Coronation Street legend Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicolls) is rushed to hospital in dramatic scenes set to air next week.
Shona Platt (Julia Goulding) agrees to keep an eye on Audrey, on condition Gail Platt (Helen Worth) disposes of the “jinxed” Thai brass elephant.
But with Audrey gone walkabout, Gail tracks her down to the Rovers where she tries to wrestle a bottle of red wine from her hand.
Audrey and Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox) finally bury the hatchet and raise a toast to growing old disgracefully.
Rita finds Audrey in the Rovers, enjoying her first drink of the day.
Pointing out that she owns the barbers, Rita suggests it’s time Audrey went back to work.
David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) despairs as Audrey announces she’s returning to work, before cracking open the wine and flirting with Ryan who’s in for a cut.
A concerned David asserts it’s time Audrey went home, but as she heads for her coat, she trips over the Thai elephant, sending her sprawling across the floor.
Arriving to find a tipsy Audrey playing table football with Ryan Connor (Ryan Prescott), Maria insists she go home but Audrey refuses.
At her wit’s end, Gail tries to talk some sense into Audrey, but when she raises the subject of her drinking, Audrey hits the roof and announces she’s moving back home with immediate effect.
Meanwhile, at the barbers, Audrey staggers into the motorbike which falls and knocks her over as she cries out for help.
Audrey lies motionless in the barber’s having been there all night.
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A passing Brian Packham (Peter Gunn) and Elaine Jones (Paula Wilcox) hear a weak cry coming from inside.
As Brian hurries off to fetch help, Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce) emerges from a taxi.
Breaking down the door, Stephen’s shocked to find his mum barely conscious.
Elsewhere, The Platts have called a family meeting to discuss Audrey’s drink problem with Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne).
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As they debate Peter’s advice, Brian dashes in with the news that an ambulance is outside for Audrey, who’s in a bad way.
Stephen’s furious with the family for failing to notice that Audrey was missing all night.
As he leaves for the hospital in the ambulance with Audrey, Gail’s sick with guilt and worry.
Also, Max Turner (Paddy Bever) prepares for his date he receives a message from Sonya (Isabelle Smith) asking him to send her a picture of the whole package so she can see what to expect.
Max is stunned but returns home unbuttoning his shirt.
Over dinner a perplexed Sonya reveals that she’s never received any messages from him nor sent any back.
Max and Sonya are horrified to realise someone has set them up.
Outside Max’s phone pings with a message demanding £1,000 or his naked picture goes viral.
David reaches a decision and tells Max that they won’t be paying the blackmailer and he’s to go to school and front it out.
At the bus stop, Chris and Blake take the mickey out of Max, quoting his messages to Sonya.
Elsewhere, a despondent Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) laments to wife Sally (Sally Dynevor) that changing his medication has had no benefit and he’s worried their sex life is over.
Sally assures him that she loves him no matter what. Dr Gaddas recommends that he and Sally see a sex therapist, Tim’s not keen.
Trina conducts the first sex therapy session and urges Sally and Tim to gaze into each other’s eyes.
Tim feels awkward and declares it a total con and a waste of time. Sally’s disappointed by his attitude.
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Aggie Bailey (Lorna Laidlaw) confides in Tim that she and Ed Bailey (Trevor Michael Georges) have had a stupid row but late for a lunch date with Sally, Tim doesn’t have time to listen.
Sally and Tim pretend to be on a first date but Tim’s distracted to hear Ed telling Ronnie Bailey (Vinta Morgan) and Debbie Webster (Sue Devaney) about his row with Aggie.
Fed up of being ignored, Sally heads home. Will their lack of intimacy see Sally and Tim going their separate ways?
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