Back in May we learned that soap legend Joe Absolom was making his way to the Dales for a huge new storyline and now we’ve learned it’s going to be as dark as we’d hoped!
Not that we want anything to happen our beloved Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb), but he’s in for bad time when Ray shows up in town.
Ray has been slated to pop up as an old contact of Mackenzie’s and is set to be ‘charismatic and charming’ but with a ‘dark and villainous side’, so right from the outset we know it’s going to be a meaty one and we’ve been waiting for bated breath to see exactly how Joe’s arrival is going to play out.
Well, this is the week we get our first glimpse of Ray it’s bad for Mack straight off the bat. And it’s all down to Mack getting himself involved in Lewis Barton’s (Bradley Riches) marijuana plants.
Lewis had to shift his haul of weed to a deserted barn after being kicked out of his flat, but he had to do so with the help of Ross (Michael Parr) and Mack, which immediately put him in their debt.
What an opportunity for this hapless pair – who started setting out the terms and demanding a cut of Lewis’ crop, planning to sell the plants to a proper dealer.
Lewis was dead against this, stating that the plants were to help people who really need it for medicinal purposes.
With him still unconvinced, Ross tries to win him over and Mack lays on the emotional pressure of reminding him it’s to help Moira (Natalie J Robb). Ross concedes and agrees to do things Lewis’ way, but Mack is not so easily swayed.
Instead of agreeing to Lewis’ terms, Mack arranges his own deal behind both their backs – with Ray. He reveals his plan, and Lewis is struck down by the betrayal, believing his brother to have been behind it too.
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Mack is left in a pickle when Ray turns up to inspect the goods he’ll be purchasing – with the two brothers at odds, neither of them will help him sort the deal. And Ray is not the type of guy not to get what he wants.
The next day Ross arrives at the barn and is fuming to find all the plants already gone, turning instantly on his now former pal Mack. But Mack denies wrongdoing and claims he didn’t sell the drugs to Ray.
Has new baddie Ray taken the haul without completing the deal?
Or has Lewis done something stupid and is now risking a huge jail sentence – as well as upsetting Ray in the process?
