Coronation Street's week in review – hits, misses and why we're intrigued by Jim McDonald's comeback

Coronation Street has delivered another crazy week on the cobbles, so it has, with the dramatic return of perennial bad penny Jim McDonald, Tyrone Dobbs discovering his ‘rents weren’t actually his ‘rents, and Bethany Platt showing us her newly-discovered sass.

But which plots were must-see this week and which ones didn’t quite hit the mark? Here, we’re rounding up the highlights and lowlights with a selection of our hits and misses.

HIT! Jim’s curious comeback

Wherever Jim McDonald goes, trouble follows, and there’s trouble written all over the iconic character’s homecoming. Jailbird Jim hobbled back onto the cobbles, stunning Steve mid-stag-do.

We’re always pleased to see Charlie Lawson gracing our screens, and this stint is shaping up to be an explosive one. What we’re most interested in is that exchange between Mr M and the lady who was waiting for him a car round the corner: “You can’t rush something like this. All in good time,” Jim told his mystery acquaintance.

So what’s the deal? Well seemingly the lady driver is Hannah, a woman who Jim will introduce to Liz next week as Katy, their daughter, who they believed died as a baby. Whether Jim’s telling the truth is debatable, but with Charlie revealing he’s contracted to Corrie into 2019, this storyline could have a long way to go yet.

MISS! Jude’s bad behaviour

This compulsive fibber deserves a slap for being such a naughty boy this week. Firstly, for not having the guts to tell Mary the truth about Angie ditching him, and ploughing on with that farce of a vow renewal in Speed Daal. After discovering his duplicity, raging Angie publicly shamed Jude, telling him this was the ‘end of our vows’, unfortunately it wasn’t the end of the storyline.

In a second act of dishonestly, Jude took the credit for coming to the aid of Roy Cropper, who was suffering from a serious allergic reaction to a bee sting, even though it was Ali who saved him. And now he’ s been lauded as a local hero, and Angie’s forgiven him. This particular fib might be even worse than the marine biology one, and we can’t wait for it to come back and bite Jude in the bum.

HIT! Tyrone’s life turned upside down

Despite being one of the cobbles’ best-loved characters, Tyrone has been stuck on the sidelines for far too long. Which is why the writers have perfectly timed the dropping of the ‘Your parents aren’t your real parents’ bombshell. Mr D was left devastated when Darren revealed the shock family secret, although we never fully bought him as Tyrone’s dad, because they look more like brothers.

So now there’s a 36-year-old mystery to solve – who did Jackie abduct baby Ty from? To crack the case, he’s enlisted the help of Weatherfield’s answer to Holmes and Watson – Roy and Brian. He couldn’t have picked a better detective duo – these two surely have the brains and resources between them to come up trumps for Ty.

As well as giving Alan Halsall the opportunity to flex his acting muscles, this plot also paves the way for the entrance of an actress to play his real mumma. And we wouldn’t be surprised if Corrie cast a very famous face to take on the role.

HIT! Sophie and Paula getting it on

Sal was in full on embarrassing mum mode as she engineered a cringeworthy Bistro date between Sophie and Paula’s offspring, Isla. With Sally repeatedly discussing Soph’s disastrous track record with ex-lovers, the foursome’s lunch made us want to sink into our sofas. But what happened next – when Paula popped over to Number 4 to tell Sophie she fancied her – definitely had us sitting up and paying attention.

A glass of wine and a spot of cultured travel talk quickly led to a kiss, and now the smitten solicitor is using any excuse to keep in close proximity to her new crush. This unlikely pairing is a stroke of Corrie genius, and the fans are already giving it their seal of approval, declaring Soph is long overdue a bit of happiness.

As Sally said herself: “There’s nothing to stop a Webster and Martin being a brilliant couple.” Only problem is she was referring to Paula and Kevin, and might not be too happy to discover her old school pal wants to get jiggy with her daughter…

MISS! Carla playing matchmaker

Just no. This is Corrie, not Streetmate, and Carla wanting to matchmake Peter and Toyah is just about the silliest idea she’s had since coming home. The Underworld owner simply needs to admit defeat, and give into her temptation because there’s only ever going to be one man for her.

Why would Carla even bother wasting her time and energy resurrecting Peter and Toyah’s relationship, then have to watch them snogging in front of her face every day? It doesn’t make any sense.

Yes, her and Peter will probably screw up again and again if they get back together, but it beats having to watch Carla acting like a masochist. Michelle, have a word, will you? And put a stop to this nonsense before we officially lose it.

HIT! Bethany slaying Billy and Lewis

We’re all bowing down to worship at the altar of Queen Beth after tonight’s episode. Sarah’s girl has emerged from her year of hell as a fierce little fighter, and her owning of Billy was nothing short of marvellous.

We know he’s a vicar, and doing his duty to God, but he deserved every bit of the dressing down he got after Bethany rumbled his secret hospital visits to Josh. And it wasn’t only Mr Mayhew who got a tongue thrashing. Bethany made sure Lewis Archer felt unwelcome in the Platt household when she branded him a ‘thieving scumbag’.

Gail would be very proud of her gobby granddaughter. “I’m so sick of men hurting me, and my family,” the teen exclaimed, and we believe her. Woe betide Billy if thinks he can carry on seeing Josh on the sly. Beth will have you, mate!

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7.30pm and 8.30pm on ITV.

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