Day: November 5, 2019

Soap Blog: Monday 21st – Sunday 27th October

Coronation Street

Against Daniel’s protestations, Sinead’s family organise an early Christmas for her, knowing that she won’t survive until December and will miss Bertie’s first Christmas.  Unfortunately, things turn sour when Sinead and Daniel fall out, her sick of Daniel’s negativity around her illness.  She throws him out of the house and unwittingly into Bethany’s arms, only to be caught out by horrified Ken.

While Bethany confesses all to understanding Audrey, Daniel makes amends with Sinead, regretting his actions and vowing to support her to the end.  Unfortunately, Sinead accidentally gets hold of Bethany’s short story, basically describing all her feelings for Daniel.  Sinead confronts Daniel but ultimately forgives him, knowing they need to be a family at the end.  Beth and the other struggle to be as kind and Bethany becomes the Street pariah.  Gail returns home from her big trip away in order to support her grandchild.

Growing weaker by the moment, Sinead records video messages for her son and says goodbye to her loved ones.  While Beth believes she ought to be transferred to a hospice, Doctor Gaddas explains that it is now too late.

In a well scripted, constructed and acted episode, the time comes for Sinead to say goodbye.  She spends one last day with her family, including Daniel and passes away in bed while he reads a story to their son.  It’s not particularly romanticised, which I think is important and it is sad.  I had three different people ask me if I’d seen it!

Max makes amends with Shona and his grandmother agrees to drop the custody battle.  Unfortunately, their troubles are not over as a riot breaks out in the prison.  Having found out about Josh raping him, David’s cellmate slings Josh in his cell and provides him with a weapon and opportunity to finish Josh off once and for all.  David refuses to kill Josh, wanting him to suffer for his crimes but all injured Josh can do is gloat about walking away from it all.  When Josh is stabbed, it remains unclear exactly what has happened and who the culprit is except that David asks Shona to call his lawyer.

Doctors

The staff at The Mill cannot seem to feed themselves with The Icon round the corner, prompting Al to decide he wants to take it over with Jimmi as his partner and turn the place into a real ale pub.

Becky is nervous to meet Daniel’s daughter, Izzie and although things go well, Izzie doesn’t think Becky is interesting enough to make a relationship last.  However, Becky has huge news for Daniel – she is pregnant.

Zara meets a surgeon called Adam and the pair of them arrange a date.  And to improve Zara’s week even further, she and Izzie finally make peace.

Sid and Immie end their relationship.  Ayesha take charge of the flu vaccinations.  Valerie gets caught up with a couple who have been lying to each other.  Ruhma is wrong accused of neglect over a birth she delivered twenty one years ago.

Eastenders

Chantelle enjoys helping out at the salon, against Gray’s wishes.  What she doesn’t know is that he has spotted her in the window and subsequently plans a surprise party to announce her pregnancy to the whole family (and the rest of the Square) with unwitting accomplice, Karen.  Sadly, in the toilets of the Vic, Chantelle begins to have a miscarriage, which she dares not tell her husband about, largely because the baby is her only protection from his awful violence.  The next day, she goes to the hospital and is treated by kind Doctor Ash, Iqra’s girlfriend and later confides in her mother about the loss of her baby.

Martin confides in Kush about the situation with Ben and then seeks help from Jack.  He is thrilled to think that he has finally won but it is only a temporary state of affairs.  By the end of the week, Ben and his gang have Martin literally hanging upside down off a bridge, threatening to murder his wife and children if he tries to break the rules again.  Martin is left a broken man with no more cards to play.

Jay is stunned when Terry, the man who murdered his father, Jase is brought into the funeral home with a whole load of fanfare.  At first, he refuses to do his funeral and is even further upset when his wife doesn’t even remember him.  But later, he confides in Billy that he does plan to do the funeral and he also plans to get up and tell the whole congregation just who Terry really was, warning Billy that if he interferes, he will never forgive him.

Leo continues his pursuit of Whitney, having already scored a job with Gray.  But with Callum still a big part of his ex’s life, Leo digs around on his social media to find an awful video of Callum laughing with his friends around a seemingly unconscious woman.  He tells Gray that he has the video for a case and then ‘accidentally’ shows the video to Whitney who berates Callum for his actions.  Desperate Callum tries to explain that the woman got up and punched one of his friends and the video is not what it looks like but Whitney accuses him of all sorts.

Adam tries to make amends with his foster parents but Arshad cannot forgive him for his affair with Habiba and his continuous treatment of Honey, finally telling his wife what he knows.  Inspired by Daniel, Jean attempts to be more truthful and less tactful but things don’t go quite to plan.

Emmerdale

Despite being reassured, Faith remains convinced that Moira and Pete are having an affair and feels she has no choice but to tell Cain the truth.  He takes his anger out on her and then shuts her out, turning his fury towards innocent Pete.  He ties his up and demands the truth from him, forcing him to confess that it isn’t him who is sleeping with Moira – it’s Nate.  Cain is horrified, having sent Moira and Nate off to a farm show overnight in order to get them out of the way.

Moira and Nate meanwhile have very much enjoyed their hotel room, which to be fair, makes a change to that grubby caravan.  However, it doesn’t make them any less grubby.  But with poor Pete tied up in the barn and only Faith to save him, Cain has made his way to oblivious Nate and Moira to catch them out.  He takes them on a boat trip, where he reveals he knows the truth to Nate before knocking him out.  Nate has further bombshell (which literally every viewer guessed from the second Nate starter sniffing round Moira and generally interfering in Cain’s life), that he is Cain’s son.

Their fight leads to Moira being knocked off the boat, prompting Cain to have to save her (Nate can’t swim) but then of course, the boat explodes and Cain has no choice but to save both of his current enemies.

At the hospital, Nate explains that his mother’s name is Cara, a girl that Cain dated with he was young.  As far as Cain understands, Cara vanished and he was very upset when she did but he had no idea that she was pregnant.  But Nate believes he is lying, explaining that his mother has told him she tried to contact him many times and he sent her away.  Cue Faith – she knew about Cara’s pregnancy from the start and knowing Shadrach’s racism, sent Cara on her way, thus preventing any opportunity for Cain to step up for his son.  All this time, Nate has been getting revenge on the wrong person.

Meanwhile, back in Emmerdale Village, there is chaos at the pub reopening as Chas and Marlon get locked in the pub toilets, thanks to a faulty door – just as Chas’s waters break and she goes into labour!  In some of Emmerdale’s finest, most classic scenes, Marlon supports Chas while she endures contractions, Mandy etc. get drunk and Paddy arrives just in time for the birth of their baby girl, who they expected to be a boy.  Brilliant!  They call her Eve, despite Eve being the name of the woman that Chas’s ex-boyfriend cheated on her with years ago.

Paddy had been absent for the whole thing up until the actual birth, of course, because he had locked himself and Liv in the house with Aaron in a bid to persuade him not to attempt to break Robert out of jail.  And it works.  Hurrah!  However, at court, where Robert is given a minimum of fourteen years for murder, Victoria is horrified to discover that Luke, the guy she has been chatting to at the hospital, is actually Lee’s brother.  He seems as shocked as she is, insisting that he had no idea who she was but she is convinced that he is a liar.

Hollyoaks

Edward makes himself useful to Diane while quietly making it clear that he does not accept Finn.

Cindy’s plans for the village are in jeopardy thanks to the rare birds and the Roman Tunnels.  However, Edwards manages to get rid of the birds and she persuades the builders to plough on, despite the tunnels, ignoring Tom’s fretting.

The truth about DJ’s paternity comes tumbling out at his christening, sending Darren into despair and Luke back to the bottle as he realises that even his son didn’t believe he was a good enough option to be a father.

Goldie continues to worry about her mother and nearly discovers Tony when she comes looking for her at the pig farm.  What she does discover however, is evidence of Harry.  Backed into a corner, Breda breaks down and admits that she thinks she killed Harry, blaming her so called dementia.  Believing that her mother is unwell, Goldie agrees to keep her secret.

With everything crumbling around her, Breda is persuaded by Tony to let him go in time to attend Harry’s funeral.

Home and Away

Irene’s trial begins but the defence team are horrified when Tommy himself shows up, having been told that he was too unwell to attend.  Furious, Colby is removed from the court but Bella bravely manages to testify on Irene’s behalf.  The support for Irene outside the court, led by Teresa begins to become a little too intense.

