Weatherfield this week truly enters the “storm season of level 12”, when a series of secrets, obsessions and uncontrollable behaviors of the characters lead to a series of unpredictable dramas.

The highlight of the week is the explosion of Theo Silverton – the man considered “sweet on the outside, poisonous on the inside”.

Theo’s gentle, handsome appearance is shattered right in the scene where he goes crazy and rushes at Todd Grimshaw, leaving Todd shocked to the point of being frozen.

This incident is not a sudden outburst; it is the result of a series of controlling behaviors that Theo has been secretly carrying out for many weeks.

Theo has long used the tactic of “love-bombing” and psychological manipulation of Todd: controlling meals, monitoring friends, pretending to be sulky to create a sense of guilt. The climax comes when Theo brings a strange man named Pete into the apartment, pretending to be a “jogging buddy” just to make Todd jealous. Todd is confused but doesn’t dare to react, for fear of overthinking it. But everything collapses when Todd catches Theo intentionally pushing Pete into an intimate situation. That moment is the spark that makes Theo lose all control and take out his anger on Todd.

While Todd stumbles into a toxic control spiral, in another corner of Weatherfield, Maggie Driscoll reappears in a flashback scene that gives the audience goosebumps. A new but extremely “heavy” character, Maggie takes viewers back to the scene many years ago – a rainy night, a family conflict, a wrong decision that she still tries to bury to this day. The sound of running footsteps, vague screams, and a falling figure – the flashback doesn’t specify who the victim is, but it’s enough to confirm that Maggie is not harmless.