History repeats itself this week in Coronation Street, as Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) attacks his father Ken Barlow (William Roache).
Way back in 2017, Ken was pushed down the stairs by a mysterious figure.
A whodunnit storyline was launched afterwards, with fans of the ITV soap eventually discovering that Daniel had pushed his dad.
The situation unfolded because Ken had been meddling in Daniel’s life and relationship with Sinead Tinker (Katie McGlynn). During their confrontation, Ken told Daniel that he was an ’embarrassment’ and the worst of all of his children, causing Daniel to snap and push him.
While the present day version of Daniel is relatively calm on the surface, his troubled and complex past often impacts how he processes a difficult situation that he’s involved in.
In recent weeks, the character has found it challenging to get his head around the fact girlfriend Megan Walsh (Beth Nixon) had been sexually abusing a teenager in Weatherfield, and that she used their relationship as a cover up.
Finding comfort in alcohol, and struggling to accept that someone betrayed his trust in a huge way, has left Daniel with a very short fuse.
In this new video, Daniel is arguing with Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) over a situation that occurs with young Bertie.
Adam finds Bertie wandering the cobbles on his own, and eventually learns that Daniel passed out on the sofa because he was too drunk, leaving the lad all on his own.
Their confrontation is stopped due to Ken and Cassie Plummer (Claire Sweeney) arriving. Adam then tries to highlight Bertie’s fear towards finding Daniel asleep on the sofa, pointing out that after Sinead died, Daniel told Bertie that his mum fell asleep and didn’t wake up.
Reflecting on the dynamic between Daniel and Adam, star Rob Mallard said: ‘They’ve been in a good place with each other these last few years and they’ve had each other’s back. But I think that Daniel finds it quite incomprehensible that Adam’s put his business before his family in this way by representing Megan. He still can’t believe he’s put his work before his family and it takes them into a much more strained relationship.
‘I think Adam’s got a lot of patience with Daniel, he’s got a lot more patience with Daniel than I would have but there does seem to be some resentment simmering there. Originally it was the Barlow Baldwin dynamic, so there’s always something there, simmering away in the background, possibly even a jealousy.’
Triggered and unable to hold his rage in, Daniel goes to punch Adam but just as he swings his arm backwards, he ends up smacking Ken in the face.
‘It’s like everything is spiralling. They all call him out’, Rob added, describing these scenes.
‘They corner him in the Barlows and I think he just feels trapped, he goes to lash out at Adam and he catches Ken. It’s always Ken that he seems to hurt. When Daniel’s trapped he comes out fighting and that resentment he feels from his earlier life seems to find its way back towards Ken. He still feels he was abandoned by Ken when he was a kid.
‘So even though they’re in a much better place now, there’s still that resentment simmering away in the background. When I play scenes with Bill, whenever Ken’s trying to give Daniel advice on a life problem, I always play it like a 14 year old, because that’s exactly where they would be in that relationship, that’s where he was left.
‘So Daniel can’t help but turn into a petulant teenager around Ken.’