Alex supports Raffy and her family as they worry about her epilepsy.  She finds another potential medical trial, which Justin refuses as it’s too far away.  However, Raffy can stay with Brody and Simone if she is accepted and she is desperate to try.

Alex also puts in a good word for Mason regarding his internship at the hospital.  On a night out, Mason hits on Alex who lets him down awkwardly, explaining that she is gay.

Things become stressful as Dean tries to keep Karen away from Mackenzie.  Eventually, the two women have to meet but bond over their hatred of Rick.

Desperately worried about the threat against his wife, Robbo arranges for Jasmine to leave the country.  However, the move is intercepted and Jasmine is kidnapped, leaving Robbo’s colleague injured on the side of the road.

Neighbours

Paul discovers that Scarlett provided fake references but when he challenges her, she reveals that she knows all about the hidden cameras, forcing him to back down.  What he doesn’t know is that she is the person who has the footage from the cameras herself.

Her next move is to stage an attack from a motorbike, stepping up her boyfriend’s attacks on her a gear.  Of course Ned is with her at the time and gets caught in the crossfire trying to protect her.  Meanwhile, at the house, David and Aaron install a new security system to protect them all from Scarlett’s imaginary ex.

After a night in hospital, Scarlett persuades Ned to move in with her and therefore manages to block all contact between him and Yashvi.  From there, she and Ned get together for real.

Finn and Bea end up in an argument over Bea’s obsessive suspicion of Scarlett and in a fit of anger, Bea accidentally calls him ‘Patrick’.  They recover but it’s a real setback in their relationship.  The upset is extremely badly timed as shortly afterwards, Finn receives word of an avalanche in Switzerland – Shaun is missing and presumed dead.

Sheila agrees to bide her time with Clive so that he can break up carefully with Beverly and get back together with her.  Wanting to keep him interested, Roxy helps her sext Clive.  Unfortunately, she sends the message to Gary instead!

Amy receives a very tempting job offer.  Kirsha helps Toadie with some background work with the Sonya Rebecchi Foundation, making him realise just how clever she is.  He also realises that she is struggling with the lack of attention she is receiving from her parents.  She attempts to speak up and asks her parents if she can apply for a scholarship to a school in Sydney but they do not support the idea.

The Melbourne Cup arrives at Lassiters but when Pierce lets Hendrix down yet again, Hendrix steals the cup and hides it in Harlow and Roxy’s car.  The girls can’t resist taking some photos with it before they return it to frantic Pierce, Terese and Paul.  They are just about to get into trouble when the unrepentant culprit is revealed.

Soap Blog: 14th – 20th October 2019

Coronation Street

Sinead is pleased to see how far her friends will go when she dares them into a game of naked twister and they are willing to do it – but puts them out of their misery by telling them at the last minute that they don’t actually have to go through with it!

Harry gets knocked out during a game with Lily and Max, the latter of whom gets into trouble for the fray.  Max insists it was Lily who pushed Harry but Shona won’t listen, even going as far as shaking him.  Sarah feels that she is being judged at the hospital, with she and Shona having had a couple of drinks while the children were playing.  Shona panics when Max runs off – he has gone to his paternal grandmother’s house.  When they get into an argument, with Max’s grandmother accusing Shona of being drunk and Shona at the end of her tether with Max, a fight for custody is quickly on the cards – both of Max and Harry.  Marion turns to Adam for legal advice.  Later, Lily confesses that it was actually she who pushed Harry.

David is disturbed to find himself face to face with his rapist, Josh in prison.  Josh has been put in the hospital wing after other prisoners found out has been put into custody for rape – yet another victim after not being punished for assaulting David.

Geoff and Yasmeen want to buy into Alya and Zeedan’s business.  Alya is happy for Yasmeen to buy in but isn’t sure about Geoff, which of course enrages him and makes him blame Yasmeen, putting her in a very difficult position.

Chesney and Gemma win tickets to the football but taking photos outside, Gemma gets stuck in the turnstile.  With the story getting into the press, Gemma is approached by a publicist but Bernie takes over the job instead when Gemma has a health scare with the babies.

Doctors

In a particularly interesting episode named ‘Samuel Page’ Sid and Ruhma become involved with two patients who are sisters.  One is a pregnant novelist, writing about slavery and the other is suffering with her mental health, a historian who has become tortured by their family’s heritage as slave owners.  It all surrounds a particular painting, hosted by Imogen’s art exhibition, which also hosts the novelist’s book launch and the painting inspires Ruhma’s contribution to the art project at The Mill.  She talks to Karen’s camera about the painting, one that reminded her very strongly of Heston and for a moment brought him back to her.  It depicts slavery and it was one that the two of them had discussed at length.  This is one of those special, significant Doctors episodes.  In a less good ‘arty’ episode there is a whole episode dedicated to two comedians with a direct line to Tony Hancock.

Ayesha helps a young artist involved in Imogen’s art project process the pain of his father walking out on him as a young child.  However, when his father shows up to see him, he learns that actually, his mother took him away after an argument and his father was unable to find them again.

The art project at The Mill begins to help Valerie process her pain as she talks to camera about her cat, Geoffrey’s art work.  And things get emotional when Zara brings Joe in to talk about one of his own pictures and he discusses his parents’ breakup.  Karen share a piece of Imogen’s work, becoming emotional about the joy that her daughter’s art has brought to their lives.

Rob supports Imogen as she runs an art therapy course for people with PTSD and three men bond over their art and their stories as they recover from their individual traumas.

The community art project finishes their mural and despite a big row between a man who thinks he knows it all and a woman supporting her child with selective mutism, it all goes very well.

Imogen opens up to Rob about the lump she has found, requesting that he keep it from Karen for now.  He and Sid manage to get a private specialist appointment to speed things up but Rob also finds out from his sister that on his side of the family, there has been cancer.  Thankfully, Immie’s tests come back positive and she is cancer free.

Valerie is shocked to discover that the beloved Icon has been closed down!

Eastenders

Martin remains under pressure from Ben to carry out bailiff jobs.  Unfortunately, he cannot help taking pity on his targets, which keeps getting him in more trouble with Ben.

Tiffany and Keegan get carried away on a romantic night in a hotel and decide to get married!  Their families are not impressed.  I mean, I think they’re a very sweet couple but come on!  Silly, silly plot.

Rainie reaches breaking point, knowing that she cannot control her addiction anymore and is putting baby Abi at risk.  She deliberately gets herself arrested in a bid to get clean, breaking Stuart’s heart in the process.  Taking pity on him, Kathy offers Stuart a job.  Of course, Ian is quite the barrier.

Big Mo hides an eviction letter from her family.  Leo attempts to keep Whitney and Callum apart.

Emmerdale

When Victoria hears that Lee has died from his injuries, meaning that Robert will now be charged with murder, he and Aaron decide that going on the run together is their only option.  Their loved ones are heartbroken to say goodbye but accept that they are desperate not to spend their lives apart.

When Liv decides that she cannot live without her brothers, she begs to run away with them too.  However, they persuade her to stay behind, not wanting her to live a life on the run.  Unfortunately, just as they are about to make their break, the police hone in.  By that time, Robert has already secretly decided to give himself up.  Aaron is utterly distraught to see his husband hand himself in and be taken into custody, blaming everyone around him just because he can.

Graham hooks up with Kim again, only to decide that he really wants things to work out properly with Rhona.  Rejecting Kim, he and Rhona make a proper go of things, deciding to take things slowly and have a real relationship.

Faith becomes increasingly suspicious of Moira’s behaviour, reaching the conclusion that she and Pete are having an affair.

Hollyoaks

Joel confronts Mercedes with his discovery on Harry’s phone, agreeing to give her one day to confess all to her family before he goes to the police with his evidence.  Instead, she turns to Liam, who has just signed adoption papers, allowing Jesse to become Iona’s legal father, for help with her predicament.  Liam promises to shut Joel down.  However, after failing to steal the phone by breaking into the house, he assaults him and puts him in hospital.  Lying in his hospital bed, Joel finds himself face to face with Mercedes and is still determined to tell the police what he knows – until Mercedes goes as far as threatening Goldie, her own cousin’s life.  With Cindy having seen Liam at the scene of the crime, he is arrested but scared of what Mercedes is capable of, Joel insists that it was just a random attack.  Liam prepares to leave with Mercedes but he is heartbroken to discover that she was only using him to get rid of the recording.

