Coronation Street's Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell) puts little Bertie Osbourne (Rufus Morgan-Smith) life in danger next week.
As Chesney Brown (Sam Aston) heads off to work leaving Gemma stressed out with five kids to look after, she breaks down to Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox).
Gemma admits that she’s utterly exhausted, struggling to deal with her brother Paul Foreman’s (Peter Ash) illness and feels like she did when she had postnatal depression.
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Rita urges her to talk to Dr Gaddas to get some help and advice.
Later in the week, Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) and Michael Bailey (Ryan Russell) drop Bertie and Glory Bailey (Eleanor Beckles) at No.5 for the day.
As they leave, an exhausted Gemma surveys the room full of kids, wondering how she’s going to cope.
Having heard about the antidepressants from Chesney, Bernie Winter (Jane Hazelgrove) offers to help for an hour while Gemma goes to the café.
However, when Beth Sutherland (Lisa George) tears a strip off Gemma for slacking, she rushes home, fighting back tears.
While Gemma briefly closes her eyes, Bertie empties her bag and finds the pack of antidepressants.
As Daniel and Daisy Midgley (Charlotte Jorsan) arrive they’re unimpressed to find Gemma asleep on the sofa.
They are then all horrified as they realise that Bertie has eaten the tablets, will the young lad be ok?
Elsewhere in Weatherfield, when a customer complains about Ryan Connor’s (Ryan Prescott) facial scars, Leanne Battersby (Jane Danson) leaps to his defence, claiming he’s a hero.
Having caught the end of her outburst, Ryan hurries out.
Leanne agrees Ryan can work behind the scenes till he feels more confident and suggests he starts by sorting out a new wine contract.
Ryan flirts with the supplier Rose on the phone in a bid to obtain a good deal. but when she reveals she’s checked out his socials and wonders if he’s still single, Ryan’s thrown, especially when Leanne thanks him for securing such a great deal and reveals Rose is going to call in.
Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday on ITV1 and ITVX at 8pm
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