A BITTERSWEET GOODBYE: SUMMER SPELLMAN PREPARES TO LEAVE THE COBBLES FOREVER

current investigation into Theo Silverton’s (James Cartwright) murder.

It’s been a tough year for Summer so far, with 2026 getting off to a bad start with the death of her father-figure, Billy Mayhew.

Billy died after being trapped in the burning minibus by Theo during the Corriedale crossover pile-up, unable to escape before the vehicle exploded.

Since then, Summer has leaned on Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) for support, unaware that he also needed help.

Todd was trapped in an abusive relationship with Theo for just over a year, with none of his loved ones realising.

What began as gaslighting and making nasty comments about Todd’s appearance escalated to financial control, physical assault, and sexual abuse.

Prior to Theo’s murder, his treatment of Todd was exposed, when George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) overheard the way Theo had been speaking to his then husband.

At that point, Todd’s friends and family were quick to come to his aid – including Summer.

However, in tonight’s episode, she admitted to Todd that she had been offered a place at a university in America.

She insisted that she was going to turn it down, pointing out that it would be unfair to leave Todd with everything going on at the moment.

Todd, however, was adamant that she not waste the opportunity, and urged her to get as far away from Coronation Street as possible, forget about everything that’s happened and never look back.

Unfortunately for Summer, she may not get the opportunity to study abroad, as she is set to face an interrogation from the police next week as part of the investigation into Theo’s murder.

Theo’s body was discovered by Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin) during the flash-forward episode earlier this year.

Though at first his death was thought to have been suicide, it later traspired that he had been murdered.

Next week, George and Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) find Summer’s diary and are horrified by what is written inside.

On top of that, Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) spots a crucial detail in the back of Lisa Connor-Swain’s (Vicky Myers) wedding pictures that could implicate Summer, which leads to her being brought in for questioning.

Things only get worse when George reveals what he saw on the night of Theo’s murder, and later, Summer overhears Christina predicting that the police will soon be after her.

When Todd catches Summer making a sneaky getaway with a hold-all, she reveals that she’s frightened the police will arrest her for Theo’s murder, and plans to fly out to the States that afternoon.

Will she make it overseas before the police catch up to her, or is this the beginning of the end for Summer?