Coronation Street producer Kate Oates has hinted that the show's big autumn stunt will centre around the Platt family.
David and his loved ones will continue to take centre stage over the next few months in the continued fallout from Kylie's death, but the recent tragedy looks set to have bigger repercussions than anyone could have imagined.
Speaking at a Coronation Street press event on Friday (July 22), Oates teased: "We are going to have a nice big stunt coming up in the autumn. It's traditional, you know!
"That will possibly be tied up with the Platts' story."
It seems that David (Jack P Shepherd) is one to watch in particular, as he struggles to come to terms with the loss of his beloved wife and becomes determined to get revenge.
Oates continued: "A story I'm really excited about and something we'll be playing really big in the autumn is David's story in the wake of Kylie's stabbing. What I'm interested in there is the journey that David will go on.
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"In the chapel of rest scenes, which you will have seen on screen this week, we've basically seen David promise to avenge Kylie's death. However, he also promised when Kylie was dying that he'd be a brilliant parent and he'd look after the children and would protect them.
"Those two promises are in direct conflict with each other. One of those promises is based in love and nurture and protecting his children. The other promise is based on vengeance and hate, and on wanting to get his own back at all costs.
"What I think we'll see playing out over the next few weeks is which of those promises is going to win out and which one will eventually grow and envelop the other. I think you can guess which way I'm going to go with that one!
"I'm looking forward to seeing how that affects the Platt family, and to seeing Gail step up and being really strong. I'm also looking forward to seeing that family close ranks and be strong. So hopefully viewers will enjoy that too and we'll get some high drama from that."
Earlier this week, a tabloid newspaper claimed that Corrie will kill off a show regular in a terrifying explosion this autumn - although show bosses have so far kept tight-lipped on the storyline rumour.
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on ITV.
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