Some madcap
capers tonight courtesy of Luke and his band of merry men who, thinking they've been had, attempt to, shall we say, collect
their Mule Face t-shirts at source. But they're disturbed by two of the more honest
bootleg hawkers in the business who seem to have had every intention of
delivering the goods. When Dumber and Dumbest pop around to Tyrone’s to hand
deliver the clothes and amusingly complain about thieving “recidivists”, the lads sympathise
and pretend they know nothing of the disastrous attempted break-in they had
engineered.
But it all comes crashing down when Chesney is recognised, and seems in for a hiding. That is, however, until Fiz
arrives home and saves the day with her unique brand of high pitched pointy
chiding. Luke is to be kicked out on foot of the trouble caused, but she changes
her mind when trembling Tyrone speaks up for him and tells her he has been a good mate
while she has been gone. I'm enjoying the amount of extras with speaking parts at the moment, but I'm afraid preachy Fiz had me reaching for a cushion to hide behind.
I didn’t know
Michael was such a big Kylie fan. Not that Kylie, even though the neon-wearing palm-tree-pony-tail-sporting version is begging everyone to put
themselves in her place; she should be so lucky (sorry). The day of his
operation has arrived, and she keeps the seat warm by his bedside while Eileen
is god-knows-where, and when David arrives with a card from Gail, it gives Michael a chance to play Jeremy Kyle and try to reunite the pair by asking both to stay
until he returns from theatre.
After Eileen (at last!) delivers the news that the operation has been a complete success, it’s nice to
hear Kylie ask David for his and his family’s support during her recovery, to “walk
the walk” and help her succeed. It’ll be interesting to see who’ll be on board
with this, even if it is for the sake of the kids.
I have been
a fan of Gary and Alya since day one, and hoped their mutual respect for one
another would see them go the distance. I was obviously disappointed then with
tonight’s developments for a number of reasons. She is naturally angry and in
pain after her father’s death, and there’s no telling what grief will do. While
she is serpent tongued to Leanne and Sally, turning her back on her boyfriend
and her faith in one evening seems a bridge too far.
While the wreckage
of Victoria Court seems an odd choice for such a big moment in the
circumstances, poor Gary proposes and she refuses him, replying in a distressed
state that he should find someone who deserves him, and “it’s always gonna be
no”. It is sad that this has to be the case, especially considering he has
finally earned the respect of her family after, amongst other things, saving
Sharif’s life, and his modesty is as strong as his desire to love and protect
Alya. What a mess. All of this has left me rather deflated and I wonder if
anything is sacred on the street.
Meanwhile the sea air seems to have had a greater impact on returned Lloyd than we may have anticipated, as we find him more concerned with imparting his knowledge of fish and pub crawls in Tromsø than musing on the wedding he missed and the tragedies which occurred in his absence. The scenes themselves were good and so I’m beginning to think that the key to enjoying Coronation Street
By Emma Hynes
Twitter: @ELHynes
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