Goldie is worried when Joel talks about Liam in his sleep, that he really did beat him up over something he has on him.  She confronts Liam, who isn’t bothered but Mercedes warns Joel to shut his girlfriend down.  Mercedes attempts to clear the air with Liam but of course, what she doesn’t realise is that of course, he never got rid of the phone.  He still has it and the recording.

Scott and Mitchell have spent another night together but Scott refuses to be Mitchell’s dirty, little secret, especially as it’s only Anita that Mitchell is actually attracted to.  However, he soon gives in and the pair are unable to keep away from each other.

Peri finds Romeo hiding out in the Maalik house.  When she threatens to tell the family, he opens up to her about everything that has happened with his father.  Peri eventually spills the beans to Marnie about the attack and she is able to reconnect with Romeo.  When Juliet finds out what happened, she lays into James.  Romeo and Marnie walk in just as James is shouting at Juliet, prompting Marnie to lay down the law to her son.  He has to leave the family home in order to protect the children.  He stays the night with Kyle and a very reluctant Nancy.  After a chat with Kyle, James returns home, reminded that he pays the mortgage and the bills.  He is back in charge, although happy for his family to stay.

Leah and Charlie fall out at school when Charlie overhears her talking about him behind her back.  Leah desperately tries to become her friend again as she was just showing off – with Ste has her Dad, she doesn’t really have anyone other than Charlie who will give her the time of day.  She wins him round and the pair reconnect.  Could it be love?

Pregnant Liberty is desperate to try and get Brodie and Sienna back together or at least talking enough to attend the baby’s first scan.  However, Luke’s ‘help’ ends up with Brodie connecting with Cindy instead (although they don’t sleep together).  Despite not doing anything wrong, Brodie hides Cindy from Sienna at the Love Boat, not wanting her to get the wrong idea.  Of course, they get caught out anyway.  Cindy does the right thing and makes it clear to Sienna that nothing happened and in fact, Brodie cried and talked about Sienna all night.  Brodie goes to see Damon for a pep talk and he and Sienna reunite only for Liberty to break the news that she has miscarried.

Marnie supports Diane as she attempts to plan Harry’s funeral without Tony’s support.  They are interrupted by the arrival of Edward, Tony’s estranged father who quickly makes his presence felt.  Goldie discovers that Breda is still lying to her and the pig farm is still not for sale.

Home and Away

Alf is concerned when he spots Ben bonding with Karen, drinking together at the caravan site.  When Alf reports to Dean that his mother is in town, Dean hurries to retrieve her and enlists Colby’s help in keeping his mother and his sister apart.  Dean also hasn’t told her about Ziggy.  Ben is surprised to realise he has been getting drunk with his daughter’s boyfriend’s mother.  Dean and Karen discuss Rick.  Bella feels connected to Karen when she tells her that she is the spitting image of her mother, her best friend.  However, when Ziggy finally discovers that Karen is in town, she blunders in and the women do not make a good first impression.  Maggie attempts to rectify things by inviting Karen and Dean round for lunch.  She also hopes to get closer to her husband again.  Lunch is awkward as Karen tells awful stories and flirts with Ben.  She then picks apart Maggie and Ben’s relationship.  She then makes things even worse by making it clear she’d quite like Ben for herself!

After a make or break conversation about their marriage, Ziggy is desperately worried to find her Dad depressed on the beach and her mother drunk at home.  Justin attempts to support Ben but he is rejected.  Ziggy supports her mother.  The women finally admit that Ben is depressed and call support services for help.  They then go and sit with Ben, genuinely offering him kindness, love and support without any pressure.

Jasmine confides in Alex about the situation she and Robbo are caught up in as Robbo becomes more and more frustrated by his lack of memory regarding Dylan Carter on the boat.  Alex then offers hypnosis to try and retrieve the memories, although there is no guarantee that it will work.   Although reluctant, Robbo agrees and through the hypnosis, he begins to remember the boat he was taken hostage on.  Remembering waking up and seeing Dylan Carter who calls him Beckett, he launches himself at Alex and attacks her.

Feeling terrible, he leaves, despite Alex insisting that she is fine and wants to continue to help him make progress.  She and Jasmine track him down to the gym, persuading him to try again.  He agrees on the promise that he is strapped down and Mason is there instead of Jasmine.  Under hypnosis, Robbo and Dylan Carter fight and Robbo shoots him.  But then Dylan Carter knocks Robbo out and into the water.  Another boat comes and takes the Dylan Carter aboard.  Coulson, the man recently murdered is also aboard.  Robbo is full of hope that he has a new direction with his investigation.  Afterwards, Mason and Willow both ask Alex out for a drink.  She has to turn them down, as she still has work to do.

Irene reports that thanks to Bella, her lawyer thinks she is now in with a good chance in court.  Sadly, she is left distraught by some hideous things people have written on the internet.  Locking up the Diner alone for the night, Irene leaves a note for Leah, intending to run away.  However, she is caught immediately by Leah and persuaded to stay.  Irene is told that her trial is likely to be delayed as the judge believe the jurors are probably going to have been influenced by the articles online.  Unfortunately, Bella is already desperately worried about getting things wrong in court.

Raffy and Ryder finally make peace after their breakup and force Bella to come back to school with them.  Raffy meets with Maggie, keen to start planning her future.  She also offers Maggie her support, knowing she is going through a difficult time herself.  Unfortunately, the next day, Raffy has a fit at school.

Neighbours

Shaun and Elly discuss baby names and there is definitely a spark between them, leading to a kiss.

Mark and Aaron return from their mother’s without Chloe, frustrating Pierce.  However, what he and nobody else knows is that Mark has decided to return to his mother’s for good to help Tyler and Piper look after her and make a fresh start after everything that has happened recently.  After a run in with Roxy, he departs Ramsay Street, having recorded videos for all the people who mean something to him – Paul, Roxy, Ned, Toadie, Aaron and David.  He also records a message for Elly who rushes off to say goodbye to him properly.  They make peace with each other before he leaves for good.

Pierce turns to Susan for help with Hendrix.  She and Susan plot to make Hendrix work off his bill to the hotel by cleaning the room up himself.  Hendrix is horrified but concedes.  Delighted, Harlow tells Mackenzie the news and she confronts him over him dumping her at the dance.  He is unapologetic and blames her.  She officially ends whatever might have potentially happened between them.  Hendrix quickly ditches his job at the hotel and Susan asks Toadie and Gary to support Pierce while she is in London with Karl.  However, Pierce soon realises.  They talk him out of being offended.  They talk about their own lives as rebellious teenagers and how they turned their lives around.  To thank Susan for all her help, Pierce arranges a car to take her to the airport and upgrades her ticket to first class. 

Hendrix and Pierce tentatively bond as Pierce engages his son in his wine business but things turn sour when Pierce throws him over for a phone call with Chloe.  He responds by stealing Pierce’s car and going joyriding and hits Harlow with the car, causing minor injuries.  Despite his fury with his son, Pierce covers for him with the police.

Mackenzie tells Shane that despite how things have turned out with her Dad, she still feels like she has found family in Erinsborough.

Paul gives Scarlett a hard time at work.  Out for a drink with Scarlett, Ned realises that she has feelings for him (as do Paul and Kyle).  He lets her down gently but she acts embarrassed, insisting that she only wants to be his friend.  Bea enlists Toadie’s help to get to the bottom of what really happened the night Yashvi walked in on Ned and Scarlett together.  When they arrive back at the house, someone throws a brick through the window with ‘you’re mine’ written on a note attached to it.  Scarlett announces that it’s her ex-fiancé’s writing.  Concerned, Ned brings Scarlett to stay with him.  But of course, Scarlett has paid some girl to throw the brick and nearly gets caught sending her on her way.

The next day, suspicious Bea takes the lead and offers to spend the day with Scarlett.  She uses the time to find out as much about Scarlett as she can.  Scarlett tells Bea about being in a car crash which killed both her parents.  She scampers off for lunch with Ned the second she gets the chance.  Bea feels sorry for Scarlett but she is still worried about Scarlett’s attachment to Ned.  Finn is concerned that Bea is getting too involved.  Meanwhile, Aaron is worried, from a safety perspective, about Scarlett continuing to live with them.  She manipulates her way into staying at the house.  Later that night, Ned and Scarlett finally end up in bed together.  While Ned clearly regrets what happened, he confesses to amused Roxy while Scarlett is smitten and announces their dalliance to shocked Kyle and Amy.  She also tells Yashvi.  However, when she realises that Ned is about to turn her down, she turns him down first.  He is horrified to learn from Bea that Scarlett has told Yashvi about their liaison.  Yashvi angrily confronts Ned in public.  Scarlett lies to Ned about the way Yashvi was told – that she was put into an awkward position and couldn’t lie, rather than she walked right up to her and told her deliberately.

