As Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) lies in a hospital bed fighting for his life, following tonight’s shocking episode of Coronation Street, this picture shows those in the frame for his attack.
During the final moments of the hour long show, which marked the culmination of a week of 60th anniversary celebrations for the country’s longest running drama serial, a mystery attacker came into the bistro and struck Adam from behind.
Love rat Adam has hurt both family and friends in recent months, cheating on his estranged wife Sarah (Tina O’Brien) and sleeping with his uncle Peter’s partner, Carla Connor (Alison King), which has driven Peter (Chris Gascoyne) to hit the bottle once more.
Adam has a knack of rubbing people up the wrong way and the friction between him and Gary Windass (Mikey North), Sarah's ex, has been mounting for months. Did Gary finally snap or was this a crime of passion?
Gary’s certainly got a motive, Adam knows the truth about him killing loan shark Rick Neelan and has been threatening to blow Gary’s secret for months. With the police now on his back and having been thrown out by wife Maria (Samia Longchambon), did Gary decide it was time to silence a smug Adam once and for all?
Gary was last seen brooding in the furniture shop, while we also saw Sarah slip back into the Platts after the attack. Adam broke Sarah’s heart when he refused to accept her burying the truth about Gary, before then sleeping with a string of women while separated, including Carla! Disgusted by his latest conquest did Sarah lash out?
Carla bitterly regrets the night she spent with Adam and begged him to keep it a secret from Peter, knowing the truth would destroy him. But when Adam stood up and came clean did Peter’s descent push Carla too far? While out looking for a drunk Peter last night did she lose her cool with Adam?
Or was it Peter, his world shattered and all his old demons back to haunt him. Betrayed by the love of his life and his nephew did Peter have a moment of madness and take his revenge? We last saw Peter slumped outside in the street holding a brick and a whiskey bottle, giving him both a motive and a weapon?
Over the coming weeks as Adam battles in hospital we’ll see the police close in on their prime suspect. But have they got the right one?
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8 comments:
Well finally Iain Macleod has decided to utilise Sam Robertson! About time! He's a good actor and Adam has been neglected for too long!
Although I agree it's great to see Adam in a storyline,I am disappointed that he is a victim of violence.
I bet it's Gary who had Adam beaten up and Sarah will keep quiet to protect Gary as revenge for Adam sleeping with Carla.
Good grief - another Corrie resident fighting for his life in hospital? Surely the writers can think of a different plot device!
Simon!
Rival soap EastEnders was the first to do it before Corrie as i'd assume due to Adam Woodyatt's character Ian Beale being attacked last Friday night, now Corrie have followed in EE's footsteps closely with Adam Barlow (Samuel Robertson), but we see the return of the Kate Oates Memorial Ward once again in Monday's episodes. I think Gary Windass may have done it as was probably he wanted his ex Sarah back, but he already killed loan shark Rick Neelan in the woods over a year ago before pre-COVID and she broke him up at the time she was seeing solicitor Adam which is now her second current husband after Jason Grimshaw, Todd's brother.
The four suspects there are almost certainly red herrings - I think Simon was responsible.
I think Simon did as well seeing as he has a storyline coming up
I just hope the sheets and tubes are properly changed and cleaned between occupants ! They have to be the most used props this year !!
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