Good evening. Doug (Steve Evets, best known probably for his long term role in Brassic) provided a class performance this evening. We know that Jodie has swapped his drugs out so that he cannot remember that Jodie and David are having an affair (according to Jodie). He therefore commenced behaving strangely this evening as a man losing his marbles, not helped by Jodie playing noises from her phone which she allegedly cannot hear but he can.. I find some of the Steet villainous behaviour hard to fathom these days. I think we are supposed to believe that Jodie wants what Shona has; because Jodie cannot have a friend she has no-one to whom she can talk and explain what is going on in her mind and of course maltreating her own father is probably payback as far as she is concerned. She congratulates her father on him getting his life together and remembering to take his tablets. Shona has a message from the school and it seems that vapes are being used. Aunty Jodie is so much nicer to Lily, the latter tells Shona.
Sally and Lucy visit Christina to sort things for Lucy's mother funeral and they go through various photograph albums. An earlier discussion with a former neighbour implies that Richie was a controlling so and so, supporting the narrative around the murder. Christina takes one of the photos on Rachel's graduation but it is spotted as missing and Sally returns to the undertakers where Christina admits that Rachel was her daughter. Sally tells Christina that she can have nothing to do with Lucy. I am not sure that secrets can be kept on Coronation Street.
Nick is now in serious financial do-do. He cannot pay wholesalers and they will not extend credit. Sam is seeing the mental health team later in the day. Eva is not going to report the push. They cannot ask the bank for help as they will want to report the identity fraud. The psychiatrist thinks the events could be down to the meds and they will look to find an alternative. Sam admits he is a coward and a thief but no-one wants to punish him. Leanne suggests a family outing on Sunday so Eva has to come up with a load of excuses (and then later has to come up with an action plan to support them all to avoid the outing). Eva simply does not want her family anywhere near Sam at the moment.
Sally makes it crystal clear that Christina cannot further disrupt Lucy's life as they have only just managed to stabilise her.
So in one episode we have: a) Doug being mentally unstable because Jodie has switched his drugs; b) Sam being mentally unstable because he is on the wrong drugs and c) Lucy being mentally unstable because - well apparently her father was excessively controlling. Now I am not an expert but if a popular tv programme cannot entertain us without going on about mental instability and drugs it seems likely that life will imitate art and mental instability in the community will go off the scale. Can someone please look at the content holistically and decide on something which is uplifting and does not involve mental stability or am I simply reading far too much into events?
I cannot be here for the next three weeks as I shall be out of the country. Perhaps by the time I return the direction will have changed.
Written by Carmel Morgan and directed by Simon Ferguson.
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