Finn, Amy and Kyle encourage Scarlett to attend a domestic abuse support group with Amy even offering to go with her.

Sheila gate crashes and important dinner for David, Aaron, Clive and Beverly, insulting Beverly and almost costing David a chance to speak at a medical conference.  When Clive drags Sheila back home, an argument over behaviour quickly leads to passion.

Soap Blog: 7th – 13th October 2019

Coronation Street

As Kel wakes from his coma, he refuses to tell Gemma, Bernie or the police what really happened.  Knowing that Paul was responsible but unaware of their history, Bernie forces the men together.  Kel takes the blame and says he made a homophobic joke and it was all a misunderstanding he’d like to forget, forcing Paul into a position to make friends.  Ready to leave Wetherfield, Summer, Billy and Gemma beg him to stay.

Things come to a head for Asha when Mary witnesses her being bullied at a school plat rehearsal.  Having thought that he daughter was just misbehaving when she used his credit card, Dev actually talks to his daughter.  He opens the package she bought and is distraught to find the skin lightening cream and forces her to show him her horrifically damaged arms.  Asha runs away to Amy’s, who seeks help from Liz who is genuinely helpful and able to get father and daughter talking to each other properly.  Dev takes Asha o the GP to get some proper help.  I have to say, these scenes were genuinely heartbreaking to watch.

Gary continues to try and win Maria over but his dark side continues to show when he sack Fiz for almost getting too close to his dirty dealings.  However, frustrated that she might lose her own job, Jade persuades him to give Fiz another chance.

Nobody apart from Ryan seems to notice that Ali is walking around like a zombie.  But it all comes to a head when he looks after Liam for the afternoon and falls asleep with the oven on, putting himself and Liam in danger from smoke.  Of course, Gary is on hand to save the day and Maria is furious with Ali for letting her and her son down, especially as they have just said the L word.  Ryan finds pills in Ali’s jacket, confronting him about his addiction.  His words prompt Ali to end his relationship with Maria, not wanting to put her and Liam at risk anymore.  Maria wants to work things out but Ali ends things once and for all.  Maria takes her fury out on Michelle, prompting Gary to step in as the hero again as Sarah looks on.

Kevin’s sister, Debbie shows up, eager to give an inheritance she has received to her brother as she doesn’t need it.  Kevin reluctantly accepts on the provision that he can share it with his kids.  During her brief visit, Debbie notes that Sophie is not enjoying her business course, prompting Paula to book her a ticket to go travelling with Kate in order to set her free (and Brooke Vincent to go on maternity leave).

Michelle confides in Robert that her boss was inappropriate with her but then has to stop him battering him.  She then books them a holiday, which seriously messes with his double life with Vicky.  I mean, how thoughtless of you, Michelle!

Beth comes up with the idea of a bucket list for Sinead but it turns out that she doesn’t want to do anything after all.  With plans to go on holiday cancelled, Claudia asks Daniel’s permission to hold an 80th birthday party for Ken, although Ken is hesitant, feeling it’s inappropriate to celebrate when Sinead is dying.  Daniel and Sinead get the awful news that her body is not strong enough for more chemotherapy and all they can do for her now is to keep her comfortable.  She only has a few weeks left.  At home, Sinead wants to go to Ken’s party, which Daniel reveals to Sinead is also an early 1st birthday party for Bertie so Sinead doesn’t miss it.  Both of them are destroyed by the news they have received but Sinead also wants to be part of their family while she has the chance.  The party goes ahead and even Norris pops down from Scotland to see Ken, bringing with him an online call from Emily, who is turning ninety the following week.  Sinead is overwhelmed by the party and tells everyone what the Consultant has told them, somewhat bringing the party to an end.

Doctors

Zara enjoys toying with Daniel (and Becky) after their indiscretion but eventually agrees to keep quiet.  Daniel’s guilt, meanwhile prompts him to pledge his commitment to Becky and ask her to move in with him.  While Becky excitedly packs her things, she admits some anxiety about Daniel’s commitment to her when speaking to Ayesha.  Daniel meanwhile, is challenged by an old friend about whether his feelings for Zara could ever truly die.  The move leads to questions from Becky to Daniel – has he ever been faithful to any of his partners?  No, he hasn’t.  He swears that he has changed but of course, he only cheated on Becky herself with Zara a week ago but neglects to mention that!

With Daniel apparently having moved on, Emma persuades Zara to join a dating agency.  When Zara receives a ‘dick pic’ from the guy she is talking to, she ends up diagnosing him with HPV!

Karen, Rob and Sid are excited that Immie is moving back to Letherbridge for work.  Immie persuades Becky to let her begin an art project at The Mill, which she eagerly includes Valerie in, in order to help her grief for Geoffrey.  Imogen excitedly prepares for her gallery opening but her mother frustrates her by breaking one of her cameras and has to replace it.  However, that pales into insignificance when Sid finds a lump in Immie’s breast.

Sid performs a vasectomy on a guy who is desperate not to have any children after discovering that his father has Huntington’s, aware that he too could have the gene.  Al and Valerie become embroiled in two older patients who have been stealing.  Jimmi has the upsetting task of testing the rules of confidentiality when his counselling patient reveals a murder to him.   Emma supports a young woman who has become the face of a transplant charity who has become the victim of Munchausen’s by Proxy, as her friend cannot seem to cope with her friend’s amazing recovery and keeps insisting that she has become ill again and won’t survive.  Valerie finds herself in receipt of some unwanted attention.

Eastenders

Martin is faced with a tough choice between Stacey and the kids who are on the run or Bex, who has just attempted suicide.  He decides that in the circumstances, he cannot leave his daughter and decides to stay in the Square, even if that means facing up to Ben.  He demands that Stacey and the kids be allowed home but when Lola is abducted by the men Ben owes money to, Ben agrees to Martin’s demands on the premise that he help him get Lola back.  Martin does what Ben says but when Ben remains in trouble with the brothers, he backtracks on his promise, further demanding that Martin find him the expensive car that he owes the men who are after him.  Otherwise, he will hand in the weapon Stacey used to knock Phil out to the police.

Tactlessly, Ben sends Martin a wreath that says ‘Fowler’ – to the house of where Bex has just attempted suicide.  Sonia is distraught, knowing nothing of Martin’s plight.  Martin successfully steals the correct car and Ben is off the hook.  He hands over the wrench which Martin promptly ditches.  Unfortunately, what he doesn’t realise is that his robbery has been filmed and Ben has him right where he wants him – Stacey cannot return home and he now has to work for Ben.  This prompts a violent outburst from Martin.  You know, Ben really does get beaten up a lot.

Rainie attempts to make a new start by getting a job in the café but Ian soon drives her to drink.  When she finds a note from Stuart telling her that he is proud of her, she tips the vodka away but it’s too late – Kathy catches her with the empty bottle and quickly snatches baby Abi away from her.  When Max finds Rainie not looking after Abi properly in the park, he also removes the child from her care, prompting Kathy to tell him everything about the drugs and the alcohol.  Kathy goes even further by gathering up confiscated cocaine from the Albert and giving it to Rainie in a bid to make her prove herself.  Rainie does prove herself by giving the drugs back and tipping them away in front of Kathy but Stuart is absolutely livid and borderline violent with Kathy for what she has done.  And what neither of them know is that Rainie has kept some of the cocaine.

Karen is touched when Bailey refers to her as Mum No. Two and asks her to become her legal guardian.  Unfortunately, Bailey then overhears her discussing with Mitch that she didn’t stop her mother’s suicide and their relationship is promptly damaged.  When Bailey goes missing, Chantelle is furious with Gray as he informs frantic Keegan about Karen not preventing Bailey’s mother’s suicide.  An argument ensues and Gray nearly attacks his pregnant wife before punching the kitchen counter and storming out of the house.  Bailey returns home unharmed.

Mariam’s family rally round as they learn about her mugging during the Eid preparations.  But during preparations for a family meal, Honey still cannot bear to confront the truth about Adam’s affair with Habiba.  Mariam takes the opportunity to clear the air with Iqra and ensure that she knows she has no problem with her being gay – her reaction was just about the mugging.  It’s a lovely moment.  In less good news, Mariam and her husband discuss returning to Pakistan, which would be awful as they are amazing characters and I would like them to stay.  Iqra has yet more news for Arshad, informing him of Adam’s affair with Habiba and the fact that he is a serial cheater.

