Coronation Street is lining up shock scenes next week for Carla Connor.
In upcoming scenes, Carla is left rocked by a heartbreaking Peter Barlow twist following his departure last year while an exit storyline appears to be ‘confirmed’ for Simon Barlow as actor Alex Bain prepares to leave the cobbles after 15 years.
Spoilers for next week reveal the aftermath of drunken Simon bunking off work and throwing up in Tim Metcalfe’s taxi while doing a runner without paying. A hungover Simon wakes up following the incident and admits he remembers little about the previous day.
It’s not long until Rowan Cunliffe targets Simon, telling him he knows what it’s like to drift through life without direction. Soap watchers will recall that mysterious newcomer Rowan has targeted Leanne Battersby with his “self-improvement group” The Institute. Rowan has also been pulling Leanne away from partner Nick Tilsley and even her sister Toyah Battersby during her time of need with Leanne even heading off to a retreat without saying goodbye to her family.
In the upcoming scenes, Leanne’s partner Nick explains to Rowan how there was an incident involving Simon and he needs to speak to Leanne urgently but Rowan’s dismissive, which angers Nick. Later in the week, Simon readies to leave for the same retreat as Leanne after speaking to Rowan.
However, Nick and Toyah do their best to talk him out of it and in desperation, Nick calls Peter. Soap fans were left in tears over Christmas when Peter left Weatherfield and wife Carla to go work on a boat. In a bid to protect Simon from Rowan, Peter offers him a job on the yacht.
Later in the week, Carla admits to Sarah that she misses Peter but when Simon shows her some pictures of the boat, Carla is utterly rocked to see one showing Peter with his arm around a woman in a heartbreaking twist.
It comes as actor Alex Bain, who plays Simon, appeared to confirm he was leaving the cobbles earlier this year. The actor has been on the ITV soap since he was seven and has been involved in a series of huge storylines.
