Max Hoyland

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Max Hoyland
Portrayed by Stephen Lovatt
First appearance August 22, 2002
Episode 4074
Last appearance February 16, 2007
Episode 5150
Cause/reason Returned to work on the oil rigs at Port Douglas
Profile
Age 42
Occupation Oil rig worker
Residence Port Douglas

Max Hoyland was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Stephen Lovatt. He first appeared on August 22, 2002 and left the show on October 13, 2006. He returned briefly from January 18-February 16, 2007.

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[edit] History

[edit] Entrance

He is the father of Boyd, Summer, and Charlie; married to Steph (who is the mother of Charlie, but not Summer and Boyd); son of Bobby and Rosie Hoyland. His first wife Claire died several years earlier of heart failure, later thought to be Long QT syndrome because of Summer's later development of the condition. This left him to raise Summer and Boyd on his own, until he married Stephanie Scully in 2004.

He used to co-own the pub "Lou's Place" (with Lou Carpenter), before it was burnt down. He now co-owns "Scarlet Bar" with his sister Izzy. His father Bobby returned to see Max and Izzy, and Max didn't want anything to do with him, but after he decided to accept him, Bobby ran away again.

[edit] Trying for Children

He and Steph were going to adopt a baby girl from Kayla Thomas (Virginia Ryan), a teenager that wanted to give up her unborn child , but Kayla eventually decided to raise the baby with her boyfriend (played by Adam Hunter, who later played Robert and Cameron), the baby's biological father. Max was overjoyed to discover on his 40th birthday that his wife Steph was pregnant with their first child, Charlie Hoyland, who was born on March 20, 2006.

[edit] The Manslaughter of Cameron Robinson

Max is responsible for the death of Cameron who he believed to be Robert when he knocked him over with his car. Paul almost murdered Max out of grief for his innocent son. After this, Max began to come to terms with the fact he killed Paul's son but Cameron's sister Elle Robinson could not stand seeing him going so well so she devised several schemes to make Max think he was going crazy, a technique known as Gaslighting. First she stole his football tickets, then she moved Charlie onto the road, then she kidnapped Charlie. She then forged Max's signature and made him buy unnecessary alcohol and stole his car. After this Max hired a private investigator who caught her stealing the car but Elle paid the guy off. When the report came back negative, Max admitted himself into a hospital. Not long after, he lost grip on reality and heard voices from his family members and friends saying he was insane. Not long after this, he walked out of the hospital and left Ramsay Street, leaving a family picture which he had torn up.

[edit] Disappearance

Shortly after, Max was supposedly seen by Stingray Timmins (who may have been drunk at the time ) Max gave a passed out Stingray a piece of paper and written on it was Tell Steph I love her. Stingray later told the Hoylands but knowing about his recent troubles with alcohol they remained skeptical about his story. Max later made contact with his family via the Salvation Army by stating that he has a new life now, and suggest the Hoylands move on.

[edit] Return

Max gets spotted by Elle when she returns and she learns that he has settled in with a new family. Elle told Janae about Max and his new family. She in turn went and confronted him about it. After the confrontation, Max came back to town. It's revealed that he actually went to the family for shelter. At first Steph couldn't take him back, but then she recanted her decision. Max was delighted to hear this. However after he learned that he was second choice, he said that either she choose him or he goes away forever.

Max then faced his court case, where Robert Robinson is brought in to give evidence. Paul burst into the court room and screamed at the judge saying Robert was not well to testify. After his lawyer, Toadie Rebecchi proved that Robert is aggressive, Max won his freedom.Later Elle told hoylands that she did all those things that made max have nervors break down and family wre more than angry at elle

[edit] Departure

After realizing that his marriage with Steph wasn't going to work out he decided to return to the oil rigs but lives and works close enough so that he can still visit his son Charlie. Shortly before leaving town the Hoylands had one last family picnic together.

In August, Boyd went to live with Max up at Port Douglas.

[edit] Family tree

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The Hoyland family in Neighbours
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The Scully family in Neighbours