Geoff's gaslighting campaign is heating up and tonight is no exception. Yasmeen continues meticulously cleaning the house, and now he's decided to work on her supposed drink problem. Can he convince Brian and Cathy of the same? Geoff galvanises my hatred of a certain masculine trait that we haven't seen in Corrie for quite some time (he reminds me of Charlie Stubbs). I like it but cannot wait until this guy gets his comeuppance.
Talking of which, Bernie's campaign against Kel (which has stalled in favour of other issue-based storylines) is also picking up the pace. Can she catch Kel out? Explaining her entrapment plan to Sean, he expresses concern, which means she probably won't.
Also at the Rovers, Geoff is accosted by Brian and covers his tracks by telling him that Yasmeen is an alcoholic and violent with it. Luckily, Peter Barlow walks in at that exact moment for a hotpot, so Brian can have a word and it's not long before Peter is knocking at Yasmeen's front door. Geoff manages to get rid of Peter, but only after he offers his help with an AA session and Geoff proceeds to blame Tim's Mum for (some never before mentioned) alcoholism. A master of manipulation isn't he? We don't know anything about Tim's mum though, so are we due a retcon or is Goeff lying again?
David's sensory assault of Shona's senses continues as he struggles to wake his wife from the coma. Gail's pessimism seems unhelpful as is yapping on about Loose Women (which was a bit weird). Beginning to wake-up, Shona's quite disorientated and fails to recognise her husband.
At court, Fiz faces the firearm charge and gets off relatively lightly. With all things considered (mass shooting, murder, lying to the cops would it have been more believable if she'd been jailed? A suspended sentence also makes me wonder that more drama is still to come?
Later, Fiz admits to David that she was the one who brought the gun onto the street and he's unforgiving. Jenny Bradley is also gunning for her (excuse the pun) so if I was Fiz I'd move into that B&B sharpish to avoid a redhead ruckus.
Roy visits his niece Nina and upon seeing her struggle with a college project, he gifts her Hayley's sewing machine and opens up about his past. Caught up in a corset, Roy tells Nina about Hayley's transition (how groundbreaking that storyline seems now!) and the two bond over their mutual acceptance of individuality, indifference, and uniqueness. The bond is soon shattered though when a brick flies through the door of Nina's flat and Roy offers respite at his place. Nina refuses, but how long before something else happens?
Cathy and Brian head over to see Alya and tell her about Yasmeen's 'alcoholism'. Less than impressed, Alya assumes Geoff is conniving again and decides to confront her Gran. It's a wasted visit and she soon leaves.
Yasmeen eventually succumbs to Geoff's mind control and decides to stop drinking, he then convinces her to surrender her bank cards to him!
The coercive control continues.
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