 It was announced that Mercedes would make a full-time return to the show in May 2015, after brief appearances on 18 February 9 March, and 6 April.Metcalfe announced her pregnancy in 2017 and revealed that she would be taking a year's break from the show.Mercedes was last seen on screen leaving with Goldie McQueen (Chelsee Healey) on 4 July 2017, although she briefly appeared on 7 September 2017 in a fake flashback scene involving her and Amy Barnes (Ashley Slanina-Davies) surmised by James Nightingale (Gregory Finnegan).