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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Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 10 July 2026

Welcome.  We have two episodes this evening so there is a bit of detail but I am only going for the headlines.  Cassie has the  mother of all hangovers when she wakes in the Chariot Square Hotel, on her own.  When she gets home she is told by the girls that there is a family meal tonight in the Bistro and her presence is required.  Steve wants to try and talk through their differences - he sees no need to get married given how often he has failed at it in the past.  They both agree to forget the last couple of days.  Ty, Fiz, Cassie, Steve, Dorin, Hope and Ruby gather and the two girls spring their genetic surprise - Ross - Ty's biological father whom they have been messaging as Ty wanting to meet.  It transpires that Ross was also at the Chariot Square Hotel last night when Cassie was indulging in her "me time".  After a chat with Ross, Tyrone tells him that he is not prepared to have any more family in his life.  Ross is obviously not happy about it.

Betsy, Laruen, Dylan and Brody are milling around with Betsy sounding unsure about going to that London.  Abi warns Brody about working for Idris and if Kit has anything on Idris he is not telling Adam.  

George follows Christina and discovers she is meeting her ex-husband, Lenny.  She is an addict to spending and has multiple credit cards in a variety of names including the ex-husband who agrees not to go to the police if she sorts herself out.  George goes with her to an addiction support meeting.  There is a house meeting involving Christina, George, Todd, Mary and Glenda.  Christina undertakes to get it all sorted - but it looks like an uphill task.  Mary does not sound like she will forgive Christina nor will Glenda.  

DS Swain visits Todd, to give him an update on the investigation into Theo's death.  There is none.  Todd hardly seems bothered (well little does she know that he knows etc).  Indeed he is fed up with the whole thing.  The following day Kit finds he has been taken off the case moving to a big drug investigation and replaced by some new kid on the block.  Swain then decides to ask Maria about her and Gary on the night of the death and this just raises Maria's suspicions even higher.  Gary and Maria row and she gets het up, ending up in the Rovers where she has a a chat with Kit who reassures her that Gary and Sarah are not having an affair and that Maria can always confide in him, as he is not on the case any longer.  Later Maria tells Gary that he hopes he does get arrested and that they can get the truth out of him - because she cannot.  

Alfie appears to be on the road to recovery and Abi feels she is unable to sue Idris as she cannot afford a solicitor.  Sal arranges a chat with Adam - although it is unlikely he can take the case.  In the Rovers Sal and Abi remind Adam that Alfie is Imran's son and against his original decision they sweet talk Adam into taking the case.  Alya will not be happy.  

In the corner shop Ross makes it clear to Cassie that she gets Ty to play with his daddy or he will remember how little he paid for their night together as a cheap prozzy and will tell Steve about their most recent encounter.  Ruby apologises claiming it was all Hope's idea.  Cassie tries to talk Ty round but it initially does not go well.  After Ross repeats his threat to Cassie she realises this is tricky.  Tracy meets Ross in the cafe and has dinner in Speed Dahl with Ross and Steve.  Cassie and Ty collect a take away and run into them.  Ross is restoring an Austin Allegro (why?).  Ty softens when he is reminded that he was unable to be with Dorin for a period of time.  They agree to a round of golf - but I am pretty sure that Ty does not play.  

As I think is well known Cassie is about to leave and so this is leading up to her exit.  Whilst we now know who killed Theo DS Swain does not - I assume at some point it will all go away - but it feels a frag at the moment.  Given that Adam is hard up it is not clear how he can afford to work for nothing for Abi - we shall see.

Written by Jonathan Harvey and Owen Lloyd-Fox.  Directed by Gill Wilkinson and Chantelle Kayll.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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Episode Review Friday 13 February 2026

Welcome.  Carl is giving Ryan a hard time over making improvements and generally seeking to enhance customer satisfaction.  In total disrespect to Ryan's position Carl chews gum in front of the public and while talking to Ryan.  Ronnie spots the two of them exchanging words and tells Ryan that he is in charge and knows what he has to do.  The next time Carl fails to follow instructions Ryan sacks him.  Sadly Ryan did not follow the procedure in the handbook of checking Carl's relationship to the proprietor and we can expect a) The decision will be rescinded and b) the Employment Tribunal will reverse the decision.  You need to write a letter, have a formal investigation, a formal hearing with trade union representatives present and the process must be followed to the letter.  Carl has a drink in the Rovers and then looks at an insurance policy on his phone.  It turns out that he stands to benefit if anything happens to Chariot Square.

Todd is out running and almost stumbles over.  He is hearing Theo's voice in his head as he runs and then collapses outside Roys Rolls from where George and Christina emerge to pick him up.  They patch him in the undertaker's office.  When Christina pulls his trainers off we can see that Todd's feet have been bleeding.  George says he needs a break from the running.  However Todd says he will - but cannot because of the pressure on him.  

Daniel is off to the big house today so that the guy who assaulted him can say sorry.  Colin limps into the room and effectively admits two things - one - he cannot run for toffee and two - that he was pally to plead guilty as now he is in the dry, getting fed three times a day and receiving medical attention for his very gammy leg.  Daniel turns on his brain and suspects that he knows someone else who can run and decides to ask Will about it.  Will is having a bad day all round.  Earlier he asked for a pay rise or an advance (because we know he has a baby on the way he need to support) and gets turned down by his parents.  Then he knocks Susie's tablet flying shattering the screen and is told that he needs to pay for the replacement out of his earnings as Susie needs it for school work.  Then Will gets told off by Megan for being slow on his run.  Maggie then also chides him for losing his temper earlier on.  So when Daniel wants to talk to him about his last essay Will is quick to apologise, although Daniel thinks Will might be overdoing the athletics and needs to concentrate on his work until his exams are over.  Daniel says he will give an extra chance.  Daniel tells Will that he and Megan are going away over Easter.  Daniel tells Will that he has to stop having this crush on Megan.  Daniel recalls Christmas Day and accuses Will of attacking him.  Later in the Bistro he tells Megan of his suspicions.  She tries to counter his beliefs and at least gets him to sleep on it so she thinks.  

Jodie keeps making herself useful and is now organising a present for Harry's birthday next month for David and Shona.  Harper's surgery is booked for 4 March.  

Ollie and Lauren went to a party but Ollie has decided they want to be friends.  Lauren is invited round to Betsy's for a girlie night where Carla gets to look after Frankie as the girls snack.  Betsy has texted Ollie who told her that Lauren had friend-zoned him.  Betsy has the romance of the year back on track.  Carla has received some good news from Ryan as they are working on a surprise for Lisa.  

Daniel talks to the police, Kit turns up at the Rovers and Will gets arrested.  Susie gets to witness her first arrest as does Megan, Maggie who is sending for a solicitor and advises Will to say nothing until the solicitor is there, Ben who is going with his son and Eva who is trying to keep Susie out of the way.

I don't know if it is a conscious change or not but tonight they certainly seemed to be running a couple of main stories whilst still keeping a couple of the lesser ones ticking over.  Jodie looks po faced every time David talks about family but she is not included in the definition of family.  No sign of Bernie and Mal tonight and we heard Theo's voice but did not see the man who was ever more unbearable on Thursday night.

Written by Sam Holdsworth and directed by Suri Krishnamma.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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