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Osborne family
Hollyoaks family
First appearanceJanuary 1996
Created byPhil Redmond
Introduced byPhil Redmond
Duration1996–present
Family members

The Osborne family are a fictional family in the long-running

Dog in the Pond. Hollyoaks″ official website has described the Osborne family as belonging in the Dog in the Pond and as being the " rightfully at the helm" of the public house.[1][2]

The current Osborne family consists of patriarch

Brooke Hathaway (Tylan Grant
) have been adopted by the family.

History

The Osborne family were created in 1996 by

Francine Osborne. The Osborne family are the longest serving owners and Jack the longest serving landlord of The Dog in the Pond
serving for 12 years.

In Hollyoaks

Jude
ends up telling everyone in The Dog about his secret child. Celia leaves for America taking Darren with her. Celia and Jack later divorce. Darren eventually returns 2 years later.

Ruth starts getting hassle from Spike who tried to entrap her, but Kurt intervened and accidentally pushed Spike off scaffolding. Kurt was later charged. Kurt became paranoid that Ruth thought he was guilty, leading them to break up. Kurt left for Hull so Ruth followed him and they got married. Spike trapped Ruth in a room and tried to force himself on her, but Rob Hawthorne stepped in to rescue her.

Jack and Jill Patrick begin a relationship, eventually getting married. Jill reveals she has a fatal brain tumour. Jill eventually dies and Jack promised to look after her children. Ruth learned that Kurt was having an affair with Kate Patrick, ending their marriage. Ruth and Kate fought which led to Kate trying to drown her. In a fit of rage, Kurt intervened, trying to teach Kate a lesson by drowning her. Ruth and Kurt realise that they were not right for each other, prompting Kurt to leave Hollyoaks. Some time later Ruth was told that Kurt had died.

Follow by the separation of Kurt, Ruth began a relationship with

Hollyoaks: Movin' On, Lewis beat-up Ruth before trying to force himself on her, before leaving Ruth for dead. Ruth while in hospital received news Lewis had died after committing suicide. Ruth left Hollyoaks for a new life in London
.

In 2003,

Scott
decided to teach Darren a lesson for scamming him by locking the doors of The Loft and setting fire to it. Scott fell down the stairs of The Loft and pleaded to Darren for help, but Darren left Scott for dead. No trace of Scott was found and a year later, Scott started threatening Darren to pay back the money he had scammed off him. Darren pleaded with Scott not to kill him. Scott was about to attack Darren when the police arrived and arrested him.

After five years being a widowed, since the death of Jill, Jack begins a relationship with

Eamon Fisher. Darren tells Jack that they could fake his death, claiming Jack is the deceased body. Jack goes along with this and his family are horrified at his apparent death. Ruth returns briefly for his funeral. Frankie discovers Jack is alive and the pair agree to flee to Spain. Niall Rafferty is planning to kill his family so Jack and Darren as the pair rush to find them. Jack bursts in and tells Niall it is over, however Niall detonates explosives, which eventually kills Tina Reilly
. Jack is then arrested and Darren admits he knew of the fake death. They are both imprisoned. During his time in prison, the Osbornes are forced to sell The Dog to the Ashworths.

Jack and Darren are released from prison four months later. Jack visits Eamon's sons, Kris and Malachy Fisher, where he learns that Darren had only offered to buy them a drink as an apology. Darren is then kicked out of the flat. Jack grows depressed, and he does not want to leave the house. After learning that Darren took £100, 000 from Warren Fox to get stepbrother Jake to confess to Sean Kennedy's murder, before gambling the money away, Jack disowns him. Jack gets a manager job in the Dog thanks to Darren. When Jack sees that Darren has become close friends with teenager Duncan Button, he realises that he has changed, so decides to reconcile with him and offers him to move in with him, which would also include Duncan. Darren is delighted and happily accepts.

Darren and

Carmel and Calvin Valentine's wedding, Suzanne Ashworth
arrives and spends the day flirting with Darren. They later sneak off and have sex. They resume their brief affair but are caught by Suzanne's son Rhys. Rhys attacks Darren before telling Neville about the affair, who kicks Suzanne out of their home.

