Yahoo News Corrie's Pat Phelan digs a grave for Andy next week
Coronation Street fans will be left fearing that Andy Carver will be killed off for real next week as Pat Phelan digs a grave for him.
Andy (Oliver Farnworth) has already escaped death once when Phelan brutally hit him over the head with a laptop at the start of the year. Viewers thought that he'd died in the nasty incident, but Phelan has actually been holding him captive in a dark and dingy basement ever since.
The shock storyline continues with dark scenes next week, as Andy is left in agony thanks to an infected wound on his arm, which came from his recent fight with Phelan.
When Phelan pays him another visit in the cellar, Andy is pathetically grateful to see him – well aware of just how reliant he is on his cunning captor.
Phelan appears to be showing his nicer side when he heads off and promises to come back with medication for Andy, but it seems that he actually has another plan in mind when he starts digging a hole in the garden.
Could this mean that Phelan is planning to finish off the job when it comes to Andy this time? Connor McIntyre, who plays him, reckons Phelan would only do so as a last resort.
Discussing the possibility, Connor revealed: "I think that would be the nuclear option for Phelan and I think he would do everything to avoid that. But it's bubbling to the surface, and the troubling thing is that's happening with some regularity now, where it hasn't been before.
"Six months has just been ticking on, and that relationship has gone on. But something needs to happen to resolve this."
Connor added that Phelan is enjoying the power he has over Andy, which could be another reason to keep him alive.
He said: "Let's get this straight, the further we go with this character, the more we realise that he is suffering with narcissistic personality disorder. This is a guy whose relationships are all about power. He's not a well man, he's a sick puppy in many ways, so what's the next step?
"We haven't seen him kill yet, and we've seen him step back when Vinnie said, 'I'll sort Todd out'. So, I think there's something more disturbing than that going on.
"In a warped way, he was thinking: 'I won't kill Andy, but I'll take him away and maybe, like Michael, he'll just expire and then my hands will be clean'. But, it turns out, it didn't happen that way so he's been caring for him.
"Somebody needs Pat Phelan every day, so this is real power, isn't it? Andy is also someone he can vent all his frustrations of the day to, which you will see, and then there are very tender moments where there's a real intimacy."
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on ITV.
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