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Coronation Street fans have made a clear demand to show bosses about Theo Silverton - but it's bad news. Those who follow the ITV soap have been worried almost from the beginning about Todd's romance with newcomer Theo, despite calling for the Undertaker to find love on the cobbles. However, Todd is now unknowingly falling deeper into a coercively controlling relationship with his partner, who was revealed to have been this way with partners in the past after bumping into one during a recent cobbles day out at Manchester's Gay Village. During the latest visit to Weatherfield on Wednesday (October 22), after learning that Theo hadn't been honest about his recent outburst with him, Todd discovered it was Pete whose contract he's lost. As viewers know, Pete is who Theo had a one-night stand with in scenes last week, in a bid to upset Todd, who had been drinking with his former flame, Billy Mayhew, after getting the all-clear following a health scare. Todd headed home to confront Theo, but to make matters worse, George Shuttleworth, who's now aware of their financial troubles after Todd asked him for a pay review at the Undertakers, arrived and offered the pair a restaurant voucher. Theo was furious, but ended up breaking down to Todd, calling himself a failure. He was keen to support his partner and later, the pair headed for a drink in the Rovers Return. But Theo's emotional state soon turned back into an angry one, as Gary Windass told Theo that he'd almost convinced Pete to resume the contract, until Todd "messed it up again" by telling him to stay away. Theo was seen glaring at his boyfriend from a distance, with a message from his bank revealing he was now in his overdraft, with their money troubles getting even more complicated. With Theo's troubling behaviour continuing, Corrie fans were quick to call for his exit. @jamp1982 said: "Emotional gaslighting at its finest - please please Todd, get rid of him and fast!" @nancyparadise66 commented: "The one thing Theo got right! Please send him away." @heygillybob added: "Please let Theo go do not like him." However, it was recently confirmed that the storyline between the two men will continue to be 'hard to watch' as a 'never been done' move will show the true horror of their relationship. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News and other press, Corrie's producer Kate Brooks told us: "It's a really tough story and we've deliberately played a bit of a slow-burn with it. "So we've seen Todd fall for this guy who is complex and has got issues and has given up everything for Todd so by the time the story really get going, Todd's in a position where he feels indebted to Theo because he has given up a lot for him. "At this point, Theo's true colours are revealed. He's a dark character, he's really good at manipulating Todd, he's really good at gaslighting Todd - it's fundamentally a story about domestic abuse in a same-sex relationship." While it's been described as being a difficult watch, Kate confirmed that Todd and Theo's journey will go on and viewers will see more 'dark' and 'raw' episodes. She explained: "We've got quite a bit of a journey to go on with these two and there's some really quite dark episodes but very really important episodes, very raw episodes, very authentic episodes. We have played with the format a little bit to tell this story and it's a really brilliant episode - a really powerful episode - focussed primarily on their relationship and I don't think it's every been done before. "In fact, it hasn't been done before. I don't think anyone has told a story in this format and this way and the impact it has... I've just watched it and I've been quite stunned by it and I've got to go back and re-watch it to digest what I've just watched on screen because it really is powerful. It's really emotive. Gareth [Pierce] and James [Cartwright] are playing these roles so well."
