The death of a young person is particularly tragic and the circumstances in which Tina died and the misery of her last few moments on earth make her particular death even more tragic. Days before, even hours before, she was full of hope that she and Peter would be going to Portsmouth together. Her disappointment must have been heartbreaking - Peter was not going away with her, he was going to be a father again, he was staying with his wife and he had not packed even one bag.
On learning the news, Rita and David are inconsolable. All those years unlived. Peter Barlow would have been a name in the past eventually, if she had lived her life.
Leanne is suffering at the moment and recognises her priority is Simon. Nick pays her until the end of the week then tells her he needs the bistro keys.
Sally makes a lasagne from scratch and a sticky toffee pudding but Tim dines at Anna's with Faye, pizza and oven chips.
Peter is desperate to speak to Carla but he's not going to have much luck there. Rob tries to encourage his sister to eat but she is too preoccupied by trying to get hold of her lawyer, Pauline Mansell. Carla leaves a message on her answer phone and shortly afterwards Pauline arrives looking very chic in monochrome. She tells Carla that if she is needed, Carla can ring her at any time of the day or night.
At Deirdre's, Peter looks dreadful - a broken man and Rob doesn't look much better. Rob launches into a rant at Peter, fuelled no doubt by his own guilt. He comments first of all that there is still plenty of room in the gutter for winos. 'All this is down to you,' he tells his brother- in -law. 'It should be you in that hospital' he says and that, 'All you do is destroy people.'
Back at the hospital, Rita asks the consultant, 'Can you give us permission to hope?' Cautiously, the consultant replies, 'It's a first step.'
Doing his best to help Amy practise for the school concert, Steve is doing his bit. Both h and Amy are wearing tiaras. The police come in, wanting to question Steve, who surreptitiously slips off his headwear.
The police, as they should, ask probing questions and Steve admits to knowing about the affair and shares with his interrogators the difficulty of keeping it to himself, especially as Michelle is Carla's best friend. 'That's stress,' he says. Steve is quite right. When we're angry we say we're going to kill someone, but we don't carry it out of course. He admits that Carla said she would kill Tina but is certain she didn't mean it. And, of course, so are we.
Liz is feeling very guilty. 'If I'd have said something, we might not be here now.' Maybe that's true, but maybe it's not. Who's to know what else might have happened.
Roy's visit to Carla was so well done. In his own way, Roy brings some small comfort to Carla and tells her how much Hayley enjoyed her visits. Roy suggests they go to the pub. Carla gets changed and off they go. Inevitably they see Peter who is desperate to talk to Carla, but Roy steps in. 'I think Carla has made her feelings quite clear.' Peter persists and gets in their way. Roy asks if Peter is threatening him, and at least Peter sees sense here and steps aside.
Shortly after Rob arrives to break the news. Tina has died. We see Rita and David in pieces. Rita tells Tina, ' I shall miss you to the end of my days.'
In the pub, it's all very sombre, understandably.
Peter arrives and the tension is tangible. Carla steps up. 'Your mistress is dead. You killed her. You seduced her, had an affair with her and you killed her.'
Carla fetches a bottle from behind the bar. 'It's what you want. Go drink yourself to death.'
How long will Rob get away with it? Steph misses her bracelet. We saw it drop.
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