Hollyoaks' Frankie reveals fresh hope for Caleb in dark Jonah storyline

Hollyoaks' Frankie Osborne offers fresh hope to Caleb Keane, after she was falsely led to believe that her boyfriend is dying. The soap is currently airing a storyline that explores Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another (FDIA), with Jonah drugging his son and purposely making him ill in a desperate bid to stop Caleb leaving home.

After Caleb had another health scare this week, Frankie secretly looked at her ex’s medical records and was stunned to discover that an anti-depressant was found in his system.

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As Frankie realised that Caleb didn’t know he was taking this medication, her suspicions grew, but she jumped to the wrong conclusion and accused Beth of drugging her stepson.

When the situation escalated, guilty Jonah decided to change tactics and admitted to everyone that he has been drugging Caleb – as his son isn’t ill, he is dying.

Jonah lied and said that a private specialist saw Caleb’s medical files and confirmed that he has a rare mitochondrial disease like his late mum and he has only months left to live.

Frankie remained suspicious about this shocking turn of events, but Jonah argued that he only hid the medication from Caleb to try and protect him from this grim reality.

With Caleb left to come to terms with his alleged terminal illness during a celebratory dinner hosted by Jack and Pearl, Frankie pledged to stand by her former boyfriend and the pair officially got back together.

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Frankie is devastated by Caleb’s supposed prognosis but is determined not to give up hope, and new spoilers reveal that in next week’s episodes, she comes to her partner with hopeful news.

She explains that she has found a clinic in California that is doing experimental drug trials for conditions like Caleb’s. But Jonah, well aware that there is nothing wrong with Caleb, is quick to voice his concerns about Frankie’s suggestion.

Meanwhile, Beth is keen not to keep any more secrets from her son, so she finds Maddox and tells him the devastating news about Caleb.

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Maddox is completely distraught about his stepbrother’s prognosis, and while he has been living with his biological mum Cindy, he decides to move back home to be with his family.

As the week continues, a huge row breaks out between Caleb and Frankie, with their rekindled relationship already under threat. Later, Caleb heads to the Osborne house to try and make amends, but will he and Frankie patch things up?

Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.

Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.

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