Coronation Street spoilers follow from Friday's episode (11 July), which is available to watch now on ITVX and YouTube but hasn't yet aired on ITV1.

Coronation Street's Maria Connor and David Platt team up to outsmart Lou Michaelis in tense scenes tonight.

The long-time co-workers are forced to act quickly, as Lou looks likely to make her escape after being caught out for attacking Maria's husband Gary Windass.

An eventful day for Maria begins when she finds out that Gary has just woken from a coma at the hospital.

A frantic Maria rushes out of work to be with her other half, who's been missing for weeks, but Lou starts to panic over the consequences of Gary now being awake.

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At the hospital, Maria is baffled to learn that a mystery woman has been posing as Gary's wife on multiple occasions. She checks a piece of paper containing this unknown person's phone number, and all finally becomes clear…

Figuring out exactly why Lou would keep watch over Gary like this, Maria fears that it's only a matter of time before she tries to do a runner.

Maria makes a discreet call to David at the salon, drawing him into the saga as she asks for his help.

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David is urged to keep Lou around at the salon at all costs – ensuring that she suspects nothing and doesn't leave.

With Maria on the way to confront Lou and expose her crimes, can she bring her nemesis to justice once and for all? Fans can find out when the episode airs at 8pm tonight on ITV1, or it's streaming early now on ITVX and YouTube.

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