Coronation Street spoilers follow from Thursday's episode (10 July), which is available to watch now on ITVX and YouTube but hasn't yet aired on ITV1.
Coronation Street has finally resolved the mystery of what happened to Gary Windass.
The truth is revealed in Thursday's episode, which is streaming early on ITVX and YouTube this morning ahead of the ITV1 airing at 9pm tonight. So only read on if you really want to know...
Corrie's latest episode – the first to air in a week – features dramatic flashbacks which explain how Gary came to be fighting for his life in a coma.
The first clue to the culprit emerges when a guilty-looking Lou Michaelis is seen keeping watch at Gary's hospital bedside.
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Scheming Lou is posing as Gary's wife, disguising their identities by claiming that she is 'Gemma' and he is 'Chesney'.
Flashbacks then show that Lou ruthlessly threatened Gary a few weeks ago, in a desperate bid for a cash payout.
Lou warned Gary that she'd destroy his marriage to Maria Connor with false allegations that they were having an affair, unless he secured her silence by paying her off.
Gary refused to be bullied and threatened to report Lou to the police for blackmail. When he then issued some home truths over Lou and her chaotic family, it was the final straw as she hit him over the head with an iron bar.
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This shocking turn of events took place on the night of Aadi Alahan's ill-fated house party at No.7, when some of the Street's younger crowd got high on LSD.
While under the influence of the drug, Nina Lucas and Summer Spellman approached Gary after spotting him in a bad way on the ground.
Gary reached out for help but Nina panicked and pushed him away, before the two friends rushed off in terror.
Afterwards, they were confused about what they'd seen amid their hallucinations and had no idea that it was Gary. Another recent mystery finally solved.
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Lou covered her tracks by overseeing Gary's admission to hospital and posing as his wife. But the stage now looks set for her exit from Corrie, as Thursday's episode ends with Gary waking from his coma.
Will Gary be able to identify Lou as his attacker? And will she manage to get away from Weatherfield before she's brought to justice?
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Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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