Simon Barlow hits the booze as he follows in his dad’s footsteps in Coronation Street
PETER Barlow left the cobbles without a single goodbye to his son Simon, leaving him to cope with his unexplained absence.
Next week in Coronation Street, Simon's downward spiral continues and he turns to booze to forget how he feels.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree in Weatherfield and Simon Barlow (portrayed by Alex Bain) will be proving it once again in scenes airing next week on ITV.
Carla Connor (played by Alison King) encouraged her husband Peter to leave the cobbles for a fresh start but when he boarded his final tram out of the Street, the cabbie was unable to wave a proper goodbye to his beloved son Simon.
Since then, Simon has been left alone to process his father's sudden departure and followed in his footsteps by drowning his sorrows.
Carla tried to give him the benefit of the doubt as he began to spiral.
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Unfortunately, Simon was clearly trying his luck and Carla made a huge decision to push him to get his act together.
The Underworld employee was pushed out of his job at the factory and, next week, he spends most of his time in his mother Leanne Batterby's restaurant, The Bistro.
Coming up next week, Simon wakes up with a hangover and realises that he spilt his beer over Nick Tilsley’s (Ben Price) paperwork.
He quickly hides the evidence and as Nick searches for his papers, Simon makes out he hasn’t seen them and offers to print them off for him.
Simon later calls in the Bistro with the newly printed paperwork and Nick thanks him before urging Leanne (Jane Danson) to try and persuade Carla to give him his job back.
Leanne thus appeals to Carla to give Simon another chance, pointing out how Peter’s departure has left a big hole in his life and he needs direction.
However, Carla drops a bombshell in later scenes when it becomes clear she has taken her long-lost nephew Bobby Donovan (Jack Carroll) on at the factory in favour of Simon.
Shocked, Leanne offers to have another word, but Simon tells her to leave it.
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She then overrules Nick and offers Simon a job at the Bistro but will it go down well?
In other scenes, when Simon starts working at the Bistro, Bobby makes it clear he remains a bad influence on him as he suggests they have a lock-in.
Simon is tempted - could he accept Bobby's suggestion and jeopardise his chances in the Bistro?
Coronation Street airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8pm on ITV.
