Coronation Street has finally put an end to weeks of speculation by confirming the identity of Lauren Bolton’s mysterious blackmailer.
In a twist-packed episode that drops early this morning on ITVX—hours ahead of the scheduled TV broadcast—viewers will get the long-awaited answers that have kept them guessing. The revelation promises to shake up current storylines and shed new light on Lauren’s increasingly tense and paranoid behaviour. As secrets unravel and connections are exposed, this episode marks a turning point in one of the soap’s most suspenseful plots in recent memory.
In a surprise twist, Gary Windass and Izzy Armstrong’s son Jake is unmasked as the sneaky culprit who’s been tormenting Lauren since the florist van crash.
Lauren is gobsmacked – and relieved – when she sets a trap for her unknown enemy and discovers that it’s an 11-year-old boy rather than someone more dangerous. Phew…
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The revelations unfold as Lauren pursues her theory that her friend Bobby Crawford is the person pestering her for cash.
When the blackmailer demands £200 or they’ll report Lauren to the police, she teams up with her partner-in-crime Betsy Swain to plant some fake cash in a bin at the Weatherfield Precinct.
The pair then lie in wait to see who turns up to collect the money – and it’s hapless Jake who walks straight into the trap.
Frightened now that his actions have come back to bite him, Jake protests: “It was just a joke – I didn’t think that you were going to take it serious.”
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Jake reveals that he took Lauren’s number from Maria’s phone after witnessing her antics with the van. His plan then got out of hand when a terrified Lauren took the blackmail threats seriously.
Highly unimpressed, Lauren brands him a “proper little creep” and insists on deleting the evidence from his phone so that he doesn’t have any leverage over her.
With Lauren now looking to the future, is this the end of her blackmail nightmare? Fans can see the full story unfold when the episode airs on ITV1 tonight, or right now on ITVX.
