A midsummer party turns into a drug-fuelled nightmare for some of Coronation Street’s usually more well-behaved residents in upcoming episodes – and Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) and Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) are involved in a horrific incident.
The party is at the home of the Alahans, where Aadi (Adam Hussain) has lately been bemoaning the fact that his life is a bit dull. To spice up his life he decides to throw a party, and Bernie (Jane Hazlegrove) suggests a midsummer theme, because of it being midsummer and she loves a bit of a pagan vibe.
Summer and Nina opt for some floral headwear as a nod to the occasion, while Brody (Ryan Mulvey) decides that nothing is more likely to get the party started and his bank balance boosted than supplying a few illegal drugs to the party-goers.
Aadi spots him trying to sell LSD and throws him out, though Brody doesn’t leave without a fight. It’s not his first run-in with Aadi, after all.
Once he’s gone, Aadi, Summer and Nina prepare to sample the drugs, although Aadi is distracted by a commotion and his share ends up being taken by someone else – with shocking results.
Later, feeling the effects of the LSD, Nina and Summer leave the party and head towards the cafe. Nina lets them into the darkened establishment – and it’s there that things take a sinister turn. As they’re freaked out by the sound of sirens in the street they cling to each other in terror as a terrifying scene unfolds.
The next day they’re shell-shocked and try to make sense of what happened the night before. Retracing their steps, they try to piece together what happened.
Unable to get the answers they’re hoping for, they make a pact to keep the incident to themselves, knowing that they could get into huge trouble.
Nina, however, is so troubled by what happened that she talks to her uncle Roy Cropper (David Neilson), telling him that she took hallucinogenic drugs at the party.
She says her memories of what happened don’t entirely make sense to her, but Roy urges her to tell the police what she remembers, as it’s clear that something very troubling happened that evening.
