In forthcoming Coronation Street scenes, Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney) is going to run afoul of the law when she attempts to participate in an anti-spiking demonstration.
While Amy is occupied creating signs for the march, Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) approaches Amy’s closest friend Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) and shares his worries over his daughter.
He admits that he wishes she would give her degree the same priority that she has given it.
Afterwards, Evelyn and Cassie Plummer (Maureen Lipman and Claire Sweeney) accompany Amy and Summer, and the four of them go for the march.
Bully Mason (Luca Toolan) makes derogatory remarks to them while they are traveling, and Amy quickly becomes agitated.
Amy is about to strike him with her placard when a policeman intervenes, but she defies authority.
The actress Elle Mulvaney stated, “I believe she’s simply highly triggered.” She keeps seeing the same incident, in which a male acts in a sexist manner and the cops get called, just to reprimand her. Amy instantly gets back up since, in her opinion, she hasn’t done anything wrong.
Amy thinks that she was going to march peacefully, that some stupid lad tried to stop her, and that she is now being held responsible.
Amy shouldn’t have reacted that way, even though it’s evident that we all know that what she did was wrong. Amy is just upset because she is witnessing a police officer let her down once more.
“The same thing is occurring again; it’s almost as if the cops are triggering her again after she was provoked by the talk with Kate.” All of her emotions are being built up to the point where she finally explodes.
When Amy refuses to put down the sign as instructed by the officer, Summer is appalled. She is even more astonished when Amy takes up a paint can and splashes the police cruiser.
Amy doesn’t seem to care that the cops had to arrest her for criminal mischief since she lashed out.
Normally, Amy would be concerned about getting into problems with the law, but she’s in such a bad place mentally that she can’t even pause to realize that what she’s done is unlawful. She’s in too much of an emotional condition to care.
“Trying to reason with her is incredibly tough, and that is what Summer is up against.” Amy is very tough to talk to because, in her mind, she is right, she hasn’t done anything wrong, and she is prepared to stand up for what she thinks. Summer is attempting to talk to Amy because she knows that there is a downward spiral going on.
Will Amy’s friends and family be able to come together and support her as she spirals farther out of control?