Mercedes McQueen

Mercedes Maria Teresa Immaculata McQueen (previously Owen, Fisher and Browning) is the daughter of Myra McQueen. Like most of her siblings, Mercedes's father was not present in her life. She had a close bond with her mother and siblings Jacqui, Tina, Carmel, John Paul and Michaela. She is also the half-sister of Niall Rafferty, Emily Alexander, Theresa and Carmina McQueen She is the Widow of Russ Owen, Malachy Fisher, Paul Browning and Sylver McQueen and the mother of Bobby Costello, Gabriel McQueen and twins Maria-Gabriella McQueen and Maria-Carmela McQueen.
A reputation for promiscuity, Mercedes has had many affairs. She has a son, Bobby, by her late fiancé Riley Costello, and a stillborn son, Gabriel, by her late fiancé Joe Roscoe. Since arriving in the village in June 2006, Mercedes has also repeatedly found herself in peril: first at the hands of her vengeful long-lost brother Niall Rafferty, then serial killer Silas Blissett who continued to target her until his death at Bobby's hands in 2022.
== Biography ==
=== 1983-2006: Early life ===
Mercedes was born on 15th October 1983, the second of four children to Billy Alexander and Myra McQueen. However, Billy soon left and Myra raised Mercedes and her older sister, Jacqui, on her own. Myra would go on to have five more children: Tina, Carmel, John Paul, Michaela and Carmina.
Mercedes lost her virginity to her cousin, Sylver McQueen, in 1997. After getting a job at Catro Pereira, Mercedes began a relationship with Johnny, which ended in 2002 when he cheated on her.
=== 2006-2012: Early years in Hollyoaks ===
Mercedes arrived in Hollyoaks in June 2006, and is first seen in Evissa getting a beauty treatment from Sophie Burton, whom she accuses of messing up her treatment, something Sophie denies. It is then seen that Mercedes is the older sister of troublemaker Michaela McQueen, who orders Mercedes to leave, which Mercedes shrugs off. 
Mercedes makes an impression on both Joe Spencer and Russ Owen, to which Mel and Sophie Burton detest. Russ later asks Mercedes for a drink, which she accepts. The two of them begin dating for a few months before becoming an official couple, by which time her whole family arrive in the village. Jacqui teases Mercedes about her sleeping with Russ because she hasn't had sex in a while due to being in prison.
Russ and Mercedes decide to get married but unbeknownst to Russ. Mercedes starts to sleep with local gangster Warren Fox. This is unknown to Russ until Warren is sent to prison for the attack on Clare Devine and Mercedes is his alibi. Despite pleas from both Louise Summers and Warren's sister Katy Fox. Mercedes refuses to give Warren an alibi in case Russ finds out she slept with Warren. Later, Louise announces that Mercedes slept with Warren on her wedding to Russ only to be punched by Jacqui. Eventually Mercedes gives evidence in court and Warren is found not guilty and Russ leaves Mercedes for cheating on him. 
Mercedes kept cheating in the same year when she beds her then sisters, Jacqui's boyfriend Tony Hutchinson, however things go from bad to worse for Mercedes when she discovers that she is pregnant with Tony's baby so she decides to get an abortion. Jacqui learns of the affair and even encourages Mercedes to keep the baby, but Mercedes gets the abortion anyway leaving Tony devastated. 
Mercedes later begins a brief relationship with Rhys Ashworth in late 2007, however, Rhys later has an affair unknown to him at the time with his half sister Beth Clements which upsets Mercedes. Mercedes makes a childish bet with Darren Osborne that if he sleeps with Hannah Ashworth she will sleep with Darren. Darren later takes a photo of Hannah in bed and sends it to Mercedes however she does not believe Darren. Later, Danny Valentine, Hannah's boyfriend at the time sees the photo and ends his relationship with Hannah. Mercedes sleeps with Danny. 
Mercedes begins to develop feelings for Malachy Fisher by October 2008. Things start to get bumpy for them when Mercedes discovers that Malachy is HIV positive. After finding this out, Mercedes attempts to walk home alone when she is kidnapped by her psychotic brother, Niall Rafferty. Niall keeps the McQueens hostage at a local church and later blows it up which results in the death of Mercedes sister Tina Reilly. Which devastated the McQueens. A month later, Mercedes marries Malachy in Ireland. They return from their long honeymoon in January 2009. 
Mercedes hunts for a job and later gets one at The Loft when Calvin Valentine gives her a job as a barmaid. The two of them start to become close and they eventually kiss and later sleep together but Mercedes continues to sleep with Calvin despite Calvin rekindling with her sister Carmel. 
Mercedes long continues her affair with Calvin in 2010 and still frowning apart with her husband Malachy. Mercedes is more than jealous when she learns of Calvin and Carmel are due to remarry. On the day of the wedding, Mercedes attempts to lure Calvin to have sex with her to which he rejects. Mercedes, upset by this reveals to Calvin's sister that Calvin left Warren to die in The Loft fire all the way back in May 2009. Sasha confronts Calvin over this. Unknown to Mercedes, Calvin slept with her cousin Theresa McQueen and got her pregnant. Due to Calvin rejecting to help Theresa with the baby, a furious Theresa later killed Calvin. However, not before Malachy's ex-girlfriend Cheryl Brady exposed Mercedes affair with Calvin to him to which Malachy ends things between him and Mercedes.
Six months later, Mercedes and Malachy again start to become close and later decide to rekindle at a relationship again and forget everything that happened with Calvin. However, unknown to them, as they kiss Dominic Reilly sets fire to the Gnosh, where Mercedes and Malachy rekindle. After Dom was told to do so by Warren Fox, who is in fact alive and not dead. The Gnosh explodes which results in Mercedes and Malachy being in the crossfire. Malachy bangs the back of his head and is taking to hospital and later dies much to Mercedes' and Cheryl's and Kris's devastations.
Mercedes later is comforted by local young footballer Riley Costello and she later sleeps with Riley. The two eventually start to date and begin a relationship together. Mercedes moves in The Dog in the Pond where Riley lives with the rest of his family. Carl Costello, Riley's father takes a dislike to Mercedes and thinks his son can do better. A heated exchange eventually gets the better of Mercedes and Carl and they sleep together. Their affair lasts for the best part of a year. Riley's younger brother Seth Costello later discovers the affair but Mercedes tells Seth that she is pregnant with Riley's child. Later, Mitzeee finds this out and tells Warren who begins to blackmail Carl for £50,000. To which Carl pays to Warren on the day of the wedding, however Mercedes reveals the affair on the wedding anyway which devastates Riley and angers his serial killer grandfather, Silas Blissett.
