Dastardly Desperate Dan has just got even more dastardly. Leanne
has to work late. DDD is watching and waiting for her. Unbeknown to him,
though, Liz is at Leanne’s flat looking after Simon, when Dan accosts Leanne in
the street telling her that she has ruined his life. As she arrives at her flat
he jams his foot in the door and forces his way in. He has hold of her wrist
and she is clearly in pain. Leanne shouts to Liz to phone the police but Dan is
too quick and grabs hold of Liz’s bag, throwing it through the air. He demands
everyone’s phones and stamps on them. The situation quickly becomes violent and
committing one of the meanest and most spiteful acts of his life, he wreaks
revenge on Leanne, for telling Liz that he became violent towards her when he
was working as a prostitute and tells Simon his mum was a prostitute.
Liz does her best in trying to convince Dan to let them go. Her
tactics include flattery, ‘I just see
the good in you. A good man with a good heart.’ Belittlement, as Liz asks him
what he’s getting from ‘terrorising 2 women and a child.’ And insults, ‘How
could you stop so low?’ Eventually, Liz and Simon make a run for it, leaving
Dan with Leanne. Liz phones the police. Simon is very worried and Zeedan
showing perhaps more kindness than wisdom goes in.
And here comes Tony. Yes, he’s back and is either brave or
stupid in returning to face the music - music which will be very loud. Jason
has been very upset by his father’s dealings, just when he and Tony had got on
an even footing. To Jason his dad is everything his mum, Eileen, has said he is
and more. Jason tells Tony that he is better off without him in his life. Tony is further knocked back when he enters
The Rovers. On seeing him Steve says, ‘I’m going to kick your head in.’ Tony leaves, after a verbal pasting from
Eileen too.
In Tony’s head he must feel that that there is a chance for
him with Liz, but maybe he needs to revisit exactly what it is he has done to
her, and how with Liz’s one time daughter in law, who she loathes, he had an
affair, resulting in humiliation for Liz. Cheating is bad enough, but with
Tracy! Tony then, if he wishes to have any chance at all of a reconciliation
with Liz, has a mountain to climb.
Beth sees Robert in the corner shop and tells him she is a
friend of Tracy, launching into the Spice Girls ‘If you wanna be my lover, you
gotta get with my friends.’ Beth is sporting a glamorous plait hairpiece.
‘Takes 30 seconds to wazz it in and you’re transformed into a goddess.’ Beth
also tells us that if she sold both retinas she could enjoy a beach side
retreat in Bali.’
Beth tells Tracy that Robert is still in love with her.
Tracy is clearly interested in what Beth claims. Robert apologises to Ken for
his inappropriate behaviour after Deirdre’s funeral. What’s more, spotting the
recipe for stuffed marrow on the table he offers to make it for Ken and Tracy –
a very nice gesture. Ken confesses that
Deirdre’s attempts at stuffed marrow were not a patch on Robert’s efforts.
It was interesting that though Robert himself never actually
said it, both Ken and Deirdre assumed he was single, Tracy of course claiming
that she is too hard an act to follow.
I’m a little confused about the relationship/friendship
between Eileen and Michael. They are just friends, aren’t they? Eileen is
meeting Michael for a drink, but Gail lures him back to his old home to fix a
tap. Just prior to his arrival Gail had been singing, ‘I am Woman, including
the lyrics, ‘I am strong, I am
invincible.
’
She then attempts to prolong his stay by offering him a cup
of tea. Clearly she is doing her best to get him back. Eileen is waiting for
Michael in the Rovers. Gail persuades Michael to join the family for Audrey’s
birthday and he leaves finally with some Battenberg cake. Gail and Michael are married, so maybe they
should at least try to fix it. Michael and Eileen though, do get on well. Interestingly,
in the pub, Dusty Springfield’s, ‘I Only Want to be with You and Cupid, by Sam Cooke
were playing. Who might those songs be aimed at?
Roy’s driving test takes place today – can he pass? Camomile tea and barley sugars from Cathy and
good luck from others, Tyrone takes Roy to his driving test. Tim made a brilliant contribution saying he
had passed his test first time and drove home in the Austin Princess. To
celebrate Tim’s dad had given him a cigar. Tim set fire to the leatherette
seats and despite his mum’s efforts making crimplene covers, it was never the
same.
Roy passes his test. Hooray! Now it’s perhaps time for some
heating in Woody, because as Roy says, it can be restrictive with a rug on your
knees.
Vince, planning to retire, offers Kevin his garage. Kevin
seems interested, so maybe he’ll do it. From what Vince said about his wife and her
vision, he’ll need to keep an ‘eye’ on her as they do the Route 66 or The
Mother Road according to author, John Steinbeck. Does Vince assume Kevin is
gay? It seems so, especially as in the pub, Tim ticks Kevin off as he refused
to come for a drink with Tim when he asked him.
Just a couple of glimpses of the wonderful Steph in these
episodes and of her brother Luke. Such a shame they are not given a really good
storyline. Maybe there’s one in the pipeline. Very much hope so.
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