Coronation Street double episode review, July 9 2012

Mary's declaration, 'The game is poised like a rock teetering on a ledge in a Warner Brother's cartoon,'could be a comment with a much broader meaning, considering  the happenings on The Street tonight. In fact the only chink of light was brought to us via Mary and Roy. That said, the effect on Roy and Hayley's marriage  is somewhat worrying. As Hayley left to dance, with a caution from Mary to mind Norris's bunions, she bent down to kiss Roy, who almost leapt out of his seat. So what is going on with Roy and Mary? There's no doubt they share a rapport, as acknowledged by Roy himself. The highlight of the 'Maryisms' tonight was her success in picking up an old-timer in  the PDSA charity shop. A wonderful pun! A chess clock is of course what she means, but an old-timer is a phrase not heard in a while, for an elderly gentleman. Flirtatious? Absolutely, in Mary World.

Just a little more on Mary warrants comment and that is her bringing her diary into Roy's Rolls and finding that, after checking of course, tonight 'looks clear'.And then, 'For now I'll take a muffin.' It's the 'for now' bit that seemed so suggestive of more to come on Planet Mary. On Hayley's return, Mary tells her that she, Mary, has mated her husband twice.

Peter seems to be going for meltdown, arguing irrationally with even those who love him, namely  Ken and Carla, both of these deserving of our sympathy; Carla because of the dreadful conference call interruption and Ken who had all his past crimes revisited upon him. Along with Ken there is no parent in the world who doesn't feel some degree of guilt in their child rearing efforts.  Peter was amusing though, in a black humour sort of way, when he said on Nick's arrival in the bistro, 'Oh here he is, 'Willy Wonka, the Pied Piper, Sir Child-Catcher.'

Gail is suffering too, though she is profoundly irritating. Did she not realise that Leanne, who, moments ago had asked Gail for a break, was right there when Gail was pointing out to Nick how wrong it would be to pack up and leave Weatherfield.'for the sake of some woman'.

Owen's distress at Izzy's pregnancy brought an amusing line from Anna calling him the sage of Weatherfield. Then the discovery of Faye's trainers in the bin and then Izzy, before her father's opinion was made known to her about her pregnancy, was getting close to the problems Faye was suffering when she asked, 'Do you get on with the girls in your class?'

And then Carla's brother bursts in fresh from his prison cell, mid angry words between Carla and Peter .  Oddly Carla tells Rob to put Peter down but Peter wasn't up...

A great double episode tonight. Eva and Rob? Just a thought...                
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