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Izzy and Gary split up this week which left me in despair, wearing a black armband. I love these two together, I really do. Gary’s had his head turned by Alya who has been in every scene, in every storyline, since she appeared on the cobbles last week. I hope they’re not going to force this one on us like they did with St Ella.
Gail gets Michael Marlon (“It’s after Brando”) Rodwell his job back at Streetcars although he doesn’t start too well. “Good morning, Streetcabs!” he chirps on the switch. Eileen fills him in on biscuit etiquette in the cab office while Gail fills him in on her history with Eileen, and men. “I think it’s fair to say I’ve had a complicated history with men,” she tells Michael. Yes, Gail, it’s fair to say. The two of them get friendly while David and Kylie are away in Barbados with little Max. Michael gives Gail a plant with his thanks for getting him a job, it’s a dianthus dainty dame in a pot. Gail takes it up to bed with her. I think her complicated history with men is about to start again.
And that was just about that for this week.
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It's not that Alya (is that her name?) is in every scene, it's that every scene she has been in is exactly the same, namely her just happening to stroll past as Gary is doing something in the Street. It's been irritating me for weeks now, but the nadir has to be Gary playing with Jake in a front garden that is about a foot wide, when there is a far more suitable back garden.
ReplyDeleteAnd as for Leanne listing every past demeanour just as the mother walks by! Do the writers actually get paid for this dross? A chimp could write more believable stuff.
If only there was still a decent corner shop, at least some of these "accidental meetings" could have taken place there, but it's only use these days is to plug Nationwide.
IMHO, we need a return to an old-fashioned corner shop, with a gossipy older woman running it.
Did anyone else think how sad it was that no-one in the street would give Deirdre a bed for the night? I presume Dev is currently on his sabbatical, otherwise he could have offered her one!
Ayla just walking past every single time Gary and Izzy have a conversation in the Street or in their garden is now beyond ludicrous writers! It becoming a joke in the Frosty household - there is Gary and Izzy who is the first to spot Ayla!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd how nasty and bitter was Eileen - ridiculing Gail in a bizarre Scottish accent in the Rovers was nasty and rather embarrasing frankly.
Re: the fingerprints on the bracelet, I hope this doesn't become the crucial piece of evidence because it's flimsy. Rob touched the bracelet at least once after seeing it on Tracy's wrist. At the bistro, he touches the bracelet when she shows it to him. I don't think they can date fingerprints so the police have a bunch of undated fingerprints. The only thing is Peter possibly can't remember seeing or touching it. Also, at the risk of being repetitive, Deirdre destroyed all the evidence when she cleaned the bracelet. Who touched it after it came into the house is irrelevant because Tina's flat had already been burgled and she had been killed. Or am I missing something?
ReplyDeleteFrosty,I agree about Eileen,she has an affair with a married man whose wife had Alzheimers and she judges Gal?I also hope the writers aren't going to ruin Ayla by having her in every scens and storyline as they did with Tina.
ReplyDeleteI agree about Alya suddenly appearing every time Izzy & Gary were on screen. She's irritating me no end, just keep your neb out!
ReplyDeleteAlso agree re Eileen. Horrible woman, just plain nasty. She's a female version of Norris and I hate him too.
I agree the fingerprint evidence is very shaky. Any lawyer worth his salt will ask Deirdre about finding the bracelet. "Let me get this straight, Mrs Barlow, you picked up the bracelet, brought it inside and washed it with a scrub sponge, hot water and washing up liquid" When she confirms this it should be clear that she wiped it clean of prints - fingerprints are made of sweat, dust and the skin´s natural oils.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in what happened to Todd in "that London" to make him the creep he is today.
ReplyDeleteFrosty and Anonymous I agree with you about Eileen it came across as nasty and vindictive and I would be glad to see the back of Eileen
ReplyDeletePeter walked around for days with scratch marks down his face. And his DNA would have been under Tina's fingernails. Yet they can't arrest him until they find a faint fingerprint on a contaminated exhibit? Seriously?
ReplyDeleteLove Eileen!
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