Lulu Spider

Toby Spider

Lulu Spider is the half-sister of Denzil & Louisa Spider. She appeared from August 2022. She was killed off in March 2023. She returned in November 2023 as a hallucination.

## Storylines

Lulu first appears in August 2022, when she moves in with her brother and sister, Denzil and Louisa. She strikes up a friendship with Jade Evans. In September 2022, Lulu and Jade are talking in The Tumpetty, when Jade goes to serve a customer, and Lulu spikes Jade's drink. Later, Jade starts to feel lethargic, and Lulu takes Jade back to her house, where she passes out. Later it is implied that Lulu assaulted Jade. The following day, Jade wakes up with no memory of what happened, but is told by Lulu that they "had a fun night together". Later, Lulu manipulates Jade to tell Emma what happened, or else she'll tell her herself. Jade then tells Emma what happened, apart from the attack, resulting in Emma leaving Jade. In November 2022, Jade hires a hit woman named Clare Black to kill Lulu. The following week, Clare attacks Lulu, however is stopped by Kate, Denzil and Louisa. Jade walks up to the scene and tells Lulu's family what happened. This is heard by Emma, who punches Lulu to the ground. Jade later tells Emma what happened, and the pair get back together. Meanwhile, the truth is forced out of Lulu by her family, and she casually confesses that Jade wasn't her first victim, and that she has done it to about 15 others, and also her younger brothers Timmy and Toby. She shows no remorse for any of this. Kate, Denzil and Louisa disown Lulu and throw her out onto the street. In the months following this, Leigh Dawn and Jennifer Lloyd are both killed in suspicious circumstances. In February 2023, Lulu returns, casually bumping into Rain Maki, Jennifer's partner, and telling him that she killed Leigh and Jennifer. Rain is distraught and angry, and whilst in his police car sees Lulu crossing the road, and tries to run her over, however hits Tom Anderson, who later dies of his injuries. She then goes to The Tumpetty, and is seen by Emma, who casually beats her up. Emma then tries to strangle Lulu with a wooden stool leg, however is stopped by Jade. Lulu grabs the leg and whacks Emma with it, knocking her unconscious. She is then hauled inside by Kate & Amy, who lock her in her bedroom. The following day, Kate & Amy decide to take her to the police station. Amy runs a bath, waking up Lulu. Lulu breaks out of the bathroom, knocking Nina Virdi down the stairs, who dies. Lulu tries to drown Amy, however Amy overpowers her and tries to drown her. Thinking this has worked, Amy tells Kate, however Lulu comes downstairs and tries to attack Kate. Amy pulls Lulu off Kate, and Lulu falls and hits her head on the corner of a table. Kate is shocked, however Lulu wakes up and tries to smash a large glass vase over Kate's head. Kate retaliates by hitting Lulu with a heavy doorstop, killing her. She and Amy hide Lulu's body in a drain under the garage of No.7. Lulu later appears in a hallucation by Rain Maki, where she shoots Jennifer.

## Background Info

In May 2022, it was announced that Emmerdale actress Charley Webb would be joining the cast of N&F as Lulu Spider, the half-sister of Denzil Spider (David Witts) & Louisa Spider (Tara Lee). It was announced that Kate Spider (Heather Peace), the mother of the three characters, would also be returning as a regular. She arrived in August 2022.

In August 2022, it was announced that Lulu would be involved in a "groundbreaking" and "harrowing" storyline involving Jade Evans (Jade Carpenter), which would be showing in September 2022. Jade Carpenter said that Lulu may be the most evil female villain in the whole history of N&F. This was revealed as a female rape storyline, the first time the subject has ever been covered in a soap opera. The scenes caused many complaints, despite being shown at 9pm, and some critics said that N&F was getting too dark. In November 2022, it was announced that Lulu had been axed in a cast clearout. She left in March 2023, when the character was killed off. In November 2023, Jennifer returned for a one-off appearance as a hallucination by Rain Maki (Ned Porteous).