Coronation Street spoilers with Todd’s escape, Megan’s downfall and Jodie spooked by arrival
Carl Webster also ends up in the hospital next week in the ITV soap
Todd Grimshaw in Coronation Street(Image: ITV)
There is a murder looming and as a dramatic week approaches in Coronation Street, the villains of Weatherfield are seeing their downfalls unfold.
Starting with Carl Webster, and having witnessed Theo Silverton squaring up to Gary Windass, and Gary refusing to rise to Theo’s bait, he decides to try his best to get Theo arrested for assault by goading him.
Theo bursts into the Rovers with Carl in hot pursuit, but when Gemma Winter-Brown refuses to serve him and Eva Price confirms that he’s barred, a furious Theo storms out and Carl hurries after him. Once on the street, Carl does his best to wind Theo up in the hope he’ll start a fight and get himself arrested. But will he succeed?
The following day, over breakfast, Debbie Webster receives a call informing her that Carl’s in hospital but what has happened to him? Abi Webster, meanwhile, calls at the shop with some news about Carl that terrifies Summer Spellman.
Later, Ronnie Bailey is shocked to discover that Carl is trying to blackmail Debbie into signing over the hotel and he pleads with her not to give in to his demands. Asserting his arrogance, Carl calls at the hotel and helps himself to a drink, but when Ryan Connor remonstrates with him, Carl gleefully fires him and reveals that he now owns the hotel.
Carl tries to wind up Theo(Image: ITV)
Having been summoned by Debbie, Carl calls at the flat. Debbie tells him she he’s not having the hotel, but she’ll give him some cash and she never wants to see him again. How will he react?
Following her confrontation with Carla, at the hotel, a stressed Debbie explains to Ryan that the function room is flooded and she’s no option but to cancel Carla Connor and Lisa Swain’s wedding. Ryan breaks the news to Carla and Lisa that their wedding is off.
Later, having been summoned by Debbie, Carl calls at the hotel, where she hands him an envelope full of cash and makes it clear she never wants to see him again.
Debbie tries to send Carl on his way(Image: ITV)
Elsewhere on the cobbles, DC Kit Green calls at the Rovers and breaks the news to Ben Driscoll, Eva and Maggie Driscoll that the CPS has dropped the case against Megan Walsh as there’s not enough evidence. Soon, Will Driscoll meets up with Megan and shares the good news that the police have dropped the case and confirms that she’s booked their tickets to Paris. A thrilled Will presents her with a guide book.
Later, at the Rovers Ollie Driscoll is angry with Ben for not protecting Will from Megan. Again wanting to take matters into their own hands, Maggie advises Eva to pay Megan a visit and force a confession out of her before Ben does something stupid that he’ll live to regret. How will Ben react when he finds out?
After being advised by Leanne Battersby to search Will’s room, Eva finds a burner phone with just one contact number. Leanne urges Eva to send a message as if from Will and arrange to meet up.
Megan is confronted by Leanne, Toyah and Eva(Image: ITV)
And it appears to work as soon, Eva, Leanne and Toyah set off to meet Megan, where they confront her about the burner phone. But when a scuffle ensues, the women leave Megan in a heap on the pavement.
Back at the pub, Eva reveals to Leanne and Toyah how she managed to plant a tracking device in Megan’s bag, while Maggie finds Will’s mum, Melanie, in the Bistro. Melanie rounds on Maggie for failing to protect Will and allowing him to become a victim of child grooming.
Melanie explains to Will that Ollie called her and soon, Maggie returns to the pub with Melanie in tow. Meanwhile, in the Bistro, Eva tells Leanne and Toyah how Megan admitted to sleeping with Will.
Also on the cobbles, following his run-in with Carl, Theo menacingly gets in Summer’s face and tells her how Billy Mayhew, her guardian, begged him to save after he became trapped in a minibus follow a horror multi-vehicle crash back in January.
Theo angrily confronts Summer(Image: ITV)
Later, in the shop, Summer pours her heart out to George Shuttlewroth and relays all the nasty things Theo said. Furious, George ends up cornering Theo and spells out that if he goes anywhere near Todd or Summer again, he won’t be responsible for his actions.
The following day, Theo crawls out of his van as his son, Miles, heads over and he’s horrified at the state of him. As Carl approaches he overhears Theo begging Miles to speak to his mum, suggesting they try again as a family and he sees a chance to get one over on Theo.
Todd is planning a trip to Thailand(Image: ITV)
Meanwhile, Kit assures Todd that he’ll do everything possible to protect him from Theo. Later, at No.11, Todd tells George he’s arranged to visit his mum, Eileen, and his brother, Jason, in Thailand. But as Todd heads to bed, Theo watches him through the bedroom window. It’s then the following day that Todd heads to the shop flat to pick up the last of his belongings before leaving for Thailand.
And last, but by no means least, a horrified Jodie Ramsey spots a flyer in the post advertising a haulage company called Haul North. But what does it mean to her?
Later, at No.6, an uneasy Jodie reluctantly introduces Olivia to her sister, Shona Platt, and explains how she used to be Olivia’s nanny and it’s not long before Shona insists she must stay for tea.
Jodie find Olivia going through her bag(Image: ITV)
But Jodie’s concerned when she returns home to find Olivia going through her bag. It’s then that Olivia admits to Jodie that she knows she stole her dad’s hard drive and she was hoping to steal it back in a bid to impress him.
As the week draws to a close, a shaky Jodie leads Shona to believe that Olivia’s dad is her violent ex-boyfriend and taking the hard drive from her bag, explains that she stole it from him and he wants her dead. A panicky Shona points out to Jodie that now Olivia knows where she lives, her dad could show up at any time and she must leave immediately for her own safety.
