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 80^th 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 1^st 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.