Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 12 June 2026

Confused?  I am.  I am back briefly and whilst I normally report on Friday's episode by my count we are actually looking at Wednesday and Thursday's episodes stitched together courtesy of some football.

The two episodes were dominated with Sam's increasing paranoia.  Newcomer "evil Roy" was deep inside Sam's head and having run away from Will and locked himself into the cafe Sam is left to face "evil Roy" and "real Roy" at the same time.  I would like to think that David Neilson was paid double for this episode at least.  Sam then hits "real Roy" with a chair and then goes missing overnight with the police and others looking for him.

Having had to release Summer as Tyrone has "remembered" seeing her the dynamic policing duo of Swain and Green interview Maria - we know she has given Gary an alibi but they are convinced that he dunnit (and we have seen him standing over a dead body which is not conclusive evidence).  However she stands up for her man who is behaving increasingly shiftily and they cannot find a reason to re-interview Gary who keeps skulking around with Sarah-Lou.  Gary tells Maria that he did not do it - but she knows something is wrong.  However we are no closer to finding the killer and at this rate the two detectives will be busted back to constable status patrolling the streets on foot.

Glenda, Christine, Sally (and Bernie who is missing) all want to go away with Debbie and Ronnie has arranged a break in Spain.  Debbie however fears that having a turn and being alone in a foreign country is a risk she cannot take.  The trip gets cancelled but alternatives are being discussed over serious amounts of alcohol.  As a side story Carl has a possible job in a garage in Eccles and is going to turn honest for a while.  Ronnie and the girls later agree to do something spontaneous instead of Spain.

For reasons I am not even willing to contemplate Carla and Lisa are going vegan this week.  Why?  However Carla comes across Sam in a ginnel and manoeuvres him to the play park whilst summoning Nick who then promises Sam he will not lock him before taking him to the hospital to have him locked up.  Sam will never trust him again.  Carla of course has experience of paranoia herself so will probably now suffer flashbacks.  At the hospital Toyah and Leanne arrive and they will be with Sam they promise.  

I hope Sam gets the help he needs.  Not sure why Carl has suddenly stopped being devious.  Gary is obviously lying and both he and Sarah know more than they are saying - but do they actually know anything?  Will Jodie go down for assault?  Will Nick accept that Sam is ill because he lost his mothers?  Will Summer ever give up on losing fathers?  These and many more questions are unlikely to be answered next week when I will not be here as I have to go to Yorkshire for a wedding.  See you in two weeks' time.


Written by Ian Kershaw and Steven Fay.  Directed by Gary Williams.

Kosmo

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Episode Review Friday 20 February 2026

Welcome to Friday night.  Sam is not having a good time.  His phone is locked in the Bistro safe and when he does get it back it needs charging because it is flat.   He eventually gets to watch Megan and Will having a very staged conversation about the crush Will has on Megan and he immediately deduces that they are playing it large for the hidden camera (which to be fair to Megan was not that well hidden).  I suggest Sam lends the recording to Theo who will magically make some judicious edits and hey presto Sam has the evidence he needs.  Megan reckons she is on a roll as she having drinks with  Toyah, Leanne and Eva and decides to deliver some more poison into Sam's ears.  Sam tries to recover the camera and Megan is able to turn his attempt to her advantage calling him a sleazy sneaking peeping tom.  She tells Sam to keep his nose out of other people's business.  Sam is distressed so when Nick wants to know what is wrong Sam shouts at him and tells him no-one can help him.

Bernie has to be inventive as Mal wants a chat and she pretends an interest in birds to enable her to sit down for a chat with Brian on the subject of a starling murmuration at which Mal concedes defeat and departs.  Roy's electrics must be a real mess the time it is taking to fix them.

Carl visits Debbie in prison and he is out of a job and they have both been in fights getting black eyes.  Debbie initially thinks Carl is using her as his personal golden goose which he vehemently denies.  Carl claims that he will take proper responsibility for his life (but this is Carl, his lips are moving and I do not believe a word that comes out of his mouth).  Debbie will arrange with Ronnie to provide him with funds to get him started.  

Lily is moaning to Jodie about Brian and Rita so when Hope comes into the cafe Jodie decides that perhaps Hope should know there is another side to Brian and Rita and implies that they were unfair to Lily.  Later Hope overhears Brian and Rita discussing her and saying she has become a lovely young lady seeing as show she had a raging psychopath for a father.  Hope takes the hump when Brian extols book reading - he is currently consuming a Wilkie Collins.  Later we see a slim pair of legs in black tights come into the shop and pick up the book and then slip out again - presumably taking the book with her.  And for once I don't think it was Hope misbehaving.  

Ben and Steve are getting pallyier than they were before.  Tim will not be happy but he cannot make the match tomorrow as he has a cold so Steve suggests to Ben that he joins them and so we can assume they are now going steady.  Maggie is less enamoured with any shenanigans between Ollie and Lauren and gives the latter a piece of her mind and tells Lauren to stay away from her grandson if she knows what is good for her.  

