Gary Windass (Mikey North) looks set to be targeted in a new Coronation Street story after Lou Michaelis (Farrel Hegarty) swore she would do ‘anything to survive’.
Lou isn’t the most popular person on the cobbles, given that her husband Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton) murdered Craig Tinker.
So far, Gary is the only person to have really given her the time of day, and she is certainly taking advantage of his kindness.
In tonight’s episode, he agreed to buy Mick’s van from her after learning that she was struggling with money.
He also offered her some advice – to pick a side in order to make peace with the rest of the community.
When Lou took this a little too literally and turned up at Craig’s memorial, Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) was furious – even more so when Gary defended her.
Having outstayed her welcome at the memorial, Lou went to visit Mick in prison.
When she got there, she told Mick about Gary’s kindness, which only upset him as he accused her of cheating.
Though she protested her innocence, she pointed out that since Mick had been behind bars she had been struggling to make ends meet and would do whatever it took to survive.
She implied that Mick had no right to argue given that it was his fault they were in this position, and she seemed determined to carry on with whatever she was planning.
