For Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney), having a son like Carl Webster is like walking around Coronation Street with a loaded gun. Unfortunately, Carl’s about to take that literally.

Not many people in Weatherfield have had a worse year in Debbie Webster.

Not only is she struggling with a dementia diagnosis, but her scumbag waste of space son has brought chaos to her life at every turn. Greatest hits include  doing the dirty with his uncle Kevin Webster’s(Michael Le Vell) wife, doing a hit and run that put Tyrone Dobbs’ (Alan Halsall) in a wheelchair, and arguably worst of all, ‘drunkenly causing a multi-car pile-up that kills the local vicar, then gaslighting his mum into going to prison for the crime.

When Debbie was released from prison, she wasn’t the same. Her time inside had taken away her routine, her loved ones and her beloved husbandRonnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan). Thanks to all the stress and drama that Carl was bringing to her door,Debbie’s dementia was speeding up so much that she actually forgot Ronnie’s name.

This, coupled with her son’s attempt to extort Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) out of her dead adoptive father’s life insurance, was the last straw for Debbie. With tears in her eyes, she paid Carl two grand in an envelope to leave her life forever.

Unfortunately, Kev stole the money back as a final middle finger to Carl, which only incensed the Worst Webster. Hellbent on revenge, he snuck into the garage at night and tampered with one of the cars Kevin was working on.

Unbeknownst to Carl, Tyrone was also in the garage recording his sabotage on the phone, but he accidentally knocked the car jack… and karma finally hit Carl when the car came crashing down.

Since the accident, Carl has seemingly know memory of that fateful night and is trying to turn over a new life, while Debbie is focused on trying to enjoy life with her friends in spite of her dementia.

However, that’s about to be upended in upcoming episode of Coronation Street’s, with Carl’s dalliance with the dark side leads him into dangerous territory, which severely impacts Debbie’s condition.

Tonight’s episode sees Carl fail to get a reference from Kevin so he can work in another garage. As luck would have it, Carl receives a call dodgy car dealer Fiona Morley (Sara Poyzer), who he previously worked for unloading stolen motors through Kevin’s garage.

Now Fiona’s back to lead Carl further into temptation, offering him some more dodgy work.

The Worst Webster’s week gets off to a bad start when Kevin’s furious to discover Tyrone’s video of Carl sabotaging the brakes on his car. A blazing row starts between uncle and nephew that soon turns physical,and as Tyrone and Ronnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan) rush to intervene… Carl pulls out apulls out the package he picked up from Fiona to reveal a gun!

Convinced the gun is a fake, Kevin picks it up and aims it at Carl. But while Ronnie and Tyrone try to wrestle it from his grip, the gun fires.

Did the bullet find its target?

Whatever happened, Fiona is none too pleased. She tells Carl that he’s got a week to do what she says or his life won’t be worth living…. and guess who overhears? Debbie.

The next day, Debbie wakes from a horrible nightmare, reliving the nightmare with the gun at the garage and stressing that it’s now missing.

Later, when a flower order gets mixed up, Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) blames Debbie’s dementia for the confusion. Her stress building, Debbie lets slip to the parents of the gender reveal party the hotel is hosting that the baby is a boy as she read it on the balloon order.

As Ryan Connor (Ryan Prescott) apologises… the balloon suddenly pops. With the gunfire fresh in her mind, Debbie is convinced it was another shooting and freaks out.

Looks like Carl’s days of making Debbie’s life hell are not over just yet…