Queen Of All Known Universes, Michelle Connor, is feeling a little guilty about letting Alya step into the bear pit of the Harvey Weinstein of Weatherfield for
Robert discovers Tyler about to send a text to Amy spilling the beans about baby Jefferies-Preston and he talks him out of it. But his world is about to come crashing down, literally, as he's distracted by Michelle ringing him and runs his car into a lorry. He's taken to hospital in Macclesfield (not Stoke, as he said) and Ryan remembers that this is the second time he has lied about where he was. The police ring Michelle and she finds him hopped up on morphine and asking his baby, just before she finds the Big Daddy name tag that Vicky gave him. Not the best ever Monday for Michelle.
Ghastly Geoff is awful to Yasmeen, still sulking and refusing to go on holiday with her and accusing her of controlling him when she packs their bags for Vegas (to be honest, I didn't think that he'd actually booked anything), but they eventually go off for their flight.
When will this horrible man get his comeuppance? Will Tim's mum turn up to tell Yasmeen about her awful
Meanwhile, it turns out that Roy is not obsessed with online Scrabble but with the person, Bucks Cassidy, he's playing with, who has gone missing from the game. Carla is concerned and eventually gets it out of Roy that he believes that he's playing with his (half) brother, the product of Sylvia's affair. It's good that something has come of the ring storyline, which went on for a long time without really going anywhere. Roy and Carla go in search of Richard, driving to what looks like the Fresh Meat house and meet a young girl (long time since there's been a goth on the street - I think Caitlin McGuinness was the last one, and she was more of an emo) who tells them she's never heard of Richard Lewis, before she returns to playing IRL Scrabble with a bedridden man.
In Llandudno, a marketing manager turns up with "swag" (some nappies) and says she wants to make the quads the face of the supermarket: "The Freshco Four" (sounds more like a group of people unfairly convicted of shoplifting, tbqhwy), but Gemma turns her down. It's good news though as there are 4 min-beds available for the babies in Weatherfield General and they can go home. Although it's not a happy homecoming as Gem finds out that Bernie's been mine-sweeping the mini-bar and they owe the hotel £500. I know these things charge you £5.75 for a small bag of nuts, but that must be one huge mini-bar.
Emma and Maria corner Dr Gaddas on her way to the disciplinary meeting to try to get her to be lenient on Dr Ali. Afterwards, he finds Toyah, who couldn't attend because she is "swamped at work" i.e. is siting in the pub, and lets her know that they told him to take some annual leave and that they don't know about his drug use.
Gary has bought an expensive handbag for Maria that he says is a fake (but we know isn't), but bristles when he finds out that Maria put in a good word for Ali. I know Gary's a murderer and has been violent to half the street, including his ex-girlfriend, but how many men notice their girlfriend's handbag's strap is broken? He's a keeper, Maria! Until she find out about him, that is, but then again she did get together with her husband's killer, so I think it'll be at least 2022 until she cottons on.
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