carmel, also revealing that Carmel is now infertile. Carmel later starts a feud with Theresa and also reunites with Jim, who proposes to her. Later, Carmel exposes Theresa's emails that prove Theresa is pretending to be her boyfriend Dodger's dead ex Texas, ultimately breaking up Dodger and Theresa. This infuriates Theresa, who then gets a drunken Jim to sleep in her bed and makes it look like the pair had sex but Nana soon uncovers the truth. Carmel then gets in contact with Calvin's brother
In November 2014, Myra's niece
Carmel is the first person to awaken from unconsciousness, and notices her cousin,
The following week, Myra reveals that she has refused to choose between Mercedes and Theresa, and when Mercedes attacks Myra to choose, both Nana and John Paul ask Mercedes to leave for a few days. When Carmel's body is brought to the McQueen household, Nana notices that the ring on her finger has disappeared, and the entire family immediately blame Mercedes. Mercedes is disgusted and reveals to the McQueens how much she loved Carmel, before leaving the house. On the day of Carmel's funeral, Mercedes spots Freddie and Lindsey kissing in the hospital after Lindsey gives birth to Freddie's brother, Joe's baby son. Mercedes blackmails Freddie into buying her share of The Loft, however, she then visits Grace and offers her her share of The Loft too, in a bid to see who will pay more so she can leave the country for Alicante. Mercedes later gets drunk and arrives at Carmel's funeral, hurling abuse at Myra, Theresa and Phoebe, before Myra reveals that she wished Mercedes had died instead of Carmel. Mercedes then flees the church, devastated. Back at the McQueen household, Mercedes waits for either Freddie or Grace to arrive with the highest amount of money, but an unknown figure enters the house, grabs a knife and stabs Mercedes to death. Mercedes' corpse is then seen being dragged out of the house, and the figure mopping up all of her blood. The figure is later revealed to be Freddie. Meanwhile, at the wake of Carmel's funeral, Porsche reveals that she was the culprit who stole Carmel's ring, and not Mercedes. The entire family then rush home to try and catch Mercedes in time, but when she is not there, they all believe she has left for Alicante. The following day, Phoebe is suspicious of Mercedes' whereabouts and calls the police, with old friend D.S Thorpe questioning Myra. She explains that Phoebe is just being over-dramatic, and when she spills a cup of tea, D.S Thorpe notices blood on the floor, and calls for forensic scientists. He then reveals that he believes that Mercedes has been murdered in the kitchen, much to Myra's despair. Later that day, D.S Thorpe arrests Freddie for killing Mercedes. However, Lindsey's sister Kim Butterfield provides Freddie with a false alibi, which gets Freddie out of the frame. The police later ask Porsche to perform a reconstruction of Mercedes' last movements, which she reluctantly agrees to in order to find Mercedes' murderer. Grace is suspicious of Freddie and confronts him on The Loft balcony, where he continuously denies killing Mercedes, and after innocently pushing her away, she falls from the balcony and is hospitalised.
When Joe is confronting Freddie about the murder of Mercedes, they are unaware that Myra is overhearing everything, until she makes a noise when she leaves. Freddie later tries to convince Myra that he had nothing to do with Mercedes' murder, which Myra refuses to believe. Myra leaves the village once again. Elsewhere, Theresa agrees to be a kidney donor for Sienna's teenage daughter,
It is then revealed that Mercedes is actually alive, and faked her death as part of a money scam. She returns to the village, however shortly after Phoebe is murdered by serial killer Lindsey Butterfield. Later, when Porsche and Celine's sister Cleo, mother Reenie and stepfather Pete arrive, Porsche reveals that Pete sexually abused her and Cleo when they were kids and made Celine feel insecure, however the family forgive him. Pete and Cleo secretly embark on a sick affair, and when it is discovered, Celine attempts to kill Pete. Pete then escapes and begins living in a van. Cleo visits him and they continue their affair. Reenie reveals that Nana's ex-boyfriend Derek also abused her when she was younger and as a result of these revelations, Porsche, Reenie and Nana all end up leaving the village with Porsche having split up with Lockie after he embarked on separate affairs with both Mercedes and John Paul. Myra then returns to the village with her new boyfriend, Spanish hunk Diego. Theresa leaves the village a few months later in order to start a new life in Spain.
Mercedes reveals that she is pregnant with Joe Roscoe's baby and they begin a relationship however Joe gets back together with his ex-wife Lindsey, realising he still loves her. When Joe discovers that Lindsey is a serial killer, Lindsey escapes and their relationship is over. Bart was murdered by Warren Fox and, with help from Sienna Blake, his body was hidden in Sally's loft until they could move it into the freshly-dug grave of Amy Barnes.
John Paul decides to leave town with Matthew for a teaching position in Singapore. Not that long after the two leave the village, it is revealed that he and Craig have reunited and are raising their son in Singapore.
Generations
- Queenie McQueen (deceased)
- Marlena McQueen, daughter of Queenie, married Reggie
- Kathleen McQueen, daughter of Marlena
- Billy Alexander
- Kathleen-Angel McQueen, daughter of Theresa and Calvin Valentine
- Myra-Pocahontas Savage-McQueen, daughter of Theresa and Dodger Savage
- Myra McQueen, daughter of Marlena and Reggie
- Niall Rafferty (deceased), son of Myra and Martin Brownlow
- Aleksander Malota, Rhys Ashworth(deceased)
- Phoebe McQueen (deceased), adoptive daughter of Jacqui and Rhys
- Sylver McQueen(deceased)
- Bobby Costello, son of Mercedes and Riley Costello(deceased)
- Joe Roscoe(deceased)
- Tina Reilly (deceased), daughter of Myra and Marvin Bassman, married Dominic Reilly
- Max Owen, son of Tina and Russ Owen
- Ricky Bowen, married Calvin Valentine(deceased)
- John Paul McQueen, son of Myra and Sally St. Claire, married Ste Hay
- Matthew-Jesus McQueen, son of John Paul and Craig Dean; born via a surrogate, Chloe Chance
- Ricky Bowen
- Carmina McQueen, daughter of Myra and Diego Salvador Martinez Hernandez De La Cruz
- Reenie McQueen, daughter of Marlena and Len Murphy, married Pete Buchanan
- Lockie Campbell(deceased)
- Celine McQueen(deceased), daughter of Reenie
- Cleo McQueen, daughter of Reenie
- Louis McQueen (deceased), son of Marlena
- Louis McQueen Jr., son of Louis
- Unnamed McQueen
- Jennifique McQueen
- Kathleen McQueen, daughter of Marlena
- Marguerite McQueen (deceased), daughter of Queenie
- Victor McQueen, son of Marguerite, married Sarah, married Joan (deceased)
- Bart McQueen (deceased), son of Victor and Sarah
- Breda McQueen(deceased), daughter of Marguerite, married Vinnie (deceased)
- Sylver McQueen (deceased), son of Wes (deceased) and Harriet, adopted by Breda, married to Mercedes McQueen
- Cher Winters, daughter of Sylver
- Goldie McQueen, daughter of Breda and Vinnie
- Lily Drinkwell(deceased)
- Hunter McQueen, son of Goldie and Shane Sweeney
- Valene McQueen, daughter of Marguerite
- Unnamed McQueen, son of Marguerite
- Victor McQueen, son of Marguerite, married Sarah, married Joan (deceased)
Reception
Introduced by
In late 2008, Kirkwood introduced the cousin of the McQueen sisters,
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