Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) has been pretty vile to Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce) throughout their relationship so far, but he took things even further in tonight’s Coronation Street episode.

Since they began dating, Theo has been emotionally and physically abusing Todd by putting him down, gaslighting him, and even going so far as to force-feed him kebab meat and pour milk over his head.

On Friday, Todd and George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) spent the day preparing for an important funeral, before winding down over a pint in the Rovers.

George made it clear that he wanted Todd in work bright and early the next day, and Todd promised that he would only have one more drink – though Theo had other ideas.

After secretly ordering Todd a double, Theo ended up carrying him home and letting him fall asleep on the sofa.

In the morning, which we saw in today’s episode, he deliberately put all of Todd’s white shirts in the washing machine so he’d have nothing to wear to work.

Meanwhile, George was horrified when Todd didn’t appear, and sent Christina Midgeley (Amy Robbins) over to look for him.

Todd rushed to get himself ready for the service, and found that his phone hadn’t charged, meaning that his alarm hadn’t gone off.

As he continued to panic, Theo acted as though he hadn’t interfered by deliberately washing Todd’s shirts and getting him drunk, making Todd believe that it was all on him.

By the time he got to work, George was furious, and the fact that he was wearing a stained blue shirt only angered the boss further.

When George told Todd he was standing him down and Christina would be taking his place at the funeral, the undertaker was disappointed.

Later, when George and Christina returned from the service, Todd and George got into a blazing row, which ultimately led to Todd being thrown out.

Not finished with his meddling, Theo decided to call George round later so that he and Todd could have it out.

Though George attempted to apologise, Todd was still so angry at having been disrespected that he announced he was quitting his job, before ordering George to leave.

Todd was clearly very upset after the interaction, but Theo’s cruel streak once again reared its ugly head, as he berated Todd for showing emotion, before leaving him sobbing alone.