Roy Cropper has another curveball coming his way in the latest episode of Coronation Street, and it all starts with him acting a bit off again. If you’ve been watching closely, you’ll know his mood hasn’t been quite right lately, and things finally reach a point where the people around him can’t just ignore it anymore.
Roy’s Odd Mood Doesn’t Go Unnoticed
All day, Roy seems completely out of it, and even the café regulars can tell something’s wrong. He’s usually so organised, but he mixes up orders and keeps drifting off into his own thoughts. When Nina gently points out that he looks “miles away,” Roy admits he feels distracted and says he’ll try to focus, but he doesn’t explain what’s actually bothering him. Nina and Shona both want him to be honest with them, but Roy stays stubbornly quiet.
And then there’s that letter he received earlier in the morning, which clearly shook him more than he let on. The more he avoids the topic, the more Shona worries that something serious is going on. So Shona does what Shona does; she takes action. She goes through his post hoping to get some clues. But unlucky for her, Roy walks in right as she’s doing it, and he is absolutely furious. Still, with nowhere to hide now, he finally admits what’s behind all this strange behaviour.
Roy Opens Up About the Letter in Coronation Street
Roy tells them the whole thing goes back to the prison pen pal scheme he joined to help inmates feel less lonely. After his time in prison, he knows how isolating it can be, so he wanted to do something positive. One of the people he wrote to was Alice, a woman who first contacted him to thank him for reaching out to her son. Since then, they’ve been exchanging letters and found they had quite a lot in common. But the latest letter caught him completely off guard.
Roy says the message had very romantic undertones, and it left him stunned. He tells Nina and Shona that it “knocked him for six,” and you can tell he genuinely doesn’t know what to do with this new twist. It hits even harder because Roy hasn’t entertained the idea of a relationship since losing Hayley in 2014. And we all remember what happened with Cathy afterwards; they even got engaged before Roy realised his heart just wasn’t in it. So romance isn’t exactly an easy subject for him.
Nina and Shona jump in with advice, hoping to help him sort through the mess, but even they don’t know quite where this might lead. And of course, soap fans will be wondering the same thing: will we actually get to meet Alice? Roy opened up about the pen pal scheme last month when he spoke about wanting prisoners to feel less alone. His heart was in the right place, but he didn’t expect any of this to happen. Now he’s stuck trying to figure out whether he should gently step back or deal with the romantic angle head-on. Stay tuned to Soap Opera Daily for more Coronation Street updates.