Maggie Driscoll’s (Pauline McLynn) previous has come again to hang-out her in Coronation Street, after being recognised by one of many late Jim McDonald’s military mates.
Radio Times revealed final month that the legendary character, performed by actor Charles Lawson between 1989 and 2018, would meet his maker in a storyline that may have large repercussions for son Steve (Simon Gregson).
We additionally broke the information that Jim’s passing would rattle Maggie’s cage, as an affair from 40 years in the past got here to mild. During their temporary fling, she fell pregnant with son Ben (Aaron McCusker), who has no concept that his new greatest pal Steve is actually his half-brother.
In as we speak’s episode, she was considerably irked to find that Ben had agreed to attend the funeral to assist his mate. He was edging ever so nearer to studying the reality, and it was starting to make Maggie really feel extremely uncomfortable.
If that wasn’t dangerous sufficient, grandson Ollie (Raphael Akuwudike) was pursuing a brand new relationship with Steve’s daughter Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney), utterly unaware that they shared the identical bloodline.
The mourners started to collect within the Rovers after the service, and Maggie was visibly stunned to see a youthful image of Jim on the entrance of the order of service. She rapidly rushed into the backroom, narrowly avoiding a run-in with Declan and Davey, two males that Jim labored with within the ’80s.
Later, as the group mentioned reminiscences of the departed, Maggie was intrigued to overhear Amy saying that he suffered from myotonic dystrophy. She instantly frightened that the situation was hereditary and had been handed onto Ben.
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She urged her son to not neglect that he had a hospital appointment the following morning, earlier than hurrying out into the beer backyard.
Declan adopted after her and requested how lengthy she’d lived in Manchester. She rapidly disregarded the notion that they’d ever met, but it surely rapidly recognised her as a girl that Jim had an affair with in Belfast.
Although Maggie denied it ever taking place, Declan may see that she was mendacity and reassured her that he wasn’t there to rock the boat and would maintain quiet.
But that is Weatherfield, and secrets and techniques do not stay secret for very lengthy!
How lengthy will or not it’s earlier than the reality is outed?
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