Half-way through the year then, the sun is high in the sky and England's footie team are 'coming home'. With World Cup considerations side-lined, our attention can thankfully return to the doings of Weatherfield and its lovely inhabitants.
Take Carla Barlow ("the name's Connor"). Well, let's face it, someone usually is taking her and this month's lucky lottery winner is Luke. He qualifies as suitable in many ways. Well, he has a pulse so that's good enough for Carla. But wait! Who is that slightly looking vacant hairdresser entering stage left with an evil gleam in her eye? Audrey? No, it's the nice-but-dim Maria, refreshed from her holiday to Cyprus and in no way psycho whatsoever. What better way to celebrate her new-found sanity than to get it on with Luke, thus incurring the wrath of Mrs Barlow-the name's-Connor. Good luck to you Luke. The choice is yours - a woman who is eighty percent vodka and twenty percent handbag or a woman who stares into the middle distance as a hobby. Fill your boots.
Meanwhile Todd is getting a job in the yard. Is it possible to mince up and down a ladder? Cue lots of Carry On-style moments as Todd offers up a Charles Hawtrey "Oh hello!" as he grapples with two big lads and a wheelbarrow. Co-starring Eileen as Matron.
The news of Faye's impending pregnancy has received a mixed reaction. Of course, we've been here before and there is nothing new under the (soap opera) sun. However Ellie Leach is a cracking little actress and will no doubt bring something extra to her portrayal of Faye. More wringing hands moments for Anna Angst though. Whatever the general feelings about the Windass/Phelan storyline, it has seen some memorable acting from Debbie Rush. Anna seems like a very mercurial character for some viewers. She's either vilified as being a bit of a harridan or she manages to elicit waves of sympathy. Poor old Anna. She's got to contend with a teenage pregnancy along with Owen's creepy half-grin reaction to everything and Izzy's gimlet-eyed stare.
With a new platonic friendship for Roy (Kal's mum) and Gail playing Family Fortunes with Les Dennis, this could be a summer of fun. Let's have more of them and less of Tracy, Michelle and weird Andrea. Maybe by the time the first leaves of autumn fall, we may even discover where Mary and Emily have been hanging out. Did they take the Alahan kids with them or have they all been cruelly consigned to the Corrie Cupboard? A Cruel Summer for some in Weatherfield and a Summer of Love for others.
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