Silas later kidnaps Mercedes, who is heavily pregnant, and keeps her hostage in The Dog cellar where the plan is Mercedes has the baby so he can kill her. During this time, Silas is heavily feuding with Lynsey Nolan who he decides to kill on Halloween. However he accidentally kills his daughter and Riley's mother Heidi Costello. This later leads to Riley finding Mercedes in the Dog cellar. After Silas's arrest, Mercedes goes into labour. It is still unknown who the dad is between Carl and Riley. However, it's revealed the baby is in fact Riley's and it's a baby boy. Mercedes names him Bobby. However, Riley and Mercedes do not rekindle but when Riley transfers to a football club in Leeds. Mercedes wishes Bobby to go with Riley. 
=== 2012-2013: Relationship with Paul Browning and feud with Mitzeee Minniver ===
By January 2012, Mercedes meets a bloke named Paul Browning, who thinks Mercedes is a prostitute and the two sleep together. Later, Mercedes along with Lynsey Nolan gets a job at the hospital as cleaners where Mercedes then finds out that Paul is a doctor. Browning then asks Mercedes again to have sex with him and he will pay her to do so. Mercedes agrees to his advances in order to get rid of Lynsey. Mercedes convinces her to look after a patient in DNR (do not resuscitate). However, the patient dies and Lynsey gets in trouble for not helping it turns out that Browning did not document the DNR on the patient. In order to protect Lynsey and her job, Mercedes discovers that Browning is actually married. Seeing this as a good opportunity, Mercedes threatens Browning that she will tell his wife of his misdeeds. Later, after enjoying her time with Browning and earning money, Mercedes decides to join an escorts website. However, Lynsey convinces her not to go ahead and Mercedes then begins to feel depressed. Jacqui meets up with Riley telling him of Mercedes’ depression and that seeing Bobby would make her feel much better. However, Riley arrives back at Hollyoaks and asks Mercedes to sign full documents of Riley having full custody of Bobby. 
Mercedes soon sees an online news article of her ex-fiancé Riley with Mitzeee. Due to this, Mercedes considers running away with Bobby for revenge on Riley, but instead makes a scene at Bobby's christening service, where Mercedes slaps Mitzeee. However, Mercedes again is left furious when she catches Riley and Mitzeee kissing in the car park and angrily confronts the pair of them. As a revenge Mercedes decides to stalk Mitzeee to the point where Mitzeee soon temporarily leaves Hollyoaks. Later, Mercedes finds out the horror that Silas will not be put on trial and will be instead put in a mental institution. Mercedes lies to everyone who cares about her that she's fine however she has nightmares of when Silas imprisoned her. Seeking solace from someone, Mercedes meets up with Browning again and the two sleep together again. After this, Mercedes begins to start escorting again but after meeting with a certain client. Mercedes realises that escorting is not for her and after a heart to heart with Lynsey she decides to pack it in. 
After Riley and Mitzeee start an official relationship, Mercedes then starts to continue to stalk Mitzeee, who wrongly accuses Lynsey of being her stalker. Mercedes, along with Lynsey go round to the flat where Mitzeee is seen traumatized to the point where she panics and picks up a knife. Lynsey decides to go get Riley and while doing so, leaves Mercedes and Mitzeee alone in the flat where Mercedes reveals to Mitzeee she's the one stalking her. The two the fight it out where Mercedes ends up knocking out Mitzeee by hitting her head with a glass bottle. After doing so, Mercedes sees Riley and Lynsey returning to the flat. Panicking, Mercedes decides to take drastic measures by stabbing herself in the stomach in order to turn Riley against Mitzeee. Mercedes later tells Riley and her family that it was in fact Mitzeee who stabbed her, which leads to Mitzeee being arrested and put in prison. 
Lynsey later discovers that Mercedes is lying and that she was in fact Mitzeee's stalker and that she also did stab herself in order to frame Mitzeee. Lynsey gives Mercedes an ultimatum that she either comes clean or she will tell Riley about Mercedes's schemes. Mercedes decides to go see Lynsey but things take a horrifying turn when Lynsey is found murdered in her flat after being found by her family friend Brendan Brady. Not long after Lynsey's murder, Mercedes sees an opportunity to now make a single Riley jealous by starting a relationship with Doctor Browning. Mercedes receives a frantic phone call from her older sister Jacqui that she found Lynsey's scarf in Browning's things back at the hospital. Mercedes confronts Browning where he then confesses to killing Lynsey in order to protect Mercedes because he loves her. The two decide to then run away but the police locate them and arrest Browning. 
After the whole Browning saga, Mitzeee later pleads guilty of stabbing Mercedes as she does not remember what happened as she was knocked unconscious. As a result of Mitzeee pleading guilty, Riley ends his relationship with Mitzeee and begins another with Mercedes and Mitzeee is sentenced to seven years in prison for her supposed attack on Mercedes. Mitzeee clicks on that she has been played and she's innocent after seeing Mercedes smile as she's taken away after her sentencing. Mercedes and Riley again get engaged but Mitzeee escapes prison and confronts Mercedes ironically with a knife but Mitzeee leaves before the police can be called. Later, Carl returns to Hollyoaks and tries to convince Riley not to marry Mercedes but unknown to Carl and Riley, Mercedes is listening in on their conversation and overhears Riley telling Carl that he does not love Mercedes and he slept with Mitzeee when she escaped prison. Angered with betrayal, Mercedes decides to kidnap Bobby but lies to the Police telling them it was Mitzeee who kidnapped Bobby. Unknown to Riley and the McQueen's that Mercedes has enlisted Phoebe Jackson to help keep Bobby away by paying her to do so where Phoebe is keeping Bobby in a secret flat. Mercedes later sees this as an opportunity to con Riley to give her money so Mercedes writes a letter to Riley asking for £500,000 for Bobby's release however Mercedes is caught out by Riley and follows her to the flat where he confronts Phoebe. Mercedes takes Bobby on top of the roof top and threatens to jump but Riley manages to talk her round. Mercedes gives Bobby back to Riley and then takes the money and leaves. Back at the McQueen house, Phoebe tells Riley everything and Myra tells Riley about Mercedes stabbing herself in order to frame Mitzeee they call the police. However, things take a deadly turn when Riley moments later is shot by Simon Walker when he is caught in the cross between Walker and Brendan, Riley sadly dies in hospital. The police catch up with Mercedes and she's sent to prison and when she's told Riley is dead by Myra, a shocked Mercedes refuses to believe it and shows signs of mental illness and is then taken into a psychiatric hospital while Doctor Browning pleas he's innocent in Lynsey's murder. 
