Plot
Lucy tells Shelley everything about her relationship with Peter and their baby Simon. Norris and Emily work out that Vera's brownie cakes must have been the cause of their strange behaviour at the church fundraising meeting. Vera shows them the herb she used. Ciaran identifies it as cannabis. Vera phones the police. Shelley and Lucy discuss Peter's double life and Shelley realises to her horror that Lucy is telling the truth and that her own wedding to Peter was just a sham as he is already married. Tracy tells Roy that she's going for a scan tomorrow. Roy says he will go with her as he wants to be sure that she really is pregnant. Peter arrives back at the Rovers and is shocked to find both his "wives" in the back room discussing him. Lucy tells Peter that she never wants to see him again and that from now on he can pay for everything for Simon but he will never be allowed to see him. Shelley throws Peter out. Shelley feels completely devastated.
Cast
Regular cast
- Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
- Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
- Shelley Barlow - Sally Lindsay
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
- Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Roy Cropper - David Neilson
- Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Tracy Preston - Kate Ford
- Lucy Barlow - Katy Carmichael
- Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
- Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
- Nick Tilsley - Adam Rickitt
Guest cast
None
Places
- Coronation Street exterior
- Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room and hallway
- Rosamund Street
- Lucy Barlow's flat - Living room
Notes
- TV Times synopsis: Peter is finally forced to face the music with his two wives; Roy and Hayley give Tracy a tough time; and Ciaran confesses the truth about the herbs.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 14,780,000 viewers (1st place).
- This episode was included in the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The Best of 2000-2009, released on 31st October 2011.
Notable dialogue
Lucy Barlow (to Shelley Barlow): "'Don't think you can put me in the mistress category. I am a legal wife, right? I was married on 24th March and it was all legal and above board. It's just a shame, in the eyes of the law, your wedding didn't amount to much more than a fancy dress party."
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Norris Cole (about the hash cakes): "They made me behave in a very peculiar fashion."
Vera Duckworth: "Well I've never known you 'owt else than peculiar. You can't blame my baking for that!"
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