Saturday, 17 January 2026

Episode Review Friday 16 January 2026


Good evening.  My airplane landed and I returned home almost in time to watch this live - hopefully no absences for a while.  I only have time to cover Friday tonight but may in future drop in some Thursday information if relevant.  We open tonight with Todd walking towards the undertakers with Summer (who is looking very wintry) telling her that Theo is away pretending to be happily married to Fallon in Ambridge for Christmas seeing his mum who broke her hip last night.  They meet Toyah (who is on a day's holiday) and Sean when the Ambulance brings Billy back to the Street.  They had been expecting a warning from George but Billy returned earlier than planned. Summer later reads to Billy and then rages about Debbie for her drunk driving to Asha.  I have a problem with this.  Debbie may or may not have been driving but she never had the means, motive and opportunity for a murder.  Given that the minibus did not spontaneously combust on impact I doubt that a manslaughter charge could be made so raging at Debbie is completely misplaced.  Ronnie is thinking of what can be said in court to minimise the sentence.  On the Street itself Summer lays a smack on Debbie saying that the charge should be murder and as Summer runs away Debbie agrees that she is right and she does deserve punishment.  Ronnie (and all of us) know different.

Gathered in Roy's Rolls are Mary, Eva, Toyah and Megan.  Eva's phone is low on memory and Megan offers to help - but strikes a problem when Eva refuses to lose any music or any of the 12000 photos she has on the phone.  It includes a video of wellies as Eva did not know which ones to choose and then a photo arrives from Ben of a young Will looking cute (something he rarely achieves these days. Megan's phone buzzes and it is a reminder of an appointment at 14:00 with Weatherfield Reproductive Choices.  It looks like Leanne spots the details visible.  Toyah comes into the cafe and she has been crying - Leanne blames Nick but she explains that Billy has returned.  Eva observes that losing Billy and Paul makes you realise how valuable life is - which unsettles Megan and the decision she has taken.  

At the hospital Harper is hanging in there until the machine starts beeping and a doctor is summoned with David having to pull Shona out of the room.  Later we are told that Harper's blood pressure dropped and an ultrasound has shown that she is bleeding from the mass on her neck.  She is to have a blood transfusion which has risks.  

Debbie is putting her affairs in order for when she is sentenced.  She tells Ronnie they need to cancel the honeymoon which Ronnie agrees to do.  Debbie then asks Ronnie to look after Carl whilst she is in prison - he thinks Carl is an adult now but she is insistent.  


Nick visits the Platt homestead where he is delivering a veggie lasagne which Jodie tells Nick is not to Shona's taste - Nick says she likes his veggie lasagne.  Lily comes downstairs and Nick spots she has pulled the wool over Jodie's eyes and orders her to school now!  Nick and Jodie argue and she refuses to tell him how many children she has - it all seems a bit "odd".


For those who endured Corriedale here is one prediction we would all have made coming true - Asha is going back to being a paramedic in September.  


In an intervention in Victoria Gardens Leanne, having seen the appointment, gets Megan to tell her and Eva that she is pregnant and that she is going to get an abortion today.  In the back room of the Rovers Megan tells them she is not ready for a baby and it could be her only chance as she has polycystic ovaries and the story is familiar to Leanne who managed to have the late Oliver.  (Almost surprised she did not ask if Steve was the miracle father).  Eva suggests that Megan might want to talk to Daniel but Megan knows that Daniel does not want it - implying it is definitely his.  Megan says she has made her mind up.  Leanne follows Megan to the clinic but Megan seems resolved and says she has to do it as she going into the appointment.  


Jodie has a pendant inscribed (I think) I&P with pictures of two girls inside - so does she have two daughters?  Answers on a postcard please.  David updates Jodie on the news from the hospital, in exchange she claims she has made the veggie lasagne for tea.  


Leanne returns to the Rovers and tells Eva that she has decided that it is time to go and see the world.  Leave behind the curry house, the flat and the loneliness for pastures new.  She wants a new start somewhere hot and away from Weatherfield.  Maggie pops into the bar to give Eva a piece of her mind and Eva has a bright idea.  Leanne should buy out Maggie's share in the Rovers and they run it together (how will Ben take the news?).  


Daniel has made a decision.  He has decided he can trust Megan and therefore he can invite her into Bertie's life - something he does not do lightly and he can see that Megan would be good mother material.  He suggests a bottle of red to celebrate but she is sticking to water for now.  


The good lady wife (TLGW) and I disagreed over Megan last night.  I took her decline of alcohol from Daniel as a sign she did not go through the medical procedure planned whilst TGLW said that she did and that she was merely feeling it ill-advised following the procedure.  As I personally postulate that neither Daniel or Will is the father I am clinging to the usual - no alcohol so must be pregnant routine.  Feel free to put me (or TGLW) to rights.  Toyah is not happy - she did not get her massage, wasted money on a taxi and then the fish was off - not because it was off but because Nick got the order wrong.  Is all sweetness and light in the Bistro?

Written by David Isaac and directed by Aashish Gadhvi.

Kosmo

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