Emmerdale

Amy’s party line is that Kerry slipped and fell.  Vanessa is fired up with the truth about Frank, desperate now to prove his innocence while Tracey is torn up with guilt over Kerry’s accident.  Amy visits them, full of remorse over Frank and anger over Kerry’s accident.  She threatens Tracey with the police if they dare call the police on them.  Vanessa and Charity are completely on Tracey’s side.  Just as Kerry looks like she’ll be okay, she goes into cardiac arrest, although she does pull through.  Amy is cruel to guilty Tracey when comes to the hospital to see how Kerry is.  Desperate, Tracey wants to turn herself in, prompting Charity to lock her in a cupboard until she calms down and sees sense.  Unfortunately, that just brings flashbacks to the fire and prompts a panic attack.

Amy tells now conscious Kerry that she has told Tracey that they are even now.  However, just then, Tracey arrives to inform them that she is going to the police to tell them everything.  While Amy is aggressive about the decision, Kerry just feels guilty and insists that she will tell the police she tripped and fell.  When Tracey speaks to Amelia, she feels too guilty to go to the police and take her only mother figure away.

Angry about this turn of events, Vanessa bursts into the hospital to confront Kerry herself.  She is so aggressive that she ends up pushing a nurse and is arrested.  At the police station, she rants and raves over what has happened.  She is kept in a cell overnight and retrieved by Tracey and Charity in the morning.  Out of hospital, Kerry and Amy visit their friends and they all conclude that the police will not be contacted.  The sisters make it clear that Kerry and Amy are dead to them and throw them out of the house.  Vanessa doesn’t want to leave the house, worried about running into them.  Tracey accepts a date with Pete.

Kerry is staying with Amy and Victoria.  She has Dan’s support but he suspects that there is more to the story than he is being told.  Tracey turns to Pete for support and hits on him but he gently turns her down.  Vanessa and Charity think he was trying to do the right thing.  Charity takes Vanessa on holiday.

Things are tense between Nate, Pete and Moira.  Privately, Pete warns Moira that Nate is unpredictable and things will become very dangerous if Cain were to find out about the affair, especially if it was still going on.  He decides to move out, distancing himself from what Moira and Nate have done.  He gives Moira one more chance – if she ends the affair, he will stay.  Refusing him, he confirms that he is leaving.  In the end, Moira does end things with Nate who cannot let things go.  Pete hassles Nate to end things with Moira and he doesn’t tell him it’s already done.  Nate begs Moira for another chance, telling her that he loves her.  She guiltily rejects him and attempts to send him away.  But then gives in and sleeps with him again.

Ryan argues with Kim and Graham about disabled access to their new building.  Although it reaches minimum requirements, the minimum isn’t good enough and will exclude lots of people.  With a few changes, the building will be completely accessible to so many more people.  He then complains to Nicola about it, prompting Kim to pay him off with £2000.  He rejects it.  Kim goes ahead with a press day ahead of the opening of their adventure park but when Ryan objects to the lack of accessibility, Al steps in, promoting Ryan to a consultant and inviting him to advise them on accessibility to make the park as disabled friendly as possible.  The press are really impressed with the company’s accessibility ethos and Ryan’s role.

Rhona and Graham attempt a coffee date and continue to play chess online.  However, still way too attached to Kim, Graham ditches a lunch date with Rhona to attend a business meeting with Kim, Al and Jai.

Harriet misses Pearl, who is now living with Rhona.  When Will redecorates Pearl’s room without Harriet’s permission, Harriet is horrified.

In a bid to win the competition, Liam and Bernice decide to go for a Pride and Prejudice theme for their wedding.  They then accidentally ruin Sam and Lydia’s bid for the competition and win their place.  Feeling guilty about Sam and Lydia never being able to afford the wedding of their dreams, Liam and Bernice hand over their place in the competition to them.

Mandy impersonates Lydia when a solicitor turns up to inform her that she has been donated a large sum of money.  She nearly gets caught by Sam and Lydia herself as she struggles to find some kind of ID.

Rodney and Eric steal some brownies from Doug, believing he has put pot in them.  High, they get caught by Nicola.  Robert tries to make the most of his time with his family before he goes to jail.

Hollyoaks

Marnie struggles to accept James’s assertion that he truly wanted to die.  She, Juliet and Romeo stage an intervention.  James rejects them but then pretends to accept their love.  Romeo catches him hiring a prostitute again and James is cruel to him about Lily before almost beating him up.  The next day, James pleads forgiveness but Romeo doesn’t want to know.  He moves out, lying to Marnie and Juliet over how he got a black out.

Mercedes is less than impressed with Sylver’s birthday present – an old caravan.  However, when Sylver reminisces about their old family caravan holidays and how special the time they spent together then was to him, she comes round to the idea.

Nana refuses to give Maxine a job and instead gives her a piece of her mind.  Only Cleo is kind to her and seeks Walter’s compassion to get her a job at the shop, which he agrees to.  Martine is upset that her father is so forgiving of others but not his own daughter.  Unfortunately, strapped for cash and with Minnie needing a new coat, Maxine messes up her second chance and steals from the cash register.  And gets caught.  And fired.

Cleo and Mitchell are excited to be moving in together.  Walter objects to their plans, making Mitchell back out.  Scott suspects that Mitchell has changed his mind because of their kiss but Mitchell is adamant that it was a mistake.  This only pushes Mitchell into defying his grandfather and moving in with Cleo immediately.  When Mitchell dismisses what happened between them, upset Scott writes Cleo a note telling her that her boyfriend is a liar.  Between them, Mitchell and Scott cover up the truth but it’s not long before the boys give into their feelings and end up sleeping together – just as Walter leaves Mitchell a voice mail – while having a stroke.  When he discovers what has happened, Mitchell is overwhelmed with guilt at having been with Scott while his grandfather was having a stroke.  He takes his guilt out on poor Scott, telling him he is disgusting and burning his wig.  Distraught, Scott decides to abandon Anita but is talked round by Diane and Cleo and performs his gig at Mercedes birthday party.  Mitchell gets jealous when he sees Scott being chatted up by another guy and it’s clear he cannot let him go after all as they end up  in bed together again.  Martine is concerned about Walter’s sickle cell, aware that there is a lost member of their family who could be a potential donor.

Having lost her job at Price Slice, Maxine is more strapped for cash than ever and turns to kind Liberty for £20.  But Liberty is hurt when she learns that Maxine has lied yet again about losing her bank card and actually need the money because she was fired from her job for stealing.  Maxine is offered a lifeline when her sister phones inviting her to visit in America.  She persuades her to pay for the ticket on the promise that she will pay her back.

Nancy and Mandy get Darren and Luke together to force Ollie and Brooke to take responsibility for the baby, offering their complete support.  Brooke cannot cope.  After a talk with Tom, Brooke decides to keep the baby.  When they go for their twelve week scan, Ollie is delighted to see their baby on the screen but Brooke is more confused than ever over how she is supposed to feel and all the questions fired at her by the midwife.  Carried away with his love for Brooke and the baby, Ollie asks Imran to help him stage a romantic proposal.  She is horrified and refuses, telling him she wants to put the baby up for adoption.  Ollie is devastated but eventually decides that as hard as it will be to say goodbye to their child, he cannot live without Brooke.

Breda takes pity on Tony, rewarding him for being well behaved by giving him some of Tony’s belongings.  However, she catches him with Harry’s phone and snatches it away, only to be accosted by Goldie with a bag of Harry’s things in the Dog car park and accidentally drops with phone without realising.  Joel later picks the phone up and listens to the recording he made of Mercedes threatening to kill him over the hit and run.

Home and Away

Robbo and Jasmine remain in danger as he tries to find the truth.  He meets up with the men who are hunting him down, insisting that Dylan Carter cannot be found, as they continue to threaten him and Jasmine.  He begs them give him all the information they have in order to help him track Dylan down.

Later, a man is dumped unconscious by the side of the road.  Jasmine ignores Lance and joins new Doctor Alex Neilson in treating the man at the hospital.  He dies on the table.  Robbo arrives – the man is connected to the investigation.  Alex quizzes Jasmine about her connection to the police and Robbo.  Robbo finds information on the body – a recording with proof that Dylan Carter is alive and has been seen.  Jasmine is horrified when Robbo explains that despite a man being murdered, they actually have hope now they know Dylan is alive and they are actually in a better position.  They discover that the dead man was a low level criminal whose charges were always dropped by the same dodgy cop – Dylan Carter.  Aware that Dylan murdered his family, Jasmine is worried about exactly what Robbo will do when he finds him.

