Episode 10238 (1st February 2021)

## Plot

**Part One:** Summer runs from the flat into the path of an oncoming car. Billy, Paul and Todd see her sprawled on the ground as they return from court. Billy calls an ambulance. Will flees while everyone is distracted but is spotted by all three men. Peter admits to Carla that he's going through withdrawal as he poured his last allotment of medicinal whisky down the sink after Ken left the room. Carla fears he's heading for another seizure. Paul gives Craig a description of the burglar but doesn't say that he knows him. Peter believes that once he starts drinking, he won't be able to stop. Asha and Nina enjoy working together. After their shift, Asha responds to Nina's words of encouragement by kissing her. Nina is taken by surprise but doesn't mind. Roy interrupts them and, oblivious to the charged atmosphere, confirms that he'll take Asha on permanently. Kelly throws Jacob Hay a look of recognition when she sees him with Simon. She's dubious when Simon tells her Jacob has his back.

**Part Two:** Summer only has a sprained wrist and a concussion. Inspecting the trashed flat, Billy is puzzled as nothing seems to have been taken. Paul admits that it wasn't a burglary and Will was the intruder, having presumably done this to get back at him for freezing him out. Tyrone runs from the house when Alina enters the living room wearing only a skimpy towel. Billy thinks Paul told Will where they live and says he's a threat to Summer. Simon sorts the flat out with a prepaid electricity meter. Leanne is grateful to him. Fiz thinks Tyrone's embarrassment is hilarious. A shaking Peter downs the whisky Carla puts in front of him. Realising things can't go on as they are, he decides to talk to the alcohol liaison nurse and ask to be interred in hospital. Todd pays Will off and orders him to throw away the burner phone they've been using to communicate, wanting nothing more to do with him. Will tosses it into one of the Coronation Street bins.

## Cast

### Regular cast

* Alina Pop - Ruxandra Porojnicu
* Fiz Stape - Jennie McAlpine
* Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
* Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
* Aadi Alahan - Adam Hussain
* Asha Alahan - Tanisha Gorey
* Billy Mayhew - Daniel Brocklebank
* Paul Foreman - Peter Ash
* Todd Grimshaw - Gareth Pierce
* Nina Lucas - Mollie Gallagher
* Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
* Simon Barlow - Alex Bain
* Carla Connor - Alison King
* Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
* Mary Taylor - Patti Clare
* Jacob Hay - Jack James Ryan
* Summer Spellman - Harriet Bibby
* Craig Tinker - Colson Smith
* Roy Cropper - David Neilson
* Kelly Neelan - Millie Gibson

## Places

* Coronation Street - *Ginnel*
* 1 Coronation Street - *Back room, kitchen and hallway*
* 7 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* 9 Coronation Street - *Back room/kitchen and hallway*
* Rosamund Street
* 19a Rosamund Street - *Living room/kitchen*
* Victoria Street
* Roy's Rolls
* 12 Victoria Court - *Living room/kitchen*
* Weatherfield General - *A&E corridor and waiting area*

## Notes

* Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this episode was made with social distancing rules being observed by both cast and production crew, even when they were playing family members or people who shared residences.
* For the same reason, Asha Alahan and Nina Lucas's kiss takes place off-screen, with camera trickery used at certain points to show the characters standing within two metres of each other.
* The stunt credits for the road accident involving Summer Spellman were Kate Waters as the fight arranger, Sarah Franzl as the stunt co-ordinator, Grace Franzl as the stunt double and Pete Ford as the stunt driver.
* *TV Times* synopsis: Terrified of Will, Summer dashes into the path of an oncoming van; and Peter admits he's been tipping his medicinal whisky down the sink.
* Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 6,474,350 viewers (8th place).