Coronation Street reveals shock Joel murder charge in Iatest episode
Coronation Street spoilers follow for Wednesday's episode (November 13), which is available to watch now on streaming service ITVX and hasn't yet aired on TV.
Coronation Street has aired a dramatic episode which has seen the police charge someone with the murder of Joel Deering.
This Friday (November 15), the show will air a special episode where viewers will see exactly what happened on the night of Joel's death, and the truth will finally be revealed.
As this episode draws closer, today's episode started with a sequence of flashbacks where many of the suspects thought about their various recollections of that fateful evening.
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Carla was particularly concerned after remembering that she saw Max and Lauren putting a red suitcase into a car, and David told her they were headed to the hospital as Frankie was getting discharged today.
New suspect Lisa was released from prison, and when she expressed concern that she was being framed for murder, Carla decided to go to the hospital herself.
As Max and Lauren looked forward to their future with Frankie, Carla confronted them about the suitcase – convinced that they wouldn't plan to flee Weatherfield without taking the baby with them.
She urged them to go and speak to the police, threatening to tell them herself if they chose to stay quiet. Carla then told Dee-Dee and Lisa about what she saw, and Dee-Dee confirmed that it was Joel's suitcase.
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With the police on to them, Max and Lauren decided to hide out at Joel's old flat. Lisa and Kit met Lauren's foster carer at the hospital, and the pair were nowhere to be seen.
Lauren was devastated that they wouldn't be able to have the life they dreamed of, so Max vowed to make this happen by suggesting that they go on the run abroad together with Frankie.
He asked her to buy some things for Frankie, but when she returned, Lauren was heartbroken to discover that Max had disappeared. He handed himself in to the police and confessed to Kit that he killed Joel.
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Lauren went to Dee-Dee's flat and acted oblivious as she was told what Max had done. She eventually admitted that she was just trying to protect Max.
In the police interview, Max explained that he visited Joel and fought him using the CS spray, which he stole from Lisa's bag. Indeed, a flashback showed a huge fight between the pair on a railway bridge.
He said he hit Joel with a rock in self-defence, then panicked and pushed his dead body into the river before escaping with his suitcase.
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Later, David was shocked to find out that his son had been charged with murder, but in the prison cell, he asked himself: "What have you done?"
Did Max really kill Joel?
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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