At work, Alex is concerned about Jasmine’s situation putting the staff and patients (including Jasmine) in danger but Willow manages to sweet talk Alex into giving Jasmine a chance.  On the promise of a free PT session, Alex seeks Willow out, admitting that she has never worked out in a gym before but would like a friend.  Let the flirting begin!

Raffy’s loved ones continue to try and find a solution to control her epilepsy, frustrating her that all their loves have become about her condition.  Feeling a sense of freedom, Raffy goes swimming.  Unfortunately, she runs into trouble in the sea and it’s up to Mason and Justin to save her.  She is rushed into hospital where she is treated by Alex.  Given the all clear, Alex carefully tells Raffy’s family that they are mollycoddling her and she needs space to make her own decisions.  She tells Raffy that she has epilepsy too and it’s perfectly possible to live a normal life.  Inspired, Raffy decides to take control of her own future.

Ben continues to live at the caravan park, rejecting friendship from both Alf and Dean.  Ziggy insists on supporting her father but he cannot find a way to open up.  Ziggy then returns home to find her mother in tears.  The pier complex is officially under contact.  Ben makes a new friend – Dean’s mother, Karen.

Colby makes peace with Ryder after the party, with Bella having explained what really happened.  He asks for Ryder’s help in persuading Bella to return to school.  But when Ryder tries to speak to her, she panics and demands that he leaves.  Worried, Ryder asks for help and eventually Roo, Colby and Willow persuade Bella to open up to Ryder.  She does and Ryder proves himself to be an amazing friend.  Bella agrees to return to school.

Tommy decides to sue Irene for pain and suffering.  Consequently, Irene decides to sign over her half of the Diner to Leah so that should Tommy be successful, he can’t take the Diner away from her and destroy the business.  Leah, who has been rallying support for Irene all this time, including encouraging other abused women to share their stories, feels like agreeing to Irene’s request would be a betrayal.  Justin suggests that it’s a good idea and she could just sign the Diner back over to her once everything is sorted out.  Leah refuses, leaving desperate Irene with no choice but to beg Bella to testify for her in court.  She is shaken by the idea but agrees.  She needs to help Irene like Irene helped her.

Mackenzie encourages Dean to set up his own business as a surfing instructor.  He offers Ben a job.

Neighbours

While the Brennan family are busy fretting about their mother, she suddenly bursts through the door!  She is frustrated at the ‘fuss’ her family make about her forgetting to tell anyone that she was coming.  David assesses her and her Huntington’s symptoms have most definitely got worse, meaning she now needs proper care, which is more than Tyler and Piper can provide.  Chloe struggles to see her mother suffer, as well as be confronted by her future.  She attempts to push Pierce away, worried that he won’t cope with her illness but he pledges his commitment to her.  The siblings decide to take their mother back home with Mark having in mind Pierce’s advice that it wouldn’t be fair for Chloe to give up her life to look after her mother when she will then have to go through her own illness afterwards.

Without dates to the dance, Harlow, Yashvi and Mackenzie decide to go together instead.  Mackenzie then accidentally goes back on her word when Hendrix wants to go to the dance with her – against Harlow’s advice.  On his first day, when Hendrix tries to make fun of Harlow over periods, she firmly puts him in his place, prompting the teacher to put him in a class for the youngest kids to learn about periods – and write an essay on the subject!

Shane and Dipi, meanwhile, are worried about how Yashvi’s heartbreak will affect her concentration on her exams.  However, Shane’s biggest concern is has found Mackenzie’s father and he is on his way to see his daughter.  With Dipi’s support, Mackenzie goes to meet her father, Grant, who immediately addresses her by her previous name, Michael.  Father and daughter meet and he just cannot accept Mackenzie’ gender identity.  She leaves and it’s her friends, Harlow and Yashvi who turn up to support her.  Shane confronts Grant about his attitude, challenging him about his beliefs.  Grant apologises to Mackenzie and reluctantly agrees to attend the dance.  The dance does not go well when Mackenzie does not pay Hendrix enough attention, he goes off with another girl.  But worse than that, Grant lets her down and doesn’t show up.  Yashvi very kindly gives her own Dad to Mackenzie for the father/daughter dance and dances with her mother instead.  Hendrix meanwhile, wins Best Dressed, gets drunk and calls out his Dad in front of everyone and also gets into trouble for booking out a room at the hotel and charging up hundreds of dollars’ worth of room service.  He also kisses Harlow without her consent.

Having finally had enough of Scarlett’s crush on Kyle, Amy decides to confront her and tell her to back off, which she agrees to, eager for Amy to get rid of the photo Amy found.  She also uses the situation to get them out of the house for the night so she can spend the evening with Ned, as of course, it’s not Kyle she’s after, it’s Ned.  She stages abusive messages from her ex and fabricates an abusive relationship to garner his sympathy, claiming that he is on his way to see her.  They contact the police who cannot help other than arranging for a patrol car to check on her every now and again.  When she fears being alone for the night, Ned falls into her trap and offers to stay the night.

But Bea and Finn are already onto her, trawling through her social media to try and find out what she is up to.  She reveals her concerns to Yashvi, pushing her to get back with Ned sooner rather than later.  With Ned having fallen asleep on the couch, Scarlett picks up a text from Yashvi to say she is coming over and slips onto the sofa with him, pretending she is also asleep, breaking Yashvi’s heart.  When Ned visits Yashvi the next day, he cannot understand her accusations and is distraught when she breaks up with him for good.

Toadie arrives back home from America with the kids and is immediately bombarding by Shaun and Finn with Shaun’s idea for a Buddy Programme as part of the Sonya Rebecchi Programme.  Toadie is keen on the idea but unfortunately, Finn cannot be part of anything connected with children because of his conviction.

Paul and Terese arrive home from their honeymoon early and are horrified by the state of the house.  Roxy and Harlow make things right with help from Amy and Kyle but Terese is sad to learn of Ned and Yashvi’s breakup.  She is immediately suspicious of Scarlett.

Paul and Terese are called to the hotel in an emergency.  A maintenance man has found a camera in one of the rooms, possibly dating back three years when Amy’s ex-boss used cameras to spy on her, something that Paul is alarmed to learn the whole truth about.  Terese covered it up to protect both the hotel and Amy.  They cancel all work at the hotel, including Amy and get a security firm in to search the whole building for any more cameras.  Amy gets wind of what is going on and confronts her father and Terese who admit what is happening and she and Kyle are alarmed to realise that they were the last people to stay in the room with the camera.  Kyle then also finds out about the cameras from three years ago.  Refusing to listen to anyone, Kyle goes to the police.  Amy persuades him to back down and the camera is proved to be dead.  However, what they don’t know is that an unknown person does indeed have footage from the camera – of Amy and Kyle.

Soap Blog: 30th September – 6th October 2019

Coronation Street

Terrified of Gary, Ryan refuses to tell persistent Adam the truth about the assault, insisting that he was mugged.  But with rumours going around, Gary is quick to sweet talk his neighbours, including Maria, assuring them that he is not a bad man.

Paul attempts to confront Kel about the abuse he suffered.  However, Kel cleverly manipulates him into believing that it was all his fault.  Paul turns to alcohol and ends up attacking Kel, putting him in hospital and under the scrutiny of his oblivious family.

Jade tells Evelyn about the abusive partner that Fiz rescued her from by employing her as Hope’s teacher.  However, there is clearly more to this than meets the eyes, as Jade wedges herself into Fiz’s family and seems to pitting the kids against their mother.

Sophie starts college and Asha steals Dev’s credit card in order to buy skin lightening cream online.

Doctors

Tragedy strikes Letherbridge as Valerie’s cat, Geoffrey passes away.  While at first, not everyone understands the receptionist’s genuine grief, they do mostly get behind her in the end as she puts together a Heston-esque funeral for her dearly departed feline.  Ayesha and Jimmi are particularly gentle with her and even Al steps up to give a eulogy at the funeral.  Valerie attends counselling with Jimmi and unearths some painful memories of the loss of her parents.

