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 3 July 2026

Hello again.  A Friday episode so I am back on duty.  We tie up one long running story tonight in that Will told the truth in the last episode.  The jury are taking time over their deliberations but before long we are all back in court for the verdict.  Ollie keeps an eye on Will and his mental 'elf whilst waiting for the outcome.  Inevitably having found her guilty on the lesser charge she is also found guilty of the more serious charge relating to being in a position of authority.  Megan instantly loses it, proclaims her innocence and has to be removed from the court as she screams at all of the Driscoll family and then she has a go at her solicitor advocate, Adam, who obviously does not like his client very much.  She will serve two thirds of her five year sentence which unlike a real court was handed down the same day.  

Speed Dahl's suppliers are delivering poor veg but more importantly Leanne is not answering calls from Idris following his interference with her phone to prevent Sam getting hold of her.  Last time round Alya warned Leanne off and now Alya is suggesting he needs a second chance, then she realises that Idris does not say sorry.  Later Mary delivers flowers for Leanne and reckons she has the second best job in the world to which Alya asks what is the best job - Mary answers "Ben Shepherd's PA".  The card merely says Idris.  Leanne might text him in the next three hours.  So apology accepted.  

In Roy's Rolls, Abi lives at Flat Four, The Precinct, Peel Street, Weatherfield and it seems her landlord is giving her the runaround.  She is on the phone for ninth time in two weeks and the flat is damp and has a weird smell.  Leanne sympathises about poor landlords (she has probably had a few) and suggests withholding rent - but Abi {whom we have not seen for weeks} cannot afford to be homeless with Alfeh.  There is a leak in the gully and it has been botched before but now needs repairing properly.  She does not even know the landlord's name.  Abi goes and passes Nick and Toyah as they come in.  Leanne confirms she is going to see Sam and Nick asks if she will put in a good word for him.  When she gets to Sam she does put in a word for Nick and calls Sam "mad" as in angry which he points out is not exactly the best word to use in a mental health unit.  Sam forgives Nick and the lad accepts he is not better yet and needs to be properly better before he comes home.  Leanne is accepting Idris's apology , then tells him about her three children.  Idris's phone rings as Abi descends the stairs into Street Dahl.  Idris does manage to apologise to Leanne and answers his phone to his very angry tenant who now knows who her scumbag landlord is.

Ty is having a difficult day so he and Fiz arrange Cassie to childsit and will have an evening in the pub.  Ruby and Hope are up to no good - they are doing something on their phone intended to cheer up Ty so Cassie leaves them to it and joins Ty and Fiz in the Rovers.  She will be back in time for Dorin at 7.  No doubt the "good" thing they are doing will be capable of more than one interpretation.  Maggie accuses Lauren of having a resting miserable face as I assume the normal term was not permitted.  To be honest Lauren rarely seems to like working and I have no idea where she is living as I thought Abi took her flat.  

We close in a very wet, mould infested flat where Alfie is coughing like a trooper smoking 500 a day and Abi is only just holding it together - this is more like a typical Manchester back street story and we already know the guilty party.  I hope it shames all landlords into ensuring they do the right thing.

The schedules for next Friday are telling me that there will be an hour long episode so if right I will be back then.  I think we are also near the end of the Sam story for now - the news that Megan was a proven liar has helped and he knows was is real now and when he is not in control so I am not sure there is much more of that story either.

Written by Carmel Morgan and directed by Mickey Jones.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 29 May 2026

We open with Todd visiting Summer in jail (or vice versa possibly as it looks like the same jail where they hold the male prisoners).  Todd admits he wish he could change places with her.  Summer wants to know why she is in there and I can only think that she is thought to have committed a serious crime and failed to ensure a cast iron alibi and did not tell the truth when originally asked about it.  Summer thought Theo was going to kill her but she did not kill him.  She reveals to Todd that Tyrone is a sort of alibi but he is refusing to confirm her story.  Adam, the worst solicitor in the world, advises Summer to be aware that it will be a life sentence so a plea bargain for manslaughter would mean she is out in a few years.  {Adam - a killer needs means, motive and opportunity - there is no indication of the means by which Theo died nor therefore how anyone did it - that ought to be enough for her to be released on bail}.

Along at the garage Ty is telling someone how messed up his head is over Summer being in prison.  It seems that the mystery phone calls have been to Ronnie whom we know rescued Carl from being under the car.  Ty wants to make it right but he cannot conceive a reason for not being at the wedding which would also mean that he did not commit the car dropping exercise.  They agree to meet in the Rovers later to discuss it (hardly private).  Fiz gets out of breath after a short trot across the cobbles - is she ailing for something?  

Danielle is now Ryan's number one suspect so based on that hunch DS Swain-Connor hauls the poor girl in for questioning.  Danielle later tells her alibi to Todd in the Rovers that she was visiting a friend from the church so cannot possibly have offed Theo and she also makes it clear that the children should get the life assurance monies which Todd says was what he was intending to arrange.

Idris is obviously making a good impression with Leanne who takes to check with Alya that given her previous involvement with Kai.  Alya warns her that Idris does not have a good record in relationships but then (apart from Nick) has Leanne ever been keen on anything but bad boys and she admits her relationship record is hardly ideal.  Leanne tells Alya that she can look after herself.  Outside on his way to his meeting Idris runs across Tracy outside the flower shop and inevitably they chat each other up so it looks like handbags at dawn between R'Leanne and R'Tracy in the next few weeks.  Later in the background we see Leanne and Idris getting very touchy feely.so we can guess where that is going (to the flat above the cab office).  

Daniel thinks his hell is over as Truthteller has gone quiet.  He decides to celebrate.  Jodie reckons they got a pang of conscience (which means she admits she did).  A celebration is called for so Ken, Alya, Adam, Bertie, Tracy, Jodie and Daniel assemble in the Bistro.  Ken orders one bottle of the cremant d'Alsace (a sparkling wine from the Alsace), which will mean a small glass each.  Even Tracy knows it is NOT champagne.  Joy is short lived however as another troll has started on Daniel.  The new troll also reflects that Bertie has not been taken from Daniel so it is likely to be someone who has seen them all together.  (Could it be Bertie?).  

Ronnie and Ty end up discussing Ty's head out the back of the Rovers and guess who is listening - Carl - who can probably work out that Ty did the dirty and that Ronnie covered up for him.  When they all get back in the Rovers Todd starts questioning Ty on why he is not telling the police the truth that he saw Summer and Theo still alive.  Todd explains what has happened to Carl.  Even Carl thinks it is very dodgy.  Carl wants to know what Ty was doing that evening.  Ty almost gives the game away by asking Carl what he was doing that evening and then we are helpfully shown events in very dark flashback, Carl under the car "fixing it", Ty removing the jack and then as leaves finding Ronnie arriving outside and that Carl needs help.  Ty sees Summer picking up her phone and Theo looking out of the flat above.  Ty returns home - even Fiz thinks he is close to a nervous breakdown.  Fiz is sure Summer will be alright.  Ty is not so sure.  

Does it matter who killed Theo?  No, so why are we being forced to watch the police make numerous mistakes, incarcerating Summer for the whole of Summer and constantly having to watch flashbacks filmed in the dark so it is impossible to actually see what is on the screen?  My apologies for my discontent but having been away for three weeks I had hoped that we might be dealing with the gentle lives of people living in the back streets of Walford without crime, hospitals, and frankly dodgy characters.  The good news is that due to a need to visit Menorca and Yorkshire I will not be here for the next two weeks either and then hopefully it will be time to get ready for the Rovers annual Christmas panto.

Written by Joe Turner and directed by Jordan Hoff.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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