At the top of the episode Dev says that Asha is as good as gold, so you know by 8.27 p.m. that she's going to be lying unconscious somewhere, getting high on Dev's supply (of wine). I presume this storyline will end with her either on anti-depressants and counselling, or giving up her paramedic career to work in the shop. She talks about how sad she felt when she couldn't save Mason or when Craig died. Don't worry Asha, he's gone to a better place! (Radio Leeds). It's surprising that more of the residents of t'cobbles aren't on Prozac, given the amount of murders that take place in an average year.
Dev is in denial about Asha's depression, but then again he was in denial when Asha left home aged 16 to live with Corey, or when she was using skin lightening cream. Asha herself was in denial when Corey killed Seb, so I guess it runs in the family.
The person who finds Asha was Theo, so becomes the hero of the hour - with both Todd who's mad at him for disappearing for two days and George who spoke for the nation when he asked Todd if Theo is really worth it. You know Todd's going to end up locked in that flat sometime soon, probably during Britain's Got Talent Week.
Meanwhile the first inaugural meeting of Weatherfield's CALM takes place in the Rovers, with Kev, Dev, Tim, Tyrone, Steve and Kirk. The menfolk have easy chemistry and this is the kind of scene we want more of, although I do worry about their livers considering a) it's only Monday and b) they're all over 40. Their bants turn serious as they promise to always talk about their problems. It's also mentioned that the Alahans have a large family tree now that Bernie has joined, meaning that Gemma and Ches and thus Fiz and Tyrone, not to mention Kit and Brodie, are part of it. The Alahan-Winter-Battersby-Brown-Green-Michaelis-Dobbs - it makes the Hapsburgs look like Elizabeth I.
Tim has other stuff on his mind, namely Trisha, his former squeeze turning up as a fare and then in the Rovers, glamorous in gold. I wonder if she's still married to that haulier, back when she was calling herself Nadine. Tim is too taken by her (and also the Newton and Ridley's in the pub) to get back for his anniversary meal with Sally and she is understandably quite peeved. Given that Sally and Kev enjoyed a heart to heart earlier, I wonder if TPTB are hinting at a little affaire de coeur?
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