Christina has a plan to save George in Coronation Street – but will it make things worse?

George’s business is at stake. Can Christine save the day? (Picture: ITV)

George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) might be Coronation Street’s friendliest undertaker, but his business is about to be dead and buried by fake slander accusations. Can Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) bring it back to life?

Things are looking pretty bleak for poor George. Ever since a customer leaving his ten thousand pounds in his will, his business and reputation have been left in tatters thanks a smear campaign led by the customer’s daughter Annie King (Marie Crutchley).

Convinced that George manipulated her mother into changing her will, Annie attacked Shuttleworth’s Independent Funeral Services with a spate of vicious online reviews.

Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins), didn’t take kindly to someone dragging her partner’s name through the mud and reported Annie for leaving fake reviews.

However, Annie wasn’t finished. She decided to sue George, hiring  Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) and Alya Nazir (Sair Khan) to represent her in court. Due to massive data breach, Adam and Alya weren’t exactly in a position to turn away clients, so they took on the case, even though it could mean destroying George’s livelihood.

Adam and Christina failed to convinced Adam and Alya to drop the case. (Picture: ITV)

This isn’t the only headache George has got to deal with right now. Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce), the closest thing he has to a son, is currently trapped in a domestically abusive relationship by his controlling partner Theo Silverton (James Cartwright).

George was the first of Todd’s nearest and dearest to see Theo’s true colours when he overheard the vile bully spew a tirade of verbal abuse at Todd while using the toilet in their flat.

Ever since, he’s been determined to rescue Todd and even packed him an ’emergency bag’ should he ever need to escape suddenly.

George is worried for Todd’s safety with Theo (Picture: ITV)

Needless to say, Theo is not George’s biggest fan and he’s done everything in his power to isolate Todd from him.

Despite the narcissist’s best efforts, Todd still cares for George and snuck away to support him in the Rovers’ on the day of his court case – and George needs all the support he can get.

The verdict wasn’t a good one. The judge ruled against George and declared the latest version of the will to be invalid, ordering him to pay the legal costs for both parties.

The court case left George facing financial ruin. (Picture ITV)

It was a devastating blow to George’s businessand reputation. Furious, Christina branded Adam Barlow a ‘snake’ for blackening George’s name and vowed to fight on.

Sadly, George doesn’t hold out much hope. This could very well be the end of Shuttleworths Independent Funeral service.

In upcoming episodes of Coronation Street, George decides to throw in the towel and sell the business, prompting Christina to hatch a cunning plan…

How will George and Christina get out of this one?

In the shop, a glum George confides in Glenda (Jodie Prenger) that he might have to sell his beloved funeral parlour to his longtime rival, Rupert Copley (Terry Carroll) at Rest Easy for a knock-down price.

Christina knows that George put his heart and soul into his late father Archie’s business.

She won’t let him throw it away without a fight. So Christina forms a secret plan to save Shuttleworths Independent Funeral service. What is the plan? That would be telling…

The real question is will it work – or make everything worse?

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