Michelle insincerely apologises
to Steve for not being pregnant and suggests he consider a vasectomy. Lloyd and
Eileen predictably enjoy mocking him over “the big V”, with Eileen telling him,
“the sticky notes just last twice as long” as she cuts them in half with her
scissors. Apt adjectives abound for “snippy” Steve, and even though Andrea
chides Eileen and Lloyd, she joins in with a “chop chop” of her own. However, unlike
the teasing twosome, she knows when to stop. “Joking aside”, she tells him, “if
you don’t want this, you’ve got to say so”.
Bolstered by her advice, he tells Michelle that he doesn’t want a vasectomy. Her response is more appropriate to an angry school teacher than his partner. She demonstrates the ultimate in hypocrisy by not only being furious at Steve for confiding in friends (particularly Andrea) when she did the same, but criticising him for taking a definitive stance when her position was non-negotiable from the outset. She can’t even appreciate Steve’s brilliant response, “it’s vasecto-me, not vasecto-you”, and physically pushes him out of the way as she storms off. Her treatment of Steve is completely unacceptable, and she makes Andrea appear more wonderful by the half hour.
Bolstered by her advice, he tells Michelle that he doesn’t want a vasectomy. Her response is more appropriate to an angry school teacher than his partner. She demonstrates the ultimate in hypocrisy by not only being furious at Steve for confiding in friends (particularly Andrea) when she did the same, but criticising him for taking a definitive stance when her position was non-negotiable from the outset. She can’t even appreciate Steve’s brilliant response, “it’s vasecto-me, not vasecto-you”, and physically pushes him out of the way as she storms off. Her treatment of Steve is completely unacceptable, and she makes Andrea appear more wonderful by the half hour.
Marcus and Maria discuss children,
and both agree that they’re not ready, but would love to buy a house of their
own.
Roy embarks on a mission to get
the one thing Hayley wants; strawberries. As she eats them, Anna delights in
declaring “the lady from Del Monte, she said yes.”
David and Kylie have deliberately
left their list of Gail’s pros and cons lying around for her to find. Considering
her recent championing of the couple, Gail should be devastated by such a discovery,
but merely appears put out. Audrey disagrees that it’s character assassination and
seems to enjoy the whole business. Gail’s spagbol apparently tastes like dog
food, but instead of being disgusted with the culprits, Audrey observes, “you
have been known to overseason”.With “easy to con” on the cons list, Audrey admires the wordplay, but shouldn’t this appear on their list of Gail's pros considering how unscrupulous they are? Gail’s response is to make her own list. The couple giggle over their cons which reveal they think the whole house is their bedroom, Kylie is incapable of coordinating, eats noisily and can’t use an oven, while David can’t wear his jeans properly and walks like an orang-utan. Considering the nasty character traits and deeds exemplified by both, is that really the best Gail could come up with? Perhaps she should add “forgetful” to her own list of cons. “I guess she does have a sense of humour after all” quips David in a happy ending worthy of the worst kind of sitcom. These scenes had a jarring effect. Considering recent events, it’s difficult to see how both Gail and Audrey could take this so lightly. Further, the list was made up with the serious intention of evicting Gail and yet David and Kylie now appear to see it as a mere source of amusement.
Tina is confident there’s a
chance that Peter will choose her, but worldly-wise Liz is not convinced,
telling her that “blokes and ultimatums never mix”. Liz is proven right when Tina
asks him if she should stay or go, and he plumps for the latter, telling her he
doesn’t love her. “You best not keep the boss waiting” snipes a tearful Tina. Without
revealing her intentions to a perturbed Gary and Izzy, she says an emotional
farewell to baby Jake. When Liz arrives at her flat and sees her bags packed, she
says she could swing for Peter Barlow through tears of anger and sadness. Liz offers
her money, but all that Tina asks is that she let everyone know about her
departure, including Rita who she can’t face. After everything Rita has done
for her, she at least owes her this much, and yet departs without bidding her farewell.
She sees Carla and Peter embark on a 5 star spa break before getting in a taxi.
“Are you okay love?” asks the driver as she leaves the street. “No, but I will
be” is the response and there’s no reason to doubt her.By Emma Hynes
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I hate that David & Kylie have the house, and that Audrey got it for them. Gail should move out with all her stuff (i.e., the furniture, appliances & tv) into one of the empty flats. Let those two on their own -- either they'll burn it down, or social services will be in to grab the kids within a month. Gail can inherit from Ted or Steven (they may as well be dead for all we see & hear from them) and can buy it back. Or not. Who wants that much space? Maybe a flat at Victoria Court instead.
ReplyDeleteMaria & Marcus were so refreshingly normal. Wish they had more screen time, there should be a lot of stuff going on there.
It's interesting how Liz has taken over from Rita as Tina's counsellor. It's more believable as Liz is her employer. She's a 'mother figure' rather than a 'Granny figure' which seems to work better.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Tina owed Rita more than just disappearing, after all that Rita has done for her. But Tina always has been selfish, only thinking of what she wants.
ReplyDeleteWhy was Liz in tears over the thought of Tina leaving? I don't remember them being that close before, and Liz has only been back for a short time.
Please don't have Tina return carrying a sprog!
ReplyDeleteIt's a soap, Tvor. Of course she bloody well is! :-)
ReplyDeleteOn a slightly unrelated note, I've finally forced myself to watch all 10 disks in the Network "Noughties" set (it's taken the best part of a year!) and was slightly surprised to see that when new Nick first arrived he was sporting not only blond hair, but blond stubble as well.
Interesting then that his hair and beard are now jet black. I'm prepared to accept in these days of the metrosexual man, that the character might have had blond highlights put in his hair to impress his mother, or perhaps even so she would realize who he was, but it's a bit of a stretch to think he'd die his beard as well.
Presumably someone at ITV thought he wouldn't look dangerous unless he sported a black beard?
Please, let this be the end of Tina for good.
ReplyDeleteI wish there were two Andrea's -- one for Steve and one for Lloyd. They both deserve decent love interests.
Wow! Tina is a self centered little Madam! Not even a word to poor Rita. Corrie writers are really pushing it don't you think?
ReplyDeleteThen again...remember how she turned on poor Gail and accused her of killing Joe. Gail was always so loving toward her but even after Gail was shown to be innocent Tina wanted nothing to do with her either.
P.S. Steve is sexy when he is with anyone but Michelle. Glad he put his foot down about the vasectomy...what a witch!!! Do the writers really think anyone finds her behaviour amusing?
ReplyDeleteThe sooner Tina leaves. Self proclaimed counsellor and interfering self centered twit. I am really sick of her .
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