This article contains spoilers for tonight’s Coronation Street, which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on ITVX.
Coronation Street has seemingly confirmed Max Turner’s (Paddy Bever) exit storyline as the police close in on the young arsonist.
Max was revealed to be the man behind the fire at the Platt’s house earlier this week, after Shona Platt (Julia Goulding) recognised his hoodie on CCTV.
In tonight’s episode, he was released from hospital, after getting caught up in the blaze himself, and the race was on to come up with a plan to get out of the mess he’d made.
Max is certainly on borrowed time now that police have got their hands on the hoodie he’d tried to dispose of, with the forensics report proving that it was Max who started the fire.
However, when police headed to the flat to take Max into custody, he was gone.
Determined to track him down, DC Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) turned to questioning Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton), who was completely oblivious to the whole situation.
It soon became clear that Shona and David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) knew more than they were letting on, when Lauren followed Shona and found Max hiding out in the builder’s yard.
She quickly worked out that Max was planning to go on the run, and tried her best to talk him out of it.
However, Max was certain that he wouldn’t survive prison, especially with the likes of Harvey Gaskell and the Radcliffe brothers inside.
Unable to change his mind, Lauren was left devastated.
Back at the flat, David revealed to Shona that he had been in contact with Max’s aunt, Becky Granger, and she had offered to take him in.
As Shona fretted about the logistics and cost of getting Max out of the country unnoticed, David assured her that he had a way of paying Harvey off, as he’d accepted another dodgy job from former prison mate Andy.
Though Shona was horrified, David seemed set on his decision.
Will Max be able to make it on the run, or will the police close in on him before he can make his escape?
With actor Paddy Bever set to leave the show, having already filmed his final scenes, his exit is certainly imminent.
Will he leave the cobbles a free man, or in the back of a police car?
