In my book, at the moment, Todd Grimshaw is the best thing about Coronation Street. If ever there was an enjoyable villain, Todd is the one. Admittedly, it took a while after his initial arrival and a strange, ‘didn’t quite work’ storyline about some weirdly unconvincing gangsters, for him to find his feet. Now though, he is fully integrated into the street. He has his mum. Eileen is fully aware of her son’s faults, but he is her son so she will always stand by him. He did have his job until the sacking last night. Might Eileen be able to fix that? And finally, and most importantly, he has Billy back. After all his manoeuvrings, machinations and manipulations he has succeeded in his objective – to restart his relationship with Billy.
We knew from early on in his return that his target was
Billy, but there was one major problem, namely, Paul, Billy’s live-in
boyfriend. However, to Todd, yes, of course it was an obstruction, but one that
he could deal with and deal with it he did. And what’s more, we were able to
witness every detail of Todd’s plan. How fascinating it was too, as he worked his
way back into Billy’s affections. That is not to say that Todd’s methods were
in any way worthy of praise.
In actual fact, they were downright dodgy. It pains me to
say it, but Todd’s moral compass is defunct. In his efforts to secure his way
back into Billy’s affections he had to remove Paul. One ruse of Todd’s was to
employ teenager Will. Will succeeded in manipulating Paul’s emotions. Paul, soft-hearted and desperate
to help a person with an allegedly violent step-dad, (this last bit being untrue) Paul crossed the line and defied the rule of the charity for which he was
working. Paul met up with Will, annoying Billy who had warned him against such
an unwise act.
Gradually, Billy and Paul’s relationship was worn down.
Their unsuitability was highlighted by Paul’s behaviour and his jealousy of Todd.
It transpired too that Billy was still in love with Todd and that he had been kidding
himself. So, Billy and Todd are back together and who didn’t have just a
momentary feeling of pathos for Paul as he looked up to the window of his
former home, just as Todd was drawing the curtains for an evening in the company
of Todd and Summer. However, bad deeds cannot go unpunished and a chill wind will
surely be blowing Todd’s way before too long.
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