Zara struggles to control her hatred of Becky as she cements herself as part of a new family unit with Daniel and Joe.  However, the cracks are beginning to appear as Daniel seems to feel rushed, resulting in an argument in the middle of an electronic store, as Becky tries to push Daniel into buying a new TV together.  When they are thrown together for a CCG meeting, Daniel and Zara’s inability to get along quickly gets them thrown out.  But ducking into a room of the hotel to continue their argument, soon turns to passion and then end up sleeping together!  However, Daniel quickly limps back to Becky.

Eve decides she wants to join a dating agency, although Al is worried about his mother’s vulnerability.  She turns down his offer of moving in with him, wanting them both to live their own lives.

Rob is injured at work, leading him to discover that his colleague has a phobia of hospitals and even abandoned his girlfriend when she developed MS because of it.  Later in the week, Rob stages a very clever victim support group with a local vicar in order to sniff out a burglar.  Ruhma supports a woman with tocophobia – while she is in labour!

Eastenders

Bex puts on a baby shower for Louise to distract herself from her own issues but Mel soon takes over and it’s only Lisa who picks up on Bex’s low mood.  But any conversation that might go anywhere and save the poor girl is quickly interrupted.  As Bex cannot face the prospect of going to Oxford or the idea of talking about how she’s feeling, the poor child instead decides that there is only one way out.  Nobody around her notices apart from Lisa who doesn’t really know her well enough to intervene, although she does try.  They throw her a big leaving party and tell her how proud they are of her.  However, she slips away from the party, writes a suicide note for her parents and takes an overdose, to be found by distraught Sonia in the morning.

Thankfully, Bex is still alive and is rushed to hospital immediately (the note knocked onto the floor to be found by Stuart later).  Sonia struggles to accept that her daughter has attempted suicide and desperately calls Martin to come home, which he does, hovering in the shadows, watching Ben with menace.

After too many people throw doubt at Ben about his future with Callum, most specifically Stuart who all but warns him away, he ruins the date first by inviting Lola and Jay and then by snogging another guy at the first opportunity.  Callum is heartbroken.  And for that matter, so is Ben.  As soon as he realises and with the support of Lola, Callum makes a proper play for Ben, wanting to make a go of things once and for all.  Their attempt at a date is interrupted by Callum’s homophobic father but his abuse is halted by Phil, who steps in and punches him to the applause of everyone everywhere!  Unfortunately, the vile man makes a complaint to the police, putting Sharon’s Portugal plans under threat as the police take away Phil’s passport.  But the good news is that Callum is no longer scared and Ben is no longer jaded and the pair finally become a couple.  In less good news for Ben, a dodgy deal comes back to haunt him and he finds himself under threat by two brothers, who I believe are related to Iqra’s girlfriend, Ash.

Denise ties herself up in knots after a worrying voicemail, convinced that Wanda has bumped Ted off, after what Sheree said about her previous husband.  However, Ted soon phones Patrick.  He is fine.  Jack feels unsupported by Denise as he returns to the police force, as she is too caught up with hating Sheree.

Jean and Daniel grow closer, as do Leo and Whitney.  One of these stories is much sweeter than the other!  Linda attempts to make friends with the other Mums from school.

Emmerdale

The police arrive with a warrant to search the farm for stolen car parts, which Cain is hiding in the barn.  When they get to the hiding place, the car parts have gone.  When the police have gone, Nate announces that he moved them, keen to get on Cain’s good side.  He then meets the police officer in his van – he was the one who tipped them off in the first place.  Obviously.  It doesn’t take long for Moira and Nate to get back together.  He also gets them a contract with a gourmet burger bar before they sneak off to spend the day together.  Unfortunately, Moira has lost her phone and on it, is an incriminating text message from Nate – which Pete gets hold of, working out the whole affair.  He phones Nate and warns them both to come home.  Pete confronts Moira about her affair when she gets home before he argues with Nate.

Will has happily moved in with Harriet and Dawn, now that Pearl has moved out, upset with the revelations from Moira.  Will is all set to move out but Harriet’s meeting with the Bishop goes surprisingly well.

Lydia all but forces David to buy the eggs that Sam has overproduced from the chickens he has overbought and now needs to try and sell.  She also volunteers to speak to Archie from the perspective of a grief counsellor, as he fails to engage on his first day at school.  However, it’s Arthur who makes the breakthrough with Archie when he manages to get him talking about video games!  Arthur also lets slips to Jai that Laurel is feeling neglected as he is spending all his time with Archie.  Jai arranges to spend the afternoon with Laurel, who is oblivious to the neglect.  It’s actually Arthur is who is feeling pushed out, especially when he is left out of a family Nerf Gun game.

Derek, Manpreet’s annoying patient and friend of Doug begins to feel unwell in the shop and David, who also suddenly begins to feel unwell, immediately suspects that it could be down to Rishi’s chocolates.  Ill at home, Leyla comes to see David who feels that he and Jacob are still distanced from each other.  When Derek collapses and dies, Manpreet and Rishi deliver the news that it was suspected salmonella, panicking David that he could be in serious danger.  The health inspector turns up at both the shop and the Sharma’s, which Manpreet has to confess she reported.  After a discussion, the Sharma family realise that the difference in the chocolate making was the eggs – Rishi used Sam’s eggs for the batch that potentially made David ill and killed Derek.  However, Lydia points out that the whole family have been eating the eggs and nobody has been unwell.  Charity pressures Sam to get rid of the problem by slaughtering the chickens but he cannot do it.

Things get worse for Rishi when the health inspector discovers that he never got a new food hygiene certificate – he was just using the one he had for the factory.  He has no choice but to report him to the local authority and if it transpires that he is responsible for Derek’s death, he will likely be prosecuted for manslaughter.  David lays into Rishi for ruining his business but he is comforted by Jacob’s support.  They even have a successful conversation about Maya, although Jacob plays down his feelings.

The news emerges that the salmonella can be traced back to some cheese.  Rishi is in the clear for Derek’s death but he is still facing prosecution for not having a licence.  Manpreet sells the stamp collection she stole from Derek’s corpse to Eric for £1500 and uses it to bribe the health inspector to turn a blind eye for Rishi.  Lydia rushes home to save the chickens!  I am relieved by her priorities!

Tracy struggles as she and Vanessa go through Frank’s belongs.  She rejects her father and refuses to keep anything.  Kerry offers her support to the family but torn up with guilt, refuses an offer for a newspaper interview to celebrate her charity auction to replace the charity money.  Eventually she accepts but Vanessa and Tracy are upset when the journalist wants to paint Frank as a pure villain.  Kerry is further caught out when the keyring that Frank gave Tracey as a child, falls out of Kerry’s bag.  Tracey got rid of it but wracked with guilt, Kerry saved it, feeling that Tracey would regret throwing it away one day.

Tracey later goes to find the keyring in Kerry’s room and in there, she finds unused, one way tickets for Kerry, Amy and Kyle.  Immediately, she puts all the pieces together, including the way Kerry has been behaving.  She confronts Kerry, who breaks down and confesses everything about the fire.  Tracey then angrily confronts Amy too, although Kerry insists that she had nothing to do with it.  Breaking, Amy confesses her part in the fire.  When they refuse to let her leave or call the police, Tracey rushes out the back door.  Kerry gives chase, prompting Tracey to push her away into a pile of bricks, knocking her unconscious.

Charity and Vanessa arrive just as Kerry is ambulanced to hospital.  She explains to them that Kerry started the fire and what happened to Kerry.  She admits that she shoved her.  Vanessa struggles to believe that Kerry could have started the fire but eventually she and Charity understand the depth of the situation Tracey is in.  They go with Tracey to the hospital where Amy is waiting for news on Kerry.

Victoria runs into the café worker again and accepts the offer of going for coffee.  Leyla is annoyed when Andrea pitches Sam and Lydia against Bernice and Liam in their couples competition for a magazine.  The judge ends up progressing both couples to the final.  Rhona and Graham kiss.

Hollyoaks

Breda panics when Tony almost escapes his cell.  But upon learning about his daughter, Grace who died when she was just a baby, Breda feels compassionate and offers to take him to Harry’s finally resting place, warning him that if he tries to escape, she will kill Diane.

Meanwhile, Goldie and Sylver are growing more concerned about their mother, fuelled even further by Joel’s revelation that when she found out about his and Goldie’s relationship, she knocked him out with a Bible.  Goldie decides to go to the pig farm, knowing that it’s a place her mother always used to go to when she was stressed.  While there is evidence of activity, captivity, in fact, Tony and Breda have already gone to the place that Harry has been buried in the woods.  Tony breaks down at Harry’s unmarked grave.  When Breda isn’t looking, Tony uncovers some of the earth.