Myra starts to visit Mercedes and is shocked when Mercedes appears very distressed with herself pleading for Myra's help. Later, Myra enlist the help of solicitor Jim McGinn and at the trial of Mercedes, Jim puts to the court that Riley was abusive towards Mercedes and he was the one who stabbed her and forced it on her to frame Mitzeee. Seeing this as her only option on her freedom Mercedes backs up these claims made by Jim and Jim also puts to the court that Lynsey knew of their plan so Riley killed her, the jury then wrongly find Mercedes not guilty and due to Riley looking he killed Lynsey, Browning is also released from prison where he and Mercedes meet again and hook up once again. Only this time they begin a legit relationship and even spend Christmas at the McQueen's together despite the tension between Myra and Mercedes. Browning sees this as an opportunity to fix it by falsely writing a doctor's report that Myra is dying of cancer. Mercedes is furious with Browning for lying but soon forgives him as it mended her and Myra's relationship. Browning later tells Myra it was just an error and she's not really dying. His job is on the line due to that but his boss Davies says he will save his job if Browning allows him to have sex with Mercedes. Mercedes agrees and plans to scam Davies, but things take a horrifying turn for Mercedes as Davies plans to rape her but Browning saves her by punching Davies to the ground. 
=== 2013-2014: More Criminal Deeds ===
The first few months of 2013, seem very quiet for Mercedes and Browning, that is until in March when they decide to take a trip to Las Vegas where they bump into Clare Devine, who is now released from prison. Clare lies to Mercedes telling her that Browning tried coming onto her. Seeing this as a way to test Browning's loyalty to her, she and Clare come up with a kidnap scam where Mercedes apparently has been kidnapped. In order for her release, Browning will have to pay money. However, Mercedes clicks on that Clare lied and attempts to leave, only to be knocked out by Clare and actually held hostage for real. Jacqui manages accumulate the money but Clare kidnaps both Mercedes and Browning. She locks both of them in a cage where she threatens them with viscous dogs. However the Police arrive and arrest Clare and send her back to prison. Mercedes then located Jacqui to thank her in Alicante but Jacqui explains she is on the run due to stealing the money from a very dangerous gangster, Trevor Royle. 
Upon returning to the village, Myra discovers that Browning was the one who in fact murdered Lynsey horrified she does her best to persuade Mercedes to leave Browning, Browning finds this out and soon attacks Myra leaving her injured. Unknown to Mercedes but soon finds out although again she forgives him. Both newcomer and new nurse Lindsey Butterfield tells Mercedes that Browning actually attempted to rape her and Cindy Cunningham also tells Mercedes she slept with Browning and he was willing to kill her to keep it secret. Mercedes does not believe either of the women's claims. Myra continues to show and prove that Browning is a murderer and starts a hate campaign much to Mercedes' anger sick of Myra's antics, Browning pays Trevor to kill her and reveals to him that Jacqui is still alive which angers Trevor who agrees to kill Myra unaware that Mercedes is listening in on them, Mercedes is devastated to learn of Browning's plan. 
Due to Trevor not following up or in fact finding Myra, Browning locates Myra himself and shoots her supposedly killing her unknown Myra is wearing a bullet proof vest and is working with Jim to get away. Mercedes confronts Browning and Browning strangles Mercedes and actually kills her but when Jim walks in Browning orders him to get his medical kit where he keeps the adrenaline. He inject Mercedes to which she regains consciousness. Her brother, John Paul reveals to the family that Myra had to fake her death to get away from Browning and Trevor. Mercedes also attempts to bring down Trevor by trying to plant evidence on him and sleeps with him more than once but only for Trevor to be smarter than she thinks. He knows what she's up to, leaving Mercedes sickened but when she visits Browning in prison she rubs his nose in it that she's been having fun with Trevor. 
Clare is also later released from prison after it's revealed that she is the daughter of local gang boss Fraser Black. He buys Clare The Loft and as a peace offering to Mercedes, she offers to throw Mercedes a surprise 30th birthday party. Mercedes accepts unaware Clare is planning to blow up The Loft and is working with Trevor, who gets the bomb from one of his contacts. But as Trevor tells Clare how to work the bomb they are overhead by Sinead O'Connor who thinks the bag contains lots of money. As Mercedes prepares for her 30th birthday still unaware of Clare's plan, Ste Hay and Doug Carter are having a leaving party. Unaware what the bag contains Sinead brings it to the flat. After Trevor sees Kathleen-Angel McQueen at the Loft he attempts to talk Clare from detonating the bomb and even struggle for it only for Clare to get the device and set the bomb off unaware its actually in the flats and causes a huge explosion. While all that is happening Browning manages to escape prison. Mercedes confronted Clare after discovering that she tried to kill her. The two then get into a fight and Mercedes pushes Clare on the road where she is then purposely run over by Browning and killed. Browning then bundles Mercedes back at the McQueen house where he declares his love for her and that he forgives her for sleeping with Trevor. However, after Mercedes belittles him, Browning attacks her but she's saved by Cindy and Lindsey who arrive and knock Browning unconscious, Cindy panics thinking she's killed Browning, however, as the women discuss what to do, Browning regains consciousness and stands up. Only for Mercedes to attack Browning with a shovel and delivers a fatal blow to his head killing him. The three women later enlist Freddie Roscoe to help make Browning's death look like an accident by driving off a cliff also Jim plants Richie Trent's wallet in Browning's burnt out car so it looks as though he killed him and not Trevor. Sam Lomax lets Cindy, Mercedes and Lindsey off after finding out what Browning put them through. 
After Browning's death, Mercedes is left with over £500,000 of his money to which Fraser orders Trevor to help get Mercedes's inheritance as a revenge for her role in Clare's death, Trevor holds Lindsey hostage along with Mercedes as she, Lindsey and Cindy have formed a close friendship since Browning's murder. However, Freddie arrives and throws spanner in the works Trevor later punches Freddie for this. Mercedes later pays the money out after Browning's son Alex arrives and sleeps with Mercedes due to Browning getting Cindy pregnant with Hilton and needing a bone marrow transplant. 
