The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Coronation Street that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.
Dark scenes have aired in Coronation Street tonight, and they’ve left us very worried about Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce).
Todd’s new relationship with Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) has faced many challenges so far, but he’s remained determined to get through them.
As a result of the fact Theo spent the majority of his life concealing his sexuality, he was in a relationship with a lady called Danielle (Natalie Anderson). Following the developments regarding Theo, Millie – their daughter – has struggled to accept her dad is no longer in love with her mum.
In recent scenes, the teen convinced herself that faking a pregnancy would bring her dad back to the family home, and that Todd would eventually become a distant memory. Millie’s lie didn’t go on for very long, however, due to Todd spotting her drinking alcohol last week.
Todd confronted Millie in this evening’s episode, but wanted to try and help her. In the café, Todd pointed out that it would be better to confess the truth now, rather than allow the lie to spiral completely out of control.
A while later, Todd returned home and was faced with an angry looking Theo. He said that Millie had just told him about being forced into having an abortion…by Todd.
He was utterly horrified by the lie. Todd defended himself by saying that Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) would remember seeing them in the café, and very nearly displayed a time-stamped receipt. Just before he did though, Theo revealed that he knew about Millie’s false story.
This left Todd in a confused state, as he could not understand why Theo would make him feel this way, if he knew about Millie’s plan already.
As Theo took Millie home, Todd ended up getting drunk with James Bailey (Jason Callender).
James tried to make a move on Todd, but he pushed him away. Unfortunately, this situation happened just as Theo returned.
Todd did his best to reassure Theo and said he wasn’t interested in James. Theo laughed about the chaos of his day, and then told Todd that he would keep Millie away from him for a little while, if he kept his distance from James.
Todd, again, was puzzled, but agreed.
Outside, James approached Theo and checked in on Millie and Todd. In a huge twist, Theo threatened James, saying that if he didn’t back off Todd, they’d be exchanging more than just words in the future.
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The development of this storyline was something Gareth Pierce spoke about recently.
‘He’s trying to be understanding of Theo’, he said.
‘He’s been suppressing his sexuality for so long, Todd is trying to encourage him towards being someone that can be comfortable in their new gay identity.
‘I think Todd has spotted many things from Theo, but he still has the mindset that he can fix this and because of the love that’s there, he’s thinking they will get through it.
