WEATHERFIELD residents are getting ready to celebrate Halloween – which leads to a horrific accident for Eileen Grimshaw.
The Coronation Street stalwart believes she died and caught a glimpse of the afterlife after a nasty fall – but there’s more to it.
Eileen Grimshaw is the victim of a nasty fall next week
She’s frustrated when Glenda Shuttleworth brings pumpkins to carve into her home
She then bumps into her long-term nemesis, Gail Platt
But the encounter ends in disaster
Eileen (played by Sue Cleaver) is annoyed next week when Glenda Shuttleworth (Jodie Prenger) brings a huge pumpkin for them to carve and display at the Rovers.
In her eyes, Glenda is treating her house like a workshop and the Street Cars operator is having none of it.
Eileen picks up the pumpkin and heads out with it to teach her a lesson.
But when she strides down the street, she collides with another resident she’s been accustomed to quarrel with throughout the years, Gail Platt (played by Helen Worth).
The incident goes from bad to worse when Eileen trips over the pumpkin and knocks herself out.
A panicked George Shuttleworth and concerned Sean Tully (Tony Maudsley and Antony Cotton) rush to Eileen’s aid.
However, they’re shocked to see her come round appearing uncharacteristically chilled and pleasant.
In later scenes at No.11, a smiley Eileen tells her partner George that she intends to spoil him rotten.
George, who has been used to Eileen’s outspoken disposition, admits to Sean her new friendly demeanour is scaring him.
But it’s soon explained when Eileen tells him that she got a glimpse of heaven when she came round after her accident.
She’s since been convinced she had died and came back to life feeling calm and peaceful.
Eileen is eager to share her experience of heaven and then tells George she saw a bright light, smelt something sweet and hear strange music.
Later on, Eileen staggers in with the shopping and reveals her plan to do a cook-up for the soup kitchen.
Her son Todd, who perhaps knows her better than anybody else, tells George that there’s obviously something wrong with Eileen.
When Mary Taylor suggests she writes up Eileen’s experience of the afterlife for The Inexplicable, George tells her the truth, knowing his other half didn’t actually visit heaven.
How will Eileen react when she finds out she hasn’t been the target of divine intervention?
Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8pm on ITV.
Eileen comes to, believing she died and went to heaven
But there’s more to her afterlife story
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