Mercedes starts to have flings with Freddie and the pair together soon get in a feud with Grace who is still out for blood to prove Mercedes has something to do with her sister, Clare's death. They more or less feud over The Loft which is owned by Grace and her father Fraser. By April, Fraser is murdered by an unknown culprit later revealed to be Freddie. Mercedes finds out of Freddie's involvement and starts to black mail him as a revenge for walking in on him and Lindsey kissing after Freddie's brother, Joe Roscoe's supposed death. Mercedes actually records Freddie confessing to the murder and she sends it to Freddie's mother and Fraser's ex lover Sandy Roscoe who is left devastated. The feud with Grace heats up and Mercedes decides to actually threaten Grace with a gun but is stopped by Freddie. But Grace ends up getting shot when Freddie tries to disarm Mercedes. This leaves Grace unable to have kids in the near future. Trevor is later released from prison after he was falsely accused of Fraser's murder, but then it's revealed that Mercedes slept with Trevor, the time Fraser was killed. Mercedes blackmails Trevor to give her cash to, which he does but threatens to kill her if she continues to do so. But Grace still finds out that Trevor slept with Mercedes, however, they rekindle. 
While all of the above is happening, the return of Sonny Valentine put Theresa, Mercedes's cousin in the firing line as his out for revenge for his brothers Calvin's murder. Mercedes does her best to help Theresa, but sadly Sonny kills Carmel by holding her back when a train explodes, killing her and himself in the process. Mercedes also has a mini clash with mother Diane Hutchinson, who is claiming her son Finn O'Connor is innocent of him raping Mercedes's brother John Paul. Finn is then found guilty of raping John Paul and attacking Nancy Osborne.
After Carmel's death, Mercedes is seen grieving and starts to put all the blame on Theresa, but when Mercedes gives the whole family an ultimatum to choose her or Theresa, the McQueen's think Mercedes is being unfair and harsh towards Theresa so they side with Theresa leaving Mercedes angry. Later, a ring on Carmel's corpse is taken and Mercedes is accused and banned from attending the funeral. 
On the day of Carmel's funeral, Mercedes arrives to the service intoxicated in alcohol and begins slating her family. Myra tells Mercedes that she wishes she had died instead of Carmel. Mercedes's cousin and new arrival Porsche McQueen reveals that she took the ring the McQueen's then set out to find Mercedes to apologize, but unaware she decided to leave. Back at the house, Mercedes is stabbed by an unknown culprit 'killing' her and then disposing of her body. The McQueen's assume that Mercedes has left and is not coming back. Eventually, the McQueen's start to become a little suspicious that Mercedes has not been in contact or been posting online, Porsche starts to blame Freddie for actually killing Mercedes. It is later revealed that Grace stabbed Mercedes 'killing her'. 
=== 2015-2016: Relationship with Joe Roscoe ===
By the time 2015 arrives, everyone in the village assumes that Mercedes was murdered by Freddie and Freddie's brother Joe Roscoe clicks on that Grace knows something. Grace sends him to France unknown to Joe what it's about and is surprised when Mercedes opens the door. They sleep together and Joe opts in on the plan with Mercedes and Grace to put Freddie behind bars as a revenge on Freddie getting with his ex-wife, Lindsey. Lindsey then later sees Grace talking too Mercedes via a web cam however when she reports this to the Police there isn't enough evidence for them to take the case seriously. 
Phoebe is later arrested for Mercedes' murder after Lindsey framed her in order to prove that Mercedes is still alive. Mercedes angrily orders Grace to get Phoebe out or she will return and expose the whole plot. However, Mercedes is smuggled back in the village by Grace's lover Trevor with the help of Darren Osborne when Grace is sent to prison for Mercedes's murder. However, when she's released she is furious with Trevor. 
A revengeful Freddie later kidnaps Mercedes when she is back in the village and threatens to actually kill her if she does not leave. Phoebe later catches up with Mercedes and orders her to go see Nana in hospital due to the fire incident. Mercedes does and the McQueen's are left angry that she had faked her death, with Porsche even slapping her. Trevor catches up with Mercedes in hospital and he threatens to kill Phoebe if she leaves. Unbeknownst to everyone, Mercedes is in fact pregnant with Joe's baby when Joe is admitted to hospital after the failing of using his leg after an attack from his younger brother, Robbie. Mercedes tells Joe she is pregnant with his child. 
Mercedes begins to start having flings with her cousins Porches husband, Lockie, not knowing his also sleeping with her brother John Paul. During this time, Mercedes is actually falling in love with Joe when she starts to develop feelings for him. However, when Joe and Mercedes finally get together Mercedes spitefully says the baby isn't Joe's so their happiness is short lived. 
Mercedes begins to worry about her and the baby's health after talking to her brother John Paul they decide to go to the hospital to see what's up with Mercedes and the baby and they get the devastating news that baby has died and she will have to give birth to her deceased child. A heartbroken Mercedes attempts to find Joe to tell him the heart breaking news but Joe's younger brother Jason Roscoe tells Mercedes that he has left the village to go on a break after the argument they had. Mercedes is delighted when her family arrive to support her when she is ready to give birth and it's a baby boy who she calls Gabriel. Mercedes struggles for the money for a funeral so Theresa contacts Myra to help. Myra sees Mercedes sat alone on the day of the funeral and the two have a heart to heart and apologise to one another making amends. When Joe returns and learns of Gabriel's fate he confesses his love for Mercedes after she takes him to the grave and Mercedes confesses her love for Joe and they rekindle. However, Joe's ex Lindsey Roscoe, falls pregnant with Joe's baby, but Joe tells Mercedes that he wants to be with her. Mercedes believes Joe but Lindsey tells Mercedes that she's going to ruin another family unit. Mercedes, falling for this manipulation decides to spit up from Joe and departs the village for two months. 
