List of Hollyoaks characters introduced in 2016: Difference between revisions

It was confirmed in October 2022 that Hunter would return later in the year. Hunter's return aired on 28 December 2022.

 

 

Hunter arrived in the village along with Goldie and Prince. He dislikes his father [[Shane Sweeney]] (Lanre Malaolu/Michael Salami) as he arrives and breaks Goldie's heart. He orders Shane to leave and never come back. This causes Goldie and Prince to get angry at Hunter. Hunter is caught spray painting by [[Neeta Kaur]] ([[Amrit Maghera]]) and they have a heart to heart and she assures Hunter that he has done the right thing. He secretly develops a crush on Neeta and sleep together, although she was drunk. She gets back with [[Mac Nightingale]] ([[David Easter]]) to lose her forbidden crush which causes Hunter to get upset and does his best to split up both of them. He sees Mac's dark side when he attacks [[Harry Thompson (Hollyoaks)|Harry Thompson]] ([[Parry Glasspool]]) but is stopped by Mac's son, [[James Nightingale (Hollyoaks)|James Nightingale]] ([[Gregory Finnegan]]). Hunter tells Neeta this but she doesn't believe him despite being hurt by him in the past. Hunter joins his friends in Ibiza and gets jealous when Neeta flirts with [[Brody Hudson]] ([[Adam Woodward]]), promoting him to push Brody into the swimming pool. Hunter nearly exposes his feelings towards Neeta in front of everyone. This annoys Neeta and calls him creepy which causes Hunter to be embarrassed and walk away. Hunter forgives Neeta but is confused about why Neeta keeps shutting him out and is with Mac and expresses how much he loves her. At this point, Neeta secretly has feelings for Hunter but does not want to hurt Mac and ruin her and Hunter's future. Both of them have a heart to heart which Hunter express his feelings towards Neeta which causes her to fall for Hunter and have sex. The following day, they continue her affair until they are caught by Brody which forces Neeta to end their affair as teacher/student relationship is illegal. Hunter becomes jealous of Neeta and Mac and decides to make her jealous and he succeeds when he kisses [[Peri Lomax]] ([[Ruby O'Donnell]]) while Neeta watches on, despite actually loving Neeta. Because of this, Neeta reveals her love for Hunter and not Mac. Their affair is finally exposed to Mac when he finds out she drove his car away with Hunter and their messages confirmed it. Neeta is blackmailed into staying with Mac and ending her relationship with Hunter or else he will tell the police about her illegal relationship. Hunter is heartbroken and tries his best to get back with her although he is left broken again when she tells him their relationship meant nothing. Hunter finds out Neeta is being blackmailed by Mac and does his best to get her away from him but it results in Hunter being beaten by Mac and Neeta being locked in the bathroom. Hunter fears Mac and ends things with Neeta. Weeks later he regrets it and tries his best to get back with Neeta but her affair is finally exposed. When the school explosion happens, Hunter shouts to Neeta he loves her to which Neeta responds, Mac gets jealous and kills Neeta, causing her to fall. Hunter is devastated over Neeta's death and vows to get revenge. When he finds out the Mac nearly killed [[Jack Osborne]] ([[Jimmy McKenna]]) and attacked headteacher [[Sally St. Claire]] ([[Annie Wallace]]), he goes round to the pub and finds Mac sleeping and attempts to kill him but is stopped by Sally and Prince, saying Neeta wouldn't want this.