Plot[]
Part One: A cheerful Peter tells Leanne he's checked himself out of rehab and insists he's back in control. Leanne's dubious as he tries to assure her. Steve sets out to search for Becky, telling Liz what's happened. Peter sets out to collect Simon from school and learns that he's in Spain and returning tomorrow. Hayley hasn't seen Becky. Peter's angry that Leanne didn't tell him about Simon. Furious at Peter's attitude, she tells him how difficult Simon has been and flounces out of the flat, wearing only her dressing gown. She calls into the Rovers and borrows a coat from Liz. Dev bumps into Sunita leaving the Rovers. She's amused that he was jealous of her talking to Ciaran and they go back into the pub for a drink. Lloyd suggests to Steve that he checks the hospital. The police remove all of Joe's belongings and the laptop from No.8. They find the life insurance policy with Gail as the sole beneficiary. DS Carr suspects Gail took it out herself.
Part Two: Dev reluctantly shakes Ciaran's hand. His attempt to talk to Sunita alone is interrupted by Norris who sits himself down in their booth. Steve rings Lloyd to tell him that the hospital has seen no sign of Becky. Sunita agrees to start afresh when Dev promises to take things slowly. Tina and Jason return from the Lake District. She spots the police removing Joe's belongings. She's distraught when DS Carr tells her that Gail's admitted to sending the birthday text after Joe died. Meeting Leanne returning in her dressing gown, she and Peter call a truce. Steve finds a drunken Becky being thrown out of a Manchester bar and drags her home. After the police depart, Tina storms over to No.8 and shouts at Gail and David for sending the text. She claims it stopped her reporting Joe missing when he might still have been alive. After she's gone, David defends their actions, but Gail concedes she as good as killed Joe. A drunk Becky tries to avoid talking about the baby to Steve. She's adamant she can never be a mother as she's not worthy. Steve comforts her.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Becky McDonald - Katherine Kelly
- Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Tina McIntyre - Michelle Keegan
- David Platt - Jack P. Shepherd
- Gail McIntyre - Helen Worth
- Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
- Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
- Jason Grimshaw - Ryan Thomas
- Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
- Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
- Sunita Alahan - Shobna Gulati
- Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
- Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Lloyd Mullaney - Craig Charles
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public and upstairs flat
- 8 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- Rosamund Street
- 9a Rosamund Street - Living room/kitchen
- Street Cars
- Streets in Manchester
Notes[]
- Joe Duttine makes one of several pre-Tim Metcalfe appearances as DS Carr.
- The scene of Steve McDonald ringing Lloyd Mullaney was recorded on Chepstow Street in Manchester while the scene of Becky McDonald being evicted by a bouncer was shot outside the Barca Bar on Castle Street in Castlefield.
- TV Times synopsis: Steve finds Becky drunk and desolate after her miscarriage and tries his best to comfort her; Lloyd encourages Dev not to give up on Sunita; and Leanne and Peter's reunion proves tense.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 11,070,000 viewers (2nd place).
Notable dialogue[]
Liz McDonald: "I have broken the landlady's cardinal rule: when the going gets tough, kick high and smile."
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