Coronation Street fans were stunned by the sight of Nick Tilsley as he had tense words with his son Sam. The dapper character, played by Ben Price, looked out of sorts in scenes with Sam and his partner Leanne Battersby in Monday night's episode (November 7).
Corrie viewers were reeling as Nick showcased a massive black eye after he was punched last week by Tyrone Dobbs. And he was irritable as Sam continued to press the issue of wanting to visit his mum Natasha Blakeman's killer Harvey Gaskell, with Nick nasily branding him his "penpal."
Tyrone lost his cool as partner Fiz showed him the first extracts from the book about her late ex husband John Stape book in the Gazette. Then daughter Hope went missing and was found with Sam, who explained he took her out of school because he was upset about the nasty things her classmates were saying about her serial killer dad.