Goldie rushes back to the pub to tell her family everything she saw at the pig farm, desperately worried about her mother.  When Breda gets home, Goldie confronts her but she easily lies and says that she has been sleeping at the pig farm when she becomes overwhelmed at home.  In a bid to look after her mother, Goldie decides to put the pig farm up for sale.  Ignoring her family’s concerns, Breda refuses to sell the farm.  While she begins to unravel in front of Tony, Goldie takes the dog for a walk in the woods and discovers poor Harry’s body!

Everyone is shocked to hear the news, none more so than heartbroken James.  His response is to turn to drink and prostitutes.  When he sobers up, he finally admits to his heartbreak, only to find himself arrested on suspicion of the murder of Harry Thompson!  Let out on bail, he ends up in a furious row with Breda who accuses him of being just like Mac.  She is the one who tipped off the police in the first place.  Broken over his guilt for his treatment of Harry and now the loss of him, James stands on the bridge, ready to jump.  Marnie and Romeo find him just in time.

Jack and Sylver become rightfully convinced that Tony didn’t run away and he was also a victim of a serial killer.  Breda decides to take drastic action and tells Tony he has to die.  He pleads for his life and she agrees to let him live in exchange for a phone call to Diane confirming that he is alive and has just abandoned her.

Sylver, meanwhile, has other problems.  He is feeling rejected as Mercedes hasn’t slept with him in weeks.  Nanna gives her a good talking too where she opens up about her guilt – she cannot find comfort in the husband she has betrayed so badly.  As she prepares to finally tell her husband the truth, Sylver interrupts and suggest they try for a baby.  After some initial reluctance, Mercedes agrees.

Cindy stops Luke from turning to the bottle and the pair decide to go into business together.  Privately, Cindy admits to Mandy her true feelings for Luke.  Mandy tries to talk Cindy out of her feelings who goes on an awful date – at the same time as Luke does.  They both ditch their dates and run off together.  They pitch a street food business for investment to Tom who agrees to invest and Grace sells them the space, only to later reveal that she has double crossed them.  The space cannot be built on due to endangered birds and Roman baths!

Things become a little tense after Jesse’s suggestion of adoption when Liam pushes the couple to hurry up and get married.  Courtney is keen but Jesse is hesitant, not because he doesn’t love her but because he feels that Donavan marriages are doomed.  After a pep talk from Liam, Jesse proposes to Courtney again.

Nancy and Mandy discover that Brooke has missed her twelve week scan.  Ollie (and Imran) abandon the school trip to a theme park when they realise that Brooke can’t go on any of the rides. 

Home and Away

Ryder persuades Roo and Alf to let him have a party to celebrate the end of his exams.  Ryder and his friends sneak in alcohol to the party, strictly against Alf’s instructions.

Irene reluctantly tells Bella that the police think her best chance would be for Bella to give evidence in court.  With so much to think about and Colby distracted by Mackenzie, Bella decides to go to Ryder’s party after all.  Against Ryder’s request, Bella’ drinks alcohol, as does everyone else, which really stresses Ryder out.  When he finds Bella worse for wear, Ryder brings her back to the house.  He sneaks Bella up to his room to sober up, panicking about getting caught with her in his room.  He sends a text from Bella’s phone to Colby to say that a group of friends are staying at Ryder’s, leaving him free to spend the night with Mackenzie, only for Dean to walk in on them again the next morning!  Ryder meanwhile, spends the night keeping watch over Bella.

The next morning, Bella is hungover and throwing up.  Colby comes round and he and Alf burst in just as Bella is changing into one of Ryder’s t-shirts.  Colby is furious although Bella and Ryder desperately try to explain what really happened.  In light of the events at the party, Colby tells Irene that Bella cannot testify on her behalf.  Irene is devastated but understanding, especially when her lawyer tells her that Bella’s testimony is likely to be the difference between a custodial or non-custodial sentence.

Raffy feels left out when she discovers that she wasn’t invited to Ryder’s party and her mood plummets further when she gets the results of her HSC trials.  She decides that her only option left is to leave school but her loved ones endeavour to find her a new CBD oil trial, no matter what.

Ben’s friends and family are busy searching for him when he turns up of his own accord.  When Alf invites Ben out for a drink, he realises that Maggie has been talking about his mental health.  Livid, he lays into Maggie for talking about his private life with his friends.  Ben soon apologises and promises to find something productive to do with his day.  He struggles during a jolly lunch with Maggie, Justin, Leah and Roo.  Still trying to make things work, Ben makes a new surfboard for Ziggy but upon deciding it’s not good enough, he smashes it up, frightening her.  Maggie gives her husband an ultimatum – get help or leave.  So he leaves.

Tensions remain fraught between Jasmine and Robbo as they remain confined together, Robbo trying to find answers and Jasmine desperate to support him.  During an argument, Robbo challenges her to leave him but panics when she actually does, running away on her own and prompting a desperate search to find her before she falls into danger.

Neighbours

While Mackenzie cannot forgive Shane and Yashvi is also furious with her father, Dipi does what she can to support Mackenzie and explain that the person Shane was back then is not the man he is now.  And regardless of how she feels about him, she has the support of the whole family and community.

Scarlett sabotages Bea’s amp, electrocuting her before her gig.  Ned rushes to her aid, standing up Yashvi in the process as Bea is rushed to hospital, Finn and her loved ones worried about her welfare.  Of course, Scarlett retells the story as if nothing really happens and Ned rushed to Bea’s aid for no reason.  Armed with the wrong information, Yashvi starts a huge argument with Ned about him standing her up.  Once she realises what really happened, Yashvi is full of apologies but for Ned, it is too late.  Scarlett is delighted.  Yashvi turns to Bea of all people for support while Ned talks to Scarlett, regretting his decision.

Bea cannot work out how the leads were damaged when she is so careful with checking them.  Elly rushes back to see her, their argument forgotten.  Susan wonders if an expert should take a look at the equipment.  However, when she goes to find the lead, it is missing.  Things get worse for Bea when she is told that she now has a heart arythmia, which could potentially be permanent.  Scarlett feels secretly guilty, having not meant things to have been so serious.  However, her behaviour is starting to ring alarm bells for both Bea and Amy, although Amy gets the wrong end of the stick and thinks that Scarlett has feelings for Kyle.

David discovers custody papers amongst Shaun’s things and against Aaron’s advice tells Elly’s what he has found out immediately.  Shaun apologises, explaining that it’s not what he wants but his mother has been pushing him, worried about his rights when the baby is born.  David remains suspicious of Shaun but he rips up the papers and tells Elly that he hopes to move back to Australia to support Elly and be part of the baby’s life.  David eventually apologises to Shaun for his interfering.

Mark is embarrassed by Roxy’s behaviour on a date at the Waterhole, as she gets drunk, climbs on tables and makes him down drinks.  She agrees to tone things down but Mark is still not happy with her when for Pierce and Chloe’s wine tasting event at the tram, Roxy changes into the most polite young woman ever.  She expresses interest in the wine and engages Chloe and Pierce in conversation about the business.  Mark drinks too much and gets into more and more of a foul mood, genuinely upsetting Roxy who has really tried to be what he wants her to be.  Still she continues to try before he loses his drunken temper and is really rude to her in front of everybody, basically telling her that she’ll never be good enough for him and he is just using her for sex.  Returning home, Roxy breaks down on Harlow who advises her to break up with Mark – she deserves better.  Chloe berates her brother for his behaviour, prompting him to visit Roxy the next day with flowers and apologies.  She forgives him until Sheila and Harlow give her a self-esteem talk.  Roxy gives Mark one chance to prove how he actually feels about her and when he fails, she dumps him.  Hooray!  Sheila, Roxy and Harlow have a girlie afternoon together.

Also at the wine tasting, Sheila is upset to see Clive on a date with his new girlfriend, Doctor Beverly Robinson, the woman who helped Andrea.  When Beverly accidentally bumps into Sheila and spills wine of her, Sheila reacts badly and throws wine all over Beverly!  Yes, that will help you get Clive back.  Well done.  Gary is furious.

Pierce seeks Susan’s help as he struggles with Hendrix but when he sits an exam for her, she has bad news – his scores are too low for a private school.  She recommends that he repeat year eleven at Erinsborough High with a tutor.  Hendrix is not happy.

Karl visits his daughter in London with Susan to join him later.  On the way the airport, they share a very sweet nod to the Kennedys’ 25th anniversary of being on the show.