Coronation Street characters who could save Todd from Theo in the aftermath of Billy’s death
Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) is in hell. While initially tumultuous, his relationship with Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) has descended into a nightmarish cycle of coercion, violence and torture in Coronation Street.
Theo was initially presented as sympathetic. He’d undergone sick conversion therapy, which had left him with deep psychological wounds. But early on, there were numerous red flags, with behaviour that couldn’t be simply dismissed by Theo’s traumatic past.
He darkly threatened James Bailey (Jason Callender) to stay away from Todd, historical violent incidents came to light, and he made clear that he wanted Todd to cut ex-boyfriend Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) out of his life.
Theo’s sinister coercion gave way to physical humiliation in the weeks that followed, with Theo force-feeding Todd a kebab and later pouring a bottle of milk over his head.
As his manipulation and gaslighting stepped up a gear, so did his violence, with Todd ending up needing hospital treatment after Theo smashed his head into a mirror.
Hen Todd fought back, it was him who ended up arrested and charged, despite the fact it was self-defence. However, with the whole incident having been captured on hidden cameras, Theo edited the footage to make Todd look like the villain.
There was a glimmer of hope for Todd last week when he confided in Billy about how Theo had been treating him and agreed to leave his relationship and stay with Billy.
Tragically, Theo caught onto the plan, and disaster struck when they were involved in a major pile-up on the way home from Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) and Ronnie Bailey’s (Vinta Morgan) wedding.
With Billy trapped inside the minibus, Theo ensured that he couldn’t escape, before leaving him to die as the vehicle exploded.