Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 2 October 2026

Good evening.  Doug (Steve Evets, best known probably for his long term role in Brassic) provided a class performance this evening.  We know that Jodie has swapped his drugs out so that he cannot remember that Jodie and David are having an affair (according to Jodie).  He therefore commenced behaving strangely this evening as a man losing his marbles, not helped by Jodie playing noises from her phone which she allegedly cannot hear but he can..  I find some of the Steet villainous behaviour hard to fathom these days.  I think we are supposed to believe that Jodie wants what Shona has; because Jodie cannot have a friend she has no-one to whom she can talk and explain what is going on in her mind and of course maltreating her own father is probably payback as far as she is concerned.  She congratulates her father on him getting his life together and remembering to take his tablets.  Shona has a message from the school and it seems that vapes are being used.  Aunty Jodie is so much nicer to Lily, the latter tells Shona.  

Sally and Lucy visit Christina to sort things for Lucy's mother funeral and they go through various photograph albums.  An earlier discussion with a former neighbour implies that Richie was a controlling so and so, supporting the narrative around the murder.  Christina takes one of the photos on Rachel's graduation but it is spotted as missing and Sally returns to the undertakers where Christina admits that Rachel was her daughter.  Sally tells Christina that she can have nothing to do with Lucy.  I am not sure that secrets can be kept on Coronation Street.

Nick is now in serious financial do-do.  He cannot pay wholesalers and they will not extend credit.  Sam is seeing the mental health team later in the day.  Eva is not going to report the push.  They cannot ask the bank for help as they will want to report the identity fraud.  The psychiatrist thinks the events could be down to the meds and they will look to find an alternative.  Sam admits he is a coward and a thief but no-one wants to punish him.  Leanne suggests a family outing on Sunday so Eva has to come up with a load of excuses (and then later has to come up with an action plan to support them all to avoid the outing).  Eva simply does not want her family anywhere near Sam at the moment.  

Sally makes it crystal clear that Christina cannot further disrupt Lucy's life as they have only just managed to stabilise her.

So in one episode we have: a) Doug being mentally unstable because Jodie has switched his drugs; b) Sam being mentally unstable because he is on the wrong drugs and c) Lucy being mentally unstable because - well apparently her father was excessively controlling.  Now I am not an expert but if a popular tv programme cannot entertain us without going on about mental instability and drugs it seems likely that life will imitate art and mental instability in the community will go off the scale.  Can someone please look at the content holistically and decide on something which is uplifting and does not involve mental stability or am I simply reading far too much into events?

I cannot be here for the next three weeks as I shall be out of the country.  Perhaps by the time I return the direction will have changed.

Written by Carmel Morgan and directed by Simon Ferguson.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 25 September 2026

Welcome.  We open at Chariot Square Happy Hour where Izzy, Sean, Michael and Carla are enjoying a few drinks.  Glenda comes in looking for Debbie who is missing again.  Carla, Izzy and Michael leave and Sean queries Glenda about being ill.  She explains she is sick of Eva.  Eva meanwhile is lying at the foot of the cellar stairs where she was despatched by Sam.  Sam goes upstairs and eventually finds his phone (and why is he phone addicted?) and then in one of those absolutely stupid twists, does not phone anyone and does a runner.  He returns to the scene of his earlier crime where Nick and Toyah are completely understanding about him trashing the Bistro office.  However the viewers can now spend the entire episode worrying about Eva who had it easy - no acting - just sleeping on the cellar floor.  Every so often we get a shot of the prone Eva taking another breath.  

I suspect I am unsympathetic b****** (with due apologies for the language) but I am having trouble believing in Christina's grief.  Not a hint of a hidden daughter for what 35 years? and now hardly able to function.  A shock maybe - but all consuming?  Anyway Christina is contemplating life, the universe and the answer to life (42) in Victoria Gardens when she is found by Bernie.  Bernie is far more sympathetic - but then she has lost one child, her lost, now found child, is seriously ill and so perhaps she understands.

Tim and Sally have completely lost Lucy, thinking she is minding Shanice upstairs, whom Ronnie finds considerably the worse for wear in Victoria Gardens.  Lucy claims not to be a kid and being really bored.  Tim discovers she half inched the vodka from the kitchen cupboard.  Sally sends Lucy to bed with a bowl in case of nasty accidents.  Tim is not surprised that Lucy is acting up.  They do not know what to do for the best.  

Debbie has been sent to the closed Rovers by Sam looking for Carl (her phone has died yet again) and she wanders around (although closed the front door is unlocked).  She sees Eva and leaves the Rovers but by the time she meets Carla, Izzy, Michael and Sean (continuity error as Sean did not leave with the others) outside Audreys she cannot remember visiting the cellar and as she is distressed Carla takes Debbie back to her flat above the cab office.  Debbie looks as though she does not recognise it and later asks Carl if Carla is his girlfriend as she had not recognised her.  Ronnie and Carl argue over the latter's flakiness - Ronnie wants him out.  

