Coronation Street delivered a powerful climax to the coercive control storyline between Yasmeen Metcalfe (Shelley King) and husband Geoff (Ian Bartholomew) after months of slow build – and fans have rushed to applaud the episode.
Yasmeen is in prison awaiting a trial for attempted murder of her husband, but after his ex Elaine (Paula Wilcox) revealed Geoff exerted the same kind of psychological control and abuse in their relationship, the emotionally damaged woman finally found some strength and in a powerful scene rang him from prison and finally stood up to him, declaring they were finished and she’d rather stay in prison than return to their marital home.
Coronation Street fans loved her long-awaited stand.
Yasmeen: ‘You think you’re funny don’t you. You’re as funny as a car crash’
The UK:#CoronationStreet #Corrie pic.twitter.com/8oo29QpRTq
— Jamie Bolton (@JamieBolton) July 22, 2020
Crucially, though, the domestic abuse storyline had to deliver a conclusion that did justice all the people who have suffered this kind of coercive control themselves. Many took to Twitter to register their approval of the way the ITV soap handled it and how the Geoff and Yasmeen relationship mirrored their own lives.
#coronationstreet #DomesticViolence #Manipulation #myex #abusive #freedom #freeyasmeen @itvcorrie did my ex write Geoffs storyline it mirrored him history always repeats with abusers I have my freedom after he was removed but boy does he still blames me I pity his new girlfriend https://t.co/a6yOcd3mma
— Havana Vegas (@HavanaVegas) July 22, 2020
Another viewer tweeted that she would have loved to have been able to speak to her ex partner the way Yasmeen delivered her tirade to Geoff and spoke of the “anger and hurt” she felt watching the episode unfold.
Omg well done #yasmine #coronationstreet. I could cry for her. I would love to have spoke to my ex like that about #domesticabuse. I was #terrified off him. I had so much anger and hurt inside me after watching that. I can only hope what goes around comes around #karma xxx
— Domestic years tears and fears (@Domesticyearst1) July 22, 2020
One Coronation Street fan applauded the brilliance with which the characters portrayed the storyline and it must be an early contender for storyline of the year at the British Soap Awards next year.
This has been an amazing and also horrific storyline but is definitely a subject that needs to be addressed. Both actors portray their characters brilliantly #itvcorrie #coronationstreet
— Mark Welford ????️???? (@markbwwelford) July 22, 2020
There was a minority counter-reaction on social media to Yasmeen’s furious phone call from prison. One viewer felt she was “adding fuel to the fire” and creating more trouble for herself
What you telling Geoff for ??? Yasmeen ffs your adding fuel to the bloody fire #Corrie #coronationstreet sorry but this storyline is so close to home I've actually lived it & came out the other side ????
— iisgillian.l (@iisgillianl) July 22, 2020
However, the overwhelming response has been a chorus of approval and a genuinely emotional response the storyline evoked from viewers, many of whom had been brought to tears.
Genuinely in tears. I'm so proud of Yasmeen. God I wish I'd said stuff like that sooner in my last relationship. #coronationstreet #Corrie
— The Socially Distanced Parrot ???? (@EloquentParrot) July 22, 2020
The Yasmeen and Geoff storyline is far from over and Coronation Street has hinted there is much more to come, particularly around Geoff’s previous relationship with Elaine, who could be the key to getting Yasmeen out of prison but who refuses to testify.
As well, Yasmeen’s world is set to take another turn when all of the stress she’s under causes her to suffer a heart attack, delaying her trial.
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