The family supports Frankie and Steph when Steph reveals she is dying from cervical cancer. When Steph dies in a fire at Il Gnosh, they become deeply concerned for Frankie when she sets a table for Steph for Christmas dinner. On Christmas Eve, while taking the dog for a walk Jack and Duncan, discover India Longford's body.

In January 2011, the Osbornes have an intruder who Tom hits over the head, and it is later revealed that the intruder is in fact Frankie's granddaughter. The intruders father was Frankies son, born when she was 16, yet Frankie thought he had died. It is later revealed that Frankie's parents had told her the tot had died, but they then put him up for adoption. The family allow

Oscar Osborne is born three months premature. Oscar is rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit
following his birth and the doctors inform Darren and Nancy that their son may have brain damage and he may be disabled and he may be deaf and that he is fighting a serious infection he developed, necrotizing enterocolitis.[75] The family hold a christening and Darren and Nancy decide to name their son Oscar. in December, Darren and Nancy bring Oscar home for Christmas and have trouble settling him when he is crying. Darren drops a vase near Oscar who is sleeping. Oscar does not wake, causing Darren and Nancy concern. They consult the hospital who reveal that initial tests were inconclusive and further testing has revealed that Oscar is not responding to sound and is deaf. Oscar's deafness causes tension between Darren and Frankie, who fight, leading to Darren's walking out. Darren spends the day contemplating how Oscar would be affected by his deafness and begins learning sign language and buys specialist toys to support Oscar. Darren and Nancy think of getting cochlear implants for Oscar so he can hear but Nancy is put off by the operation. Despite this, Nancy eventually allows the operation to take place and in February 2014, Oscar has the operation and it is successful.

As of October 2015, the Osbornes are no longer the owners of the Dog in the Pond after an incident at Hollyoaks Pride (an event they were hosting on behalf of Tony Hutchinson) lead to the death of Doctor Charles S'Avage who, unbeknownst to the characters, was actually murdered by the Gloved Hand Killer (

Billy Brodie
in Prison and that Jack and Billy was involved in a murder. Billy beats Callum up and forced his brother, Jack to do the same. However, Jack's blows proved to be fatal and he ended up killing Callum. In December 2016, Jack had flashbacks to killing Callum and confessed to Darren.

Darren had a brief marriage to

Carter Shepherd
as she was going to expose his and John Paul’s relationship and was given £50,000 out of Myra and Goldie’s Money. Suzanne, JJ and Frankie then live with Darren, Nancy and Jack.

Shortly moving in the Osborne’s, Frankie starts having trauma’s from her past and starts to lash out at her friends and family. Jack offers her to dance with him but when Jack touches her back, She gets scared and starts having trauma’s. She then tells Darren and Nancy. Frankie and Nancy reports it to the police and the police turn up at the Osborne’s and Zoe arrests Jack. Jack admits his innocence and Darren think something suspicious is going on. Jack is let out and decides to move out and is offered a place at The Dog In The Pond with Tony and Diane. When Charlie is back from London, Jack tells Charlie what has been going on and Charlie kicks off at Darren for not trusting Jack. She strikes a bond with Lucas. A few weeks later, Jack comes home, Scaring Frankie, Saying if Jack comes home, She would go, Frankie then lashes out as she can’t except the fact that Jack is Home and Darren says that they got to be a Family. It is then revealed that JJ used to sexually abuse her when they were younger when he touches her.

Generations

Reception

Bryan Kirkwood said "I love Jack and Frankie – they're essentially the heart of the show".[3] Ashley Taylor Dawson has been nominated for his portrayal as part of the Osborne family at Inside Soap Awards including Funniest Performance in 2007,[4] Best Actor in 2009[5] and for three awards in 2010 including Best Actor, Funniest Performance and Sexiest Male.[6] Temporary workplace provider Regus carried out a survey in 2010 and found that Jack Osborne was the third most popular boss from Soaps.[7]

References

  1. E4 (channel). Channel Four Television Corporation
    . Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. E4 (channel). Channel Four Television Corporation
    . Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. Hachette Filipacchi
    . Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  4. ^ Green, Kris (3 July 2009). "Inside soap awards 2007 nominations revealed". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  5. ^ "British Soap Awards 2009: Nominations revealed!". What's on TV. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  6. E4
    . 13 August 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  7. Hachette Filipacchi
    . Retrieved 12 August 2011.

External links

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