Introduction Perdy was billed as having "a taste for the finer things, and will go all-out for what she wants." Hari becomes smitten with Perdy, and later abandons a game of golf with Grayson to meet with her. However, Perdy just wants to talk, until there is a risk of them being caught together and she kisses him. Grayson's mother
Rosemary Sinclair (
Linda Thorson) blames Perdy for not giving her grandchildren, which leaves Grayson "so horrified" he makes plans to move himself and Perdy out of Oakwell Hall. Slowe told Gillow that her character is "the kind of person who craves independence". A "horrified" Grayson then tries to hit Matthew with his car, before confronting him. Slowe said that they had to take care to get things right with the hysterectomy story and not show Perdy getting over it in a week. Slowe was aware that there would be women watching the show who have gone through the same procedure and they did not want to sell short how difficult it is. She also said that they had a responsibility to tackle an issue like that properly. When asked if Perdy's marriage can survive, Slowe replied: "Perdy's been asking herself if she can make the marriage work without a child. Even she's wondering what the point of going on is." A reporter for
The Northern Echo likened the storyline to the plot of the 1944 film
Gaslight. Villiers told
Inside Soap's Allison Maund: "She's been setting Perdy up left, right and centre. From Grayson's point of view, his wife is delusional – which is why he's convinced that she needs proper psychiatric help. Rosemary hasn't caused Perdy's illness, but by constantly drugging her, she's made her condition far worse." Matthew immediately suspects Rosemary' involvement in Perdy's hospitalisation. Healy said that Matthew does not trust Rosemary and he thinks the worst of her, especially as it is "too convenient" for Rosemary that Perdy has gone "a bit doolally" and has been locked up. The storyline begins with Rosemary's attempts to push Grayson and Katie together, which she hopes will end his "fragile" marriage to Perdy. Winward said her character had "definitely fallen" for Grayson because of how nice he was to her. The trio later attend the first ultrasound scan, which makes them all realise how much of a mess they are all in. Winward commented "This is the point when they realise, 'Oh my God, we're really doing this!'. It's a very emotional moment, but they're all sitting there in amazement, wondering if they'll actually go through with this mad plan." Slowe told Maund (
Inside Soap) "Grayson used a button from the cardigan as evidence to frame Matthew, which led to him being wrongly charged with Rosemary's murder." Paul has to intervene when Perdy discovers Grayson and Katie attended an ultrasound scan together and learned that the baby is a boy. The "ugly confrontation" between the couple steadily escalates until Grayson taunts Perdy about spending the night with Paul. This sends Perdy into "a rage" and she lunges for him, resulting in her arrest. When asked by a
Soaplife writer whether that was from Grayson, Slowe replied "Hmmm, I think she may still be in love with him. Certainly when they meet and are alone together there's tenderness there. It's only ever been other people who cause trouble between them." Their characters were written out as part of a cast clear-out by the show's new series producer
Anita Turner. Slowe stated that she was looking forward to filming her character's exit scenes and praised the show for giving her a "a fantastic break." Slowe said she had enjoyed every moment of working on
Emmerdale and acting on a soap opera with a close cast and crew. She called it "an amazing learning curve" and said she would miss her friends and Yorkshire, where the serial is filmed. She told Kris Green of Digital Spy that the plot would "do justice" to Perdy as she leaves, adding that there would be some unexpected twists and turns. ==Storylines==