As this episode of Coronation Street begins, Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) offers to help Abi (Sally Carman) with the baby. Abi reveals the porn video has been uploaded to other websites. She’s contacted them to say it’s illegal revenge porn, but they’re not responding to her. When Kevin asks what he can do, Abi asks him to take Alfie to the nursery. Sarah (Tina O’Brien) and Carla Barlow (Alison King) are busy at work. Moments later, Simon (Alex Bain) enters to tell Carla his dad has offered him a job. They agree to meet later. Once Simon leaves, Carla says she’s so happy for the both of them. Roy Crooper (David Neilson) and Roscoe (Warren Donnelly) play chess. Roy tells him more about tactics before calling Evelyn (Maureen Lipman).

Evelyn suggests the idea of starting a book club. They decide to start with Poor Caroline. Evelyn overhears Kevin enter and complain about Max and David. Max (Paddy Bever) makes a joke before he’s pulled away by David (Jack P. Shepherd). Once they leave, Kevin speaks to Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) and Evelyn about Abi. Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) tells Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) that today is going to be a good day. Daniel receives a call confirming his suspension has been lifted. Bethany urges him to meet them today because they can have a date at another time. Joel Deering (Calum Lill) meets Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) who says she just heard back from the linguistics expert who was supposed to be looking into Roy’s text messages. It’s going to be at least a three-month wait.

Dee-Dee doesn’t know how she’ll break it to Nina. Cassie (Claire Sweeney) enters and joins Kevin. He worries about sitting around thinking about the Internet watching his wife have sex. Cassie believes Abi must’ve known that tape was out there. Kevin says she has no memory of it happening. Cassie knew Dean was a scumbag, but she didn’t know he was that type of scumbag. Kevin asks who said it was Dean. He eventually convinces Cassie to tell him that he saw Abi arguing with Dean before the video was released. Cassie heard Abi on the phone saying she’d meet Dean and bring the cash. Gemma (Dolly-Rose Campbell) tells Bernie (Jane Hazlegrove) that she has Joseph coming around later. Bernie wonders if that’ll be a good idea. She thought Linda was picking up Joseph today. Gemma says she is and she’s bringing them all back there.

Gemma’s mom helps her clean up. Daniel picks up his order from Nina who offers him a free biscuit. He runs into Sarah and tells her about the change in plan. Daniel asks her to check in on Bethany later. He admits Nathan being back is impacting her. Bethany agrees to go around as soon as she can. Daniel sees Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) on his way out. When Dean Turnbull (Anthony Crank) meets Abi, she grabs him and tries to force him to admit he took the video. Abi pulls out a wrench. Dean suspects many people have videos like that of her, but he insists he isn’t responsible. Kevin arrives to stop Abi from attacking him. Dean leaves moments later. Sarah returns to Carla who believes she feels sorry for her. Sarah wants to make sure she’s okay. Sarah asks if she wants to get back with Peter. Clara says no although she does miss him.

Linda (Jacqueline Leonard) drops Joseph (William Flanagan) off at Gemma’s place. She reveals she’s going to take Joseph elsewhere and his friends will meet him. Bernie asks if Joseph wants to go to the restaurant. Linda claims it’s just the boys having some fun. Joseph hopes Gemma isn’t upset. She says she’s not. Linda says it’s good they’re going to the restaurant because it would’ve taken ages to get this place cleaned up. Clara finds Daisy at the pub and learns she’s bought drinks for Bethany. Daisy explains she heard that Bethany could do with someone checking in on her. Clara learns Jenny left the place unattended because there’s no staff. Abi tells Kevin that the police recommend she stay away from Dean. They’ll let her know if he’s going to be charged after they go through his devices.

Abi learns four more videos have been put online. Daisy checks on Bethany since she knows she could use a friend. She offers to be there for her. Kevin tries to convince Abi not to look at the videos. Abi checks the video and confirms it’s not her because she doesn’t have a tattoo of a dragon on her leg. She believes they’re deep fakes. Glenda (Jodie Prener) and Hope (Isabella Flanagan) visit the restaurant to ask Nina if they can leave flyers for their carwash fundraiser for Little Big Shotz. Evelyn tells them to use the kid and her smile. Hope speaks to Clara and Simon first. Clara signs up and Simon makes a donation. Then, Clara asks about the yacht he’s going to live on with his dad. Clara wants to know about the person Simon’s dad has his arms around. Nina asks Evelyn about the book club. Dee-Dee interrupts and learns about the book club.

