It's been made very clear that he doesn't have the funds to buy the Rover's, and surprise surprise I read in this week's soaps preview that Big Jim McDonald, in his desperation, is set to rob a bank, so he is.
I'm not much of a Big Jim fan to be honest, so I won't mind too much if he's sent to the "Big Hoose" for a long stretch (again). However, I was under the impression that Jim and 'Lizbeth' were supposed to be heading off into the sunset together, as part of Beverley Callard's grand finale, but if he gets done for armed robbery, how will that work out? I must say I'm not looking forward to this at all. Bank robberies. Kidnappings. Mass murder. The buying of children. Fake weddings. Tram crashes. The list of eye-popping sensationalist storylines goes on - and on - and on - and I have very little interest in any of them. I'm very much with those of you who want more kitchen sink drama from Coronation Street. I don't mind the odd murder or robbery now and again - you expect that from a soap - but at the moment the show seems to be lurching from one highly unlikely scenario to the next and it's far too much. I wish the writers would think carefully about what a particular character would do in a given situation - and not about what they, the writers, can MAKE them do.
I've got to find something positive to say here. On the plus side - I might be clutching at straws but I'm liking Kevin Webster at the moment!
