Joe Spencer (Hollyoaks)
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Joseph "Joe" Spencer was a fictional character on the Channel 4 English soap opera Hollyoaks. He was played by actor Matt Milburn from 2003-2006.
Joe was outgoing and extremely self confident. He was easy going and flexible, with little time for rules or regulations.
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[edit] Storylines
[edit] Mistaken as a gay
Joe arrived as a young fresher in Hollyoaks studying fashion and got himself in a bit of a bother with roommate Robbie Flynn, after the pair had a falling out over room sharing. Joe certainly had his share of attention as some labelled him as gay because of his masculine and feminine sides, which brought a few admirers like Nick O'Conor, after he thought Joe was gay!
[edit] Relationship with Sophie Burton
But to prove he was not gay, Joe began dating Jodie Nash after the pair met on a dating spree contest. However it wasn’t too last for too long as Joe moved on to his next relationship, this time with Sophie Burton. The pair seemed like love’s young dream couple, but Joe felt the strain after he thought Sophie became too pushy in the relationship after introducing Joe to her mother Liz. Soon after, Sophie ended the relationship with Joe after learning that he was going to dump her.
[edit] Making new friends
Joe soon built up a good friendship relations with Dannii Carbone, Louise Taylor and Jeremy Paterson, He also revealed that he had a rocky relationship with his alcoholic father, who was abusive towards Joe’s mother. He was also smitten with ice-queen Louise Summers, despite the fact she has shown no interest in him.
Despite being a cheeky chap, Joe’s confidence was to take a huge blow after he was beaten up by a bunch of teenage school girls. With the support of his friends Russ Owen and Danni, Joe was able to recover from his trauma. Joe began to concentrate on his fashion degree, however things got from bad to worse for Joe.
[edit] Debt problems
He managed to run up in massive debts after his dealing for supplying jackets collapsed. Joe became desperate and took out a credit card in best mate Jeremy’s name. Jez was oblivious to this and also brought him a laptop after Joe claimed his was stolen.
Although he and Dannii Carbone were forced to leave the student flat they shared with Zara Morgan and Jez to make room for Jessica Harris an Olivia Johnson, it appeared that he moved back into the flat after Zara (and Jessica's ex-boyfriend Mark Jury) moved out.
Meanwhile Joe's debt deepened and soon it resulted in loan sharks chasing Joe, which led to Joe faking his own death in order to get he loan sharks off his back. The whole debt saga cost Joe dearly as he failed his exams and had to resit his final year.
[edit] Trying to stay in the flat
Before college restarted in September 2006 he found out he, Olivia, and Jessica had to move out to make room for new students. Joe recognised the name of one of the students as Zoe Carpenter, a girl he used to date in high school, but he dumped her because she was fat but realised that it was his big mistake and tried to convince her to take him back.
Joe tried to stay in the flat with Jessica and Olivia by telling the new students that they were their live-in student mentors, but the students saw through their plans. Joe tried to bribe the students with drinks but with no success. Joe made it up to Zoe by telling her he regretted dumping her in high school and then they went to The Dog together with Kris Fisher, Jessica, and Olivia.
[edit] Death
That night Sam Owen burst into the pub and set it on fire. Joe had theorised that the only safe way out would be through the basement. After successfully getting Kris and Zoe out, he went back for Olivia, who had been pinned under a beam just behind the bar. Before Joe left he told Zoe that he already lost her once, and he wasn't going to again. Upon finding Olivia, Joe freed her, but the bottles of liquor behind the bar exploded, killing both of them. Zoe tried to ring Joe's phone and heard his ring tone; she and Kris followed it. They found it coming from a group of body bags. Joe died a hero, trying to save Olivia.
