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1 DECEMBER

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Debbie Takes Centre Stage

Debbie rehearses her speech for the Women in Business event but loses her thread. Carl assures her it’s fine to read from notes. As the event starts Carl tells Debbie he needs the log in details so he can pay the staff. Debbie tells him where he can find her notebook. Debbie takes the stage and introduces herself but as she tries to consult her notes, she finds the screen locked and in panic, can’t remember the password. Closing her Ipad, Debbie gives a heartfelt speech and explains she’s been diagnosed with dementia, what that means for her future and how she intends to fight it all the way. How will the audience respond?

Todd Blows His Cover

Theo persuades Todd to lie low in the flat for a few days as he wouldn’t want people to see his injuries and jump to the wrong conclusion. Todd reluctantly complies. When Summer reveals that Todd’s cancelled on her as he’s gone to London, Theo plays along. Alone in the flat, a restless Todd peers out of the window, but when someone looks up, he hides. Summer finds Theo in the pub and telling him she saw someone in the flat, claims it must be a burglar. With little choice, Theo says he’ll check it out. When Gary and Ben insist they’ll go with him as back up, are Theo’s lies about to be exposed?
Having heard about the burglary, Dev calls at the flat. But when Todd emerges from the shower, he’s forced to cover, making out he’s just back from London and the cut on his head is the result of a drunken afternoon. Will Dev buy his story? Theo presents Todd with a fitness watch and suggests that now he’s ‘back from London’ he should carry on with his training and set himself a 10k goal. Todd’s heart sinks. As he returns from his run in agony, Christina takes him in for a cuppa. As a watching Theo’s face darkens, will Todd open up to Christina?
As Theo shows Todd the exercise bike he’s bought for him, a passing Billy and Summer notice the cut on Todd’s face. Theo quickly explains that Todd injured himself whilst partying in London. Billy’s not convinced. Todd’s trying out the bike when Danielle arrives, explaining that she’s taking the kids to Tenerife for Christmas. Todd’s horrified, expecting Theo to be furious, but when he walks in Theo backs up Danielle. Theo checks his fitness app and berates Todd for only doing one sprint. When he then tries to blame Todd for Danielle’s decision, Todd loses it. Declaring he can’t take anymore, Todd prepares to leave. But when Theo starts slapping himself in the face, Todd’s stunned.

Lisa Comes Clean

Lisa tells Carla that despite what she thinks, it’s her she wants to be with. Will Carla be swayed?
Lisa tells Becky they may have traced the lad who attacked Costello and he goes by the name of Soap. Becky makes out she’s never heard of him, before meeting up with Soap to retrieve Costello’s burner and personal phone. As he hands them over, they hear police sirens. Lisa tells Becky the doctors are bringing Costello out of his induced coma. At the hospital, checking the coast is clear, Becky grabs a syringe, intent on killing him before he regains consciousness. But as she suddenly comes face to face with Lisa, is the game up?
Kit tells Carla that he knows Becky is involved in the attack on Costello but without Costello’s phone, it’s going to be difficult to prove. In the hospital, Becky chats to Costello’s daughter and manages to glean that her birthday was on September 22nd. As she shows Becky some holiday snaps on Costello’s Ipad, Becky makes a mental note of the screen password. But as Kit tells Lisa they’ve managed to locate Costello’s phone, is Becky too late?

Bit of This and That

At the Cafe Roy’s flustered at work. When Nina reveals that Roy received a letter this morning which seemed to unnerve him, Shona decides to go through his post to get to the bottom of it. How will Roy react when he finds Shona rifling through his post?

At the Pub Will smiles as he reads a text from Megan telling him that she’s applied for a job at Weatherfield High.
In the Rovers, Megan tells Daniel she’s had an email confirming her interview. Daniel’s pleased and coyly asks her out. When Megan accepts his offer, Daniel’s delighted, while Will fumes. Will he give the game away?
Meanwhile when Liam quizzes Will about his life in Hull and wonders if he’s got a girlfriend, Will takes offence and Maria’s horrified to see him squaring up to Liam.
In the Rovers, Megan ends a call and announces that she got the job. As Daniel kisses her on the lips, it becomes passionate. A heartbroken Will watches on.
As Maria makes barbed remarks to Eva she tries to close it down but Maggie clocks their spat.
When Ollie suggests they spend Christmas Day together, Dee-Dee refuses to commit and Ollie’s put out.
When Ollie reveals that Dee-Dee’s dumped him, Maggie offers to have a word. Dee-Dee confides some big news in Alya.

Asha Comes Home Dev arrives home with a nervous Asha in tow. When Dev suggests that she may reconsider continuing with her paramedic training, how will Asha react?

Compiled by Andrea McGowan
Glenda Young - Blogging away merrily at Flaming Nora
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