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The pathologist’s report is in: Theo Silverton’s (James Cartwright) death wasn’t caused by a fall from the scaffolding in the Coronation Street murder week climax; he was intentionally struck in the head.
Weatherfield’s premiere police posse, Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) and Kit Green (Jacob Roberts), received the news on this Monday’s (May 4) episode, with Kit indignant at the prospect of Lisa ever considering what happened to be an accident.
Over a glossy montage that saw Danielle Silverton (Natalie Anderson) drop flowers at the scene of Theo’s demise, George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) reading an online article about the death, Gary Windass (Mikey North) watching CCTV footage of himself taking a sledgehammer to Theo’s van and Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) reading a page of her journal emblazoned with the words ‘Theo is a monster’, Lisa and Kit pondered over whether Todd’s loved ones could’ve done the deed.
As the montage segued into Todd, sobbing in his former flat while reliving Theo’s most vicious and disgusting acts, Kit surmised that if he’d been as dehumanised as Todd by a sadist, he would’ve done the exact same thing, pondering if Todd had finally hit back.
With the investigation underway and interrogations taking place, we thought we’d take a closer look at the official suspects.
While each and every character listed had a motive, who took it that step further and decided to put a permanent end to Theo’s reign of terror?
Who killed Theo?
George Shuttleworth
George possesses a true father’s love for Todd, and it was evident in everything he did and said that he’d go to the ends of the Earth for him, and there was the curious case of the changed jumper…
…the bloodied changed jumper that Christina later found, and that Lisa found them holding when she paid the funeral parlour a visit. The friendly undertaker was the first to be arrested for Theo’s murder.
He was released the following day, but a mysterious ‘walk’ he took on the night of Theo’s death remains an enormous question mark.
Did George finally snap and kill Theo to keep Todd safe?
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Gary Windass
Gary’s protective streak and hatred of bullies previously worked in Theo’s favour, when he battered sick conversion therapist Noah Hedley (Richard Winsor) in his new friend’s defence. When that protective streak turned against him, though, Theo was evidently intimidated by Gary’s fury.
While Gary desperately deleted the footage of him smashing Theo’s van to bits, he ended up being hauled into the station for an interview with Lisa. Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) came to his rescue, providing him with an alibi and a reason for the deleted footage that Lisa was looking for.
Still, it’s obvious that Gary is Kit’s number one suspect, and photographs taken by Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor) place Gary firmly at the scene of the crime.
Could Theo’s former best mate have decided to take out another bully?
Summer Spellman
Summer’s journal, filled with furious scrawlings about Theo, certainly painted her in a certain light.
Are they the ramblings of a girl, heartbroken at having to live with the knowledge that Theo killed one of her adoptive dads and viciously tortured the other?
…or are they the signs of a guilty conscience?
Christina Boyd
Could Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) be involved?
Her sheer panic over George’s arrest seemed to indicate that she doubted him, as did her worrying to Todd over George’s mysterious ‘walk’.
But was she panicked because she knew he was truly innocent, because she did the deed?
Could she have been pushed to step in and deal with the biggest problem in her boyfriend’s life?
Danielle Silverton
Danielle went through hell at the hands of Theo, when he struck up an affair with Todd and later left her to set up home with him.
Her re-appearance this week, determined to discover if Todd killed her ex-husband led to her validating his experience and affirming that she, too, had been a victim of Theo’s controlling nature, even offering to support Todd as he navigates life free of abuse.
But what if it was all a ploy?
With whispers reverberating around the street that hell hath no fury like that of an ex-wife scorned, could she have finished Theo off?
Todd Grimshaw
With Todd in fear for his life as Theo chased him like a cat playing with it’s food in the aftermath of his escape, could he have decided there was only one way to end the torture?
Todd’s struggled with grief since Theo’s death, lost in the quagmire of emotions between his love for the man Theo could be and the monster he truly was.
While his heartbreak doesn’t instantly lend itself to having murdered Theo, could Todd have actually taken final, and fatal, action to free himself from his tormentor forever?
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