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ITV hasn’t published a full, dialogue-level recap of last night’s Coronation Street yet, but here’s what can be said from the latest press previews and spoilers covering this week’s episodes.

Quick Scoop

  • This week features a special flash‑forward episode tied to the Swarla wedding, showing a body being discovered and teasing a murder that will play out by April.
  • Betsy is the one who finds the body in the flash‑forward, and the mystery now is which character is going to die.
  • The hotel fire plot around Chariot Square is ramping up, with Carl’s dangerous scheme being pushed forward behind the scenes.

Because linear UK episodes usually air multiple times a week and spoilers are bundled for 16–20 February 2026, these are the main beats your “last night” episode will be drawing from.

Main storylines currently in play

Murder / flash‑forward mystery

  • A murder in Weatherfield is the big arc of the week, with the latest episode leaning heavily into the whodunnit feel rather than resolving anything.
  • The flash‑forward around the Swarla wedding shows several potential victims and suspects, setting up months of speculation rather than a quick answer.

Example: you’ll have seen scenes clearly designed as “future” moments (wedding day chaos, a body being covered, characters in shock), but not told exactly whose body it is.

Carl, Ronnie and Debbie

  • Carl is engineering a fire at the Chariot Square Hotel, using his mate Jez to pose as a handyman and secretly photograph exits and cameras.
  • Ronnie gets suspicious, confronts Carl, and is stunned when Carl reveals that Debbie is actually his mother, giving Ronnie an unexpected stepson.
  • Debbie, currently in prison, confirms Carl is her son when Ronnie visits, and Ronnie loses his temper with Carl badly enough that Carl considers reporting him for assault.

These scenes are threaded through the week, so last night you’ll likely have seen some mix of Ronnie’s suspicions, Jez snooping around the hotel, and the big “Debbie is my mum” bombshell.

Debbie in prison

  • Debbie is struggling inside: she accidentally misnames fellow inmate Lou and has to admit she has early‑onset dementia, which immediately puts her on the back foot.
  • Another inmate, Paula, already resents her from an old hotel incident and warns others she’s bad news, then later breaks down over her boyfriend dumping her as Debbie tries to comfort her.

Any prison‑set scenes last night will have leaned into Debbie trying to survive socially while also carrying guilt about Carl.

Sam, Megan, Will and the hidden camera

  • Sam is secretly gathering evidence about Megan and Will; he plans to use Leanne’s flat “to revise” as cover while actually watching what goes on there.
  • Megan arranges time alone with Will in the flat, lying to Ben about where Will is staying, while Sam spies from a distance.
  • Sam later retrieves his phone and watches hidden‑camera video, putting him in a dangerous position when Megan realises he knows too much.

Your episode will have pushed this forward with either the sneaking‑into‑the‑flat part, or the aftermath where Megan warns Sam that no one will believe him if he speaks up.

Jodie, Hope, Brian and Rita

  • Jodie brings Lily to the Kabin to apologise to Brian, but Lily is blatantly not sorry, so Brian refuses to give her job back.
  • Jodie then twists things to Hope, suggesting Brian and Rita only pretend to care, which plants paranoia just as Hope overhears them talking about her troubled past.

These scenes add a quieter, emotional note compared with the murder and fire plots.

Bernie, Mal and the crystals

  • Mal shows off crystals he’s bought, which Bernie assumes is just to impress her, and she snaps at Jodie in the process.
  • Mal quietly quizzes Chesney about Bernie’s favourite crystal, then later suggests to Bernie that they go back to the flat together, clearly moving things into romantic territory.

If you saw more light‑hearted scenes, it was probably this thread cutting through the darker storylines.

Where the week is heading

  • The flash‑forward and Betsy’s discovery of a body are setting up a long‑running murder mystery centred around the Swarla wedding.
  • The Chariot Square hotel fire plot is likely to intersect with the murder arc, with Carl’s scheme and Ronnie’s rage making both of them key figures.
  • Sam’s footage of Megan and Will is about to become a major catalyst, with Megan already threatening him and the show clearly building toward a confrontation.

If you want a beat‑by‑beat recap of a specific night (e.g., “Monday 16 February episode”), the broadcaster’s official catch‑up page or on‑demand service for Coronation Street will usually label that exact instalment once the synopsis is fully posted.

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