Todd Grimshaw was once the kind of Weatherfield guy everyone wanted around him: confident, neat, with a purpose.

But this November, everything fell apart like sand in his hands.

The appearance of Theo Silverton turned Todd into a strange version — pale, worn, and gradually losing himself.

It started with small signs: Todd forgot meetings, was late to the funeral home, did things as easy as breathing wrong.

George was angry, Christina was disappointed, while Todd couldn’t understand why he was losing focus. In fact, behind the scenes was the hand of Theo — a man who knew the psychology of others and used it to bend Todd’s will.

The climax was the scene where Todd woke up to find all the white shirts in the wardrobe gone, only a few wrinkled pieces in the washing machine. When he asked, Theo just smiled: “I don’t need them anymore.” The statement sounds simple, but it is a verdict on Todd’s self-esteem.

From a person who used to be in control of everything, Todd is now controlled by his own emotions and beliefs. The pain is not that he was deceived, but that he allowed others to define him. Coronation Street is pushing this character into an extremely psychological arc, where viewers have to witness every piece of his ego being crushed. Will Todd have the courage to confront Theo, or will he disappear in the “mental game” he set up?