Mac (played by David Easter) has been up to no good since he returned to Hollyoaks following his miraculous recovery from locked-in syndrome, including trying to cause a rift between his James Nightingale (Gregory Finnegan) and grandson Romeo Quinn (Owen Warner).
James discovered he was Romeo’s father when it was revealed the prostitute he slept with on his 16th birthday, Donna-Marie Quinn (Lucy-Jo Hudson) had given birth to the now teenage lothario.
Creeping her way into Romeo’s life, Donna-Marie managed to get her way when she joined her son in the village with his younger sister Juliet Quinn (Niamh Blackshaw) on the Channel 4 soap.
However, Juliet had a closer connection to the Nightingale’s than originally thought when Donna-Marie revealed Mac was her father when he tried to turf her out her home in tonight’s first look episode on E4.
Donna-Marie dropped the bombshell following her involvement in scamming Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring) out of the deeds of the home she and Mac had been residing in with Juliet.
However, after his son Alfie Nightingale (Richard Linnell) discovered his menacing father had swapped his mother Cindy’s bi-polar medication for vitamins, causing a relapse, the Hollyoaks villain was furious with Donna-Marie.
Following the reveal, Donna-Marie decided she and Juliet can stay, just at the point Cindy returned to the village to bid farewell to Alfie who left Hollyoaks to pursue his career goals in America.
Also discovering Mac had tampered with her medication, Cindy demanded he leave the property but discovered the house was now in Mac’s name as he managed to get her to sign it over to him, believing she was paying for her treatment.
With Cindy not one to let someone else get the upper hand, it seems the villager’s hot tempered streak could be about to
