Overview

• Fans on social media have seized on Lou’s private messages and Gary’s secrecy around texts to predict an impending affair.
• In prison visits, Lou warned she’ll ‘rinse [Gary] for cash’ to provide for her three children as she faces mounting debts.
• Mick Michaelis remains behind bars after fatally attacking PC Craig Tinker, leaving Lou to manage the household alone.
• Viewers also anticipate that Tim and Sally Metcalfe may adopt Lou’s children following Farrel Hegarty’s planned summer exit.
• Some fans have speculated that Lou’s mysterious mother could be former Weatherfield resident Denise Osbourne.