Mercedes returns in March and is left gob smacked when she learns that Lindsey's sister, Kim Butterfield is in prison for the hospital killings, one of which was Mercedes adoptive niece, Phoebe. However, Kim's ex Esther Bloom does her best to convince Mercedes that Kim is innocent as Esther survived an attempted murder from the killer herself and believes Kim wouldn't do such a thing. After pondering, Mercedes later decides to give Esther the benefit of the doubt. Later, both Mercedes and Esther start to suspect Lindsey when Esther identifies one Lindsey's earrings was one on the floor which they dropped when the killer attempted to kill her. Mercedes confronts Lindsey over this and she angrily denies her involvement in the killings thinking fast Lindsey then writes a fake letter posing as her sister, Kim confessing to the murders. As the letter had certain drawings on it, this would come back to catch Lindsey out when Mercedes sees her drawing one of the drawings on the letter in fine detail. Mercedes tells Cindy this which prompt them to realise that Lindsey is the killer to their surprise Lindsey confesses to all the murders and even attempted murders but Lindsey whacks both Cindy and Mercedes with a heavy book before making her escape. After this, Mercedes decides to move in with Joe and Freddie in order for Joe and Lindsey's son JJ not to be taken by Lindsey and is watched at all times. Mercedes bonds with JJ in the process. A few weeks later, unknown to Mercedes, Lindsey returns after being helped by fellow serial killer and enemy of Mercedes, Silas Blissett. Things take a turn when Lindsey goes into labour but when Joe and Freddie tell Lindsey they are going to ring the police she advises them not to as it puts Mercedes life in danger as Silas has confronted her. Silas is then seen at the Roscoe house when Mercedes opens the door she is shocked and frightened to see Silas stood there. Silas is shown blaming Mercedes for his grandsons, Riley's death due to the affair she had with Riley's father Carl. Mercedes fires back by mentioning Silas's daughter Heidi affair with Gaz Bennett which angers Silas. Silas sees a change in Mercedes when she settles JJ who wakes during their confrontation. Mercedes plans her escape by trying to stab Silas in the leg but Silas had already anticipated this and stopped Mercedes doing so. Silas then decides to play chess when he finds the game lying around he then tells Mercedes that he has in fact seen change in her to what she was nearly five years ago but tells her he can't forgive her for the affair. Mercedes tells Silas of Lindsey's misdeeds who is working with Silas. Later, Lindsey escapes the hospital after giving birth to her baby Lexi and arrives at the house only to be greeted by Silas who tells her Mercedes is okay and that she is in fact, the one who is the sinner. Silas then kills Lindsey to which Mercedes was there Joe and Freddie then find Lindsey dead on the sofa. 
After all the previous events with Silas and Lindsey, Mercedes rekindles with Joe and the two later get engaged, however, unknown to Mercedes, local solicitor Joanne Cardsley has developed an obsession with Joe after Joanne and Joe have one night stand. On her hen night, along with Cindy and Tegan Lomax following, a catfight that broke out between the three women are in a police cell. Joanne, who is about to represent Mercedes plants drugs in Mercedes's handbag in order to set Mercedes up as an attempt to ruin her relationship with Joe. However, despite this Mercedes is released on the day of her wedding to Joe but Joe breaks Mercedes's heart when he tells her that he wants nothing to do with her and that she's a bad influence on JJ and Lexi. After Mercedes confronts him over not turning up at the wedding venue, Mercedes is left even more heartbroken when Joe reveals to her that he slept with Joanne behind her back. Mercedes's heartbreak soon turns to anger when she sees Joe talking to Joanne in the village so she gets in a car and purposely drives it into The Hutch and then tells both Joe and Joanne that she will get them both back for what they did despite this warning Joe begins a relationship with Joanne which devastates Mercedes. After the police tell Mercedes that there is proof that the drugs do not belong to her, Mercedes realises that Joanne planted the drugs in order to get Joe away from Mercedes. Joe himself comes to this conclusion so he breaks up with Joanne much to Mercedes's delight. However, by November 2016 after Joe proposes to Mercedes, Cameron Campbell sets fire to the maze below in an attempt to kill Nico Blake whom was responsible in hospitalising his daughter Peri Lomax. This causes a spark to happen which causes the Ferris wheel both Mercedes and Joe are on to stop in its track when Mercedes and Joe are at a high point. But Joanne takes the Ferris wheel keys thinking only Mercedes is up there. Due to this, Mercedes and Joe have gotten off via a crane. However, the crane manages to get Mercedes but stops halfway to get Joe due to a malfunction. Joe attempts to jump on the crane and manages to latch on but loses his grip and fall from a great height. Joe does survive the initial fall but his injuries where too severe and later Mercedes and his brother Freddie decide that turning off the life support will be best for him which results in Joe's death. Later, Mercedes blames Sienna Blake due to finding out her daughter Nico had something to do with the fire. However, she later finds out about Joanne's involvement and finds out that Joanne stabbed fellow solicitor, Simone Loveday, an encounter Simone survives however. Mercedes lore's and confronts Joanne over both Joe's death and Simone's stabbing. Joanne admits her part in both incidences and even went as far as saying that Simone deserved to be stabbed. However, Mercedes reveals she was working with the police and has a microphone attached to her which recorded Joanne's confessions. She is then arrested and sentenced to prison however it's not known how long for. A delighted Mercedes starts to focus on JJ and Lexi however her happiness is short lived when Joe's brother Freddie tell Mercedes that his and Joe's mother, Sandy Roscoe wants custody of JJ and Lexi, Mercedes lets JJ and Lexi go and live with Sandy who is in South Africa. but Sandy tells Mercedes that she is more than welcome to visits JJ and Lexi anytime she likes. 
=== 2016-2017: Sleeping with Ryan and temporary departure ===
After putting Joanne inside and the departure of JJ and Lexi. It's not long until Mercedes turns somewhat back to her old ways when she kisses and then sleeps with local detective, Ryan Knight. who is engaged to Amy Barnes. They first sleep together in December 2016 when Ryan brings Mercedes's cousin, Goldie McQueen home after he catches her stealing while waiting for Goldie. Ryan and Mercedes bicker with one another but soon have a heart to heart this then leads to a kiss unknown to both Mercedes and Ryan they are caught on camera on a mobile phone by someone unknown. After the kiss the oblivious pair sleep together. 
Ryan starts to get blackmailed and tells Mercedes and the two of them panic but more so for Ryan since he has a family. Ryan then accuses Mercedes due to her not caring that much but Mercedes reminds him he's the one that has a family and is engaged. However, it's soon revealed that Goldie is the blackmailer and Mercedes confronts Goldie over this Mercedes tells Goldie that she can't be that desperate for cash but Goldie tells Mercedes that its more than cash she wants as she wants Ryan to drop the charges against her twin sons, Prince and Hunter McQueen whom where both caught stealing an engagement ring when they broke into Tony's flat. Goldie tells Mercedes that she will use it if she has too. later Ryan drops the charges and Goldie the deletes the evidence. 
