Sarah Platt’s (Tina O’Brien) luck finally runs out next week in Coronation Street, when she’s formally arrested and charged with the murder of Theo Silverton (James Cartwright).
Despite the best attempts of Gary Windass (Mikey North) and Kit Green (Jacob Roberts), the police finally nail the culprit and life will never be the same for anybody. As Kit pleads with her to drop Gary in it, Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) doubts her marriage to Gary can survive. Will the arrest destroy the lives of everyone involved?
With Sarah’s arrest, she reveals to Kit that Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown) was the one that attacked her, leaving David and Shona Platt (Jack P Shepherd and Julia Goulding) utterly rocked. Are they about to discover the twisted sister’s true colours?
After an altercation with Brody Michaelis (Ryan Mulvey), Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne) heads to the hospital bedside of Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin), having come to a conclusion about the events that led them both here, but what is it?
Elsewhere, Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) continues to struggle, Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) and Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) plan an escape, Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) returns home and Ollie (Raphael Akuwudike) lands a new job.
With the World Cup in the rear view and Corrie back in it’s rightful slot, let’s deep dive into next weeks episodes, shall we?
Monday, July 20
Kit desperately tries to glean information from DI McLaughlin (Michelle Tate), but she’s cagey and is clearly suspicious of Kit’s motives, though his determination that Gary is about to be arrested rattles Sarah as she worries about the wedding outfit she handed to forensics.
When Fiz Dobbs (Jennie McAlpine) tells Maria that Kit is certain the police will arrest Gary imminently, she begins to reel with sheer panic.
Kit couldn’t be more wrong, though, as the Platt family record a birthday video message for Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls), the police arrive immediately after and arrest Sarah for Theo’s murder. Kit takes a call from her later and tries his hardest to comfort her.
Tuesday, July 21
Brody and Dylan come to blows, with Brody spitting that were he Betsy, he’d press charges against Dylan. Later, Ryan Connor’s (Ryan Prescott) stern words force Dylan to face up to his part in what happened to Betsy.
While Sarah swears her innocence to the police, Lisa Connor-Swain (Vicky Myers) makes it clear to Kit that he’s under suspicion for trying to cover up her crime, confirming that they’ll be charging Sarah with murder and that he needs to stop trying to protect her, or he’ll lose his career.
Meanwhile, Gary tries to calm Maria’s anxieties that the police will come for Gary next, while a parcel delivery lets Todd know that Christina hasn’t managed to control her spending, forcing him to cover for her in front of George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley).
Wednesday, July 22
Dylan visits Betsy and accepts responsibility for what happened to her before making himself scarce when a police officer arrives to take a statement from her.
Maria clocks Sally Metcalfe’s (Sally Dynevor) screensaver in the salon, which clearly shows that Gary was on the street on the night of Theo’s murder, despite his assertations that he was in the builder’s yard all night. Having Sally send her the picture, she heads home and confronts Gary over what she’s discovered. Later, as they enjoy a family meal, Kit tears chunks from Gary over Sarah’s predicament.
Elsewhere, Todd finally confesses to Summer that he knows Sarah killed Theo, but reaffirms that he didn’t when she was being questioned and the time she spent behind bars, before confiding in her about Christina’s continued spending, Kit tries to persuade Sarah to implicate Gary and Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) masks her hurt when Ollie reveals he’s been offered a job in Brighton.
Thursday, July 23
While Todd confirms to James Bailey (Jason Callender) that he’s planning to give away Theo’s life insurance money, Christina tells a skint George that she expects Todd to give him a portion of the cash. Later, Todd and Summer reveal that they’ve booked flights to Thailand to visit Jason and Eileen Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas and Sue Cleaver)
Maria warns Gary that, following what’s happened, he’s forced her to retract her statement that provided him with a false alibi. Gary pleads with her for another chance, reaffirming that he loves her and not Sarah.
Also, Kit struggles to manage Harry Platt (Joshua Leavy) and is heartened when Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) steps in to help, Betsy is deeply embarrassed when Lauren has to help her use the toilet and when Ollie misses the Brighton job, Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) makes him the head chef of Speed Daal.
Friday, July 24
After a roasting from Maria, Sarah determines to admit to Lisa what happened with Theo, before that, though, she reveals to Kit that Jodie was her attacker. Shona and David are absolutely rocked when they learn of Sarah’s accusation against Jodie and upon learning of her trinket box, they search the house. Lily (Grace Ashcroft-Gardner) waits until nightfall and heads downstairs to find her games console, but discovers the box instead.
Sam returns home, Leanne, Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) and Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) worry about the impact Sarah’s arrest will have on him. When Leanne reveals she has a new boyfriend, Sam is initially shaken, but agrees to meet Idris Nazir (Junade Khan) later on.
Despite Steve McDonald’s (Simon Gregson) warnings, Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) continues to scheme to get ride of Ross Wilkes (Ian Burfield) with an app that allows people to write reviews about ex boyfriends, hoping to show Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) his true colours, David and Maria butt heads when she skives work to spend the day with Gary and Ben Driscoll (Aaron McCusker) is narked to learn that Ollie is now working for the competition.
