It has already been reported on this blog and elsewhere that the character of Paul is soon leaving Coronation Street - and who could blame him with girlfriend Eileen's current bunny boiling behaviour?
She and sister Julie hid in a cupboard at the fire brigade to spy on Paul and Full Monty show organiser workmate Toni after Eileen suspected the colleagues were choreographing strip routines of, ahem, a more personal nature.
But Julie and Eileen were rumbled, with Paul telling Eileen that she had trust issues that could "destroy"them and she meanwhile backtracking that she was insecure because she had been let down by so many men.
However she didn't learn by her mistakes as later read Paul the riot act when she checked and found out he had not been at work one afternoon but out with Toni. When he arrived home, she furiously accused him off an affair. Except he wasn't, of course, he had been choosing an engagement ring for Eileen from Toni's jeweller brother in a romantic gesture.
Naturally he was not impressed by her mistrust and jealousy, confessed he might have been about to make a "massive mistake" by proposing, while Eileen had to back track madly, muttering "If you knew how foolish I feel.."
Relations seemed cool between the pair with Paul seeming reluctant to let Eileen even sit next to him in the Rovers - only to bring out the ring and make a rather half hearted proposal right there and then in that least unromantic of venues.
As Carla said to Peter ( remember those two once central characters, we hardly see them nowadays!)"If you ever get urge to propose to me - do not do it here." She has a point.
Meanwhile Coronation Street residents should not be buying their hats for Eileen and Paul any time soon!
Karl stole and torched love rival Jason's van, leading the police to question Jason as they suspected it was an inside job. Luckily Jason had an alibi - and even with his noteable lack of brain cells, realised that Karl was probably the culprit.
Meanwhile Stella asked Jason to move in with her - a fact he didn't hesitate to share with Karl - but Stella also asked Owen to give Karl (the man who only just abducted her, remember?) a job - why Owen agreed to do so just like that also seemed rather improbable.
Is it just me or has Michelle Collins improved her wooden performance and accent somewhat recently? - she's almost animated at times. Almost.
Meanwhile scheming Faye lied to engineered a meeting between her slightly creepy real father Tim and adoptive mum Anna at the school play, with Owen later guessing she had matchmaking issues in mind. "Wouldn't it be a dream come true if they (Anna and Tim) got together and the grubby old builder went off to into sunset."
But Anna reaffirmed her affection for Owen.
Meanwhile teen mum Katy was fuming with jealousy over smug workmate and ex snogging partner Ryan and his date with her friend Steph..we all know where this storyline is heading!..
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