CORONATION Road followers have been on the sting of their seats after the stunning fallout from assassin Rob Donovan’s lethal stairwell tumble.
After a tense showdown, Rob’s (Marc Baylis) destiny takes a dramatic flip – however is he lifeless or alive?
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The cold-blooded killer nice escape took a lethal twist in Monday’s gripping episode of Coronation Road.
He held his sister Carla Connor (Alison King) at gunpoint in a deserted manufacturing facility and brutally attacked DCI Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers).
Summoning each ounce of power, Carla charged at him, shoving him exhausting.
He teetered for a second earlier than tumbling over the stairwell, touchdown with a sickening thud beneath.
Rob was left immobile on the ground as a horrified Carla regarded on.
A battered however very a lot alive Lisa then staggered onto the scene and confirmed he had no pulse because the cleaning soap continued on Tuesday.
DI Package Inexperienced (Jacob Roberts) arrived on the scene and helped Lisa get a shaken and weak Carla to the hospital.
Lisa persuaded Package to go away Rob behind, believing he was lifeless with no pulse – and he hesitantly agreed.
Nonetheless, when Craig (Colson Smith) and the police arrived on the deserted manufacturing facility, Rob’s physique was nowhere to be discovered.
Craig later knowledgeable a shocked Package that Rob was very a lot alive and on the run in a stolen automotive.
With the police looking for him, is it solely a matter of time earlier than he is caught?
In the meantime, Carla’s life hangs within the stability as docs verify she has developed an an infection, placing her new kidney vulnerable to failure -leaving her family members devastated.
Elsewhere, Lisa faces questioning over Rob’s escape and is accused of serving to him.
Later, she breaks the information to a guilt-ridden Carla that Rob continues to be alive and on the run.
Corrie money disaster: shock exits for 2025
ITV bosses are locked in a battle to avoid wasting the cash-strapped cleaning soap.
Because of this a lot of stars have both been axed from or have deserted the long-running serial drama.
Colson Smith – Craig Tinker
The character of Craig Tinker has been axed by bosses after 14 years. After he was instructed of the information in Autumn 2024, Colson Smith confirmed that might be written out of the present with scenes to air later this 12 months. Craig’s on-screen mum, Beth Tinker, additionally left the present within the summer time when actress Lisa George was written out from the position.
Sue Cleaver – Eileen Grimshaw
After 25 years taking part in Eileen Grimshaw, former I am A Movie star campmate Sue Cleaver will stop the present. The Solar on Sunday reported in January that she’s already begun to movie her exit scenes. Nonetheless the character won’t be killed off in case Sue opts to make a return sooner or later.
Luca Toolan – Mason Radcliffe
Bosses determined to axe the teenage character after simply 16 months after he first joined the present. Current scenes noticed Mason stabbed by his prison brothers after his pal Dylan introduced a knife in an try to defend him.
Sue Devaney – Debbie Webster
In November 2024, we revealed that Debbie Webster is ready to be killed off after 40 years on the cobbles. The character will die as a part of a heartbreaking long-running dementia storyline.
Charlotte Jordan – Daisy Midgeley
The actress grew to become the fifth star to go away Coronation Road in only one month. We revealed that she is going to bow out of the ITV cleaning soap later this 12 months after 4 years on-screen. Charlotte instructed sources that she’s hungry to see what different alternatives await.
Shelley King – Yasmeen Metcalfe
The actress has performed Yasmeen Metcalfe on the cobbles for the previous 11 years and we revealed in January that she completed filming her closing scenes. This follows the departure of her on-screen associate Stu Carpenter.
Whereas Carla is relieved she hasn’t dedicated homicide, she fears for Lisa and Betsy’s security in case Rob returns.
Lisa reassures her, insisting he isn’t silly sufficient to come back again – however is she proper?
On the finish of the episode, a determined Rob secretly texts his son Bobby, who continues to be in Weatherfield, asking for assist.
However will Bobby comply?
In the meantime, Corrie followers have slammed Rob Donovan’s balcony fall because the “most ridiculous accident in cleaning soap historical past”.
Rob bounced off the wall and appeared to do a summersault over the stairwell in a weird stunt.
ITV viewers couldn’t imagine their eyes and have taken to social media of their droves to share their amusement on the scene.
One fan shared a clip of the second Rob fell and wrote: “And folks slagged off EastEnders Kojo’s stunt of falling down the steps, this from Coronation Road tops it.”
A second posted a clip of a person throwing a ball on the wall and quipped: “Rob bounces off the wall in Corrie.”
A 3rd hilariously wrote: “Let me get this straight… Carla pushes Rob, he stumbles into the wall after which, fairly acrobatically, launches himself off the steps… Get Rob executed for diving please ref.”
“I used to be questioning if that wall was made from rubber. That was probably the most unnatural transfer I’ve seen shortly,” a fourth commented.
This particular person stated: “Can somebody please examine on Rob, after getting pushed down some stairs and banging into the wall, I heard he’s performing some again flips.”
“Wtf have I simply watched he virtually threw himself over I am crying,” this viewer posted.
Coronation Road airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 or stream from 7am on ITVX.
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