Episode 10354/5 (20th June 2021)

## Plot

**Part One:** Nick returns from a run to find that Sam has given Natasha the slip to call on him with a Father’s Day card. One of Harvey’s sidekicks, Rhys, watches on from nearby. Summer presents Todd and Billy with cards and the news that she’s booked them a lunch at the bistro. Sam insists on making Nick pancakes before he’s taken home. Realising what the day is, Gemma apologises to Chesney for forgetting. He’s delighted that a parcel is posted through the door, until he realises it's magnetic lashes for her. Rhys rings Harvey from Sharon’s flat and is ordered to remind Leanne who she’s dealing with. Fiz has refused to spend her money on a present for the girls to give to Tyrone. Bernie puts pressure on Gemma to allow Aled his operation. At their lunch, Summer keeps nipping to the toilet. Sharon frets as Rhys sets off to complete his mission.

**Part Two:** Sharon rings Leanne to try and warn her about Rhys, but the phone is put down on her. Sharon leaves her flat on a mission. Fiz changes her stance and Tyrone is delighted with his card and present of men’s toiletries. Curtis shows Tyrone the bike, but it is Kevin who offers to buy it as a project for himself. Leanne gives Steve Father’s Day balloons for them to take to Oliver’s grave. Summer stresses, wanting to return to her revision. After she leaves the bistro early, Billy worries that she’s hardly touched her food. Todd suggests to Billy that it’s time he moved in properly. Billy agrees. Alone in the flat, Summer suffers a dizzy spell and collapses. Tyrone is taken aback when Alina tells him she’s gazumped an agreeable Kevin on the bike and bought it for him, despite the fact she was saving the money for a flat deposit. Rhys watches Nick take Sam to the cafe from his car, a gun in his hand. Gemma and Joseph give Chesney a Father’s Day message in sign language. He’s delighted when she agrees to the implant for Aled. Sharon arrives on Victoria Street as shots rings out and Rhys’s car speeds off.

**Part Three:** Nick and Sam get up from the cobbles unharmed as Steve and Leanne return from their trip to the cemetery and run up to the incident. Leanne sees Sharon watching and realises she was trying to warn her. Billy and Paul are alarmed when they find Summer. As the police cordon off the street, DS Glynn is impressed when Sam gives him the fleeing car’s registration number. He assures Leanne they’ve got her back. Natasha runs up in a panic, blaming Nick and Leanne for what’s happened. Roy is relieved when Nina returns, having been visiting her father’s grave and not out drinking. He talks to her about what her father meant to her. She tells him she now wants a boring life. Summer refuses to go to hospital, claiming her collapse was brought on by an energy drink but agrees to see Dr Gaddas again. Having been tipped off by Rhys, Harvey rings Sharon and angrily berates her for turning up at the shooting. He then puts Rhys onto the task of sorting out his aunt.

**Part Four:** Summer feels angry and humiliated after Dr Gaddas’s lunch at the bistro was interrupted to see to her. Billy suspects an eating disorder and is determined that she is protected from upheaval. Todd realises that means he doesn’t want him to move in yet. When Nina presents Roy with her dad’s Scrabble rack, he’s deeply touched. Natasha tells Nick she’s sick of him covering for Leanne and she wants Sam to stay away from him. Nick has to take her side and orders his son to keep away. Natasha insists their goodbye is permanent. Todd is afraid that Billy wants to split up with him. Sharon’s about to do a runner when Rhys bursts in, intent on beating her up. Thinking of Oliver, Leanne realises she needs to stand up in court and tell the truth to save all the people who could end up Harvey’s victims.

## Cast

### Regular cast

* Nick Tilsley - Ben Price
* Sam Blakeman - Jude Riordan
* Todd Grimshaw - Gareth Pierce
* Summer Spellman - Harriet Bibby
* Billy Mayhew - Daniel Brocklebank
* Gemma Winter - Dolly-Rose Campbell *(10354 only)*
* Chesney Brown - Sam Aston *(10354 only)*
* Sharon Bentley - Tracie Bennett
* Leanne Battersby - Jane Danson
* Fiz Stape - Jennie McAlpine *(10354 only)*
* Hope Stape - Isabella Flanagan *(10354 only)*
* Paul Foreman - Peter Ash *(10354 only)*
* Bernie Winter - Jane Hazlegrove *(10354 only)*
* Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall *(10354 only)*
* Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell *(10354 only)*
* Alina Pop - Ruxandra Porojnicu *(10354 only)*
* Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
* Joseph Brown - William Flanagan *(10354 only)*
* Natasha Blakeman - Rachel Leskovac *(10355 only)*
* Nina Lucas - Mollie Gallagher *(10355 only)*
* Roy Cropper - David Neilson *(10355 only)*

### Guest cast

* Rhys - Matt Concannon
* Harvey Gaskell - Will Mellor
* Curtis Delamere - Sam Retford *(10354 only)*
* DS Glynn - Phil Rowson *(10355 only)*

## Notes

* This was a one-hour episode made up of two production codes and was transmitted at 8.00pm due to disruption to the normal schedules caused by coverage of the Euro 2020 football competition. Jan McVerry wrote both halves of the episode. It had been made available to stream on the ITV Hub on Monday 14th June, ahead of its ITV transmission following a decision taken by ITV to release all episodes of both *Coronation Street* and *Emmerdale* at the start of each week for the duration of the tournament, a time when the soaps were frequently displaced from their usual timeslots, so that viewers could watch at their convenience.
* 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.
* This is the final episode in which characters are regularly seen wearing face masks. As part of the planned ending of COVID-19 restrictions in England, it was announced on 21st February 2021 that rules on face coverings would be scrapped on Friday 21st June. This was far enough in advance for *Coronation Street* to reflect the rule change on the appropriate date. Ultimately, rising case numbers meant that, on 14th June, the date of the easing was pushed back by four weeks. By this time, all episodes which were set to air during the period in question had been recorded, so the programme did not match reality in this regard.
* *TV Times* synopsis: Nick and Sam's first Father's Day together proves eventful; a returning Leanne is horrified to hear the sound of gunshots, and finds Nick and Sam sprawled on the ground; and Bernie and Paul put pressure on Gemma to allow Aled his operation.
* Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 5,171,000 viewers (10th place).