With her attack on Gary Windass (Mikey North) having been exposed, Lou Michaelis (Farrel Hegarty) is currently in prison in Coronation Street.

Her husband Mick (Joe Layton) recently tried to escape from jail himself, where he’s awaiting trial for killing PC Craig Tinker (Colson Smith). His plan was to gather his kids and Lou together and they would flee abroad as a family and go on the run.

This didn’t work out, with the result that Mick is back behind bars and Lou was deemed to be a flight risk and has also been remanded in custody.

Meanwhile, Sally and Tim Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor and Joe Duttine) have been taking care of the Michaelis’s two daughters Shanice (Molly Kilduff) and Joanie (Savanna Pennington). They’ve offered to have Brody (Ryan Mulvey) stay with them, too, but initially he preferred to sleep in his own house, determined to prove his independence.

In upcoming episodes Sally takes Shanice and Joanie to visit Lou in prison, but Brody refuses to go. During the visit Lou tells Sally she’s planning to plead not guilty, and will need money to cover her legal fees for her defence. She asks Sally to help her out by taking out a bank loan.

Whether Sally would have been prepared to do this or not, it’s not long before she gets a phone call at home from social services. Lou has, in fact, pleaded guilty.

Sally and Tim break the news to Brody that, having pleaded guilty, Lou is looking at a long prison sentence. Her dearest wish is for her son to come and visit her. Will he do as she asks?

Brody has had a lot to deal with over the past few months. Not long out of a secure training centre himself, he was quickly in trouble for various petty crimes as soon as he arrived back in Weatherfield.

Then his world was rocked when he found out that Mick wasn’t his biological father, and his dad was really police officer Kit Green (Jacob Roberts). When Mick broke out of prison he ended up stabbing Kit and leaving him seriously wounded.