Jodie is the perfect Coronation Street villain and should stay forever. Fight me.

I love Jodie. Sorry, not sorry. (Picture: ITV) Yeah. I said it. Coronation Street’s Jodie Ramsey is hurting my favourite soap couple, she’s going way too far… and I love her to bits. Then again, my heart is notoriously fickle. I’m also deeply in love with fellow Corrie uber-bitch Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford), while harbouring secret feelings for Hollyoaks’ pregnancy-faking death-defying Sienna Blake (Anna Passey)… when I’m not too busy day-dreaming about EastEnders’ Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) or Emmerdale’s Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins). I know, I know. They’d all eat me alive. What a way to go, though… Jodie’s sole purpose was to blow up her half-sister Shona’s (Julia Goulding) marriage to David Platt (Jack P Shepherd). So twisted is her obsession with Shona that she concocted a plan to make her look like a terrible mum and partner in order to take her place within the family. If this story sounds familiar, it’s because it is. The film is called Single White Female, released in 1992, and soaps have been ripping it off ever since. Let’s face it, the bunny-boiler trope hasn’t aged well. In an era where mental health concerns are paramount, there’s something about villainising a desperate, damaged woman with a warped perception of reality that feels a tad dated. ‘There’s something about villainising a desperate, damaged woman with a warped perception of reality that feels a tad dated.’ (Picture: ITV) To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Try telling that to soap writers. Every time you flog this dead horse, it spits out story.One long-term conference at Hollyoaks a few years back, there must have been at least ten pitches based on Fatal Attractions. I should know. I pitched three of them. When you have a character who lives in their own world, unconstrained by empathy or even the law, the stakes have never been higher. Moreover, they’re a fabulous opportunity to test our favourite couples without resorting to infidelity. How far will Shona and David go to protect their family? We’re about to find out. How far will Shona and David go to protect their family? We’re about to find out. (Picture: ITV) There’s obviously something very wrong with Jodie. Coronation Street has been very wise not to specify exactly what that is. Ask Metro Use AI to go deeper into the stories you care about – powered by Metro and trusted publications. The moment soaps give a character a specific mental health problem, they have a duty to portray it authentically and sensitively. They are bound by the specific causes, symptoms and triggers of that particular illness. Simply put, a heightened gothic story turns into a grounded issue story, and Coronation Street has had its fair share of those this year. On a street inhabited by domestic abusers like Theo Silverton (James Cartwright), and child predators like Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon), Jodie is a breath of fresh air. She’s wild, she’s unpredictable. We may hate that she’s going to such appalling lengths to split up our beloved Shona and David. That doesn’t stop us tuning every week in to see what the pound shop Glenn Close gets up to next. Jodie stands apart from this year’s more grounded Weatherfield villains. (Picture: ITV) Every soap story runs the risk of going too far. Overstepping the line. Pushing the envelope. Jodie certainly did that. When she deliberately risked harming baby Harper by adding boiling water to her bath deliberately, fans soured on the story. Between that, hiding a gun in the house and trying to Shona into thinking she’s hearing voices, many of Corrie’s more vocal viewers had enough. Suddenly Jodie wasn’t just a villain. She was a monster. I completely agree. Do you know who else is a monster? Tracy Barlow. That’s right. All the acerbic putdowns and glorious catfights can’t make us forget that this love-to-hate Corrie icon once spiked Roy Cropper (David Nielson) with the date rape drug for a bet. Tracy was boiling bunnies on Corrie long before Jodie arrived. (Picture: ITV) Then there’s Sienna from Hollyoaks. Show royalty, right? Not when she wasdestroying Darren (Ashley Taylor-Dawson) and Nancy Osborne’s (Jessica Fox) marriage by pretending to be pregnant with an affair baby, she wasn’t. And don’t get me started on Mercedes McQueen (Jennifer Metcalfe). Why did the audience forgive her for stabbing herself and framing Mitzeee (Rachel Shenton) for it? Because she’s Mercedes McQueen, that’s how. Which is precisely my point. Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas) is a psychopath. Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is a killer and a gangster. Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) sold her own son for money. Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) is a domestic abuser. The list goes on and on. All of these characters are fan faves. What do they have in common? Simple – vulnerability. If there’s one thing we love more than a sinner, it’s a reformed sinner. Or even if they’re not completely reformed, we at least understand why they sin. We have that with Jodie. The troubled childhood with an abusive, unstable dad. The half sister who she idolised, only to run away from home, leaving little Jodie at the mercy of her dad. The complicated cocktail of emotions; bitterness, jealousy, worship.Jodie is the classic ‘broken bird’ archetype. All the ingredients of a compelling classic Corrie character are here if she only gets a shot at redemption. Jodie’s desperate actions are driven by her tragic childhood. (Picture: ITV) Admittedly, putting children in danger is fundamentally unforgivable. Nobody wants to see a rehabilitated Megan Walsh drinking dry white wine in the Rovers again. That’s why Grace Black (Tamara Wall) had to leave Hollyoaks. There was no taking the beloved character back from the brink of sexually exploiting teenagers for profit. Once you’re prepared to harm a child, you’re gone. Surely. I’m talking myself out of my point here. With the ultimate showdown between the Ramsey sisters imminent, some Corrie fans may just get their wish. Jodie might not survive the shooting about to explode onto the Cobbles – which, I still think would be a tremendous shame. The performance from newcomer Olivia Frances-Brown been spell-binding. She’s portrayed Jodie with menace, charm, wit and tragedy. Everything a good villain should be. She’s also given Shona and David enough plot hooks to fill a year’s worth of story boards. After a relatively quiet period, the Platts are back on the map thanks to Jodie. Does the party have to end so soon? Should Jodie have a shot at redemption on Corrie? Yes - she could be a great permanent characterCheck No - she's way too far goneCheck Sign up to The Soaps Newsletter - Weekly. An unmissable selection of exclusive spoilers and interviews, handpicked by our Soaps Editor. Think how good a reformed Jodie could be in the show. Another member of the Platt family, another anchor for Shona. Determined to overcome her problems and be the ruthless, fiery defender of that family. Think of the journey she’d go on to prove she wasn’t the obsessive, terrifying Jodie of old. The performance we’d get. The tears, the heartbreak, the pathos. Maybe keep her out of the Platts for a while. Have another character take her in. It worked with Daniel Osborne (Rob Mallard). Two tortured, misunderstood souls with a ruthless side finding an unlikely kinship. Okay, so she ultimately destroyed his reputation by secretly trolling him online pretending to be his paedophile ex-girlfriend. But hey. Rebuilding trust is a journey. Or don’t. Send Jodie off in the back of a police car… or a hearse, depending on how the flashforward episode goes. 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