Episode 9451 (9th May 2018)

Plot
David lies in bed contemplating the day in court that lies ahead. Johnny and Carla see the staff waiting outside the locked factory, waiting to be let in. Annoyed, Johnny goes to fetch his son. Gail again fails to get through to David. He hurts Emma when he announces he wants no one to go to court with him, saying to his family that no one can help him. Having heard that Aidan’s whereabouts are unknown, Toyah rings Eva to see if he’s with her. Johnny finds a note in the flat, warning the recipient not to go into the bathroom. He does so and lets out a cry of pure anguish. David says his goodbyes to the children. A passing Shona wishes him good luck. Johnny summons Carla. Gary wants David to plead not guilty, saying to Sarah that he needs help, not prison. Unable to stand the sight that greets her, Carla goes back outside as an ambulance arrives. David sees it as he meets Imran. Roy is told by Carla what has happened and is asked to fetch Kate from the bistro. Maria is there when he arrives and also hears the dreadful news. She rushes ahead of the others and collapses crying in David’s arms when she sees the ambulance outside the flat, blurting out what has happened to all in earshot. Shona overhears and sees Eva lurking nearby. She takes her into her flat. DI Newland takes charge and refuses to let a frantic Kate into the bathroom while the police conclude their investigates. Shona breaks the news to a disbelieving Eva. Being driven to court with Imran, David sees Josh working at the garage. Arriving at their destination, David loses his nerve and runs off when Imran is distracted by a traffic warden. Robert closes the bistro and sets off to tell Michelle who is on a business trip out of town. Kate refuses to believe DI Newland’s assertion that Aidan died by suicide and grows angry, lashing out while Johnny sits in a daze. Eva sobs desperately as she remembers better times, unable to understand how things have got as bad as they have. Shona is puzzled as she talks about Aidan “working things out” about the baby. In the Rovers, Toyah is also concerned by Eva’s reaction but can’t tell her family why. Imran tells Gail and Audrey about David’s disappearance. Eva realises the import of Aidan’s last words to her and how he was saying his goodbyes without her understanding his meaning. Gail rings Shona for help in finding David. She leaves Eva alone in the flat. Gail contemplates events as the factory staff, Summer, Adam, Liam, Sophie and Michelle have the dreadful news broken to them and begin to absorb the shock. The residents start to gather in the pub where Beth causes offence when she states her view that suicide is a selfish act and worries about the effect on their jobs. Shona finds David in the Community Garden. She is assuring him that it is okay to be scared when she is stopped in her tracks as David abruptly tells her that Josh raped him. Having ascertained where Eva is, Toyah comes round to see her, both feeling guilty for their part in events. David recounts the events of the night of the rape to a stunned Shona. She assures him that she believes his every word and he has her backing. Toyah starts to panic that she will lose Susie when Eva contemplate coming clean to the Connors that they have Aidan’s daughter. Realising how much the baby means to Toyah and Peter, she agrees to go back to Lymm, although she hasn’t a clue about what to do next. Aidan’s body is taken away to the mortuary as Johnny can barely hold things in. Eva tells Leanne and Peter that Eva is returning on the first available flight from the United States. An emotional Michelle rings Carla to find out what’s happening. They say that they love one another, their argument forgotten. A bitter Kate thinks she and her family will never be fine. Shona tells David that she will be him every step of the way as he confesses that he came close to suicide and that he loves her so much.

Regular cast

 * David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
 * Sally Metcalfe - Sally Dynevor
 * Gina Seddon - Connie Hyde
 * Beth Sutherland - Lisa George
 * Izzy Armstrong - Cherylee Houston
 * Carla Connor - Alison King
 * Johnny Connor - Richard Hawley
 * Sinead Tinker - Katie McGlynn
 * Kirk Sutherland - Andrew Whyment
 * Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
 * Gail Rodwell - Helen Worth


 * Eva Price - Catherine Tyldesley
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Max Turner - Harry McDermott
 * Shona Ramsey - Julia Goulding
 * Lily Platt - Brooke Malonie
 * Alya Nazir - Sair Khan
 * Fiz Stape - Jennie McAlpine
 * Gary Windass - Mikey North
 * Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Imran Habeeb - Charlie De Melo
 * Robert Preston - Tristan Gemmill
 * Maria Connor - Samia Longchambon
 * Kate Connor - Faye Brookes
 * Daniel Osbourne - Rob Mallard


 * Jenny Connor - Sally Ann Matthews
 * Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
 * Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
 * Billy Mayhew - Daniel Brocklebank
 * Summer Spellman - Matilda Freeman
 * Adam Barlow - Samuel Robertson
 * Liam Connor - Charlie Wrenshall
 * Sophie Webster - Brooke Vincent
 * Michelle Connor - Kym Marsh
 * Yasmeen Nazir - Shelley King

Guest cast

 * Emma Brooker - Alexandra Mardell
 * DI Newland - Jasmine Hyde
 * Josh Tucker - Ryan Clayton

Places

 * Coronation Street
 * Rovers Return Inn - Public and back room
 * 2a Coronation Street - Living room/kitchen
 * 4 Coronation Street - Living room
 * 8 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms, annex and back garden
 * Underworld - Office and factory floor
 * Viaduct Bistro - Restaurant and kitchen
 * Rosamund Street
 * 19a Rosamund Street - Living room/kitchen
 * Victoria Street
 * Roy's Rolls
 * 18a Victoria Street - Living room/kitchen
 * Barlow Legal Services
 * 12 Victoria Court - Living room/kitchen
 * Community Garden
 * Weatherfield High - Entrance
 * Eva Price's cottage, Lymm - Living room and garden
 * Unknown street
 * Garden Hotel reception

Notable dialogue
Gail Rodwell: "Forty odd years I’ve lived on this street. That same view every day. Practically know every couple back to front. I like to think we look out for each other around here. And without being nosy, know what’s going on in each other’s lives. But you don’t, do you? Not that I knew him that well, just to say hello to really. But he was always polite with me, which is more than you can say for some folk. I’d hoped I’d have listened, if you ever wanted to speak to me...not that he would’ve done. I wonder when he did it: when I was reading the kids a bedtime story? When I was getting ready for bed? When I was having some toast this morning? Or was I sleeping - safe here with the double glazing and the central heating, thinking, 'our problems are bigger than everybody else’s'? “Well, 'appen we’ve all been sleeping, mam. I can’t stop thinking about poor Johnny. His son's...not coming home tonight. I just hope to God mine is."