Soap Blog: 24th – 30th June

Coronation Street

Geoff makes Yasmeen feel awful when she is late and a little tipsy to dinner at home with Sally.  He then causes trouble the next day to punish her for having a hangover which prompts her to get mugged with all the takings from the restaurant.  Geoff then uses the mugging to keep Yasmeen under his control.  Gemma tries and fails to sell her pregnancy story to a magazine to make some cash.  Gary makes money from Rick’s demise and unwittingly starts his own career as a slightly friendlier loan shark.  Adam and Gary square up after Adam realises that Gary injured Sarah in temper.

(Doctors is on a summer break)

Eastenders

Ian is shocked to return to the Square and find that Bobby is home and Kathy has opened a gay bar!  After a conversation with Mel, Max stands up for Bobby publically but is suspect number one when Bobby is assaulted.  However, Bobby eventually reveals that he deliberately picked a fight with some lads.  Jay is intimidated to discover that Ruby is rich and eventually, they split up.  Ben tries to manipulate the situation to make Lola stay in Walford.  Jack confronts Tiffany’s rapist.  Mel backs out of robbing Jack but leaves Rainie with opportunity to do it instead, also running off with baby Abi!  Jean argues with an annoying patient at the hospital.  Chantelle is frustrated with Mitch for not trying to get along with Gray.

Emmerdale

Billy goes through with the robbery but has already contacted the police in order to get Max caught once and for all.  Unfortunately, he gets away.  The football match is a shambles but Paddy is thrilled to score their one solitary goal and be named man of the match.  Meanwhile, back in the Village, Max takes Marlon, Jessie and April hostage in order to punish Billy for setting him up during the robbery.  Billy hands himself over to Max but Jessie gets shot and Billy nearly beats Max to death in retaliation.  In hospital, Billy confesses to his mother that he really was responsible for the crime he was imprisoned for – she has always believed he was innocent.  She is horrified by the level of violence she saw in him towards Max.  But ultimately, she forgives him.  Dawn discovers the truth about Harriet and Will and cannot forgive them.  Faith and Bear find the gender reveal for Paddy and Chas’s baby and according to Bear, it’s a boy but their secrecy makes Chas suspect they are having an affair, causing Faith’s relationship with Eric to come crashing down around her.

Hollyoaks

The kids all dress up for the Gatsby themed prom.  Juliet looks amazing and bonds with her ‘grandmother’, Marnie who has made a particular fuss of her.  However, Diane interrupts proceedings by having a go at Laurie and then Brooke cannot walk into the hall due to the smoke machines.  So the kids decide to host their own prom at The Hutch instead and have a great night, particularly Brooke and Ollie who are very much in love.  Things go well for Juliet until Imran accidentally says the wrong thing and she leaves.  Back at the school, meanwhile, Diane gets Laurie alone and very much takes him down a peg or two.  Unfortunately, he recovers and attempts to rape her as well.  Sami has ditched Liberty once again to help Brody babysit Sienna and Sinead but thankfully, the girls escape and head to the school.  They arrive just in time to stop Laurie attacking Diane but in so doing, Sinead throws her husband off the balcony.  She does, however, also save his life.  She is arrested but once Sally gets wind of what has happened, she reveals that after Laurie’s behaviour was unearthed, she installed CCTV into the school.  The whole incident is captured on camera.  Laurie is arrested and Sinead is released.  Liberty ends her relationship with Sami, telling him that she knows he is in love with Sinead, who is not interested in Sami, or anyone else for that matter!  Levi is disgusted by Scott in drag but, not recognising him the next day, asks him out!

Home and Away

With Colby out of mind with worry back in Summer Bay, Ziggy and Dean finally discover Bella hiding in the boot!  Colby flies out to bring his sister home but Bella is eager to make her case.  She tells Dean that he should be with Willow, not Ziggy and she is very anxious that their ‘family’ – her, Colby, Dean and Willow – should not be broken up.  While Dean and Ziggy begin their rally, Colby brings Bella home but not without argument or her threatening to tell the police that he shot her father dead.  On the rally, Dean and Ziggy finally get together.  Simone goes all out to help Raffy’s family throw an amazing Sweet Sixteen party for her.  Ryder arranges for Raffy’s best friend, Coco to return to the Bay for the party as a surprise.  Raffy is thrilled, although Coco doesn’t waste any time in giving Brody and Simone a piece of her mind right in the middle of the party.  Mason puts his opinion regarding cannabis oil in the local press, infuriating his family who are worried about his court case.  Jett starts a new life in the city.

Neighbours

Paul turns down Therese’s proposal, knowing she asked him for the wrong reasons.  Chloe challenges Ebony, convinced she is scamming Pierce, prompting her to confess that she lied to him about her background and she has been squirreling money away for her sister who is a single mother.  With tension about to explode between them all, Kyle decides to leave Erinsborough once the tram contract is complete.  Concerned about her daughter, Liz returns and whisks Elly away for a change of scene.  Dipi is deeply concerned that Andrea is taking Toadie in for a second time and continues to try and find Dee on the sly so that he won’t need Andrea around anymore.  Getting wind of this, Andrea orchestrates a situation to reveal Dipi’s secret task to Toadie, provoking another row and pushing Dipi away from her family.  Toadie accompanies Andrea to another hypnosis session with a specialist but this time, she goes under for real and unearths a memory she didn’t know she had.  It freaks her out so she goes to visit her mother, only to find her in bed with Ian!  Armed with information from Ian, Heather decides to track Dee down herself.  With Bea’s support, Finn starts teaching adult education classes.  Deciding to get Bea out of his head once and for all, Ned decides to investigate his blossoming feelings for Yashvi.