David and Shona Platt are plunged into crisis on Coronation Street once again as the scheming Jodie Ramsay returns to wreak havoc on their marriage. Just when David thought he had gotten rid of the unhinged Jodie, the soap's answer to Fatal Attraction is back to destroy his relationship with her sister Shona.
A Troubled Marriage
David and Shona's relationship was strained long before Jodie showed up. The iconic Coronation Street couple had been facing difficulties ever since they discovered that their premature baby Harper would require life-threatening surgery. Like a gobby Mary Poppins, Shona's estranged sister Jodie appeared seemingly when the couple needed her most and did everything she could to help with the baby. But Mary Poppins? More like Scary Poppins.
Jodie's True Colors
The bunny-boiling baddie soon showed her true colors by pouring poison into their daughter Lily's parenting skills and taking every opportunity to cozy up to David. This was all part of an elaborate revenge scheme to punish Shona for abandoning her by running away from their dysfunctional family home when they were kids. However, the crazed cuckoo in the nest came a cropper after her attempt to seduce a drunken David while posing as her sister predictably backfired. Furious, David branded her nuts, confessed the whole sorry debacle to Shona, and kicked Jodie out.
Jodie Moves In With Daniel
It didn't take long for the manipulative little madam to find a new gullible patsy to stay with: Daniel Osbourne. The tortured headmaster of Weatherfield High has sunk into a booze-fueled depression after it came to light that his girlfriend Megan Walsh had been sexually abusing one of his students, Will Driscoll. In return for not telling his family about how badly he was spiraling, Daniel agreed to let Jodie be his flatmate. Maybe he should have asked the Platts for a reference.
A New Scheme
As soon as Daniel's son Bertie was ready to move back in and it was time for Jodie to move out, the scheming soap vixen concocted a dastardly plan to keep Daniel unstable and fragile enough to depend on her. She created an online persona called 'Truthteller' to troll Daniel and spread vicious gossip suggesting that he knew about Megan's abuse the whole time. She even tried to make Daniel suspect David of being 'Truthteller'.
Jodie Returns to the Platts
Once the truth is revealed and a betrayed Daniel angrily kicks Jodie to the curb, Shona's twisted sister will soon come crawling back to the Platts, where she will continue her plot to drive a wedge between Shona and David. There's trouble in paradise as David has a blazing row with Shona, and Jodie of all people offers him a friendly ear. But then Jodie pushes things too far and can't help reminding him of the time he climbed into bed with her and claims he even said her name, so must have known it was her. David is floored by Jodie's words. Is she right? Later, as he makes up with Shona, David is guilt-stricken. Will he come clean?
David's Dilemma
The next day, Jodie continues to meddle in her sister's marriage by making a veiled dig at David about saying her name, which makes him squirm. Worried, David shares his worries with Maria Connor, who advises him to come clean with Shona and tell her how Jodie reckons he called her by name. While Shona knows all about how Jodie tried to kiss David, she does not know all the details of the story, and there's no telling how she will react. Will David take Maria's advice?
