All Coronation Street spoilers for next week as fan-favourite vanishes
Coronation Street is lining up a huge week for Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) as he struggles ahead of Craig Tinker's (Colson Smith) memorial.
Feeling swamped with his own family drama, he turns down girlfriend Sarah Platt's (Tina O'Brien) request to attend her family's BBQ.
He then corners Lou Michaelis (Farrell Hegarty) with the prospect of conducting a DNA test with her son Brody (Ryan Mulvey), and it's not long before disaster strikes…
As the week goes on, he finds it difficult to delivery a eulogy for his colleague, and disappears before the ceremony.
Is Kit ok?
Keeping with the police officers, and Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) is faced with concealing the truth about her ex-wife Becky's death from their daughter Betsy (Sydney Martin).
Unable to get the answers, she heads to the prison to sit down with her mum's killer.
Elsewhere, Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) finds herself on the wrong side of the law following an altercation with Lou, who is found unconscious on the floor by the Platt family.
Has Maria attacked her, or has it been a nasty accident?
There's all that and more in next week's Corrie: here's Metro's spoiler guide.
Kit is adamant to find out whether or not he's Brody's dad, and floats the idea of a DNA test to Lou – but will Lou she agree?
Meanwhile, with No. 8's redevelopment now completed, Sarah invites him along to a family BBQ. Kit makes his excuses, saying he has too much drama of his own going on.
We imagine things could be quite awkward between him and Shona!
Later, the copper catches Brody red-handed, nicking bottles of wine from a delivery van. He sends him packing, unknowingly infuriating Brody in the process. So much so that the teen runs straight to Lisa, claiming that Kit is harassing him.
Lisa shuts the lad down, and reports straight back to her colleague about what has been said about him.
However, things soon take a disastrous turn when Kit, Sarah and Bernie stumble across Brody in a grim state – he's sprawled on the pavement, injured, with a smashed whisky bottle at his side.
Elsewhere, with Craig's memorial approaching, Kit and Lisa both admit that they're struggling. Carla's got her own concerns, opening up to Betsy about her worries for her mother, sparking an idea that would help to take her mind off things.
Across the cobbles, Leanne sits down for lunch with Ronnie and the pair share a surprisingly warm moment, agreeing it's nice just being mates. But things take a turn when Leanne returns from the loos, catching Toyah having a quiet word with him.
Toyah's clearly worried, telling Ronnie that Leanne's been through enough lately and she doesn't want to see her hurt again. He's quick to reassure her it's strictly platonic and nothing more.
But will Leanne see it the same way? Or is Toyah's meddling about to cause fresh drama between the sisters?
Lou tracks Gary down at Speed Daal with a favour to ask – she wants him to help shift Mick's old van. He's taken aback, but before he can answer, Maria turns up and Lou makes a swift exit.
Later, Lou pops into the salon with another surprise – she's covering David's shift. But how will Maria take the news? Could this be the start of more tension between the women?
Plus, there's a surprise for Todd when Millie turns up on the doorstep with an overnight bag in hand. While Theo nips off to have a word with Danielle, Todd's left playing babysitter.
Things take a dramatic turn when Millie drops a bombshell he never saw coming…
It's the morning of Craig's memorial, but there's immediate concern when Sarah realises Kit's already left without saying anything. As mourners start to gather, Lisa's on edge… Kit was meant to give a speech, but there's no sign of him.
With Bernie and Sarah scrambling to get hold of him and Kirk in no fit state to step in, Lisa takes a deep breath and delivers a heartfelt tribute to Craig. But as emotions run high, one question hangs in the air – where has Kit gone?
Later, Lisa is keen to distract herself from the emotions of the day and begins sorting through some old files. But when she catches Betsy snooping in one of them, she quickly snatches it away, leaving her daughter more curious than ever.
Determined to get answers, Betsy confronts her mum, who covers her tracks with a shocking lie – claiming the file relates to Betsy's paternity and she can't see it until she turns eighteen. But the intrigue doesn't stop there, as when Carla returns home to find Betsy deep in Lisa's files.
What exactly is Lisa hiding?
Betsy later shows Lauren a picture of the letter she found containing shocking details about her mum, Becky. Determined to uncover the truth, Betsy's more focused than ever on getting the answers she's been denied.
Tensions rise in the salon as Lou continues to get under Maria's skin. The hairdresser has simply had enough, ordering her to hold the fort while she heads off to Craig's memorial.
During Maria's absence, Gary reminds Lou just how much Craig meant to the community, urging her to show people she's truly sorry for what happened. With those words ringing in her ears, Lou makes a big decision – she's going to the memorial.
Theo reassures a worried Todd that he's only moved out for the sake of his kids and insists their relationship is far from over. Relieved, Todd manages to convince him to stay for lunch.
But just as things start to feel normal again, Theo spots a missed call from Millie. Without hesitation, he makes it clear: his kids will always come first and rushes out.
Plus, Sally and Tim discuss their fostering agency training session, and despite Sally's earlier reservations, both are hopeful that it'll go successfully.
Maria chats to Shona about the Platts' upcoming barbecue, but she clearly has some concerns. She knows Lou is listening in, and as she walks past, she pointedly warns her to keep her distance.
Over in the salon, Audrey's counting the day's takings and hands the cash over to Shona, who's meant to pass it on to David for a bank run. But when Shona accidentally leaves her phone behind, Lou spots her chance and swoops in.
Rushing over to No. 8, Lou is welcomed by Shona, inviting her to stick around. But her eyes are soon on the prize – the wad of cash poking out of Shona's bag.
While Nick raises a toast outside, Lou sneaks inside the house.
As she toys with taking the money, Maria spots her and demands she empty her pockets. The other Platts then hear a thundering crash coming from the living room, and find Lou sprawled on the floor… and Maria stood over her.
Later, Maria vents to Sarah about the whole mess, but things take another turn when the police rock up and tell her she's being arrested on suspicion of ABH.
Did Maria attack Lou?
Betsy makes out she's visiting Dylan when Lisa proposes lunch, but instead she and Lauren go to the prison visiting room and sit down with Logan.
He swaggers over, and is stunned to hear that Betsy wants to know the gory details of her mum Becky's death.
Will he come clean?
Unaware of what's going on, Steve lets slip to Lisa that he dropped the girls off at HMP Highfield.
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Elsewhere, Sally thinks Lou is using Tim when he's called upon to babysit Joanie and Shanice again. He points out that it's good practice for their foster placements, but she begins to tear strips off him.
The girls watch on in fear, visibly scared by the altercation. They realise that their argument reminded them of Lou and Mick – and are now determined to help them.
Plus, Todd is devastated when Theo cancels their date, and when Millie posts a family photo, he can't help but feel excluded.
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