Overview

• Farrel Hegarty completed her final scenes as Lou Michaelis this week and said she “burst into tears” when friend and co-star Julia Goulding surprised her with farewell applause.
• Mick Michaelis will stage a prison break and siege in a special mid-July episode as his last-ditch effort to escape custody for the murder of PC Craig Tinker.
• Lou’s recent blackmail of Gary Windass led to his disappearance and left him hospitalized in a coma, heightening the stakes of her exit storyline.
• Hegarty teased that if Lou returns she would navigate life without Mick, tapping into the character’s joy, mischief and newfound independence.
• Coronation Street’s summer arc underscores rising betrayals and violence on the cobbles as two central characters bow out.