Coronation Street

Sinead surprises Daniel with a wedding and it’s a beautiful moment as their family and friends celebrate their love for each other.  But joy turns to grief as Beth finds a lump while she is doing Sinead’s hair and the newly-weds have to face up to the fact that they may be facing cancer all over again.  Sinead’s speech, telling Daniel how much she loves him is genuinely moving and personally, I find them both exceptionally annoying.  Sorry, not sorry.  Sadly, the couple receive the news that Sinead’s cancer has returned and this time, it is terminal.

Kate is surprised to find herself the recipient of £1000, enabling her to go travelling.  Jenny takes the credit but Kate later discovers the money was from Gary, guilty ridden over Rana’s death, although Kate doesn’t understand why.

Ali is moody with Maria and later, Ryan discovers him having a seizure, although he refuses to go to the hospital.  It turns out that in the most subtle storyline ever as even someone who avidly watches soaps and reports on them, didn’t even notice that he has been addicted to prescription drugs for a year!  Well, he is one of the most uninteresting soap characters ever written so…  He decides to go cold turkey to combat his addiction and seeks Ryan and Robert’s help to do so, keeping it a secret from his mother and girlfriend.

Chesney and Gemma discover Bernie’s pregnancy test scam and Bernie gets caught shop lifting in the process.  However, the security guard who catches her turns out to be a man called Kel, Bernie’s ex-partner.  Bernie and Gemma are thrilled to have him back in their lives but Paul is horrified and it is clear there is a history of trauma and damage between them.

Kevin is upset when he discovers that Abi was never interested in him but was uploading his ‘rants’ to the internet.

Doctors

Daniel is furious with Zara for her treatment of Becky but the outcome is that Zara pretends she doesn’t care, giving the couple the green light to pursue their relationship.  Unfortunately, she cares a lot and is upset to see them getting back together.  Karen soon gets wind of the new relationship, which means the news quickly spreads.

Theresa and Phil, the couple with the premature baby receive the devastating news that there is nothing more to be done for their son and he won’t survive.  When they turn off the ventilator, the baby squeezes Phil’s thumb as he is dying.  The hospital try to explain that it’s a common reflex but the parents are convinced that it is their son clinging to life and demand that he be put back on life support.

Karen suspects that one of Sid’s patient’s is a criminal and for once, she is right!  When Ayesha has her phone stolen, she ends up helping a very vulnerable mother and son.  Emma helps a man who has accidentally overdosed on Viagra!  Rob works hard to get to the bottom of a woman claiming to have burnt her house down and demanding to be arrested.  Really, she is trying to escape the emotional, mental abuse of her husband.  Valerie supports her neighbour who returns to donate a kidney to his sister, only to find that she is sleeping with his girlfriend!  Emma begins to have sex dreams about Rob!

Eastenders

Phil welcomes Callum into the Mitchell family as they and the rest of the family gather by Ben’s hospital bed while he recovers from his injuries.  Keanu and Louise are welcomed back into the fold while Lisa does all she can to support Mel over the loss of her son.

Chantelle gets to the second stage of the hairdressing competition, making her family really proud of her.  Gray, however, is less pleased and does his best to ruin it for her.  When the next round is to style the hair of a drag queen, Mitch and Karen submit themselves for practice!

Bianca desperately tries to keep Whitney and Tiffany away from Leo, who turns out to be none other than the son of Tony King – the man who abused Whitney all those years ago.  And it doesn’t seem like he is a good guy either as he is demanding the money back that was paid to the family for what he did.  Bianca is also harbouring a secret of her own – the reason she didn’t come back to support Tiffany when she really needed her was because she was in prison.  Phil secretly rewards Sonia and her family for saving Ben.

Jean’s operation is successful and Kat and Daniel do everything they can to support her.  Kat even manages to get Stacey to phone Jean, knowing that hearing her voice is all she wants.  Kat is then able to warn Stacey that while Phil is no longer a threat, Ben is on the warparth.

Bobby is distraught to discover that on the night that he killed Lucy, Ian was paying Rainie for sex.

Emmerdale

After falsely accusing Dawn of causing the factory fire, Tracey begins to wonder if she was wrong about her Dad after all.  The more she thinks about her father and the way he wasn’t there for her through her life, the angrier she gets with him and rejects her campaign to clear his name.  Their different childhoods put a further strain on Tracey and Vanessa’s relationship.  Charity meanwhile, struggles to juggle the kids having chicken pox, meaning she has to keep them away from Chas and Sarah and still operate the pub from the village hall.  She then comes down with chicken pox as well!

Unhappy with taking the after school club job, Jessie complains to Al who recommends a teaching job in Dubai.  While she keeps the interview a secret from Marlon, Al deliberately ‘accidentally’ tells him about it.  Jessie lies to Marlon when he finds her at home, mid-interview and they argue about her future plans.  Billy becomes very worried that his mother is letting Al get into her head but when she actually gets the job, Jessie chooses Marlon instead.  Meanwhile, Al gets a place on the football team, annoying Marlon (who is also on the team) even more.

At the match, Al is awful to Marlon, taking the ball from him constantly in order to steal all the glory, resulting in Marlon accidentally elbowing Al in the face – which Al accuses him of doing on purpose.  Later, newly returned Mandy walks in on Al and Jessie together just as Marlon decides to make things right again between him and his wife.  Mandy breaks the news to heartbroken Marlon, thereby ending his and Jessie’s marriage.

Pete unwittingly scuppers Moira’s dirty day at home with Nate by getting all the jobs done at the farm so that Moira is free to go to the football match to cheer Matty on.  They find time to sneak off together anyway and even end up at it back at the house, nearly getting caught several times.

