Coronation Street has announced a special — and it’s shocking.

It’s shot in a “live documentary” style: neighborhood CCTV, neighbor’s apartment security cameras, police body cams, and even angles that deliberately make it seem like the audience is standing in Todd and Theo’s apartment when it all comes crashing down.

Gone are the slick soap opera angles.

The episode uses low, shaky angles, close-ups of Todd’s trembling eyes, slow zooms on the wound on his temple, and gasps when the police knock on the door. The images are painfully real.

When Todd lies that he “just fell,” body cams capture his eyes — the red-rimmed eyes of someone begging to be believed, but also pleading to protect the person who hurt him.

Cut to the hallway CCTV, and we see Theo following Todd step by step, asking over and over again: “You won’t leave me, will you?” Every word is like a needle. The furniture moved after each argument, the scuff marks on the wall, the gauze in the bathroom — all are pieces of the tragedy.

This episode also intersperses images of the police reviewing the footage as they prepare to enter the house. An officer whispers: “If the report is true, this is domestic violence.” No need to elaborate — the seriousness is contained in that statement.

Parallel to the Todd – Theo story, another hidden camera records the scene of Will and Megan at the hotel. The camera angle follows their hands clasped together, a quick kiss, and their tense faces when they hear Ben calling from outside. Those frames do not promote false love, but let the viewer face the question: when emotions go beyond the norm, what will people do to hide?