Well let's get straight to it; the highlight of Friday's double episode had to be Tim’s proposal and the aftermath. Joe Duttine brings so much to this character, and he’s a delight to watch. Disconcerted by suited Kevin’s success and Sally’s enthusiasm for it, he has an epiphany during a great conversation with Craig – he’ll ask her to marry him.
He lays his heart bare outside Underworld with flowers worthy of Dev’s, and to the strains of Take That’s Greatest Day courtesy of a ghetto blaster precariously administered by Craig. It’s a pity nobody but us can hear his brilliant speech, but it’s all part of the humour, and at least Sally gets to hear her favourite song before it mutes at the point where Tim bellows the all important proposal, and she happily accepts. Trust Sean to look down his nose at her engagement ring, but at least a joyous atmosphere prevails at the Rovers as well wishers hearing the news drop in to congratulate them, and all agree it’s great that Kevin, Tim and Sally get on so well. I sincerely hope that the Kevin and Sally rumours we’ve been hearing aren’t true, and further, that we get the happy wedding they deserve, along the lines of Beth and Kirky's.
Speaking of which, Sinead’s plans to book a surprise camping trip for
herself and Chesney go awry when Beth finds the flyer and thinks Kirk is whisking
her away. On learning of the confusion, Kirk panics as only he can, and Tyrone, sadly well used to finding ways of keeping Fiz appeased, recommends
he avoid trouble by booking a holiday to the same place. When the
misunderstanding is revealed, all seven of them decide to go there together
much to the clear frustration of Sinead.
Kirky isn’t the only man to panic over a
surprise, as Tracy and Beth pitch up unexpectedly at Robert’s restaurant. Robert
may have given the Barlows a reason to smile by staying the night,
with Ken even remarking that Deirdre had a hand in bringing them back together,
but it doesn’t last. Wife Joni returns to the restaurant in time to find him
kissing
While Robert failed to take the myriad of
opportunities to tell the truth, he did attempt to break up with Joni in this
episode showing that it really is Tracy Tracy
I have to say, I love the character of Gemma,
and if we accept that Callum will never be a Dan, or a Phelan – or even a Gavin
Rodwell – it makes for a more enjoyable watch. I loved our editor Glenda's likening of the dastardly crew to Batman’s foes, and when I view them in this light, I get a kick out of the scenes. Callum’s
rather stylish flat and eclectic taste in music, not to mention his short
attention span for Bethany, did add a dimension to his character which we hadn’t
seen before.
Elsewhere, Tony roams the streets and it
remains anyone’s guess where he’s staying. Firstly, there’s a set to with Robert which I rather enjoyed, and clearly so did Tracy, in which he vows to keep his half of Barlow’s Buys. Then, after needlessly apologising to Liz on behalf of his Dad, Jason
tells Tony to his face to stay away from both of them. Tony begs for another
chance but it falls on deaf ears. Gail was just as happy to witness Michael emerging
from Eileen’s first thing in the morning. Michael is a different man when he’s
with Eileen and infinitely more interesting and endearing, so I hope they stay together. I think they have the potential to be a great Corrie couple.
By Emma
Hynes
Twitter: @ELHynes
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