Hollyoaks II

From February 2012

Grief induced breakdowns are ten a penny on Hollyoaks but tonight's from Mercedes McQueen (above, in happier times) was spectacular.

Having spilled a mug of tea on her niece Angel, she was next seen gazing mournfully through a window at the hospital. It wasn't entirely clear what was upsetting her, possibly just memories of how wonderful the NHS used to be. She then vented her fury on the coffee machine, pummeling it with both fists - in the circumstances, foolish considering the damage she had already done with a hot drink.

After some words of wisdom from her sister Jacqui ('you need to get to a happy place' etc.) Mercedes returned home where she began to furiously rub her eyes, pull her hair out and - the pièce de résistance - rip up photographs of her ex-husband.

A textbook breakdown: Euripides had nothing on this.