Coronation Street's Max moves in with Griff – is he lost to David forever?
Can Max be saved?
Groomed teen Max Turner (Paddy Bever) rejected adoptive dad David Platt's (Jack P Shepherd) pleas to abandon racist gang leader Griff (Michael Condron) in tonight's Coronation Street (26th December).
After last week's dramatic bomb explosion landed Max in hospital, the young man lied to his family that his injuries were down to a camping gas stove explosion. On Christmas Day, his strained relationship with David was further affected when the latter made a dig about dangerous Griff.
Max stormed off and joined Griff at his flat; and as the ITV soap returned on Boxing Day, David told wife Shona (Julia Goulding) that he was still determined to stop Max from falling further under Griff's spell.
Outside, David tried to drag Max away from Griff, who laughed at his fruitless attempts to thwart him. The altercation only served to make things worse, and Shona was unimpressed. But David is entirely out of his depth here, with those around him continuing to warn the helpless dad of Griff's influence.
They are currently unaware that Spider Nugent (Martin Hancock) is working undercover within the gang, desperately hoping to expose them. Unfortunately, Spider's hands have been tied where Max is concerned, so off Max went to pack his bags and move in with Griff.
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Terrified, David made his way over to Griff's to appeal to Max in a much more calm manner. Max had already claimed that David wasn't his father - despite the fact that David has brought him up for most of his life. But David explained that, no matter how Max feels about him, he will always be his son.
Max turned to look at David, and it was clear this had provoked some kind of emotion in him. But, in Griff's presence, Max soon turned coldly away. Griff scoffed at David's failed efforts, and David was forced to leave in despair.
Is Max now lost to him forever, or will he realise that he's making a huge mistake?
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Laura Denby is a Freelance Soaps writer covering all the latest news in the Dales, Cobbles and East End for Radio Times. She's a soaps nerd with a love for comedy drama, and has also written for Digital Spy, Metro UK and Yahoo UK.
