Overview
- Viewers saw a woman credited only as Paula approach Josh Goodwin and end up with cash before Jasmine Fisher later called her out as a con artist.
- Jasmine spotted a carrier bag filled with personal items that did not belong to Paula and warned Harvey Monroe after seeing her try to get £10 from him.
- Fans online say Paula’s brief appearance and repeated encounters with Josh this week hint at a deeper link to him or to his adoptive mother, Sandra.
- Others speculate she could connect to incoming antagonist Russell Delaney, though none of these claims have been confirmed by the show.
- The Mirror and OK! Magazine summarized the social media theories after the episode aired, reflecting a common soap pattern where small roles sometimes grow into larger storylines.