Coronation Street Blog: Coronation Street Episode Review; Weds 22nd July 7.30 pm

To begin with, I thought that Daniel's behaviour with sex worker Nicky was sordid and salacious. As it transpires, he's still mourning for Sinead (me too pal, me too!) which is why he doesn't want more (ahem) bang for his money. Sniffing Sinead’s clothes whilst being held by Nicky, is so heartbreakingly sad and kudos to Corrie for diving deeper into the male grief process. I do wonder though if he’s going to come off worse (and not just financially) Saying that, I do like Nicky. Does she have future street resident potential, perhaps?

As an ex-radio DJ myself, I could forgive Geoff for filling dead air time with complete untruths, but his brazen attempt to curry favour with the courts whilst live on air is classic Geoff behaviour and another dirty tricks campaign!. His latest fastidious falsities may hoodwink some but I doubt he will fool all of the cobbles residents for much longer. With Yasmeen's unexpected visitor revealing some more home truths ( I thought she was going to be Tim's Mum) Elaine seems to have finally convinced her of Geoff's behaviour and battle lines are drawn for the court showdown. Can Yasmeen finally be released or will Geoff's lies win the day?

Emma’s existential angst epiphany at her aunty Tina's unfortunate spice girls related demise is a light touch to the recent heavy cobbles drama (all the hallmarks of writer Jonathan Harvey)and I wonder if Emma is softening towards Seb what with his troubles with Abi and the twins? With Emma's mum living in Australia, maybe they could both visit together one day unless he gets back with Alina, that is? We haven't seen a love triangle for quite some time and a younger element could add an interesting angle? I can't imagine Abi’s pasta being up to much but I can see why he may have made himself scarce!

Gary and Adam's confrontation has been about 2 weeks in the making and comes as no surprise. Aside from Adam's dubious relationship with Laura (is he about to cheat on his new wife?), Gary’s closeness to her daughter does at least have some sort of guilty conscience to it. Although Adam’s spot-on conclusion is a tad unbelievable, is this the beginning of the end for gangster Gary? I very much doubt it. I love the fact that he's turned into a version of his old nemesis Phelan, though. Could he bump a few more cobbles residents off in the process? I'd start with Geoff if I was him!

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