Juliet Nightingale (Niamh Blackshaw) struggled to hold back the tears in Hollyoaks as she opened up to Peri Lomax (Ruby O’Donnell), admitting that she’s terrified that she could die.
The 20-year-old, as viewers know, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma last year and has since been undergoing intense treatment in a bid to fight for her life.
The diagnosis has understandably been tough for her to get her head around, with recent scenes seeing her lashing out at all those around her, primarily girlfriend Peri, who has been worried sick about her health.
Juliet’s behaviour ultimately landed her in trouble with the law after she accidentally hit into Zoe Anderson (Garcia Brown) during a drunken rage, prompting the detective to arrest her.
Peri, meanwhile, was hopeful that the arrest would give Jules a wake-up call, as was Rayne Royce (Jemma Donovan), who uploaded the video of Juliet’s nightclub outburst online.
Juliet, however, continued to lash out, telling everyone that she is dealing with her diagnosis in a way that only she knows how.
In emotional scenes, she shouted at girlfriend Peri, before taking a pair of scissors to her hair and cutting into it, much to Peri and ex-partner Nadira Valli’s (Ashling O’Shea) shock.
After taking a time out, Juliet re-watched the video from the night before and apologised to Peri for the way she’s been acting, admitting that she’s angry all the time and that she doesn’t want to die.
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Peri reassured her that she will beat cancer, before commenting on the ‘state’ of her trimmed hair, joking that Juliet will never be a hairdresser.
Juliet subsequently took a seat at the bedside table, as Peri took hold of the shaver and began to shave her girlfriend’s hair off.
Hollyoaks continues Thursday February 23 at 7pm on E4 or stream the next episode from midnight on All4.
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