Liam Connor - between a rock, a hard place and Tony Gordon

I have such mixed feelings about the Liam Connor/Tony Gordon plot in Coronation Street. On the one hand, obviously I don't want Liam to die (NOOOOOO!!! DON'T DIE, LIAM!!!!!). Ooops, sorry, lost control a bit there. But on the other hand, I'm loving Gray O'Brien's work as Tony Gordon. He's an absolutely classic charming villain - the way he dismissed Miss Rosie's advances on Friday was brilliant, and the more scary he gets, the better I like him.

On ITV.com today, he's talking about next Friday's little excursion to some caves, in which Tony has Liam scared for his life...

Gray says finding out about Carla and Liam is the trigger for Tony to get very nasty indeed. "As soon as Tony found out, he couldn't believe it. I guess he'd always thought Carla was still a bit sweet on Liam, but now he's seen the evidence he's absolutely furious," he says. "Tony decides it'll be nice for them to all get away to some dramatic surroundings."

So Tony, Carla, Liam and Maria all go off to a nice hotel - but the hotel is near some creepy caves, and Tony invites Liam out for a spot of male bonding. Is it bonding he has in mind? Gray says, "I think he definitely wants to get him back, and I think it's quite obvious he is going to hurt him in some way. I don't know if Tony's ruthless enough to kill - there's a difference between trying to get your own way in business, and a twenty year prison term. It's certainly the beginning of a dark, long and winding road - in the words of Paul McCartney."

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