Eventually Glenda returns to the Rovers and finds signs of an intruder from Sam's earlier frantic searching, Glenda hears groaning from the cellar and then summons the emergency services.  It may well be important that she seems to have bashed her abdomen.  Her blood pressure is low and she manages one word "Pushed".  

This episode was "odd" as it was clearly set on the same day as Thursday and I wonder if the plan was originally to show them together for some reason.  Once again the chapeau must be tipped to the wonderful Sue Devaney who is seen in one shot almost shuffling along as a "little old lady" rather than the dynamic business woman.  Once again another slip down the ladder mentally and I suspect she will be accused of Eva's incident.  However it would be nice for some light and shade - do all the stories need to depress us?  Is no-one on the Street doing anything positive and uplifting?  For those worried about him, Theo Silverton has returned to Ambridge, ended his marriage to Fallon, taken up (within days) with the posh and apparently very attractive daughter of the lady of the manor who finds him equally attractive (thanks to a Tango lesson) and has nicked (he is a policeman) a Doberman for savaging sheep.

I may or may not be here next week - it will depend on events as on the Saturday I am catching a plane to India and will not be around for three weeks.  I hope to be back for the 26 October episode all being well.  

Written by Susan Oudot and directed by David Kester.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 17 July 2026

Good day.  Tonight we are back to only 30 minutes and I think this is Thursday's episode but I could be wrong.  Betsy is in hospital and Lauren for reasons that have not been explained in words of one syllable decides to tell Dylan, once DC McLaughlin has taken his statement, that Betsy does not want to see him, although Betsy is desperate to see Dylan and does not want the police involved.  Dylan claims it was all consensual and anyway Betsy was fine when he left her.  Fiz sees the police inviting Dylan to assist with their inquiries.  Sean spends much of the day looking for Dylan eventually finding him with Brody.  Dylan concocts a fantasy in which Betsy cheated with Brody after he had left and that Brody caused the injury.  When will someone admit that they are responsible, however inadvertently.  

Later Lauren tells everyone in the Rovers about Dylan's sexual practices and bans both Dylan and Sean from the Rovers which presumably means Sean has lost his job.  Dylan is particularly upset with Betsy as it seems she wants to see Brody and not him.  And there we have it.  Why would people who love each other cause each other any harm?  Lauren tells Betsy and Brody of the cheating allegation and Brody heads off to sort him out.  Why does Lauren feel the need to lie like this?  

Kit is ensuring that Sarah's and Gary's phones are completely wiped after ensuring that all the important information is stored on a usb drive for his personal use paying Jay to sort it for him.  Jake provides Gary with a replacement phone with a ring tone of "Remember Jake" as Gary has promised to attend his prize giving tomorrow (odd school terms finished today so definitely Thursday).

I get a distinct feeling Mary is not accepting Christina's apology any time soon.  Later Christina's phone pings and there are numerous text messages (unreadable) but this is not over yet I suspect with more parcels being delivered (I think).

Devious Dev borrows the money which is going to be used to keep Joseph at Oakhill now that Linda cannot pay as her business has gone bust.  However the story on the street is that Linda is actually paying and only the grown ups know the truth (Chesney and Gemma are not grown ups).  And frankly how can Dev borrow any money?  Linda is entirely onside with the story.  Can she come back please?

Tracy is none too happy with Cassie warning her off Ross who explains the flowers were for Fiz.  In the cafe Ross also tells Tracy that he wants to slow things down to zero as Ross wants to concentrate on Ty.  Tracy expresses her delight in his decision by taking the ketchup bottle from the table and squirting it on his food and into his brew.  In the Rovers later Cassie admits to Steve that she received cash when Ross slept with her.  She does not want to tell Ty this nugget but at the moment Ty does not think much of his mother anyway so I doubt it would make much difference.  

DC McGlaughlin, the new kid on the block passes DS Swain (Connor-Swain) a brown envelope plus authority from the superintendent to undertake an arrest.  We see Gary walking into the Rovers and it is implied there is enough in the brown envelope to justify him assisting them with their enquiries under caution.

I am not personally clear on why Lauren has quite such a downer on Dylan and I can only assume that she is recalling the no doubt similar abuse delivered by Joel (open to clarification on this).  I hate the story and indeed cannot even understand how or why such an act would even be contemplated.  What happened to people living their best lives on the back streets of Weatherfield?  It looks like Gary will be unable to attend Jake's prize giving.  I hope Dev gets good value for the near £50k he is funding.

Written by Debbie Oates and directed by Jordan Hogg.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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