Coronation Street has delivered a powerful and emotional moment as tensions reached boiling point between Eileen Grimshaw and George Shuttleworth in a dramatic on-screen row. The intense confrontation came as the couple struggled to stay connected amid the heartbreak of recent events. Earlier this week, tragedy struck when Eileen’s beloved sister, Julie, passed away after a harrowing battle with cancer. The loss has not only left Eileen grief-stricken but has also triggered a serious police investigation. Authorities are now questioning Eileen under suspicion that she may have played a role in an assisted dying plan — a heartbreaking and controversial twist that has shaken the street. As the weight of grief, guilt, and legal pressure begins to take its toll, Eileen and George find themselves emotionally worlds apart — setting the stage for Eileen’s upcoming and emotional departure from the soap.
In today’s episode, George told Todd he wished he had embalmed Julie’s body as it would ruin the police’s upcoming autopsy. Todd urged George to do it for the sake of Eileen.
After Todd lied to Craig, saying the body had already been embalmed, George got to work on embalming Julie while Todd kept a lookout.
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When Todd heard a hearse alarm go off, he found the hearse covered in paint and ran after the assailant, who turned out to be Millie.
With the door unlocked, Craig arrived at the undertakers where he caught George red handed in the middle of the embalming process.
“You knew that there was going to be an autopsy, yet here you are about to tamper with the evidence,” Craig said, accusing George of sabotaging the autopsy.
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Craig took George to the police station for questioning and when George returned home Eileen was waiting to speak to him.
Eileen accused George of thinking she helped Julie to die, saying: “Your behaviour has done nothing but make me look more guilty.”
When George told Eileen that he and Todd had only tried to embalm Julie to protect Eileen, Eileen said: “Oh, my God. You think I did it. You actually believe that I had a part in my sister’s death.”
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Later, when Brian asked if Julie had left Eileen anything in her will, Eileen kept quiet about Julie’s life insurance policy, leaving George to question why.
George and Eileen got into a heated argument, with Eileen accusing George of making matters worse by looking like her accomplice.
“Oh, when are you going to get it through your thick skull that I’ve done nothing wrong,” Eileen screamed at George, throwing a mug at him, which smashed on the wall. “Get out of my sight,” she added.
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
