Under pressure from Theo Silverton's murder investigation, Christina Boyd's panicked lie to the police has huge consequences for one Coronation Street resident. Vile abuser Theo was found dead on the Cobbles after a deadly cat and mouse chase with his husband and long-suffering victim, Todd Grimshaw. Now Todd is a potential suspect in the murder investigation, along with pretty much all his nearest and dearest.
With Lisa Connor-Swain and Kit Green on the case, every suspect on the list is scrambling to get their story straight and make sure they have a decent alibi. Christina and her husband, George Shuttleworth, have both earned their place on the suspect list. George was the one who first became aware of just how badly Todd was suffering at Theo's hands and worked hard to free the closest thing he had to a son from the bully's clutches. He has motive and means. As Weatherfield's premier undertaker, it wouldn't be the first time he has dealt with a corpse.
While Christina may not currently be suspect number one, she loves George and would do anything to protect him – including lying to the police if she had to. Spoiler alert, she might have to. This week's trip to Coronation Street has seen the finger of suspicion point at Gary Windass, Theo's former friend and boss. But next week's episodes will see Summer Spellman become the focus of the police investigation. This is not surprising, as Summer hated Theo's guts because he left her adoptive dad Billy Mayhew to die in a fiery car crash. Unfortunately for Summer, she wrote extensively in her journal about just how much she hated Theo, including a passage that fantasised about putting a gun to the raging narcissist's head.
Needless to say, when George and Christina discover Summer's incriminating fan-fiction, they are more than a little concerned. In upcoming episodes, George accidentally knocks over Summer's bag and is horrified to see the page from her journal that describes putting a gun to Theo's head. But he and Christina do not have much time to react before Summer suddenly returns. The forecast for Summer looks bleak, and it is only set to get bleaker when Kit spots a crucial detail in Lisa's wedding photos that could implicate Summer in Theo's murder.
After Summer is grilled by Lisa down at the station, later back on the Cobbles, George feels the need to quiz Summer about Theo's death, and a flashback reveals what he saw that night. We already know that Summer was the last person to see Theo alive after he confronted her in the flat, threatening to take her life. How will Summer react to George's questions? Not well, as it turns out. Summer furiously confronts George over his accusations, suggesting that he was the one responsible for Theo's murder. When she finds Asha Alahan gossiping with Nina Lucas about her, Gary steps in and takes her to the yard for a brew.
Then it happens. Christina is caught out in a lie to the police. She panics and advises George to tell Lisa what he saw. George confides in Christina that he has told the police about Summer's lies. When Christina remarks that it will only be a matter of time before they come after her, a panicky Summer who has overheard slips out of the door. When Todd bumps into Summer carrying a hold-all, Summer explains that she is worried the police are going to arrest her for Theo's murder so she has spoken to her university in the States and is flying out to America this afternoon. Will Summer make her getaway?
