August 31st 2024.
Amy Barlow was left feeling horrified after becoming involved with the mysterious and sinister cult, The Institute, on Coronation Street. She had taken part in a process they called 'uploading', where she was asked to share her deepest traumas. This was no easy task, especially for someone like Amy who had experienced the trauma of rape. However, her friend Leanne had reassured her that she would feel better for going through with it, so Amy trusted her and agreed to participate.
As she opened up about her traumas, Amy was completely unaware that one of the cult members, Rowan Cunliffe, was secretly recording her words. When Leanne discovered this, she confronted Rowan and he claimed that the recording was to help with Amy's training and would be deleted afterwards. But this deceitful act only added to Amy's distress.
Despite the deception, Amy did feel a sense of relief after unburdening herself and even decided to invest her inheritance from her grandmother into the cult. Little did she know, this was only the beginning of her involvement.
The next step for Amy was a 'malware' session, something that Leanne had also gone through. During this session, Amy was blindfolded and other cult members bombarded her with insults. This experience was deeply traumatic for her, as Elle Mulvaney, who plays Amy, revealed. She explained that the scene was so intense and real for her because she genuinely felt disoriented and didn't recognize the voices around her. This was exactly what Rowan wanted - to break people down and then build them back up in his control.
After seeing the reality of the cult, Amy rushed to tell her stepfather Ken that she no longer wanted to invest in it. Unfortunately, it was too late as Ken had already transferred £40k to the Institute and they had no intention of giving it back. Tracy, Amy's mother, threatened to expose the cult in the local newspaper, but Rowan put the responsibility on Leanne to handle the situation.
Feeling overwhelmed and unsure of what to do, Amy is then faced with a new challenge when she receives a voice message from an unknown caller on her phone. As she listens to the message, she is filled with horror. What shocking revelation has she just heard?
Despite all the chaos and manipulation, Leanne offers Amy her old job at the bistro back and tries to convince her to drop her case against the Institute. She argues that everything that happened during the malware session was for Amy's own good and that the cult only wants what's best for her. But Amy is left with a tough decision to make as she tries to navigate through the dangerous and unpredictable world of The Institute.
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