Apart from the odd manipulation of youngster Seb, Corrie’s Pat Phelan has been a bit quiet in his dastardly dealings of late.
But it hasn’t stopped us wondering when he’s going to be caught out over his crimes.
The answer might be with us sooner than we think as Todd comes close to exposing him. Can Phelan find a way to protect his secrets?
After conning half the street, torturing Anna Windass, fleecing Kevin Webster, and murdering Andy Carver, the soap gods HAVE to catch up with Phelan pretty soon.
His new stepson Todd isn’t all that keen on his mum’s husband – probably because he knows a small part of what Pat’s been up to.
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But Eileen went ahead and married her man anyway, and Todd was forced to smile his way through it.
Now, however, he’s decided if he can’t get rid of Phelan, he’d better make the best of a bad situation and have some fun while he’s at it.
For some (strange) reason, Todd decides to set Phelan up by pretending there’s ghostly goings-on at the builder’s flat.
Todd doesn’t know this, but we’re all aware that that’s where Phelan offed Andy, so anything spooky might just be enough to ruffle his murderous feathers.
As Todd gets his plot all set up, Phelan starts to sweat – but will he let on it’s getting under his skin?
Knowing that he’s got something over Todd too, might Pat take the opportunity to offload his guilt about killing Andy to his stepson? Actually, does he even have any guilt?!
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Eileen surely can’t believe she’s living in marital bliss for much longer? Producer Kate Oates recently spoke to Inside Soap, and told them:
“There’s major stuff coming up for Phelan and Eileen.
“There’ll be some twists along the way that will really keep the audience gripped and take them on an exciting journey.”
But she revealed the story wouldn’t be “ramping up” until the summer and into autumn, so we’ve still got a while to wait.
“Eileen’s son Todd will try hard to protect his mum as he’s already on to Phelan which can only be good!” she added.
In our opinion, that means Todd’s definitely going to be the first to find something out – could it be sooner than Phelan thinks, though?