Episode 10009 (17th February 2020)

## Plot

**Part One:** Before Ed can go upstairs, James and Danny come down, saying they've been looking at James's football trophies. Michael walks in and guesses what's actually happened. Abi celebrates getting off, but Kevin thinks the police won't easily drop the matter. Gemma insists to Chesney that Freshco reschedule as she's not willing to forgo Aled's appointment. Michael tells James to be honest with their father as he's not happy being forced to deceive him. Tyrone, Fiz and Jade attend the craft workshop with the girls. Hope is excited to work with Jade, hurting Fiz's feelings. Ali calls on Maria and she only reluctantly lets him into the flat. Fiz has to referee the girls' work. She isn't happy when Hope draws a family picture which doesn't include her. Maria tells Ali to move on and forget her, insisting he leaves the flat. Sally is astounded to hear what Kevin did, telling him that he's taken leave of his senses and is acting like a lovesick teenager.

**Part Two:** Abi does herself up for a night out celebrating with Kevin, admitting to Sally that she really likes him. Sally tells her that her concern is what will happen to Jack if Kevin finds himself in trouble with the law. Jade tries to please Fiz by getting Hope to add her to the drawing. Fiz tells Jade it changes nothing between them. Celebrating in the Rovers, Abi disappointed when Kevin tells her that he only did what he did because he didn't want to let a friend down. When questioned, Danny obliquely admits to Ed that there is someone is his life but offers no further details. Kevin has to talk up Abi's mood when she gets depressed, saying he finds her an utterly reliable friend. Tara is summoned to No.5 and asked to rearrange the launch time. Totally unsympathetic, she threatens to withhold payment if they don't cooperate with the original plan. James meets Danny in the bistro kitchen. Danny tells him that he feels guilty about lying to Ed. James plans to come out to Ed tomorrow, and he wants the two of them to be a couple. DC Holden turns up with a CCTV photograph of Kevin's car out on the road at the time when he was supposed to be with Abi. He wants to know who was driving the car. Kevin tells him that he was out collecting a car part in Castlefield and Abi was with him. Holden tells the worried couple he'll be checking up on this latest addition to their story.

## Cast

### Regular cast

* Abi Franklin - Sally Carman
* Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
* Ed Bailey - Trevor Michael Georges
* Michael Bailey - Ryan Russell
* James Bailey - Nathan Graham
* Maria Connor - Samia Longchambon
* Sally Metcalfe - Sally Dynevor
* Ali Neeson - James Burrows
* Gemma Winter - Dolly-Rose Campbell
* Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
* Fiz Stape - Jennie McAlpine
* Hope Stape - Isabella Flanagan
* Ruby Dobbs - Macy Alabi
* Tyrone Dobbs - Alan Halsall

### Guest cast

* DC Holden - Darren Bancroft
* Danny Tomlinson - Dylan Brady
* Tara Swift - Catherine Ayers
* Teacher - Catherine Turgoose
* Jade Rowan - Lottie Henshall

## Places

* Coronation Street
* Rovers Return Inn - *Public*
* 3 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* 4 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* 5 Coronation Street - *Downstairs rooms*
* 13 Coronation Street - *Back room/kitchen and hallway*
* Viaduct Bistro - *Restaurant and kitchen*
* Jamila House
* Victoria Court - *Landing*
* 5 Victoria Court - *Living room/kitchen*

## Notes

* *TV Times* synopsis: Ali calls at Maria's flat and begs her to give their relationship a chance; and it looks like Ed may discover Danny and James's relationship.
* Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 6,797,941 viewers (7th place).