Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown) could be murdered after a worrying claim from Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) in Coronation Street. The local school teacher has been struggling following the reveal that Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon) had been sexually abusing teenager Will Driscoll (Lucas Hodgson-Wale). Daniel was in a relationship with Megan and was completely oblivious that she was only with him to hide her true self from everyone.
The Weatherfield community has spent much time discussing how Megan's abuse has impacted Will, the Driscoll family, and even Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan), but there has not been a great deal of focus on supporting Daniel. This has left him trying to process the betrayal on his own. A few weeks ago, he told Ken and Adam Barlow (William Roache and Sam Robertson) that he would go to the Lakes to clear his head. They agreed to look after Bertie, but once the young lad was dropped off, Daniel headed back to his flat and sat alone in the dark with some alcohol.
In a surprising turn of events, Daniel gained a new roommate: Jodie. She needed a new place to stay after getting kicked out of the Platt household and used her typical Jodie tactics to convince Daniel to let her move in. When Daniel decided it was time for Bertie to move back to the flat, he told Jodie she needed to find somewhere else to live. In an attempt to remain under Daniel's roof, Jodie started posting messages online from an account called 'Truthteller', implying that Daniel knew about Megan's abuse the whole time.
Daniel Spirals Under Online Troll Pressure
In Wednesday's episode, we saw Daniel awake in the middle of the night looking at the messages online and seeing how quickly things had spiralled. The lack of sleep and constant anxiety towards the online troll meant Daniel had a very short fuse as morning broke. Outside Number 1, Daniel was approached by two masked thugs who threw ketchup all over him and filmed the incident. Daniel tried to keep his cool, but his anger bubbled over that afternoon as he joined Adam, Alya Nazir (Sair Khan), and newcomer Idris (Junade Khan) in Speed Daal. Idris started laughing at the video of Daniel, triggering him enough to throw a number of items from the table onto the floor.
Back at the flat, Daniel concluded in a chat with Jodie and Ken that he is not setting a good example to Bertie by behaving like this. He called himself weak and said that once he finds Truthteller, he will kill them. It appears he will succeed in his mission to identify who is behind the account, but will he go as far as committing murder?
Daniel Discovers Jodie's Betrayal
In scenes that will air soon, Jodie chooses to delete all of Truthteller's posts. Daniel then has another terrible day as he spots Megan in the precinct and confronts her. When he gets home, Daniel checks his computer for more vile posts, and just as Jodie makes a throwaway comment, Daniel realises that she is the troll. In a recent chat, actor Rob Mallard, who plays Daniel, teased the consequences of Jodie's betrayal.
He feels it is another moment of complete betrayal. He should never have trusted her to begin with, and he knew he should not have trusted her. But there was that vague hope that she might not be another wrong 'un after all the bad things that have just happened to him. Mallard added, 'I think this will be the endpoint of his trust in women. He has been betrayed so many times now, ever since his mum left him. Bar Sinead (Katie McGlynn), he has not made the best choices. So Jodie should watch out.'
While Jodie survived the Weatherfield murder a few weeks ago, it does not look like she has been ruled out completely of facing a dark demise. Is Daniel really going to go this far in revenge? Viewers will have to wait and see as the dramatic storyline unfolds.
