Who would have thought Coronation Street would need a rating. However, Monday night's episode of the long-running show was out to shock, and that's exactly how some fans reacted.
To catch up, and beware spoilers ahead, the drama in the Street began as Fiz declared her feelings for ex, Tyrone, and ditched groom Phill Whittaker on their wedding day. After the couple spent the night together, jilted Phill turned up at 9 Coronation Street.
Tyrone ducked out and headed for the door before he could be seen, while Phill begged Fiz for another chance. Adding that if she was back with Tyrone there was no way that he could cope with that betrayal.
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In an attempt to win Fiz back, Phill had sprung a surprise romantic meal with a mariachi band but his efforts fell flat - Fiz, who had planned to go on a date with Tyrone, was not impressed.
As the plot thickened, Phill confided in Tyrone asking him to be his wingman in a plan to woo his wife back. But the twists and turns continued and back at number 9 Tyrone propositioned Fiz. Summing up the episode, Manchester Evening News explained that when Fiz protested at first he told her: "Of course we can. I'm only talking about a quickie." "Is there any other kind?" she asked coyly as the pair headed upstairs.
Fans were not impressed. Taking to social media, one viewer tweeted: "Tonight's episode of #Corrie is sponsored by pornhub." Another said: "Nobody wants to hear that Tyrone and Fiz are going to have a quickie!!!". And the complaints continued: "Tyrone and Fiz having a quickie makes me feel more sick than all of Tim and Sally's attempts at a s*** put together."
In the Rovers Return later in the episode, the double entendres began. Phill asked Tyrone how he had got on in convincing Fiz to go back to him. "Did you go to bat for me?" he asked an uncomfortable Tyrone. "I did do that," Ty replied awkwardly.
"And you really pounded it home?" Phill pressed him. And he told Tyrone: "I want a blow-by-blow account." Corrie fans instantly reacted: "Phil playing Innuendo bingo with Tyrone?" wrote one. Another said: "That should have come with one of those warnings." While another wrote, alongside laughing faces: "The innuendos on @itvcorrie."
There was no respite for fans as the show continued. Horrified viewers watched as elsewhere on the cobbles Sally and Tim Metcalfe celebrated her birthday by frolicking in the hot tub. And, after being advised by a sex therapist to resist sexual contact for now after experiencing problems in the bedroom, Tim announced that he could feel a stirring down below.
One person begged: "Omg please don't", while another added: "OFGS, can't we just leave Sally and Tim to it until they're sorted, these scenes are bucket needing now!*!"
Fans continued: "Every time #corrie tells us more about Tim and Sally's sex life an angel loses its wings." While another sharing their views said: "This Sally and Tim sex storyline is cringing me out."
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