I rarely voice opinions so just this once I will sound off.  Please feel free to ignore.  So for the record I do not believe that Carl has reformed despite what Debbie might believe.  I think Jodie is a bad influence on Lily.  And whilst I can see Maggie's point of view over Lauren I am not sure Ollie would appreciate her interference.  Sam is getting outsmarted and I blame those tablets - taking drugs is not good for you.  Remember these are personal opinions and not actually what we saw!

Written by Julie Jones and directed by Matthew Peacock.

Kosmo

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Coronation Street Episode Review Sunday 27 October 2024

Good evening.  As readers may be aware ITV X is making episodes available on the day of transmission - but for some reason this episode appeared on that resource on Friday and it was therefore watched in this house on Friday evening.  First up the antagonism between Sam and Toyah is writ large but Toyah persists and eventually Sam at least lets her stay so that they work on equipment which demonstrates Gail's heart operation.  When Nick returns he gets a demonstration of Gail's op and Sam departs to show it to Hope and later to go to the cinema.  Nick then has a heart to heart with Toyah which ends with lips locking and further close contact.  Nick does not want to upset Sam again or disrupt him and so the new Platt/Battersby pairing agree to keep their romance quiet for now which will inevitably lead to deception, discovery and recrimination in the coming weeks as people catch them in clinches.  Given that Toyah promised to not lie to Sam to start up again with Nick in secret in the same episode must be a record.

We have the big reveal this evening of Bethany's stoma, initially to us and then she unexpectedly exposes it to Daniel as he comes into the flat as he has a key.  She shouts at him and he departs - she had wanted  to choose when she showed him and did not like being caught unawares.  She phones Sarah who returns to the flat instead of visiting Gail - she thinks she might have been followed but is unsure.  Sarah receives a phone call from Damon who has suffered a beating but has convinced Harvey's goons that someone else in the gang has abstracted the cash from the lock up.  Damon says that there should be no further contact between them (and I do not believe that either).  Daniel has decorated Victoria Gardens (where they had their first wedding) in memory of Sinead and Bethany joins him.   Bethany apologises for her anger and Daniel re-assures her all will be well and they kiss.  Bertie is mentioned but never seen.

Much of this evening revolves around the Platt family which is back centre stage after a long time on the sidelines principally because Gail has undergone an operation which went well and she is on the road to recovery.  She will make a full recovery but needs to take life very easy for the next few weeks.  Gail is fixated on oxters (armpits) a much underused word.  Gail also discovers that Hugh Bonneville likes to add marmalade to his spaghetti bolognese!  David apologises for the upset he has caused Gail.  He is however more worried about the money as Jesse has found it and uplifted it but he hands it back to David.  In a strange apparent non-sequitur David returns to the lock up carrying the cash intending to return it but a member of the gang is present so David returns home with the cash.  David and Jesse discuss the cash and against the background that they are currently off Harvey's hook as Sarah passed the information onwards they broker an understanding and David offers to talk the family round if Jesse keeps it zipped.  Jesse wants a share of the cash.

Ken and Cassie are preparing for their trip to Porto, discussing a fado evening (I hope they enjoy it - it is amazing) and go shopping for suitable clothes.  Steve continues to be suspicious of Cassie and makes it clear that she should not accept the jacket which Ken has bought for her.  She returns the jacket and whilst she is out Ken tells Steve that he welcomes Cassie's company and for his sake would Steve please stop sniping so hard.  On her return with Ken apparently sleeping (but keeping an eye on the two of them) Steve offers Cassie a truce and they shake hands on it.  Has a corner been turned?  

Kit appears to stalking Dee Dee - in the shop, in Roy's Rolls and eventually in the Rovers.  We also see Joel's father (sadly not his mother) and it transpires that Dee Dee attended Joel's funeral yesterday.  Mr Deering wants to know if Dee Dee has any more knowledge about Joel's demise - which she denies. Later she tells Kit she wanted the satisfaction of seeing Joel lowered into the ground and to know for certain that Joel was gone and buried forever.     

No doubt she was originally intended to say those words to Martin - the entire Jesse story is riddled with holes - but putting that to one side he is probably a better bet than some of the others with whom she has been involved!  Jesse takes some time to think about it but when he returns to the hospital later he accepts the invitation.  

A bit mixed this evening.  No sign of Lucy Fallon's bump as yet - the stoma will be hiding a lot.  I know that Gail was promised a good exit so I hope it will be.  I cannot believe Damon returned for a couple of phone calls and a beating - so there will be more I suspect.  No-one can keep a secret for long - Toyah tell Sam NOW.  And if Dee Dee actually did murder Joel why would she need to attend the funeral?  No doubt answers to all this and more will be along shortly..

Written by Sam Holdsworth.  Directed by Penelope Shales-Slyne.

Kosmo

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