In 2016, as part of the end to an explosive story, the show broadcast a "Point of View" week, focusing on the police's suspects for who killed Patrick Blake who was found buried in the woods. Each suspect Maxine Minniver, Darren and Nancy Osborne, Nico Blake, Sienna Blake and Warren Fox all had an episode dedicated to themselves. Each episode focused around the different characters in the same 24 hours until the police would make an arrest. This also saw the return of former character Joel Dexter. In Autumn 2016, the series' annual autumn stunt, titled "Hollyoaks No Exit", aired on 31 October to 4 November. These episodes saw a "Halloween Spooktacular" held by Jude Cunningham, who returned to the series after 18 years of her last appearance.