SUMMER Spellman’s fate is on the line this week as her struggle with disordered eating takes over her life.
The Coronation Street teen slips into a diabetic coma. Get the lowdown on all of this week’s drama.
1. Summer slips into a coma…
Summer’s (portrayed by Harriet Bibby) eating disorder gets out of hand once again this week after she was left to explain herself to Amy Barlow about her struggle.
Coming up, Amy (Elle Mulvaney) tackles her friend in Victoria gardens but a pale Summer loses her temper and orders her to back off.
Meanwhile, Jacob Hay (Jack James Ryan) takes advantage of Evelyn Plummer over-ordering alcopops and is planning on selling them in the gardens for a profit to pay the rent.
Simon Barlow reports Jacob to the police and, as they arrive at Victoria gardens, the criminal escapes, leaving the final two boxes of alcopops on the bench.
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This leads to a terrible misunderstanding involving Summer.
The teen is found slumped on the bench by officers, next to the boxes, and take her down to the station after assuming she’s drunk.
Amy and Aadi Alahan later call at the station and seek help from Craig Tinker, reminding him of her diabetes diagnosis.
Police constable Craig rushes to the cells where he finds Summer in a diabetic coma.
Fearing the worst, as a diabetic coma can be fatal if left untreated, Craig shouts for someone to call an ambulance.
A diabetic coma can be triggered by a poorly managed diabetes as well as skipping meals, drinking alcohol and insulin delivery problems – which would fit Summer’s routine with her eating disorder.
2. …And makes a new friend
Word of Summer’s eating disorder gets to Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) and Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce).
Summer’s guardian summons both Todd and Paul to the café and asks them to look out for her.
The teen is upset to find out they have all joined forces and is even more troubled when Aadi quizzes her about a food basket she has bought for the foodbank.
She realises he is also part of Billy’s plan as Todd asked him to keep an eye on her.
Todd later feels guilty when Billy reveals she was telling the truth all along but a shocking discovery is made and they can no longer ignore the fact Summer desperately needs help.
In later scenes, Billy confirms that he’s arranged for Summer to attend a diabetes support group and her revision can wait.
While she reluctantly agrees to go along, Summer is pleased when she meets a fellow diabetic named Aaron, who gives her his number.
Could this new friend be of help?
3. Abi could lose Alfie
Imran Habeeb (played by Charlie De Melo) resorts to dirty tricks as he fights for Alfie’s custody.
After his fiancée Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) took him back despite his betrayal – much to the horror of many Corrie fans – the solicitor plans on raising his son with her.
This is despite Abi Webster (Sally Carman) desperately trying to clean up her act to prove she can be a fit mother.
He first meets up with Ben and instructs him to find out everything he can about Abi but Toyah isn’t impressed.
Yet when she hears Abi and her own solicitor Elliot discussing ways to scupper Imran’s chances of custody, Toyah changes her mind and tells Imran she will fully support him.
Abi, on the other hand, is trying to build a bridge after weeks of tension building up between the trio.
While in the neonatal unit, she tells both Toyah and Imran she’d like them all to be a part of Alfie’s life.
But Imran doesn’t want to give up on his underhanded ways.
Ben calls at the solicitor’s and, having failed to find any dirt worth using against Abi, suggests that he could set her up for a fall.
Imran refuses… but asks Ben to keep on digging for something to use against the mechanic.
Later, he meets up with Ben and tells him he will be needing evidence that Abi is back on the drugs before the custody hearing.
But what is he planning?
4. Sally gets rid of Elaine
Meanwhile at No.4, Sally Metcalfe (Sally Dynevor) is conspiring to drive her mother-in-law away.
The Underworld machinist sees Elaine (Paula Wilcox) has made no plans to leave anytime soon after she returns from another trip to her sister Gina’s in Newcastle – and is immediately peeved.
She asserts to her husband that it’s time Elaine moved out so they can spend some time in the bedroom – but Tim (Joe Duttine) hides his separation anxiety.
