If Carl’s storyline is about hidden crimes, then Todd and Theo’s storyline this week is about abuse that’s blatantly exposed.

Todd initially thinks he’s lucid enough to recognize the red flag, but Theo is a master of smooth control:

every word he says sounds reasonable, his apologies sound sincere, and then he gradually isolates Todd from his friends and normal life, making him doubt himself.

The scary thing is it’s not loud at first; it’s like a fog, slowly enveloping him, until Todd realizes he’s being suffocated and trapped in a room full of rules set by Theo.

This week, Corrie delivered an incredibly realistic performance, making it feel like you’re watching real life through a camera lens, not a movie: camera angles from the doorbell, CCTV, dashcam, and police bodycam—all like cold eyes capturing every moment Todd’s hands tremble, every change in Theo’s voice, and every second the atmosphere in the house shifts from suffocating to dangerous. And then, inevitably, it happened: a family incident was reported, the police arrived, not because someone wanted to overreact, but because the situation had escalated beyond safe limits.

Todd was no longer the usual playful, joking Todd, but someone trying to stay calm, his eyes pleading for help while simultaneously fearing being seen as a troublemaker. Theo, on the other hand, was incredibly cunning, maintaining his image of a decent person, speaking softly, appearing like a victim of a misunderstanding, but the more he tried to act, the more his manipulative nature became apparent, as if he wanted to control both the story and the emotions of the person opposite him.