I don't know about you, but I'll be glad when Clayton's dead and buried and this whole siege and hostage storyline is over.
I mean, he is going to be killed off, isn't he? Please?
I reckon he has to die because he's a loose end that needs to be tied up. Having Shona's son be the killer of David's first wife was a master stroke on Corrie. How could Shona and David ever survive? They'd always, always, have killer Clayton hanging over them. And no matter how many times they said they loved each other, and played happy families, you just knew that somewhere in the background, the hurt and pain caused by Kylie's death would never go away. There would be a part of David that would always blame Shona.
But if Clayton dies? They're good to go. Start all over again, and as David himself said this week, he's even thinking of proposing to Shona. But that's another blog post for another time (i.e. tomorrow!).
I have no idea if or when Clayton dies, but I'm sure he's going to have to. And I'd like it to be David who does it. Let's say Clayton's in the hospital hooked up to a life support machine and David's sitting at Clayton's bedside with a menacing look on his face, threatening to unplug the machine. Except he doesn't. What does happen is that Lily or Harry or Max stumble into the room looking for David, and in the chaos that ensues, the machine is unplugged... but by whom?
It won't matter. Clayton will be a gonner and the loose end that's been hanging for years over Shona and David is all neatly tied up and they can move on. And so can us fans too.
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