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.
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