Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Note: This story discusses topics including suicidal ideation/thoughts.
Coronation Street's David Platt confides in his stepson Max Turner about his guilty secret next week.
David is desperately trying to cover his tracks after blocking his wife Shona from seeing her jailed son Clayton Hibbs.
Earlier this month, David deleted visiting orders that Clayton had sent to Shona. He also visited Clayton in jail to warn him off.
When Shona later learned that Clayton had attempted to take his own life in prison, she became determined to get answers over how his mental health could have deteriorated without her being aware. Undeterred, David continued to manipulate Shona.
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Next week, Shona heads off for a meeting with the prison governor and David accompanies her.
David panics when the governor mentions that Clayton issued two visiting orders a few weeks ago – and that someone came to see him. Fortunately for David, the governor refuses to confirm who the visitor was.
Later in the week, David confesses to Max that he was the one who intercepted the visiting orders. He insists that Shona must never find out the truth.
Refusing to let this go, Shona asks local cabbie Steve McDonald to take her back to the prison. Although Shona swears him to secrecy, Steve later tells Max about the mysterious taxi ride.
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Steve takes Max to investigate and they arrive at the prison gates just in time to find Shona mid-row with the governor.
The argument spirals out of control, culminating in Shona pushing the governor and risking landing herself in big trouble. In desperation to end the row, will Max tell Shona what David is hiding from her?
Coronation Street airs these scenes on Monday, December 2 and Wednesday, December 4 on ITV1 and ITVX.
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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We encourage anyone who identifies with the topics raised in this article to reach out. Information about how to access support is available via the NHS, and organisations who can offer help include Samaritans on 116 123 or Mind on 0300 123 3393.
Readers in the US are encouraged to visitmentalhealth.gov or the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
