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 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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Episode Review Friday 16 January 2026

Good evening.  My airplane landed and I returned home almost in time to watch this live - hopefully no absences for a while.  I only have time to cover Friday tonight but may in future drop in some Thursday information if relevant.  We open tonight with Todd walking towards the undertakers with Summer (who is looking very wintry) telling her that Theo is away pretending to be happily married to Fallon in Ambridge for Christmas seeing his mum who broke her hip last night.  They meet Toyah (who is on a day's holiday) and Sean when the Ambulance brings Billy back to the Street.  They had been expecting a warning from George but Billy returned earlier than planned. Summer later reads to Billy and then rages about Debbie for her drunk driving to Asha.  I have a problem with this.  Debbie may or may not have been driving but she never had the means, motive and opportunity for a murder.  Given that the minibus did not spontaneously combust on impact I doubt that a manslaughter charge could be made so raging at Debbie is completely misplaced.  Ronnie is thinking of what can be said in court to minimise the sentence.  On the Street itself Summer lays a smack on Debbie saying that the charge should be murder and as Summer runs away Debbie agrees that she is right and she does deserve punishment.  Ronnie (and all of us) know different.

Gathered in Roy's Rolls are Mary, Eva, Toyah and Megan.  Eva's phone is low on memory and Megan offers to help - but strikes a problem when Eva refuses to lose any music or any of the 12000 photos she has on the phone.  It includes a video of wellies as Eva did not know which ones to choose and then a photo arrives from Ben of a young Will looking cute (something he rarely achieves these days. Megan's phone buzzes and it is a reminder of an appointment at 14:00 with Weatherfield Reproductive Choices.  It looks like Leanne spots the details visible.  Toyah comes into the cafe and she has been crying - Leanne blames Nick but she explains that Billy has returned.  Eva observes that losing Billy and Paul makes you realise how valuable life is - which unsettles Megan and the decision she has taken.  

At the hospital Harper is hanging in there until the machine starts beeping and a doctor is summoned with David having to pull Shona out of the room.  Later we are told that Harper's blood pressure dropped and an ultrasound has shown that she is bleeding from the mass on her neck.  She is to have a blood transfusion which has risks.  

Debbie is putting her affairs in order for when she is sentenced.  She tells Ronnie they need to cancel the honeymoon which Ronnie agrees to do.  Debbie then asks Ronnie to look after Carl whilst she is in prison - he thinks Carl is an adult now but she is insistent.  

Nick visits the Platt homestead where he is delivering a veggie lasagne which Jodie tells Nick is not to Shona's taste - Nick says she likes his veggie lasagne.  Lily comes downstairs and Nick spots she has pulled the wool over Jodie's eyes and orders her to school now!  Nick and Jodie argue and she refuses to tell him how many children she has - it all seems a bit "odd".

For those who endured Corriedale here is one prediction we would all have made coming true - Asha is going back to being a paramedic in September.  

In an intervention in Victoria Gardens Leanne, having seen the appointment, gets Megan to tell her and Eva that she is pregnant and that she is going to get an abortion today.  In the back room of the Rovers Megan tells them she is not ready for a baby and it could be her only chance as she has polycystic ovaries and the story is familiar to Leanne who managed to have the late Oliver.  (Almost surprised she did not ask if Steve was the miracle father).  Eva suggests that Megan might want to talk to Daniel but Megan knows that Daniel does not want it - implying it is definitely his.  Megan says she has made her mind up.  Leanne follows Megan to the clinic but Megan seems resolved and says she has to do it as she going into the appointment.  

Jodie has a pendant inscribed (I think) I&P with pictures of two girls inside - so does she have two daughters?  Answers on a postcard please.  David updates Jodie on the news from the hospital, in exchange she claims she has made the veggie lasagne for tea.  

Leanne returns to the Rovers and tells Eva that she has decided that it is time to go and see the world.  Leave behind the curry house, the flat and the loneliness for pastures new.  She wants a new start somewhere hot and away from Weatherfield.  Maggie pops into the bar to give Eva a piece of her mind and Eva has a bright idea.  Leanne should buy out Maggie's share in the Rovers and they run it together (how will Ben take the news?).  

Daniel has made a decision.  He has decided he can trust Megan and therefore he can invite her into Bertie's life - something he does not do lightly and he can see that Megan would be good mother material.  He suggests a bottle of red to celebrate but she is sticking to water for now.  

The good lady wife (TLGW) and I disagreed over Megan last night.  I took her decline of alcohol from Daniel as a sign she did not go through the medical procedure planned whilst TGLW said that she did and that she was merely feeling it ill-advised following the procedure.  As I personally postulate that neither Daniel or Will is the father I am clinging to the usual - no alcohol so must be pregnant routine.  Feel free to put me (or TGLW) to rights.  Toyah is not happy - she did not get her massage, wasted money on a taxi and then the fish was off - not because it was off but because Nick got the order wrong.  Is all sweetness and light in the Bistro?

Written by David Isaac and directed by Aashish Gadhvi.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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