Roy comes A CROPPER
Roy Cropper pushes himself to his limits in this week’s trip to Weather eld. The cafe owner has been the prime suspect for the murder of teenager Lauren Bolton since her disappearance earlier this year — and it’s recently seemed like there could be a small glimmer of hope on the horizon for him.
However, things take a turn this week — and go from bad to worse for Roy.
This week, he rings the cafe in the hopes of speaking to Nina.
Instead, Shona passes the phone on to Carla — who hangs up, before making it seem like it was a shaky phone line and hurries out.
Roy gets a ashback while he’s in his prison cell, as he remembers Lauren approaching the cafe counter with Max.
However, he can’t quite gure out what’s signi cant about their conversation, and a prison officer banging on the door leads Roy to lose his train of thought. And in the
factory, Bobby tells Carla that he believes Meanwhile, Gary and Maria talk about
Roy has kept quiet about the false statement looking into private therapy for Liam — and — otherwise the police would have come Gary suggests they sell the factory to fund knocking by now. andit.
Nina heads over to the prison to pay Liam, meanwhile, is listening in — and visit to Roy, and tells the officer who she is the teen’s deeply troubled by what he’s waiting to see. overhearing. As Liam googles ways to deal
But things appear to have taken a turn with anxiety, he’s glad of some company when he lets himself into the cell, as he nds when Joseph arrives at judo class.
Roy collapsed on the oor. Elsewhere on the cobbles, it looks like
Later on, Mary pays a visit to Roy while a romance could be blooming — and it all he’s in the hospital. begins with Alya calling at the solicitors for
He lls her in on his plans, telling her a client le, only to nd Adam struggling how he’s trying to remember a speci c with the admin. conversation that he overheard in the cafe And when Adam suggests that they pull between Max and Lauren. out of the joint work they’re doing with
And while he can’t remember the details Fabian’s, Dee-dee shuts him down and of the conversation, Roy reckons that it is accuses him of being petty. important. She also cautions him to suck it up and
Mary encourages him not to give up, get on with the ling. assuring him that he will remember the When Rich and Ayla later arrive for their details of the conversation eventually. meeting with Adam, it’s with some bad
And it isn’t long before he calls Dee-dee news — and he’s oored when he learns that from prison, with a theory of his own…. Alya’s going to go work in Dublin. However, he’s still determined to impress Alya — and hands them a summary of the case.
Sparks begin to y as Adam and Alya work together on the joint case, and the two of them share a smile before quickly looking away.
And when Adam nally admits his feelings to Alya, the two of them kiss — just as Rich calls at the office, catching them.
Meanwhile, Paul, Billy and Gemma are blown away by the MND crowdfunder, sure it will make the council sit up and take notice about the possible centre closure.
Meanwhile a man approaches Bernie outside the café, telling her he heard Paul on the radio and didn’t realise his son was dying. Bernie covers her shock and makes out Paul’s already dead and the interview was a recording.
But disbelieving Denny follows her up to the at where Gemma and Paul are shocked to see their dad. When Denny remarks that Paul looks great for someone that’s supposedly dead, Bernie freezes in horror.