Andy Carver

**Andy Carver** was a a waiter and con artist who had a feud with the villainous, Pat Phelan, a feud which would ultimately lead to Andy being murdered by Phelan on british soap opera, **Coronation Street**.

## About

The character of Andy was created by the wroter an brought into the show by late 2014. Andy at first was brought into the show under the name, Gavin Rodwell believing he was the son of already established character Michael Rodwell. It was soon reveled however that Andy was an imposter but would develop a bond with Michael.

After two years into the role the writers had Andy take on the shows main villainous character at the time in, Pat Phelan. A feud which would ultimately end Andy as a character.

## Legacy

Andy first arrived in the famous cobbles in November 2014, posing as the son of Michael Rodwell which was believed to be a prank however gone too far. Amazingly, Andy was ultimately forgiven by Michael after the death of his real son. Andy settled in the cobbles and got a job at the local restaurant known as The Bistro. Andy's other storylines involved his relationship with Steph Britton as well as a friendship with her brother, Luke Britton.

Andy would find himself having clashes with local conman, Pat Phelan. Their clash began in late 2016 after Michael who was known to have clashes with Phelan died on the construction site Phelan was working on, Andy began to suspect the villain. As revenge, Andy later attacked Phelan leaving him for dead but Phelan would surrive. Andy would have another show down in January 2017 where Coronation Street viewers where led to believe that Andy was murdered by Phelan.

Much to the surprise if millions of viewers, Andy was revealed to be alive and well (well kind of!). Andy had been locked in a base of a house by Phelan for a whole eight months despite attempts of some escapes, Andy failed every time to the point he felt he would do anything for his freedom and Andy did just that when he was forced by Phelan to shoot dead Phelan's former buissness partner in Vinny Asford but Andy slacked and pointed the gun on Phelan but caved when Phelan ordered him to give him the gun, despite attempting to reason with Phelan, Andy was shot dead on the spot by the villain. Making Andy Phelan's first direct murder victim.

Andy would be buried by Phelan along with Vinny in cementing mix and would be dubbed as "The Concrete Twins" by Phelan after they where found and he confesses his crimes to his then wife, Eileen Grimshaw. Andy's murder would also sadly lead to the murder of his friend, Luke, who discovered Phelan was responsible for Andy's disappearance. Andy however along with Phelan's other victims would get justice from beyond the grave when Phelan is finally killed by Anna Windass.

Fans where shocked in the episode of Andy's death with many even complaining to offcom, the murder if Andy is regarded by some soap fans as the darkest murder in soap or especially Coronation Street. Many fans also stated that it was sad that Andy revereted to murder in a bid to gain his freedom from Phelan while at the same time many fans of Phelan praised how ruthless and evil the scene was.

## Trivia

* Andy's fate in January 2017 was originally left ambiguous but was heavily implied Phelan had killed him during their confrontation. Eight months later in August, Andy was revealed to be alive and many fans began to suspect that Andy would play in a vital role in taking Phelan down however, Phelan would murder Andy by shooting him dead two months after the character's return.

## Wiki And Web Links

* https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/Andy\_Carver
* https://coronation-street-past-and-present.fandom.com/wiki/Andy\_Carver