Coronation Street - Paul and Billy Argue As Paul Begs Billy To Help Him To Die (8th January 2024)

[@babybelle32a]

This is beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time.

[@robbie7370]

​@@Toecutter875 What's the issue?

[@julieworsley5048]

@@Toecutter875 And it sickens me that you religious lot think you have the right to tell someone who is suffering with no hope of a cure that they can't end it while they still able to makle decisions for themselves if thats the life your god has chosen for them then your god is creul! I have a close friend with a terminal illness and she has chosen this and I fully suport her because she is going through it NOT me and I have no right to tell her what to do with her own life and neither do some random bible bashers

[@julieworsley5048]

@@Toecutter875 Also freedom of speech is still allowed in this country so you don't have the right to tell people to shut up just because it goes agaisnt your views maybe you should add to part of your beliefs being a better person

[@brettthomson-hunter1996]

A​@@julieworsley5048 If Billy was diagnosed with an incurable illness such as cancer, MND or MS, then wouldn't that make his own stance against assisted dying untenable? Also, if Billy hasn't learnt anything about living with MND or any other terminal illness, then what's to say that he will going forward?

[@OhaiItsLucinda]

“It’s just you and me and the drugs!” 😂

[@corriescenes8710]

Peter and Daniel smashed this episode.

[@corriescenes8710]

@@Flygono03 shut up

[@corriescenes8710]

@@thomsboys77 oh grow up

[@jesseaton3455]

I believe they are talking about the people who play the characters. Peter ash and Daniel brocklebank

[@brettthomson-hunter1996]

​@@corriescenes8710 If Billy was diagnosed with an incurable illness such as cancer, MND or MS, then wouldn't that make his own stance against assisted dying untenable? Also, if Billy hasn't learnt anything about what it's like to live with MND or any other terminal illness, then what's to say that he will going forward?

[@julieworsley5048]

Oh billy thank you for respecting pauls wishes and putting his needs first

[@SocksFCGameArchives]

Pegleg Paul is correct about Bumm3r Billy's hypocrisy over his religion. If "pills" are a sin, then why not him being H?

[@chuckbracken]

Great scene. 😢

[@adamclark8994]

This is sad but I can sort of see why Paul would want this. It feels good to have some control over your life.

[@brettthomson-hunter1996]

@@adamclark8994 If Billy was diagnosed with an incurable illness such as cancer, MND or MS, then wouldn't that make his own stance against assisted dying untenable? Also, if Billy hasn't learnt anything about what it's like to live with MND or any other terminal illness, then what's to say that he will going forward?

[@SocksFCGameArchives]

The writers recycling Rowdy Roy and Harold

[@thomashughes4977]

Having a life-threatening disease is scary and heart breaking, and I feel so sad to see this happening to Paul, however, Billy has a point, taking drugs for suicide purposes is not gonna help ease the pain. All it'll do is cut short the remaining time you have left to spend with your friends and loved ones.

[@julieworsley5048]

My close friend has chosen assisted suicide when she's had enough of her illness and can't take it anymore and I fully support her because like Paul said their life we don't have the right to tell them what to do were not going through it and to keep them going for our own sake or religion IS selfish

[@thomashughes4977]

@@julieworsley5048 I'm so sorry to hear about what's happened to your friend.

[@julieworsley5048]

@@thomashughes4977 Thank you she hopefully has many years yet before it gets so bad she wants to end it as she still has a mostly good quality of life at the minute and hopefully by the time she does get to that point assisted dying will be legal in the UK so she doesn't have to travel miles to a foreign country alone or do it behind closed doors alone she can have her loved ones with her

[@brettthomson-hunter1996]

@@thomashughes4977 When Bernie found out about Paul's plan to take his own life before his MND symptoms progress any further, wasn't it a bit rich of her to even ask him how he could think so little of her considering she was absent for most of his life?

[@thomashughes4977]

@@brettthomson-hunter1996 Yeah, it was, because when you think about it you end up wondering, "What right does she have to try calling people out for their mistakes when she doesn't know how to learn much from her own?"

[@Kinggrognak]

Who does Paul think he is? The Tenth Doctor? “I don’t want to go”

[@nicelydone31]

and i though they dragged out the hayley storyline of her dying. when does paul die already?

[@JordanjamesX]

Coronation Street copied the Aaron and Jackson storyline. Aaron boyfriend disabled and he helped Jackson to die.

[@freya6307]

Which soap was it ?

[@tonymil7319]

​@@freya6307I think it was Emmerdale

[@intotheunknown6736]

that sl happened in 2011, they are allowed to do them again

[@nyssath1989]

I hope that Billy doesn't help Paul to die

[@julieworsley5048]

Why?

[@nyssath1989]

@julieworsley5048 because a big part of billy's character is that he's religious and one of the 10 commandments is thy shall not kill so in my opinion if billy does help paul die the writers would be sacrificing billy's character for a euthanasia plot. I just think if they want to do a euthanasia storyline use another character that isn't so religious

[@brettthomson-hunter1996]

@@nyssath1989 The thing is, if Billy was diagnosed with an incurable illness such as cancer, MND or MS, then wouldn't that make his own stance against assisted dying untenable? Also, if Billy hasn't learnt anything about what it's like to live with MND or any other terminal illness, then what's to say that he will going forward?

[@mackenziemiller33]

Paul NO

[@Ghet104]

Wth is the matter with you!?

[@Ghet104]

I rather watch Paul die naturally than seeing him ending his own life, oh writers, what have you've done?

[@julieworsley5048]

Ending his own life is the kinder option its cruel that people like paul don't have the option of doing it legally. We don't have the right to tell a terminally ill person who is suffering no matter what drugs their on that they can't have that they can't end it on their terms.

[@brettthomson-hunter1996]

​@@julieworsley5048 When Bernie found out about Paul's plan to end his life on his own terms due to his MND symptoms progressing, wasn't it a bit rich of her to even ask her son how he could think so little of her considering she was absent for most of his life?

[@julieworsley5048]

@@brettthomson-hunter1996 Yes but maybe her saying that is because she feels guilty for not being around more when he was healthy. She still shouldn't be trying to guilt trip him out of it or making it all about her though. Its Paul who's going through the illness his decision should be respected

[@brettthomson-hunter1996]

@@julieworsley5048 That's exactly what I was thinking.

[@brettthomson-hunter1996]

​​@@julieworsley5048 If Billy was diagnosed with an incurable illness such as cancer, MND or MS, then wouldn't that make his own stance against assisted dying untenable? Also, if Billy hasn't learnt anything about what it's like to live with MND or any other terminal illness, then what's to say that he will going forward?