Griff Reynolds (Michael Condron) returns to the prison. Abi tries to explain how the video was faked to Kevin. She blames AI and says it can’t be Dean. It’s too sophisticated for him. Abi says the police need to know. Gemma complains about Linda booking the bistro. Bernie accuses Linda of being too busy taking over, but Joseph comes down and admits it was his idea. He explains Matthew’s place was posh. Linda says she’s looking to buy a place in Manchester so they can always come to her place. Once they’re alone, Bernie tells Gemma she should’ve put her foot down. Gemma didn’t want him to be embarrassed though. She says Joseph would’ve noticed and that’s all that matters. Dee-Dee admits to Joel that she didn’t tell Nina. She complains this is the one chance she’ll have to prove his innocence and it’ll take months.

If anything happens to Roy in prison, Dee-Dee feels like it’s on her. Joel urges her to do something. Dee-Dee thinks she could get on the phone again and get them to understand how vulnerable Roy is. Daisy hangs out with Bethany. She apologizes for what Ryan said. Daisy insists she doesn’t want to cause problems. Nathan is gone, but it doesn’t stop Bethany from seeing him around every corner. Daisy felt the same way after Justin was locked up. She blames PTSD and says what Bethany went through was much worse. They agree to have a fresh start. Kevin tells Cassie about the deep fakes. Max visits to apologize for earlier. He offers to do the website for free since he knows what it’s like having damaging videos out there. Clara visits Ken Barlow (William Roache) and they talk about Simon. They believe this move could be good for him.

Ken believes Peter is in a good place to look out for him. Clara asks whether he is seeing someone else. Ken admits they weren’t sure how to tell her. Roy speaks to Evelyn on the phone about the book. The call ends when Roy learns he has a visitor. Glenda and Hope speak to Cassie about the carwash fundraiser. Kevin learns the police don’t think it’s Dean although they don’t know who it was. Sara learns that Max dyes his hair. Max comes down and tells David he shouldn’t be looking around his room. Max claims they’re not his, but he wants  to keep them anyway. Kevin bangs on the door since he believes Max made the deep fakes. Kevin comes inside. Max denies it. Abi arrives and tells Kevin that this is stupid. Abi reminds him that Max has no reason to do this. Dee-Dee tells Roy that the police recovered from threatening messages to Lauren.

The messages were from an unregistered mobile number. The linguistics expert should have the results by next week. Simon apologizes for not telling Clara about his dad. He hopes she finds someone too. When Daisy walks by, Clara asks if she wants her old job back. Daisy accepts it and tells them about her session with Bethany. Abi complains about Kevin’s actions. Kevin confesses he might’ve been hasty. Abi doesn’t want attention and this is only going to make it worse. Griff sees Roy who he thinks murdered Lauren. Gemma speaks to Glenda about Joseph being ashamed of them. Glenda insists Joseph’s pals will love them when they get to meet them. Abi tells Nina about what Kevin did. Daniel enters and says he thought the video was great. He goes on to say it was the video of Abi taking down Corey. Evelyn admits there are several videos.

Nina asks if the police could trace the video. They told Abi not to hold her breath. Cassie tells Kevin she’d be happy to have someone do what he did. Daniel finds Daisy and Bethany hanging out and watching Mean Girls. They ask him to go and get more snacks because they’re going to watch Barbie next. Dee-Dee tells Nina and Evelyn the news. Griff is shown with a shank in his cell.

 

Coronation Street Spoilers

The May 24 episode of Coronation Street did a lot to push multiple stories forward while rekindling relationships and testing others. Evelyn and Roy started a book club to keep him busy while he’s behind bars. He soon has company in the form of Griff who may be out for revenge.

Daisy has decided to comfort Bethany in her time of need and their relationship is quickly improving. Abi confronted Dean about the sex video only to learn more have been uploaded to the Internet. This time, she’s dealing with deep fakes so she doesn’t believe Dean is responsible. Kevin has a suspect in mind, Max. However, confronting Max upsets Abi who would doesn’t want the extra attention.

Gemma learns that Joseph doesn’t want to bring his friends over because her house isn’t posh. Dee-Dee may soon have evidence that can free Roy, but she’ll need to help him before Griff can act.

 

Coronation Street Review

This episode of Coronation Street was fairly typical so it should satisfy long-term fans of the series. Many will agree that there’s been a decline in quality over the years, but the series remains a guilty pleasure and a good way to kill an hour.

Despite having so much going on, the episode was pretty straightforward so even newcomers will be able to pick it up from this episode without having to second guess anything. Some of the stories are strong while others are a little farfetched. Nevertheless, there’s something for everyone.

The performances can be a little dry and some of the scenes are a bit corny. It would be more impactful if certain stories were covered more than others, but that’s the game and that’s why people keep coming back. Overall, this was a decent episode of Coronation Street that did enough to keep viewers interested enough to return once again.

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