Coronation Street Episode Review Monday 16th October

 

Todd's in the dog-house, I mean, Eileen's house, after his arrest. Summer is upset; it's Drew's birthday, Todd and Billy aren't speaking, and Amy doesn't help by telling Summer she's lucky to have a dead dad - she can get away with anything. She does bond a bit with Simon over their respective losses, but later he dares her to smoke a spice joint that he found in the school changing rooms. Sobbing in the ginnel, she lights it up, quickly collapsing. After some pressure from Toyah, Simon 'fesses up and Peter in turn confesses to Billy, who's understandably upset as at this point, it's possible that Summer might not wake up. So when Peter tells him not to blame Simon but to look closer to home, Billy punches Peter in the chops. Summer wakes up, unharmed, and Billy lies to Todd about the grazes on his knuckles.

Sinead's going for a job interview at Freshco's, but presumably doesn't get it as she asks Tracy for a job in Preston's Petals. Trace turns her down, quite rightly, who would want to hear Sinead going on about her soap all day? But a passing Daniel snipes back at Tracy and whilst Chesney, concerned about money but still unwell, goes back to work, Sinead and Daniel sup cappuccinos in the Bistro. However, she's called away from her cosy afternoon a deux as Billy rings her because Chesney has collapsed in the kebab shop, and later, she tells Kate to tell Daniel to stay away from her.

Toyah is concerned about Newton and Ridley withdrawing their beer from the Rovers. I'd suggest getting a few cans in, but the regulars wouldn't hold for that. Tom Ridley is a bit of a perv Casanova, apparently, and so Liz is dispatched to unleash her....charms on him, but she makes sure that she gets out of kitchen, cellar, and toilet duties in return. This is later revealed to be a scam as a) Tom is gay and b) there was nothing wrong with the pint Toyah pulled. Liz is usually a sympathetic character, but this deliberate undermining of the new licence holders, when they didn't even want to re-employ her, stinks of sour beer grapes somewhat. But anyway, Toyah and Peter have other things on their minds, as Jackie the surrogate rings to say that she's in the family way.


Jude and Angie are looking for a house in Weatherfield, but Angie doesn't seem that keen on it, as she feels Mary is too full on and over-zealous.

Phelan outlines his plan for replacing Andy with Harvey/Vinnie, which involves Andy living in the house with villainous Vinnie. This could be odd couple comedy gold!

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