At first she refuses, but later agrees. When Patrick believes that Maxine is cheating on him with Darren and planning to reconcile with him, Patrick then changes his will to leave everything to Maxine and records a message saying he thinks she's trying to kill him, planning to frame Maxine for his murder. In January 2016, Patrick and Maxine renew their wedding vows and later, Patrick prepares to die with Maxine and Sienna by his side. However, Maxine breaks down and says that she loves Patrick and can't watch him die. Patrick then realises that Maxine does love him and decides not to frame her. Nico discovers that Patrick sent Ben a DVD telling him that Nico killed Carly. She confronts him and realising that all the evidence will point towards Maxine, she picks up a pillow and smothers Patrick. Maxine arrives home and is horrified to find him dead. She screams for help which is heard by Darren. Darren finds the camera that Patrick used to make one final message to frame Maxine. Maxine sends the paramedics away after watching the video and she and Darren hide Patrick's body in the broken village wall. Maxine later hears Patrick's voice, warning her that she will eventually get found out. Patrick's body is found in September 2016. In September 2019, after Maxine lies is reveal, although the entire villager were angry at her, however Grace, Nancy, Jesse and Darren knew it was Patrick fault for ruined her life. In November, Maxine finally told her husband Damon how she suffered from his abuse from Patrick and blames him for everything. Although Damon understands, he told her he will think about it if he is going to forgive her. Grace later mention this to Liam, what Patrick has done to Maxine and why she becomes like this. After Liam death, Grace forgives Maxine and asks her to move on from Patrick. It was announced on 7 October 2012 that Jeremy Sheffield would be playing Patrick Blake. Of his casting, Sheffield said: "I'm very happy to be joining "Hollyoaks" at a time when things are getting very exciting". Danny Mac, who played Dodger Savage, commented on the character saying that Dodger "needs to find out who his father is and get some questions answered." Blake's character is introduced when Dodger decides to find Patrick. Danny Mac said that Dodger is "shocked" when he finds Patrick as his house is "huge with expensive cars on the driveway. It's the opposite to the place where Dodger grew up".