Good evening. Thank you Ms Kelstar for last week and here are the latest meanderings from Weatherfield. Faye is sick with worry, every morning. And as she admits to Maria (eventually) she has other reasons for believing that she is making her second visit to the baby production rodeo. After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing she admits all to Tim (I'm worried about Tim - see later) and whilst she and Maria take a pregnancy kit off screen Tim rampages from the flats to the Bistro demanding to see Ray who is not there. The test has proven that she is not in the baby way and whilst Tim remains angry they manage to get him under control before any harm is done. By the end of the programme Faye is still in a state and feels teh truth should be told whilst Tim has determined that Hale Barns is not far enough away - they are moving to Spain (above) [which post-Brexit and the PM statement on Friday evening might be a challenge that Mrs Metcalfe cannot quite face; indeed getting R'Sally to leave the Street would terminate all of her social climbing antics as she would have climbed the impossible climb!].
In a side story Steve is off on holiday to the hills to get himself fit for his three peak challenge and as luck would have it there is a nice pub next door to the cottage! Tracy considers it a good idea as it will get him away from the Street and the kerfuffle over Peter.
Talking of Ray, he has gone into that super-villain mode that we see from Lex Luthor just before Superman saves the world. He admits to Debbie that he has not bribed the planning committee - only the chair woman! Imran has cooked up a pre-judicial review notice which has sent the council into a tizz and they will be reviewing all the paperwork to make sure it is tickety boo. Now we know the planning officer (whom Ray attempted to bribe in front of witnesses) was against the scheme, so that will be documented and council members have to have excellent reasons to go against the advice of a planning officer. The threat of a court case costing £100k will be as welcome in the council offices as it might to Roy Cropper (hiding his Superman suit under his apron); the latter however has strong feelings for the community as it is and vice versa. Tim pops into the prison to see Gary the same day as applying for a visiting order (magic) and tells him that Faye is finding it tough. Tim alludes to Ray's involvement in Faye's discomfort and Gary observes that he is pretty sure that at some point Ray will see justice for his wrong-doing. Ray might not have to wait until Gary is released as a white van pulls up alongside Ray and the side of the Rovers and two masked men leap out to make Ray's day (above).
Pretty pickled Peter picked a pitcher to drown his sorrows and stayed out all night. Steve's superpower is his hearing as he can clearly hear a ringtone through the closed back door of Number One, across the yard, across the ginnel, through a back gate, in pickled Pete's pocket lying (above) on about six black bags of rubbish (I thought all Weatherfield rubbish [except Peter] had to go in bins?). Apparently having been out all night at this time of year Peter only has mild hypothermia and Dr Gaddas soon has him up and about again. Steve over-rules Ken and says he can stay - but no Peter needs some fresh air and cannot stand being cooped up in Number One, heavy coat on he heads out into the night.
Most of the Street is looking to be rehoused. Seb is joining Kev and Abi whilst Alina is moving in with Ty and Fiz and Evelyn and Cerberus and Hope and Faith Ruby; no I don't know where she will be sleeping either. Fiz is not keen on the idea but Alina is not silly and prepares pamper packs for Fiz and the girls whilst there is an added ingredient in Evelyn's pack - alcohol. Fiz has too big a heart to say no and Alina moves in. No doubt much hilarity will ensue! And Alina delivers Ty's lasagne from oven to table.
Meanwhile the Alahan family co-operative provided the light relief this evening. Early on Asha admitted that creepy Corey was in the dumpster and Aadi applauded the decision whilst in front of Asha Dev was full of listening concern. As soon as her back was turned to them, both Dev and Aadi stood and did a dance of joy; Dev was clearly not taken in by Corey's golfing abilities! Aadi is relishing his new position as Deputy Dawg, sorry potential very junior assistant under-manager trainee in the Alahan empire where he is to undertake PDRs with Bernie and Cathy. For our overseas readers PDR is not a Public Display of Relationship but is in fact a Personal Development Review where in the UK your manager explains how you could do your job better and which you then ignore because he or she does not have the first iota of a clue of what you do. Dev later gets a message saying that it is all kicking off at the kebab shop (where I thought Chesney was actually the manager) so rushes there to find that Aadi has tomato ketchup, not blood, down his shirt and is being chased by Bernie the Broom out of the shop (above). Apparently Aadi had found that they both knew the job better than he did and he was using their knowledge to train him in how to handle the late night drunks needing a kebab fix. All enjoyed it, no harm done and Aadi even impressed Dev. And a word from me - I was a little harsh on Adam Hussain when he took on the role. Tonight the way that he, Jimmi Harkishin and Tanisha Gorey interacted and delivered was supreme. Adam certainly made me feel that he was Dev's son and can learn his way into running the Alahan empire. Tanisha Gorey has been given some meaty stories recently and I hope these two will be around and coming and going for some years.
And in an item which should really have been in Corrie Comicals - Tim. That lump above his right eye looks pretty nasty to me and someone should send for Dr Gadass as she is the only doctor in the country who appears to be doing house calls at the moment (two this week alone).
PS Why did anyone think having Chris Whitty in an advertisement was actually a good idea?
Written by David Isaac and directed by Leon Lopez
If it is the same Leon Lopez then we welcome him as a former actor from both Brookside and EastEnders. If not then he certainly got off to a great start tonight.
Kosmo
