Mary is unhappy with the children and unhappy with their
father, Dev, too She feels she is being used by them. Later though, in the pub,
Dev apologises and tells her what he sincerely believes. ‘You do a wonderful
job.’ She is momentarily cheered.
Emily and Rita call Mary over. ‘Ignore me Rita – I’m
suffering from an acute case of ennui. Like many French words, its precise
meaning is very hard to pin down.’ She continues. ‘I’m feeling dissatisfied,
I’m being wasted. I’m nobody and nothing. I’m simply redundant. Maybe it’s my
work-life balance – something isn’t fulfilling me. Amy’s 11 years old – she’s
got zeal, she’s got ambition, she’s got drive.’ She continues further. ‘Where
are the people my own age? I should be hanging out with Carla Connor, Steve and
Michelle. I’m a figure of ridicule, an aging spinster with nothing to offer.’
Rita and Emily point out that she has them for friends but
that’s not really whar Mary wants. Hearing Mary talk like this is an indication
of her insight and her growing self-awareness. It is also profoundly sad.
‘Where’s my exciting hobby, my go-getting friends, my
drive?’ she asks. Norris behaves like an insensitive fool. He is sarcastic and
unsympathetic.
Mary throws caution to the wind and instead of another
Dubonnet, she decides on a dry white wine. Well, it is a start.
Another character, who is experiencing loneliness, is Ken.
We have noticed though, the very early stages of a possible romance between
Audrey and Ken and I for one fully support this plot line. So Audrey lied about
reading one of Russia’s greatest novels. Well, what does it matter? Ken can
wallow in great literature while Audrey enjoys something else. After all, a
lack of intellectualism in his women has never really troubled Ken. He would
listen to Mahler as Deirdre would wash up to The Spice Girls.
Some may say it is too early after Deirdre’s death for Ken
to be in a relationship with someone else. Ken, though, doesn’t have decades in
front of him and nor does Audrey for that matter. Life is for living, so, with
no more ado, these two should get together. After a haircut, Ken suggests they
meet in the Rovers. Did anyone else notice how fondly Audrey messed with Ken’s
hair before cutting it, then rested her hands on his shoulders? Steve turns up for a trim and reports on Amy’s
progress with the violin. Apparently she has ‘an ear for it.’ Better than her
tidying skills, it seems about which she is arguing with her mother. It is also
revealed that Ken has put together a reading list for Amy and Steve has a list
of violin music for Amy. She’ll be glad to get back to school!
Beth’s faux respect to Mr. Connor and Mr. Connor was amusing
as was her comment about petty cash for the cake run not being reachable by
even Houdini. It is touching that Beth wears a letter C on a necklace, for the
wonderful Craig. Beth is being a great friend to Fiz too.
Tyrone is having one of the worst days ever. He’s done the
motorway breakdown and then tries to replace the unicorn, which he trod on when
he was rushing out to work. Hope is
taken ill but Fiz cannot get hold of Tyrone, because he has no charge left on
his phone. So, on arriving back at the garage, he learns that Hope and Fiz have
gone to hospital in an ambulance, as Hope seems really poorly. Turns out she has picked up an infection and
is staying in overnight. Tyrone heads off to the hospital and having difficulty
finding a parking place, dumps the tow truck in front of the hospital entrance.
It is towed away but Kevin sorts matters out.
As Tyrone gathers together the items that Fiz needs for her
and Hope’s hospital stay, including the wrong book, Tyrone picks up a photo of
Vera and Jack. What a great support they would be to Tyrone and family if they
were still around.
Alya offers to look after Jake for Izzy and Gary. Jake’s
parents are most grateful to her and anyway, as she herself says, she will have
to get used to looking after him.
When Gary returns home from work, he is surprised to see
Alya’s grandparents. Sharif quickly tells him what he has up his sleeve. He
calls Gary ‘an industrious and enterprising young man’ and after all, he did
fix the tea urn. Sharif offers Gary one half of his share of the gym. Anna and
Gary are dumbfounded.
Alya’s guilt at sleeping with Jason, threatens to derail her
relationship with Gary. She is restless, moody and unable to take a joke. Gary
puts it down to wedding nerves, but he has a shock coming his way.
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