By 2017, Mercedes and Ryan seem like they can't stay away from one another always bumping into each other, shooting flirtatious banter and eventually they then start to sleep together but unknown to Mercedes. Ryan is hiding the fact that he is bisexual and also sleeps with men as well as women and also unknown to Mercedes while Ryan has been sleeping with her but he is also been sleeping with Kyle Kelly. Tragically by March 2017, Ryan's then fiancée Amy, is murdered by an unknown culprit and Mercedes tells the police that she saw someone enter Amy's flat on the night of the murder, however, nothing leads to Mercedes's claims. 
When Ryan sets up Kyle for the murder, Kyle tells Mercedes of his encounters with Ryan, which leaves her furious with him and later confronts Ryan at his uncles, Geoff Thorpe's birthday party and announces to everyone that she slept with Ryan on the night Amy died. After Kyle tells Mercedes about Ryan sleeping with him, Mercedes starts to feel very lonely and confides in Simone, as she feels that the reason she lost Gabriel was because she had decided to abandoned her other son Bobby all those years ago. Simone tells Mercedes that is not the case at all. Later, Mercedes is drinking alone in the Foley and a man approaches her and the two begin to talk deeply as Mercedes tells him that she wants to start being in Bobby's life. As the stranger leaves, Mercedes asks what his name is and he tells her its Gabriel. Mercedes seeing this as her son giving her a sign to be a mum to Bobby, decides to go and stay in America for a while in order to rekindle with Bobby. Mercedes says her goodbyes to her family and her cousin Goldie decides to come with Mercedes, who was escaping a robbery charge. The two women leave together and Ryan is revealed as Amy's killer. 
=== 2018: Return, Rekindling with Russ and Sylver ===
Mercedes returns in July when she texts her cousin, Cleo. Later, Cleo is seen meeting Mercedes, when Mercedes pulls over in a car where she sees Mercedes' son, who had been estranged from Mercedes since departing in February 2013. A frantic Mercedes tells Cleo to hide him, but before departing Mercedes is seen on the phone telling a man that she loves him. Later, after the McQueens find Bobby, they come to the conclusion that Mercedes had in fact kidnapped Bobby and find a national appeal from Bobby's grandad Carl to bring Bobby home. It's then later revealed that Carl is now an alcoholic and after being contacted by Mitzeee, they both agree that Bobby is better off with Mercedes. So therefore, Mercedes took him. Later, Carl is murdered by a unknown person, leaving Bobby no choice but to stay with the McQueen's. 
The following month, Mercedes invites the majority of her family to Magaluf where they find out she is engaged and the McQueen's are shocked to find out that it is Russ Owen who has rekindled her relationship with him after all these years. However, Myra is in somewhat in an unforgiving mood for Russ taking her grandson, Max Owen in June 2009. However, she quickly forgives when she lays eyes on Max for the first time in years and after talking to Mercedes who pleaded with Myra to forgive Russ. Mercedes is shocked when she finds out Sylver is back and has been released from prison and introduces Russ to Sylver. Myra puts a plan into action to get Mercedes away from Russ she enlists Goldie to kiss Russ and this is seen by Mercedes who is furious and Goldie reveals it was Myra's plan during this Goldie finds out that Russ was a porn star this angers Mercedes some more since Russ lied to her. Later that evening, Sylver does his best to comfort Mercedes where it is in fact revealed before Sylver went to prison he and Mercedes slept together and after a brief heart to heart with one another the two sleep together again. The next day, they are nearly caught out as Russ arrives at the villa where he begs Mercedes to give him another chance to where at first Mercedes is not in the slightest interested in what Russ has to say for himself later Myra apologise and tells Mercedes to forgive Russ but when Mercedes goes to do so she sees that Russ has left with Max leaving her devastated however later at the airport she finds Russ with Max and is delighted to see him and they decide to give things another go but they're happiness is short lived when Mercedes is arrested for Carl's murder at the airport. 
Mercedes is questioned about Carl's murder by DS Roxy Cassidy to which Mercedes denies anything to do with killing Carl but Simone Loveday arrives and manages to get Mercedes released after her release Mercedes is in agreement with Russ to make back and live in Spain but after a talk with Sylver, Mercedes realises that her home is Hollyoaks, Russ is against this at first but gets round to the idea, DS Cassidy tells Russ how many of Mercedes husbands have died over the years this makes Russ think that Mercedes is in fact a serial killer. Mercedes is furious when she discovers what Russ really thinks of her and the two have a huge argument to which Mercedes eventually calls off the wedding as a way of an apologise Russ buys the local pub, The Dog in the Pond for Mercedes after this they reconcile. 
Russ starts to become a tad suspicious of Mercedes and Sylver and confronts them on more than one occasion to which Mercedes denies everything despite the fact she has slept with Sylver a number of times during his doubts Russ sleeps with Goldie and she falls pregnant unbeknownst to Mercedes. In November the wedding finally arrives for Mercedes for the second time with Russ however Mercedes discovers that Goldie was pregnant and forced to get an abortion Mercedes thinks at first its Joel Dexter and even punches Joel during the ceremony however after doing so all is revealed and Mercedes is heart broken to discover it was in fact Russ after this Mercedes resents Russ and teases him that she will sleep with Sylver to find a 'real man' later Mercedes is seen crying over a deceased Russ as he was murdered. Sylver thinks at first Mercedes might have had something to do with it and rids of any 'evidence' that can make her look guilty. 
=== 2018-2019: Relationships with Sylver and Liam Donovan ===
By December, Mercedes settles with Sylver after the death of Russ. However, by Christmas, Mercedes is attracted to the more bad boy of Liam Donovan and she ends up sleeping with him on more than one occasion. Mercedes eventually sees that she wants to be with Sylver but Liam's temptation was also behind the shadows. This would then lead to some what of a feud between Sylver and Liam. Mercedes would often party and take cocaine with Liam to which Sylver was against. 
By March, Mercedes was tired of Liam's games and often told him to back off eventually things got out of hand when Liam accidentally shot Sylver this made Mercedes tells Liam straight that she's all for Sylver which angered Liam. wanting to have Mercedes for himself Liam would often wind Sylver up in front of Mercedes as well as belittling Mercedes to wind Sylver up even more eventually Sylver snapped and beat up Liam to which Mercedes points out that Sylver played into Liam's hand in order to not let Sylver go back to prison. Mercedes pleas with Liam not to go to the police, however, at a cost Liam tells Mercedes that she has to as he say starting with the silly stuff like going to Price Slice for some milk. Joel, however, who sees Mercedes skiving for Liam, has a word with Liam which works. Mercedes eventually tells Liam that she feels nothing for him and she wants to be with Sylver. This prompts Liam to set Mercedes up by planting cocaine in her bag during her hen do. Sylver finds this and calls off the wedding. 
