Reece has a motive (Picture: ITV)
Max Turner (Paddy Bever)’s former girlfriend Lauren (Cait Fitton) is back in Weatherfield in Coronation Street, but could her reappearance in Max’s life mean he’s about to get dragged back into the world of extremist activity?
Max met Lauren when he was being groomed by a far right gang headed by Griff (Michael Condron). Griff encouraged Max to spend time at his flat with other members of the gang and that’s where he met Lauren, who was the daughter of gang member Reece (Scott Anson).
Lauren’s own racist views helped to shape Max’s opinions and soon he was finding himself dragged into the group’s politics, helping them to create propaganda material with his video editing skills.
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Lauren and Max split up and she headed to Cornwall to live with her mum. Meanwhile Max’s involvement in the group eventually saw him spending months in a STC after he was found guilty of inciting terrorism after one of his videos inspired the stabbing of Alya Nazir (Sair Khan).
Since Max’s release from the STC he’s been seeing a girl called Sabrina (Luana Santos), who’s the sister of someone he met while he was locked up. But soon this relationship will be left in turmoil when Lauren reappears on the scene.
Shona (Julia Goulding) sees Max preparing a picnic and assumes it’s to be shared with Sabrina and mentions it to her. But later Sabrina is furious to see Max and Lauren together.
Max’s past is coming back to haunt him (Picture: ITV)
Lauren has come with a message for Max from her dad, Reece. He wants Max to visit him in prison. Max agrees, but he decides to be open with Sabrina about what’s going on and tells her he’s supporting Lauren on a prison visit to see her dad.
At the prison, Max is wary of Reece and it turns out he’s right to be. Once again, it seems that the gang have a use for Max.
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Reece tells him that he was a reluctant member of the gang and only got involved because Griff threatened Lauren’s life. Reece wants Max to make a statement supporting this story in the hopes that Reece could be released from prison.
A shocked Max realises that he’s on the brink of being pulled back into the world of the gang. But with Lauren depending on him to help her dad, what will he decide to do?
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Max is reminded that his dark past isn’t going away anytime soon.
