Coronation Street SPOILER: Ryan Connor has his bandages removed when he first sees his injuries after heroically saving Daisy Midgeley from an acid attack – but how will he react?
Emotions run high on Wednesday night’s Coronation Street edition as acid attack victim Ryan Connor prepares to look at his horrific injuries for the first time.
The Weatherfield local’s planned move to Ibiza with Crystal Hyde, where he hoped to start a new career as a DJ, is all but over after he was taken to hospital with burns to his face, arm and upper body.
And with the returning Carla Connor on hand to provide some much-needed emotional support, he informs the surgeon that he’s finally ready to view his facial disfigurement.
Grimly observing his reflection after being given a mirror, Ryan discovers that his wounds have not healed successfully – meaning he is in dire need of a skin graft.
It’s a devastating blow to Ryan, whose injuries sustained when he rushed to the aid of planned acid attack victim Daisy Midgeley and he flees the hospital as quickly as possible.
Devastated: Emotions run high on Wednesday night’s edition of Coronation Street as acid attack victim Ryan Connor prepares to look at his horrific injuries for the first time
Here we go: With the returning Carla Connor on hand to provide some much-needed emotional support, he lets the surgeon know he’s finally ready to check his facial disfigurement
Hard to accept: Ryan observes his reflection after getting a mirror and discovers his wounds have not healed successfully – meaning he desperately needs a skin graft
After Daisy – who has vowed to visit him every day during his hospitalization – and Carla discover that Ryan and his backpack are gone, a search party is quickly organized.
The pair later find him in a traumatized state at a local train station, and Daisy privately admits that she can’t bring herself to tell her stricken boyfriend that Crystal wants nothing more to do with him.
Ryan was showered with acid after jumping between Daisy – the intended target – and her stalker, Justin Rutherford.
Hoping to protect Daisy, who was to be married that day, he was left writhing in pain after being hit with the corrosive liquid.
“For Ryan, I don’t think he expects it to be as bad as it is,” Ryan Prescott, who plays the character, said in a recent press release.
Trauma: It’s a devastating blow to Ryan, whose injuries sustained while defending planned acid attack victim Daisy Midgeley
Shocked: “He’s never seen big burns before, so he doesn’t know what to expect,” Ryan Prescott, who plays the character, said in a recent press release
“He’s never seen any major burns so he doesn’t know what to expect and because he’s been wearing bandages for so long he gets into a little comfort zone just wearing the bandage.
“Once his facial injuries are revealed to him, it knocks out of him again. The first looks are heartbreaking. The first time he sees his face, he thinks, “I’ll never have love in my life again.” I’m going to be the one people look at on the street.”
At that point, all those feelings he was trying to ignore come to the surface and he realizes that this is impossible to heal and it will seem like his burns weren’t there. ‘
He added: “It confirms to him that this will affect every aspect of the rest of his life, no matter what. ‘
Coronation Street continues on Wednesday 19 April at 8pm on ITV1.