Kal is in the house! Well, in the Rovers Return and he is
scored out of 10 - Sinead awards him an
8 , Eva gives him a 9 and Beth awards him a 10. Don’t worry though Kirky,
because you are an 11 in your beloved’s eyes.
There seems to be a real connection between Gary and Kal,
and obviously they know each other well, having been in the forces together. Kal
is both surprised and impressed that Gary is so together and content. Gary
explains that the reason is Izzy.
Kal is first mentioned by Gary as Dev has had a humiliating
run with Sophie and she has beaten him. ‘You just got beat by a girl, let me
call him,’ says Gary. Sophie had a hard job but finally succeeded in getting
the Devster to run. She told him that
she had sacrificed going to church this Sunday morning and she reminded Dev that
when God was angry, he did terrible things, so he had better make her sacrifice
worthwhile. ‘Plagues of locusts, earthquakes and pestilence,’ she reminds Dev
but Dev tries hard with his excuses, ‘ I have accounts, VAT, phonecalls,’ he
states but Sophie calls them just what they are - excuses. It’s true, we always find time to do the
things we want to do but rarely have time for the things we don’t. Dev is no different
but Sophie will have none of it. ‘She’s a bully,’ he states with a little too much
venom.
Mary tells Dev to be careful,
after having told us that she has, ‘tried it all,’ including boxercise and hot-yoga zumba. Asked what hot
yoga zumba is, Mary explains with no hint of the ridiculous, that it’s when
they turn up the radiators at the community centre. So know we know. Sadly, according to Mary, her career in exercise
was curtailed by ‘a mild allergy to Lycra’.
There’s more than a little distrust of Kal by Dev. Initially
Dev feels as if he’s ‘been set up on a blind date’ but gradually they warm towards each other.
Kal makes the claim that he is the best and so Dev challenges him by saying, ‘Prove
it- take me on,’ and Kal does. Dev may well be representing us at the Rio
Olympics, but Kal cannot guarantee him a medal. Easy now Usain and Mo, you’re
fine for Brazil - for now. That the 2 men are both widowers might help to form
a bond between them and on leaving the pub, it was good to see Kal give Dev’s
shoulder a warm squeeze. This bodes very well and there will be interesting times
ahead. Which of the ladies fancy their chances apart from Eva, who surely
wouldn’t want to hurt Jason?
Bits and Pieces by The Dave Clark Five! 1964 if you were wondering. What a tune that
was- at least Dennis certainly thinks so. There he was with his lollipop as a
guitar. Later, In the pub, chatting with Gloria, Dennis is enjoying himself and
taking a trip down Memory Lane. On Rita’s arrival, she asks him if he’s sulking
after they’d had words earlier. Dennis shows off a bit and talks about how he
rubbed shoulders with the stars until Rita really pulls the rug from under him and
says that when she first met him he was rubbing shoulders ‘with tramps and
winos’. Queen Rita! Below the belt! Was that really necessary? No – he was humiliated.
Julie is irritating to some, but I do feel warmth towards
her. Life has struck her a bitter blow – infertility. She has dealt with that
and come to terms with it. Fostering is what she wants to do and unbeknown to
her, Brian has sabotaged her chances. Refusing
to give up, she says she will phone tomorrow and find out from Trudie what happened.
Brian of course, is panicking and finding every reason as to why she mustn’t do
that. He spews out a pile of platitudes and clichés about them being survivors,
fighters, not able to realise all their dreams, but able to realise some. Brian,
your comeuppance is nigh and hopefully Julie will find a decent man who will
appreciate her. On the phone for 2.5 hours with her mother, a personal best – Julie
shows herself to have the patience of a latter-day saint. ‘To boldly go,’ says
Julie, reusing the most commonly split infinitive in the English language,
along with metaphors of journeys and paths.
Is there anything to like about Todd? So they’re brothers, which gives Todd some kind of licence to eat
his brother’s bacon sandwich. Sean to the rescue though with a lunch box, and
it dawns on Jason that Sean fancies Todd. Sean denies it but we see it to be
the case. What a user Todd is! Sean buying him drinks is one thing, but to say to Brian, who wonders
if they are a couple, that he would not have a relationship with Sean if he was
the last man in the world, is cruel. That Brian, under pressure admittedly, repeats
it to Sean, must have had a devastating effect on Sean. Don’t waste your time
on Todd, Sean! If only he could hear…
Audrey is doing her best in trying to help David but not
enrage the rest of her charmless family. David does seem to deeply regret what
he has done. We can excuse Nick who has had a devastating injury and will always
carry the knowledge that his own brother tried to kill him. As for David, he reminds
Kylie of the pain he felt when he discovered that she had slept with Nick. He
says he couldn’t breathe and had it not been for Max’s phone call, may have
committed suicide. He loves her, she
loves him. They’ll be back together soon, maybe in time for Lily’s first
Christmas, won’t they?
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