Sally takes matters into her own hands and suggests directly to Elaine it is time she left and the pair see her off.
But while Sally can’t wait to make the most of the empty house, Tim is sad as he spent the last few weeks bonding with his mother.
Things don’t go as planned… but will Elaine ever leave the cobbles?
5. Daisy spirals into paranoia
Elsewhere, a paranoid Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) is still determined to keep Nicky Wheatley (Kimberly Hart-Simpson) away from her boyfriend Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard).
Daisy shows up at Weatherfield High with a packed lunch for the both of them.
Headteacher Orla Crawshaw (Carla Mendonça) tells her to knock before she enters and then seems surprised when Daniel introduces her as his girlfriend.
Daisy’s paranoia reaches new heights following the encounter and decides to take Nicky off the market by finding her a man.
But this could make things worse.
6. Nicky’s secret comes to light
When Daisy suggests to Daniel they should all meet up after work for a drink, Nicky arrives at the Rovers unaware that Daisy is trying to set her up with Weatherfield County FC footballer Ashley.
Nicky is clearly embarrassed when he recognises her due to her past as a sex worker.
makes her excuses and quickly leaves the bar to go home.
She makes excuses and abruptly leaves the Rovers as Daisy learns Ashley and Nicky spent time together when she was a sex worker.
Upset, Daisy talks over her anxieties of seeing Nicky back in the cobbles with Daniel, confronting him about his ex’s past in sex work.
Things appears to smooth over and Daisy asks Daniel to stay away from Nicky.
However, things take yet another turn when she spots them looking cosy in the café.
Nicky is in for a nasty shock when Mrs Crawshaw summons herto a meeting and tells her they need to discuss her past.
Later on, she explains to Daniel that videos and images from her past are all over the school and she’s been suspended.
A furious Daniel assumes Daisy is responsible but the latter tells Jenny she’s hurt to think he believes she’s capable of something so vicious.
Who is the real culprit?
Is Nicky’s future in Weatherfield really compromised?
7. Eileen catches George red-handed
Undertaker Todd discovers his boss George (Tony Maudsley) isn’t as innocent as he portrays himself to be and a surprising discovery could set this in stone.
Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) invites her partner George for dinner and asks him to stay the night – but she’s hurt when he gets out of it with an excuse.
Later, Todd and George discuss the funeral arrangements for a Mr Little and it seems clear the latter is a bigamist with two Mrs Littles roaming around Weatherfield, unaware of one another.
When Eileen reveals how George curtailed their romantic evening in favour of his cat, a mystified Mary begins to question whether he even has one at all.
But the cat DOES slip out of the bag when Sean Tully (Antony Cotton) overhears Todd and George discussing how best to ensure the two women don’t find out about each other.
Sean jumps to the wrong conclusion, believing George to be cheating on Eileen and he drops the bombshell that his cat is actually another woman.
Devastated, and ready to get some answers from the man she loves, Eileen storms into the Rovers and confronts Todd and George.
But is all really as it seems?
8. Gary finds Rick’s secret money stash
While Kelly Neelan (Millie Gibson) turned down her father’s eye-watering inheritance, Gary Windass (Mikey North) will find out that Rick Neelan has been hiding a lot more funds than expected.
Coming up, Ed and Paul find a holdall containing £17k under the floorboards at the late loan shark’s house.
In later scenes, Kelly irons her dress for Laura’s funeral while Gary and Maria (Samia Longchambon) dread the day ahead, notably following Rick’s own funeral which turned into a fist fight.
Following the funeral, Gary offers to bank the £17k for Kelly, but she makes out she’ll do it herself.
What will Kelly really do with the money?
9. Adam overworks
After his ex Lydia Chambers put him through hell before leaving the cobbles, Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) is trying to get back into a normal routine.
However, this leads to him almost neglecting his wife Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien).
A new client calls at the solicitors and insists Adam sees her right away.
Adam apologises to his other half for the fact he had to work on a Bank Holiday and promises to prioritise more family time.
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