You know, if Sinead wanted to kill Ken, she could just have made him some decorative candles - it almost worked that time her candles burnt down Carla's flat in Victoria Court.
Not that I'm saying Sinead dunnit. My money's on Amy with the candlestick in the hallway. Motive: a better bedroom and a job lot of almond milk. Opportunity: She was AWOL at the time. Anyway, Ken doesn't believe that a member of his family would try to kill him, although all of them look a bit shifty when they come in to the hospital to visit him and Ken uses the opportunity to make snide commentary about each member of the Barlow ménage. He remembers some of what happened that day, apart from the attack, but soon starts to suspect them, he feels menaced by them, especially when Tracy starts to rearrange his pillows (not over his face). Roy persuades Ken to talk to the police, an interview in which he lists all the ways he and his family have argued in the last few episodes. He doesn't remember that Sinead is no longer pregnant, which leads to another row with Daniel who doesn't want to come clean to Ken, which sends Sinead to the pub and a big bottle o'booze, until Beth comes to rescue her.
Rosie finds Adam on Maxine's bench and he admits that he was in a bedsit in Longsight rather than Canada, and he asks her to provide him with an alibi for his whereabouts last Monday night. When she refuses, he attempts to blackmail her by threatening to tell the cops about her drugs mule adventure. She neither agrees nor disagrees, but Adam still tells DS McKinnon and Sidekick Hoff that he was with her, which she resentfully corroborates.
Meanwhile at the salon, Audrey's telling Leanne about someone wanting a Trump 'do, when she trips over the vacuum cleaner and breaks her arm. Maria tells her that she's as much use in the hairdresser's as a one-legged man in a backside kicking competition (harsh!) and even does the Audrey Roberts noise. Aud mixes painkillers with gin in the Rovers and worries that Maria and David won't cope without her.
Gary finds out that Fay(e) has lied about doing an art project with Craig, so he confronts her, although she claims she just wants to be alone - shortly before letting Seb in the back door at Kev's place.
Simon's phone has been confiscated by his history teacher, so Peter breaks customer confidentiality and finds the guy on the Streetcars database. Time for an in-house training course on the Data Protection Act, Steve! This turns out to be the comedy storyline as the history teacher is a Sealed Knot type, prepping for the re-enactment of the Siege of Manchester on the Red Rec. Mr Rawlinson refuses to give back the phone, but Brian, who is a chum of his, persuades him otherwise if, and only if, Bri "fills Lord Strange's britches" in the Siege. I do hope this re-enactment is going to be on screen! Back at the flat, Peter tries to guess Simon's PIN before smashing up the phone with a hammer - what's on the phone?
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