Much praise must go to Paula Lane, as Kylie, Tina O’Brien as
Sarah, and Jack Shepherd as David in recent episodes. Coronation Street has 3 brilliant young actors
and long may they continue to entertain and impress us.
Callum’s mum, Marion, interests me. Of course she would come
looking for her son. As she says, ‘A mother never stops loving a child.’ She seems pleasant and decent and clearly
extremely anxious as to what has happened to her son. But it does beg the
question - does she know what he is involved in? What does she think he does to
earn a living? Does she know Gemma?
David gives Marion the truth on a plate, rather than the
smoked wafer thin ham sandwiches. David informs Marion that Callum has
committed a catalogue of crimes and that Max witnessed the beating up of Jason
by Callum and no longer wishes to see him.
Another mother in distress is Yasmeen. She notes, ‘A callous
murderer is free to go about her business with impunity?’ On seeing Tracy in
the street she shouts, ‘Mark my words! I want justice for my son and I will not
stop until I get it!’
Gemma arrives at the Platt’s and wants to know where Callum
is. She is suspicious of The Platts,
though she does also suspect the man further up the drug dealing tree, Denton,
might have done something, as he was after £20,000 from Callum, which Callum tried to exhort with
menaces from the Platts.
It is as long as a week now since Gemma has had a text from
Callum. She tells the Platts that something is not right. Kylie slips out to
fetch Max and while she is out she texts Gemma from Callum’s phone. The text
says that he has gone underground for a bit as Denton is on his case. Gemma
seems satisfied by that and after she gets £20 from David, she leaves, much to
Sarah’s relief. Sarah is horrified at Kylie using Callum’s phone and demands
that they get rid of the phone today.
Sarah is in a dreadful state and it is clear to anyone that
she is troubled. There is a conversation in The Rovers and ghosts are
mentioned, about which Sarah completely over- reacts. Kylie goes to the pub to
have a word with her. Kylie tells her that she cannot bear the thought of Max and
Kyle growing up with out her and David. ‘You have to be strong, ‘ Kylie tells
her.
In the garage David and Kylie are in reflective mood. David
has told his mum that it will be her ‘own little palace, fit for a queen.’
Kylie mentions the Princess and the pea, though it is unlikely that Gail will
detect Callum through her mattress.
Sally’s standards are slipping as she endures heartbreak. In
the street in her dressing gown, she arrives at the corner shop to buy alcohol,
chocolate and DVDs to help her find the way through it, until Rita makes an
appearance. It’s good to see Rita’s involvement in Sally’s life, giving her a
much-needed nudge to sort the situation out with Tim. As Rita suggests,
wallowing in self-pity never got anyone anywhere. Sophie is shocked at the
extent of her mum’s devastation over Tim so will be relieved at Rita’s efforts.
Maybe others are the same, but I do admit to getting ridiculously excited when
Rita is on screen.
Much as Sally would prefer to wallow, Greta Garbo style,
Rita forces her out to The Rovers and says that a Weatherfield window cleaner
needs to see Sally with her head held high. Well, Tim was in the pub but told Sally to go away and told Sophie that she had betrayed him for not telling him
about the kiss. Back home, talk centres on the need to cancel the wedding
venue. This seems to give Sally the steel that has evaded her. A new
determination envelops her and she declares that the wedding WILL take place.
Roy did scrub up well
and so did Cathy. As Roy was having his hair trimmed by Audrey, she states that
he must take care of his appearance if he is going out with a lady. Then she
asks, ‘She is a lady, isn’t she?’ Realising
what she has said, and how Roy might interpret the comment, she tries to
explain/apologise that she meant nothing offensive.
Roy and Cathy did seem ill at ease in the Bistro, so went
back to the café for coffee. They decide that they are not restaurant people.
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