Episode 10017 (26th February 2020)

## Plot

**Part One:** Tyrone refuses to sell his share of the garage to bail Kevin out. Sarah thinks Bethany is infatuated with Daniel like she was with Nathan. Bethany finds the comparison offensive. Ken avoids being drawn into Tracy and Peter's dispute. Cathy and Emma are too busy to join Gemma at further classes. Two of the other mothers, Vanessa Finney and Imogen Tatum, offer their help and invite Gemma to a baby yoga class tomorrow. Abi and Kevin make separate appeals to Tyrone to change his mind. Tyrone is unwilling to risk Ray kicking them and Gary out the minute he becomes their landlord, putting him and Fiz out of work in one fell swoop. Kevin admits that he's helping Abi because he loves her. Craig collects Bertie and is cold to Daniel and Bethany. Yasmeen is concerned that one of the chickens, Charlotte, hasn't laid an egg for a fortnight. Geoff sends Yasmeen home when her back plays up at Speed Daal; she moved the sofa to vacuum underneath, at his insistence. Kevin tells Tyrone he's considering a future with Abi and asks him to take a bullet for him, as he would do if the situation was reversed.

**Part Two:** Bethany tells Daniel she didn't get onto the writing course but doesn't mention the internship. Abi explains her dilemma to Eileen. Eileen fills her in about Phelan blackmailing Anna into having sex with him, and that Kevin still went out with her. Abi decides to come clean to Kevin but discovers that he and Tyrone have already sold the garage to Ray. Geoff tells Alya that a customer wrote a bad review of Speed Daal on the internet, complaining about the service, and makes it clear that he blames her. The pair call a truce for Yasmeen's sake. Ray stirs things by telling Abi's news to Kevin for her, and twisting it to make it sound worse. Adam suggests sealed bids for No.1 to avoid further arguments. Carla thinks of a way for everyone to get what they want. Abi gives Kevin her side of the story, saying that Ray was messing with her. Kevin doesn't care that she didn't go through with it, as Ray was the one who stopped it. He can't believe he's put his and Jack's future on the line for her.

## Cast

### Regular cast

* Abi Franklin - Sally Carman
* Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
* Ray Crosby - Mark Frost
* Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall
* Daniel Osbourne - Rob Mallard
* Bethany Platt - Lucy Fallon
* Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
* Ken Barlow - William Roache
* Tracy McDonald - Kate Ford
* Geoff Metcalfe - Ian Bartholomew
* Yasmeen Metcalfe - Shelley King
* Alya Nazir - Sair Khan
* Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
* Emma Brooker - Alexandra Mardell
* Gemma Winter - Dolly-Rose Campbell
* Cathy Matthews - Melanie Hill
* Carla Connor - Alison King
* Eileen Grimshaw - Sue Cleaver
* Adam Barlow - Samuel Robertson
* Craig Tinker - Colson Smith
* Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
* Bertie Osbourne - Ellis Blain *(Uncredited)*

### Guest cast

* Vanessa Finney - Rachael Elizabeth
* Imogen Tatum - Lucy Farrar

## Places

* Coronation Street
* Rovers Return Inn - *Public*
* 1 Coronation Street - *Back room, kitchen and hallway*
* 2a Coronation Street - *Living room/kitchen*
* 5 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* 9 Coronation Street - *Back room/kitchen and hallway*
* 13 Coronation Street - *Back room/kitchen and hallway*
* 15a Coronation Street - *Living room/kitchen*
* Webster's Autocentre
* Street Cars
* Jamila House
* Speed Daal

## Notes

* Final appearance of Ellis Blain as Bertie Osbourne, who had shared the role with Elias & Rufus Morgan-Smith. Elias would also make his final appearance soon afterwards on 6th March 2020, after which the role would be played solely by Rufus.
* *TV Times* synopsis: Vanessa suggests Gemma should come to her baby yoga class; and Tyrone is furious with Kevin.
* Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 6,152,737 viewers (17th place).