CORONATION STREET

■ A SLICE OF ACTION

What a bizarre prison. Why, when Abe recently managed to get hold of a pair of scissors and David covered for him, and again last night, is there an unlocked cupboard full of the things? You couldn’t trust this lot around a paperclip; and as for David Scissorhands, he looked dangerous in the salon and the barber’s, so it’s never safe to let him near a pair.

When a riot breaks out, Abe drags Josh to David’s cell, hands David a pair of scissors and tells him to do his worst (I tell you, that guard needs to go on a scissor protection course). Presumably, he means his worst as in Sweeney Todd, not as in awful haircuts, of which there have been plenty over the years. Will David (pictured, with Josh) succumb and finally get to punish his attacker? And when Josh is later stabbed but he denies having anything to do with it, will Shona believe David when he calls her to say he needs a lawyer? The Weatherfield Three (Adam, Paula and Imran) are the only ones within a hundred-mile radius and David has the rotten luck to be saddled with the latter. You thought it was all over, David? It is now.

The harrowing lead-up to Sinead’s death has been immensely powerful, convincing and utterly heartbreaking. The long farewell over the past few weeks is finally over, and one can only marvel at the performances of Katie Mcglynn (Sinead) and Rob Mallard (Daniel), who have seen me get through more Kleenex than when ET lay dying in the movie – and that’s a lot, I can tell you.