Drugs horror returns to Coronation Street as Damon takes control of the Bistro
JACOB Hay has been getting his act together after spending months involved in the crime world.
Sadly, his father Damon rocking up Coronation Street throws him right back to square one as the latter takes control of the Bistro.
After being in cahoots with Harvey Gaskell, the lad portrayed by Jack James Ryan had a hard time proving he had the best intentions.
Things were made particularly difficult for him when he embarked on a relationship with Amy Barlow as her family weren’t convinced he was good enough for her.
However, a handful of residents decided to trust him again after he proved he was ready to change for the better.
This even led to him getting a job at the Underworld factory but things are about to change again.
Jacob’s father Damon (Ciarán Griffiths) was recently introduced to ITV viewers.
Coming up, Damon offers his son a full time job at the Bistro on double the money he’s already making at the factory.
The high income is enough to convince Jacob to hand his notice in to Carla Connor (Alison King) who warns him he’s making a mistake.
Little does Jacob know she may be right.
In later scenes, when Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) gets involved, Damon tells him he will tell Leanne everything about his deal with Harvey if he injects.
Damon then tells Jacob he needs him to take delivery of a package and the youngster slowly realises he may be back to his old habits.
The newcomer recently made his Corrie debut by trying to mend his relationship with his son Jacob.
But Jacob was desperately trying to avoid him in the hopes of keeping his drug-dealing past behind him.
Damon rapidly got involved with Nick and Leanne Battersby who have been struggling financially and tried to profit off their crisis.
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Former Shameless star Ciarán teased that his character has “an ulterior motive” for coming back to Weatherfield.
“He’s definitely got an ulterior motive, he makes out that he’s back to make amends with Jacob, he slowly starts to build up his trust but I think that will be to let him back down again.”
“He’s just using Jacob for his own benefit, which you get the impression he’s done for a lot of his life”, the actor said.
But as mentioned above, Damon will also be wreaking havoc in Nick’s life by blackmailing him over the money he was given by Harvey for the Bistro.
“It’s all about the opportunity for Damon and how he can get around Nick and Leanne, which is by a bit of blackmail really”, Ciarán added.
“Harvey has lent this money to Nick for Sam which he’s invested in the Bistro but Damon says, ‘Actually, I lent that money to Harvey so it’s my stake in the business.'”
“Nick doesn’t want Leanne to know about the deal he did with Harvey so that’s how Damon has got Nick in his back pocket.”
Coronation Street airs on ITV.