Shona’s back!
But David’s wife is far from her old self…
ive months after she was shot by Derek Milligan, Shona Platt returns to the cobbles. But don’t expect her and
David to reunite just yet. The former cafe worker, who was left with severe memory loss after spending weeks in a coma, is far from her old self, and still doesn’t recognise the mouthy little fella calling himself her husband.
Shona is so confused that she earlier decides to take a trip from her rehab centre to the prison to see son Clayton; he who murdered David’s first wife, Kylie. David’s devastated when he finds out, and heads off for another adrenaline fix to numb his pain. Approaching a group of youths on bikes, he shoves one of them over and stamps on their cycle, then sprints off as they give chase...
Over at the big house, Shona is looking forward to seeing her boy
Fagain, but she remembers him as a young teenager, and is thrown to be met by a grown man. ‘She doesn’t think it’s him,’ says Julia Goulding, who plays the fragile mum. ‘She succumbs to the fact that it is him, but it’s a shock.
‘Initially, she thinks she can trust him, but as he begins to show his true colours, she may end up quickly changing her mind…’
Back in Weatherfield, David is cornered in an alley by the gang, and is bracing himself for a beating when a police car pulls up and the youths disperse. He’s taken to the nick and released without charge, and when Sarah learns of how her brother’s marriage breakdown is causing
Adrenaline hit: David attacks!
him to selfdestruct, she pays Shona a visit and begs her to come to the cobbles to see if she remembers anything.
Shona agrees to a meeting at No.8, accompanied by her key worker, but on condition that David isn’t there. She has no idea who Sarah’s son, Harry, is, but
Prison visit: Shona and
Clayton
when she makes a brew and instinctively goes to the cupboard above the kettle to get out teabags, Gail’s given a glimmer of hope.
‘A lot of people keep their teabags in a cupboard above the kettle,’ adds Julia, ‘so it might just be a coincidence.’
Everyone’s left panic-stricken, however, when, after wandering out into the garden, Shona disappears. Will the befuddled brunette be found before she comes to any harm?