=== 2020-2021: Troll and Miscarriage ===
In late 2020, Mercedes and her family were involved in a stalking storyline, masterminded by Silas Blissett, Seth Costello and Theresa McQueen, and during this time, Mercedes discovered that she was pregnant, after trying to have a baby for some time. However, a paranoid Mercedes received a phone call from Silas, causing her to panic and fall down the stairs of the City Wall, tragically killing her unborn child. In December, Mercedes wakes up in hospital, and is told by Sylver that their baby has died. They try to conceive again, but are told they have low probability rate. 
Cher McQueen, Sylver's biological daughter, arrives in the village after her mother impulsively drops her off in Hollyoaks. Cher has a frosty relationship with Mercedes in the beginning, being jealous that Sylver gives more attention to his wife than her, and goes as far as intentionally hurting Mercedes, bullying and psychologically manipulating her with the sound bite of a crying baby; this gave Mercedes flashbacks to her dead baby and her late son, Gabriel McQueen. 
In 2021, Cher finds a friend in the form of an anonymous girl she meets online, called Jade. Jade convinces Cher to try and poison Mercedes, but this backfires as Sylver drinks the poison and is hospitalised, and put in a coma. Later, it is revealed that 'Jade' is actually Mercedes' son Bobby Costello. Mercedes, along with Sylver and Bobby, leave the village to go on holiday at the McQueen favoured Alicante. They later return in December. 
=== 2022: Sylver's Death and Bobby's Problems ===
In January 2022, Mercedes, Sylver, Cher and Bobby are amongst many residents caught up in the Salon de Thé Explosion. Mercedes, who's relationship with Cher has significantly improved, rescues her trapped stepdaughter from the rubble. Sylver, who had left Mercedes, returns to the village and helps out, and manages to free Bobby. But Sylver ends up trapped underneath some falling debris, and leaves Sylver to die, causing Mercedes to spiral into depression. Bobby has likely been influenced by his great-grandfather, Silas - as he was seen playing chess before and after the blast, something Silas was iconic for, and, in the days that follow, Bobby is invited to online chess games by 'G', which likely stands for 'Grandfather' or 'Granddad'. 
Mercedes eventually rings Bobby's great aunt and Silas' supposed estranged daughter in Wendy Blissett in order for Bobby to have more family around him and get to know his fathers side of the family however Mercedes is unaware that Bobby is being influenced by Wendy who manipulates Bobby. Wendy herself is later revealed to be working for Silas. Mercedes has months of clashing with Wendy and at one point got into a physical fight with her. 
Mercedes is shocked that Silas is behind it all and begins to worry but also become paranoid. Especially when she discovers that Wendy has died due to a car accident after being kidnapped. Mercedes' fears are confirmed when Silas does in fact return and kidnaps her and has the McQueens play off each other in a set of games. Eventually on an electrical chess board, Mercedes punches and knocks out Silas but is stunned when Bobby kills Silas by pushing him onto the electoral chess board. 
=== 2022-2023: Relationship with Felix Westwood and Bobby's Imprisonment ===
Mercedes begins to worry about Bobby and she eventually is offered a shoulder to cry on by local mechanic, Felix Westwood. The pair grow close and eventually kiss and sleep together to Bobby's dismay. Mercedes is unaware that Bobby kills local lawyer, Verity Hutchinson but after Felix discovers Bobby was the one who set fire to Price Slice and nearly killed DeMarcus Westwood. Bobby is arrested and sentenced later on to a lengthy sentence. Mercedes finds it hard to forgive Felix but eventually does. 
After Bobby is sentenced Mercedes is stunned when Bobby confesses to Verity's murder. Mercedes forces Bobby to confess which lands him in bigger trouble leading to Mercedes being disowned by Bobby. However thanks to Warren, Bobby calls Mercedes and the pair begin a mother and son relationship with Bobby inside for his crimes. 
=== 2023-2024: Rocky Patch with Felix and affair/relationship with Warren ===
After her relationship with Bobby is seemingly fixed. Mercedes begins to focus more on her relationship with Felix despite often clashing with Warren who is Felix's best friend, Mercedes is even offered to be paid off by Warren to leave Felix. Mercedes also has to deal with DeMarcus also wanting her away from his father. Mercedes begins to see a change in Felix after DeMarcus decides to leave after being attacked by drug dealer Taz. 
Mercedes begins to notice that Felix is getting more aggressive and distant as well as staying out all night and coming home battered and bruised. At first Mercedes amuses that Warren is responsible for Felix's injuries unaware that Felix is in fact doing illegal fighting. Eventually Mercedes gets the truth out of Warren that Felix is bare knuckle fighting to which Mercedes is furious however she's tankful Warren saves Felix. 
Mercedes is later beside herself when Felix ups and leaves to go fighting up and down the country. During which she grows close with Warren whose relationship with Sharon Bailey has come to an end and has discovered that Ella Richardson is his daughter. Mercedes supports Warren and vice versa. Eventually Mercedes ends up sleeping with Warren as the pair sleep together. A battered Felix returns. 
Mercedes does her best to fix her relationship with Felix by telling Felix that she slept with Warren but she's stopped in her tracks by Warren. The pair continue to clash but sleep together behind Felix's back for weeks, eventually, Mercedes who opts to take a negative pregnancy test for Leela Lomax to fool Leela's boyfriend, Joel into thinking Leela isn't pregnant however to Mercedes' shock she discovers that he test has also come back positive. Mercedes then tells Leela not to tell Felix while also unaware whether the baby is Felix's or Warren's. 
Eventually after Felix agrees he and Mercedes should move in with Warren until they find a place, all the lying gets to much for Mercedes and this leads her to decide to leave the village as well as Felix. As Mercedes leaves she rings someone who is believed to be a family member telling them her problems. Mercedes is then surprised when she's confronted at the church by her older sister Jacqui who is now seemingly a nun. 
Mercedes receives some much needed tough love from Jacqui despite feeling disappointed by the fact Jacqui seemingly isn't on her side. Mercedes even slaps Jacqui when Jacqui lists all of Mercedes' past husbands she cheated on however eventually Mercedes takes on bears what Jacqui tells her to go before saying her goodbyes to her older sister once more but Mercedes does not return to the village right away with Felix seemingly washing his hands with her but Warren still keeping the faith. 
