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 6 June 2025

Good evening.  I have a plane to catch so this will be quite a short update this evening.  First up we get the inevitable break up between George and Eileen.  It has been on the cards for some time and George eventually realises that his future is, at least for now, in Weatherfield and he accepts that he cannot trail off to Thailand in Eileen's wake.  She admits she loves him - but as a friend - and so George has to say it is over.  Eileen is definitely going - she also decides she hates her clothes and will buy new ones when she arrives.  Jason explains that you simply have to leave Thailand every three months - Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, or somewhere else and do some travelling before returning and carrying on as before.  There is a gathering in the Rovers - Sean and Steve both refer to Eileen as a mother figure and there is a brief recall of Jason with Becky before she married Steve.  Todd assures Eileen he will soon be on a plane to Thailand as well and Julie's money looks like it will be buying a share of a bar.  

Dee Dee had arranged lunch with Alya in the Bistro and is unable to make it.  Daniel in contrast was expecting to meet a friend in the Bistro for lunch - the friend has cancelled the table booking but forgot to cancel Daniel.  So Daniel and Dee Dee have a drink together and appear to be getting on well, explaining how things are going at the moment.  Daniel has just witnessed Brody and Dylan squaring up to each other on his way into the Bistro and can see both of them will be behind bars in next to no time.  Dee Dee sympathises as she knows people need support and no doubt seeds are being sown for some community activity for youngsters.  Daniel sees Dylan and Betsy on the swings later and tries some wise words to effectively remember that they both have supportive parents rooting for them whilst Brody doesn't and perhaps they could find a way of cutting him some slack (which immediately put me in mind of Kit (and family) helping the young Mick and look where that led).

Leaving the Bistro with Daniel (not quite hand in hand yet) Dee Dee gets the shock of her life -  James is back with the baby Laila as apparently Danny has been finding other interests when getting his restorative physio and the relationship is over.  Dee Dee considers that she cannot face having her baby in her face and throws an inevitable strop.  Later Ed sits her down in their rather attractively laid out back yard and Dee Dee regrets her earlier intemperance.  If James does not stay with Ed he will be sofa surfing with football friends and quite simply that is not suitable for a baby.  Dee Dee gives her consent for the two to live on the Street.

Ronnie has helpfully provided Leanne with a drill so she can put a shelf up.  Walking past them Tim and Sally jump to the inevitably wrong conclusion that they have been sharing some afternoon delight and Debbie jumps to exactly the same wrong conclusion - she is getting nowhere with trying to put things right.  The Bailey boys - Ed, Ronnie, James and Michael all gather to celebrate all being single again.

Kev offers Carl some regular work in the garage as he is going part time for a while - Abi really wants Carl gone but he inevitably accepts the offer and so will be around for a while.

Millie (Theo's eldest daughter) spent last night on Eileen's sofa as, fortuitously, Jason was elsewhere with his mates.  Millie refuses to go home and apologise to her mother unless Theo comes home permanently with her.  Theo is not prepared to do that.  Millie hangs around like a bad smell most of the day and then decides the protest has gone on long enough and goes back to Danielle.  Can we have more of Danielle please?  Anyway with Eileen and George listening we hear Theo saying he wished he had been honest with Danielle much sooner - being honest is important.  That has a huge impact on the two of them but before they can talk Eileen is summoned to the police station where it is confirmed that she will face no charges in connection with Julie's death.

For Eileen's final departure the StreetCars cabs are parked up along the Street and the drivers all sound their horns as Steve drives Eileen to the airport.  Steve cannot imagine the cab office without her.  George gives Eileen a present - a neck pillow and they hug each other before she goes.

And before I go let us celebrate Eileen.  Sue Cleaver wants to do something different.  I hope she enjoys it and has a great time entertaining the public from a stage.  In the theatre the audience can directly show our appreciation of the cast on stage.  Only a week or so ago we went to see a play and my wife on reading the plot beforehand had convinced herself she would not enjoy it.  However the story had some great writing and the acting performances were superb - no it was not to be enjoyed but it proved to be enthralling and kept our rapt attention throughout - which is still great entertainment.  If Sue can deliver on stage then she can feel the direct appreciation for her efforts - something which is simply not possible with television and I hope that will be important to her in the future.  I wish her well.

I may not be here next week - but I will definitely be back in two weeks time.