Rishi decides to make his own chocolate at home, determined to start his business up again.

Doug feels under pressure as Eric wants to find the ‘druggies’ smoking weed in the village.  However, Eric quickly realises that Doug is the culprit and manages to catch him in the act.  Eric decides that he wants in on the ‘pain relief’ and includes Rodney too!

Hollyoaks

Mercedes finally cracks and confesses everything to Nana who is nothing bus supportive.  They also discover that she is pregnant.  Sylver, meanwhile has worked out from overhearing Liam and Lisa talking that it was Liam who ran Grace over and violently confronts him.  Liam breaks down and tries to explain, not dropping Mercedes in it.  He begs him not to tell Grace the truth as it would break her heart and destroy their family.

Brooke has finally told someone about her pregnancy – the wrong person – Juliet.  She quickly succeeds in lying to both Brooke and Ollie and breaks them up, telling Brooke that Ollie doesn’t want her or the baby and telling Ollie that Brooke no longer wants to be with him.  Feeling absolutely broken, Brooke goes alone to have a termination, only to bump into Mercedes and in one of the sweetest scenes ever, Mercedes does everything she can to look after the frightened teenager.  She offers her so much kindness and support and while she does go through with her termination, she encourages Brooke to go home to Nancy and tell her about the baby and get the support she needs.  From there, thankfully, the whole truth comes out and Juliet’s meddling is unearthed.  While Marnie publically stands up for her ‘granddaughter’, at home she berates her for her behaviour.  However, she is compassionate for how lost and alone she has felt her whole life.  Meanwhile, Brooke finally has all the support she needs from her family and from Ollie.

Finn returns to the village, making things very awkward for Diane.  When he goes to the shop, he finds himself confronted by Nana, Sally, Kyle and Walter.  Sally tells Finn (who is in tears and full of apologies) exactly what she thinks.  Sinead is also horrified to discover her rapist brother has returned to the village, considering her own ordeal with Laurie.  She moves in with Sami to get away from him and the move brings the couple closer together.  When they have to fake an engagement for his relatives, they decide to get engaged for real.  Unfortunately, Diane is the last to know about it.

Meanwhile, Ste is welcomed into Stuart and Jonny’s far right plan.

Home and Away

Robbo is more determined than ever to keep Jasmine safe and find the gang out to bring him down and ends up snapping at poor Bella when she accidentally touches one of his files.  Meanwhile, Justin is going out of his mind worrying about Tori, who is still in the safe house.

Irene’s family are worried about Irene’s mental health in the wake of what happened with Tommy.  Irene isn’t even buoyed by the news that Tommy’s charges have been upgraded, meaning he will go straight from hospital to jail.  Marilyn attempts to go and support Irene but she gets thrown out, along with Leah.  Alone, Irene is tempted to drink.  Leah returns to counsel Irene and persuades her to open up to concerned Marilyn.  With Leah’s support, Irene then plucks up the courage to go to the police and tell them about the sexual abuse she suffered as a teenager, which is what prompted her reaction to Tommy.  Colby is sad for Irene but certain that this will help her case.  With Leah’s help, Irene then puts out a heartbreakingly brave video online explaining the abuse she suffered and admitting what she did to Tommy and why.  Her friends, including Bella are overwhelmed and just want to love and support Irene no matter what.  Bella admits to Colby that she is struggling with what could have happened that day if Irene hadn’t been there.

Raffy is embarrassed when she misreads the situation with Ryder and attempts to kiss him, only to be turned down.  She decides she cannot work with him on their school project anymore, putting their grades in jeopardy.  Roo manages to get the pair working together but their friendship is over.

Neighbours

In my favourite cameo of all of them, Caroline forces Christina to explain the truth about the Ex-Wives Plot.  In actual fact, his daughter, Elle arranged for all his ex-wives to show up and challenge whether he was a changed man and ready to marry Terese or whether he was just going to make another woman unhappy.  She also roped Leo in to help her.

Back in Erinsborough, David is horrified to discover that Leo has been involved in the campaign against Paul.  Furious, he cannot even speak to his brother.  Overwhelmed by the mistakes he has made, Leo decides to leave town without saying goodbye, other than a note to David.  David is utterly distraught to have pushed his brother away.  And to be honest, it is a pretty rubbish exit for a really great character.

With the wedding in jeopardy, Ned flied out to Queensland to support Terese but gets stuck in Sydney unable to get a flight.  He gets talking to a tearful bride in her wedding dress, having been jilted on her wedding day.  Little does he know that the woman, Scarlett, manipulates him to keep him with her for as long as possible.  This one is going to be big trouble.

Paul and Terese finally reunite in Queensland and get married, officiated by Elvis and witnessed by Caroline and Christina.  Brilliant!

Gary decides to play the field and date both Gail and Rebecca but after telling some lies, ends up with only Gail interested in seeing him.  Well, he could to a lot worse!

Mackenzie is heartbroken when Yashvi accidentally gives away her secret, talking about it at school where they are overheard by school bully Ritchie.  Despite Mackenzie’s protestations, Yashvi confronts Ritchie but in doing so, firstly, Yashvi outs Mackenzie to the whole school and secondly, says one of the worst possibly things – saying that she ‘used to be a boy’.  The thing that Mackenzie is most wounded over is that her friend clearly doesn’t understand anything she has explained to her.

Fickle Chloe who was only in love with Elly the previous week (and in love with Pierce the week before) is in love with Pierce again now and agrees to start a relationship with him.  However, things quickly go south when Chloe answers an irate call from Ebony and she realises that Pierce is keeping secrets.  Chloe quickly comes face to face with Pierce’s secret when she meets his teenage son, Hendrix, recently expelled from boarding school.