Coronation Street Weekly Update May 7, 2012

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And so without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.

Now then, cast your mind back to last week as we wander back to Weatherfield and the Websters’ dilemma of what to do with shifty-baby Jack. Kevin comes up with a solution to save his relationship with Sally and offers shifty-baby Jack to the even shiftier Aunty Pam and his dad Bill.  Shifty-baby Jack sits in his pushchair and takes it all in. You just know he’ll be back in 15 years time roaming the cobbles looking for Kevin, with an axe in his hand and revenge on his mind.  Well, would you want to live with Aunty Pam? Anyway, Pam says she’ll have shifty-baby Jack but Kevin doesn’t know if he can give him away. Meanwhile, Sally sheds another tear into her kitchen sink.

Elsewhere, Sunita’s cleavage joins the cast of Carry on Barmaid and Karl plays barmaid bingo – eyes down, look in. I hate this storyline, it’s horrible. If Sunita was always far too good for Dev – and she always was – then she’s worth a million of Karl. He’s sleazy, mucky, a gambler, a cheat and a thief.  Run, Sunita, run!  And put a sports bra on first!

Norris puts out the pansies this week as the Weatherfield in Bloom competition kicks off. “Not too sparse, not too dense, a beautiful riot of colour!”  I thought he was talking about Rita’s hair but it’s his hanging basket he was praising instead.  

Julie’s rushed into th’ospickle, because as luck would have it in the world of soap, a cancellation arises and she’s whipped into the ward to have her ovaries removed.  A biopsy is taken and we’re still waiting to find out if she has cancer or not. This is a sad and moving storyline, even if the moving part has been whisked on far too quickly.

Meanwhile, terrible Terry causes trouble for Tommy, Ti-roan and Tina.  Ooh, I love alliteration, me, I always ‘ave.  “I swear on me mother’s ashes!” Terry lies through his teeth as he denies being involved with a bent councillor, as a nation booed him from our sofas for taking the name of St. Vera in vain.  Terry’s then troubled by thugs who turn up demanding cash, which Tommy blindly pays from his inheritance, thinking he’s protecting his dad, but he’s not. There’s still more cash to be paid and this time the debt collector comes knocking himself, and who should it be but Rick, the nasty piece of work who hounded Tina’s dad Joe McIntyre back in the day.

Poor Ti-roan, though. As if he hasn't got enough on his plate losing his bessie mate Tommy and having terrible Terry back on the Street. He gets whacked by Kirsty this week when she lamps him with a ladle after losing her job with the rozzers. Tyrone’s black and blue and has a split lip but doesn’t tell anyone that Kirsty caused it, he’s too embarrassed and loved up, still, despite everything she’s done.  He even puts a word in with Carla at the factory and gets Kirsty a new job working in Underpants. 

And finally this week, as Paul and Eileen are just about to set off and jet off on holiday to Cyprus, Paul gets a call from the care home to say Lesley’s gone missing. He heads home to find her there and brings her back to the Street as an impatient Eileen’s wondering if she’s going to get abroad at all. But there’s a broad (see what I did there?) on Paul’s mind that takes precedence over Eileen. Paul tries to put Lesley into his car so he can drive her back to the care home and as he’s pushing her in the car, she falls and bangs her head on the cobbles. It’s too much for Eileen to take and she bursts into tears indoors as Lesley lays injured outside and Norris looks on with a beady look in his eye.  If I were Eileen, I’d get on that bloody plane and go to Cyprus meself, I really would. 

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This week's writers were Joe Turner, Martin Allen and Jonathan Harvey. Find out more about the Coronation Street writing team here.

Glenda Young
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