In January 2024, Mercedes along with Warren and Felix would be involved in a car crash caused by Felix's erratic driving as well as Ste Hay, the reason for this was because Felix found out on the day of Mercedes and his wedding that Mercedes had been cheating on him. Mercedes pregnant and going into cardiac arrest survives the crash along with Warren and Felix. Mercedes would shockingly later discovers her twin babies are actually a result of heteropaternal superfecundation meaning one baby is Warren's and the other is Felix's. 
In February, Mercedes helps Felix escape the village when Warren sets out to kill him after who he blames for Ella's death as he leaves, Felix warns Mercedes of Warren and for her to be careful. Mercedes helping Felix is seen as a betrayal by Warren and it ultimately put to an end by Warren, Mercedes attempts to make amends however Warren sleeps with old flame in Marie Fielding. 
Mercedes enters into some sort of feud with Warren for a while and would call Freddie Roscoe for help however this only seems to work whenever Mercedes is around to stop Warren from harming Freddie, this leads Mercedes pairing up with Freddie and Grace to kill Warren however Mercedes backs out despite knowing Warren is ultimately responsible for Hunter's death by May. 
Mercedes finally reconciles with Warren after witnessing him being shot in the middle of the village but survives due to wearing a bullet proof vest. Mercedes accompanies Warren to a safe house and despite her families disgust that she is with Warren after everything he's done to them, Mercedes sticks by Warren but at the cost of losing her family. 
Mercedes worries when Warren begins to be targeted by a notorious gangster known as Blue who threatened their lives and relationships, the twin girls even get kidnapped at one point. Mercedes is delighted when Warren buys her a business for her and her family but on the opening day Blue threatens with a bomb. 
By September, after the murder of Norma, Mercedes is shocked when Warren is arrested for the murder but believes he has been set-up but after the girls were kidnapped Mercedes tells Warren that he has to confess to the murder as Joel's alibi proved useless, Warren agrees but Mercedes comes up with a plan to help Warren escape with Ste, Freddie, Grace and former copper Donny Clark, the escape goes well. 
Mercedes then makes her getaway with Warren but receives a call from a frantic Cleo wanting Mercedes to help her escape her abusive partner Abe Fielding. Warren agrees to help get Cleo but they are unaware that Cleo ends up with Dave who has been revealed as Blue. Mercedes waits for Warren outside of some woods as he goes to look for Cleo however Mercedes is stunned when she hears a gun shot ringing from the woods, screaming Warren's name frantically afterwards. Mercedes sees wounded Warren come out of the woods and reveals to her that Dave was Blue and he's 'killed' him. Mercedes still wants to leave with Warren but he refuses to let Mercedes come, Mercedes agrees but it breaks her heart. As Warren's contact picks him up he gives Mercedes a bag of cash with thousands of pounds. 
Mercedes returns to the village to see her home in tatters after Cleo crashed Dave's motorbike into the house. 
=== 2024-: Cancer Diagnosis ===
During the time jump by September 2024 it was shockingly revealed after that Mercedes was undergoing chemotherapy for cancer and now wears a wig. After Misbah tells Mercedes that her treatment isn't working Mercedes turns to Freddie in a bid to get some chemo pills however due to Freddie attacking Robbie he tells Mercedes that he has to focus on being clean. Mercedes discovers that Curtis pushed Lexi and blackmails Grace into getting the chemo pills for her otherwise she will tell Freddie the truth about Lexi's accident that lead her to have epilepsy. 
== Kill Count ==
=== Murders ===
# Paul Browning, 16th October 2013 (defence) - hit in the stomach with a shovel when he prepares to attack Lindsey Roscoe.
=== Attempted Murders===
#Mitzeee Minniver, 26th June 2012 - hit Mitzeee over the head with a bottle, after she found out that Mercedes was her stalker.
#Bobby Costello, 2nd October 2012 - threatened to jump from the top of an apartment block whilst holding Bobby in her arms, but was stopped by Riley Costello.
#Grace Black, 26th June 2014 - shot Grace in the stomach during a struggle with Freddie Roscoe.
#Joanne Cardsley, 5th December 2016 - attempted to kill Joanne after finding out that she was responsible for her fiancé Joe Roscoe's death, but decided against it and let her go, before revealing that she was wearing a wire and that the police had heard Joanne's confession, resulting in her arrest.
==Appendices ==
===Residences===
===Employment History===
==Background Information==
* Despite being the second McQueen to be created by series producer Bryan Kirkwood, Jennifer Metcalfe was the first actress to actually be cast as a McQueen. Hollie-Jay Bowes had been cast as recurring character Michaela McQueen - then Michaela Jones - in 2005, under Kirkwood's predecessor, David Hanson.
* In the Meet the McQueens video, released before the introduction of Jacqui McQueen, Mercedes was established as being 19 at the time of her introduction. However, this timeline is later retconned, with the order in which Mercedes was born being switched with that of Carmel, making Mercedes the third of Myra's children and Carmel the fifth.Meet the McQueens
*Mercedes subsequently celebrated her 24th birthday in Episode 1901, giving her a date of birth of 3rd November 1982. However, she celebrated her 30th birthday in episodes 3711 and 3712, which changed her date of birth to 15th October 1983.
*Mercedes celebrated her 40th birthday in Episode 6228 (23rd October 2023), which was originally produced and scheduled for broadcast on 25th October 2023.
==Introduction Sequence== 
*2010-2013: Apple trees entwine to form one apple in the middle. Mercedes takes the apple and bites into it.
*2013-2014: Mercedes takes and bites into a single red apple in a dark forest.
*2015-2016: Mercedes reaches for and bites into an apple with the word 'HOLLYOAKS' engraved onto it.
*2016-2017: Mercedes is swirling in a red dress at night. She is also seen at the top of the title card.
*2018: Mercedes stands on The Love Boat and swirls in a red dress, with Russ Owen behind her.
*2018-2019: Mercedes stands on The Love Boat and swirls in a red dress.
*2019-2022: Mercedes walks out of The Dog in the Pond, watched by Sylver McQueen.
*2022-2024: Mercedes snatches a red dress from Goldie and Theresa McQueen, over which the pair were fighting.
==Quotes==
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==See also== 
*Mercedes McQueen (List of appearances)
*McQueen family
*Who Shot Mercedes McQueen?
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