Coronation Street spoilers – Ed Bailey’s mind-blowing decision could ruin everything after good news
Ed Bailey (Trevor Michael Georges) has made one bad decision after another in Coronation Street, and things are only set to get worse for him in upcoming episodes.
Ed has fallen into major debt as a result of his gambling addiction. His financial predicament got so bad that he even staged a fake robbery of his own house before Christmas, with his granddaughter’s Christmas presents being among the things that were ‘stolen’ and subsequently found to have been pawned.
He’s taken out payday loans, getting him into further debt, and the situation could have spiralled more had his family not decided to support him and promised to help him.
All of this has happened in the absence of his wife Aggie (Lorna Laidlaw), who has been in Birmingham looking after a sick aunt since last summer. She didn’t come home for Christmas, when Ed was at his lowest ebb.
Recently Ed has been in Birmingham visiting her. Meanwhile, final demand letters have continued to arrive at the house in Coronation Street. In upcoming episodes Michael (Ryan Russell) and Dee-Dee (Channique Sterling-Brown) are shocked to see how much their dad still owes.
When Ed returned from Birmingham he brought some terrible news. He and Aggie have split up, and she won’t be coming back. Michael and Dee-Dee tried to comfort him as best they can.
In the middle of all this sadness there’s finally a glimmer of good news. Ed opens a letter from the insurance company and he’s pleased to see that the payout is going to be much larger than he was expecting.
He tells his children about it and Michael and Dee-Dee are hugely relieved, thinking that it’s his chance to pay off his at least some of his debts and make a fresh start.
Ed has other ideas, though. He tells them that he’s going to spend the money on buying a new set of tools, then he can get back to work.
With the interest on the debts still mounting, is that really the best use of the money? Or is Ed making yet another foolish mistake?