Coronation Street spoilers follow for Wednesday’s episode (October 23), which is available to watch now on streaming service ITVX and hasn’t yet aired on TV.
Coronation Street has aired a major health update for Gail Rodwell in dramatic scenes in the show’s latest episode.
As part of the iconic character’s exit story, Gail was recently reunited with old friend Jesse Chadwick, and it was revealed that they had a fling in Thailand several years ago.
The pair have rekindled their romance, but Sarah and David believe that Jesse isn’t to be trusted. Sarah caught Jesse meeting up with his ex, and she found out that he did a short stint in prison.
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In today’s episode, David tried to convince Sarah that Jesse didn’t steal Damon’s money – but viewers are aware that David is the real culprit, as was revealed on Monday.
Carla told Shona that she had put in an offer on the house, and David then declared that they were going to buy the house themselves, in the next stage of his money scheme.
Later, Jesse revealed that he was in prison for handling stolen goods and was set up by a friend, but Sarah still wasn’t convinced by his intentions.
Jesse then confronted Sarah and David about all the stress they had caused Gail over the years, with David lamenting his mum for her run of relationship disasters.
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Gail told her children to leave, protesting that she deserves to be happy, and as she was left alone, she began to clutch her chest in pain.
When trying to find Lily’s bike pump, Jesse was shocked to discover the money stashed in the cupboard – but he was soon distracted when he suspected Gail was having a heart attack, and he phoned an ambulance.
Gail received treatment and was rushed to hospital, while Sarah, David and Nick were informed of their mum’s health scare.
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At the hospital, Gail went into cardiac arrest, and the doctors later told the family that she had a blockage in her artery so would need to have an operation to get a stent inserted.
Outside, David told Jesse that he felt responsible for his mum’s heart attack, but he made it clear that Jesse wasn’t family, so he wasn’t interested in opening up to him.
Will Gail be okay, and can the Platts come together?
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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