Written by Susan Oudot and Damon Alexis-Rochefort.  Directed by Reece Dinsdale.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 18 April 2025

I open with a question.  Alya left her last job and Adam refused to employ her - does she have a job apart from Speed Dahl with Leanne?  And with Yasmeen gone has she moved in with Adam wherever he is living (is he with Daniel?)?  Please let me know.  Asha meanwhile is ripping off the family business for eggs and colouring books for the quads.  When she delivers the goodies she tells Gemma that she had her hair done at Audrey's and it was kicking off in there.   Something to do with the new stylist - Gemma dashes off to find out what is happening.  Turns out that Maria is somewhat critical of Lou's lack of skills as one customer has left looking worse than when she arrived.  Gemma is unable to stop Lou throwing hair dye over Maria but she then bundles Lou out of the door.  Outside Lou admits she is worried about her son - what son?  Her eldest.  Later in the Rovers Audrey tells Maria that Lou has apologised by phone and as has brought in a lot of new custom Lou will be getting a second chance.

Sarah makes it quite clear what she wants to Kit and it is not an Easter Bunny - in the Bistro at 6 with bunny ears (and it was implied not much else).

Sean whispers to Daniel (hidden behind the screen) how Brody get his hands on a burner phone whilst on the other side of the cafe the recently arrived Mick uses supersonic hearing to know that Brody is involved.  Sometimes the ability of people to hear conversations beggars belief.  But why is he so interested in the discussion?  

Brody is telling someone that the pathetic little moron and his father will get sorted out very soon as he never did nothing, the camera swings round and he see his father - Mick - who says he will deal with it. Meanwhile in the Rovers where Sean is on bar duty using his bat-like hearing gathers that Lou is telling Gemma about her boy Brody who is in the STC - but he is a good kid - and he is stuck in that place with people far worse than the ones he was hanging around with before and now he has been accused  of extortion, which he could not spell, let alone do it!  Sean gets Gemma to confirm that Lou is bully Brody's mother.  Gemma points out that they live round the back and Sean needs to be careful.

Sarah finds that her spare room has been getting a real work out as she encounters dodgy builder, Welsh, Gavin Moss Todd and the undercover police office Harrison Burns scaffolder Theo in her flat.  I will say no more.  Those who know, know.

Sarah agrees a pre-Kit drink with Todd in the Bistro and they are interrupted by Gabrielle (can she move onto the Street permanently please?) as they discuss the reasons why Todd and Theo cannot go anywhere else and Todd agrees to give some notice in future.  Danielle joins them for a drink and starting talking about public displays of affection which leads to Todd kissing Sarah (as Danielle thinks they are together) just as Kit arrives for his date.  Kit stays and accepts Sarah's entirely reasonable explanation, even if it is very complex.  Danielle later invites Todd and Sarah for a barbie some time soon.  Sarah catches up with Kit and they are getting friendly when she sees Danielle and Theo driving by and jumps back - which really upsets Kit and he leaves.  

Gemma and Lou are back at Number 5 and as they are ordering a chinese Bernie asks for hers to be delivered to Number 7 as she has had the quads for hours and is off to put her feet up!  Mick arrives and tells Gemma that should anyone ask he has been there for a couple of hours - and his need for the alibi is that someone has given Sean a right pasting.  Sean is rescued by Theo who is late for the Bistro who gets him an ambulance to the hospital where they patch him up and he tells PC Tinker who dunnit.  Mick is invited to assist police with their enquiries but he claims to have been looking after the quads.  Word of the assault soon spreads through t'Street residents.  In the STC Daniel tells Dylan what has happened to Sean.  Mick catches Gemma at the back of the Rovers and makes it clear that she needs to support his alibi as she does not want to make an enemy out of him.  Additionally he emphasises that  Sean needs to behave.  Lou on the other hand cannot believe that Gemma is suggesting that Mick might be responsible for duffing up Sean.  Later Sean turns up at Gemma's and pieces together that Mick must have overheard him in Roy's earlier and she tells him that it was a bad idea telling the police - he might do worse next time.  Gemma suggests he takes the statement back and after some thought, given that Mick has threatened the quads, he goes to the police station to do just that.

Written by Nessah Muthy and Cameron McAllister.  Directed by Leon Lopez.

Having covered everything else I should record that there was a story involving Dee Dee.  During this story, evidence was presented that the rate of death for women of black ethnic origin is 3.7 times the rate suffered by women of white ethnic origin.  I report this fact as it is important and (according to my subsequent investigations) no-one knows why.  Given the staffing I have seen in most hospitals I have used I find it hard to believe that this is down to the cause being attributed by the programme.  I would welcome a proper study and proper actions to ensure the causes are understood and addressed, however I do not feel I can cover that storyline here as I have seen nothing yet which feels appropriate to t'Street.  Feel free to put me right in the comments and on Twitter.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

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