Coronation Street: Carla on the warpath, Abi snaps, and Theo isolates Todd
- Monday: Theo sabotages Todd’s morning; Sally confronts Trisha; Kevin steps in with Alfie.
- Wednesday: David blurts the baby news; Carl manages Abi; Theo brings business to the flat.
- Friday: Abi punches Tracy; Carla’s anniversary is derailed by a police visit; Theo plays games.
Weatherfield strains under pressure as grief, pride and control collide across the cobbles
The beats are firm: Todd finds himself pushed and prodded, the Metcalfe house bristles, and Abi’s temper finally blows. Over at Underworld, a complaint throws Carla’s plans off course, while David speaks out when Shona would rather keep things close. It’s a bruising run, heavy on choices that can’t be unsaid.
Monday — the alarm that didn’t ring
Theo engineers a crisis and Todd pays the price
Todd Grimshaw wakes late and wrong-footed, shirts still sloshing in the machine and his phone stubbornly silent. George Shuttleworth is already anxious at the parlour, and Christina has her sleeves rolled up before Todd even makes it out the door. By the time he arrives, the service is covered and the lecture is waiting.
George, stung by the chaos, benched him in favour of Christina, and Todd’s temper flares despite knowing he’s on thin ice. Theo Silverton, all sympathy and soft edges, tells him not to take it lying down. What looks like support is really leverage, the sort that leaves Todd doubting himself and grateful to the man pulling strings.
Back at the flat, the pattern is set: small sabotages, big consequences. Todd can feel the walls nudging inward, but it’s hard to name a trap when the bait keeps smiling. By close, his confidence is frayed and his job standing isn’t much better.
Sally confronts Trisha; Kevin steadies Alfie while Carl steps back
Tim Metcalfe tries to keep the peace, urging Sally to leave Trisha Pinkerton out of their rows before the kids pick up the mood. It lasts until lunch. Sally clocks Trisha with a teenage lad and jumps to the worst conclusion, only to be told he’s her nephew. The apology catches in her throat; Tim’s patience thins.
Elsewhere, Abi Webster’s counselling clashes with a call from Alfie’s nursery. Roy Cropper suggests Carl Webster collects the boy so Abi can keep her session, but Carl struggles when Alfie won’t engage. Kevin Webster appears and, with a quiet competence Carl can’t match, takes over without fuss.
Abi clocks the dynamic immediately. Gratitude for Kevin mixes with a prickle of doubt about Carl’s commitment. It’s nothing dramatic, not yet, just a sense that the foundations aren’t as firm as she hoped.
Wednesday — too many chairs at the table
David speaks out; Shona walks
At the Bistro, David Platt tries to do the brave thing and tell family the truth about the pregnancy. Nick, Toyah and Bethany are all ears; the questions are quick and well-meant, and they still land like stones. Shona Platt, raw and protective, bolts when the room turns into a tribunal.
David stays, shoulders squared, and picks through the facts with the calm of a man who’s rehearsed them in the mirror. He hates himself for blurting, but hates secrets more. The table is left with cold cutlery and a silence that feels like judgement.
Outside, Shona buys time with a walk and a breath that won’t quite deepen. They’ll have to align, later, because this isn’t a crisis you can outsource. For now, the hurt sits between them like a chair no one wants to move.
Theo mixes business and home; Carl curates a romance
Back at Todd’s, Theo lays out breakfast and knocks his partner’s confidence with a smile and a casual dig about diet and decisions. When Todd objects to Theo reconnecting with Pete for work, Theo shrugs it off: someone has to earn. The line is neat, and it keeps Todd on the back foot.
Evening brings the sting. Todd cooks, half-expecting a quiet night, and Theo arrives with Pete in tow. The flat stops being a refuge and becomes a meeting room, with Todd reduced to host. He swallows his anger because the business case sounds sensible and because he’s already been made to feel small.
Across the precinct, Carl tries a grand gesture for Abi: candles, quiet music, everything polished to a soft glow. It works for a moment, then he quietly cancels a call on her phone to keep the bubble intact. The romance looks lovely, the control less so.
Friday — the slap and the summons
Abi hits breaking point and Tracy pays for it
Jack’s snub has left Abi brittle, and Tracy Barlow knows exactly where to poke. In the Rovers, Tracy needles her about Alfie and Kevin until the words turn poisonous. Abi snaps, lands a punch, and the room tilts as Kevin sees the lot.
The instant regret is obvious; Abi’s not proud of the swing, just human in the seconds before it. Kevin’s stare carries a history they both know too well. Carl moves to soothe, but it’s Kevin’s opinion that really matters, and everyone in the pub can read that much without subtitles.
By closing, Abi’s weighing an apology against self-respect, and neither option feels tidy. She’s hurt, she lashed out, and she’ll be picking shrapnel out of this for days.
Carla’s anniversary derailed; Theo plays the jealousy card
Carla Connor primes a day of treats for Lisa to mark their first-kiss milestone. The door knocks, and a police officer asks her to come in over a complaint of fraudulent activity at Underworld. She goes, furious and certain Becky Swain is behind it; the allegation doesn’t stick, but the damage to the mood does.
Kit later confirms she’s free to go, which only fuels Carla’s determination to find out who set the wheels spinning. Lisa tries to salvage what’s left of the night, but it’s hard to clink glasses when your head’s still at the station. The warpath isn’t subtle; it never is with Carla when business is on the line.
Back on the domestic front, Theo suggests a run after pastries and then swerves out with James, replying to Todd’s message with a pointed brush-off. It’s petty and effective, a little wedge dressed up as exercise. Todd clocks the tactic, but calling it out feels like admitting defeat.