Coronation Street Episode Review Monday 5th December

 

There's some festive cheer on the cobbles tonight as Tracy is kind to Mary and gives her the morning off for her hospital appointment. And then she goes and spoils it all by saying something mean about Maria. Venus De Milo (pretty but not all there), bunny boiler, damaged goods, illegally married a gay Argentinian hairdresser - these are all among her choice words. Poor Maria, she's either stuck in the salon, sweeping hair, dealing with David and listening to Audrey making her "noise", or she's having all the drama. In tonight's ep, she a) sacks her lawyer b) returns to the scene of the snog for some more sofa shenanigans with Aidan, c) faces up to the fact she might spend a year in the big house d) turns down Aidan's suggestion that they get jiggy with it in a hotel e) changes her mind and goes to meet Aidan at said hotel, only to discover he's taken Eva instead f) chews out Kate for her involvement in Maria's arrest (I cheered, reader, I cheered) g) slaps Aidan h) breaks her shoes and i) snogs Adam to make Aidan jealous. And its only Monday!

Elsewhere on the street, Peter and Ken go help Daniel clear out his spartan flat. Peter turns detective and gets Daniel to confess that he hasn't seen his mother for six years and she hasn't written, emailed, phoned or even Whatsapped her son. Ken is already outraged that Denise left ("she's a disgrace to motherhood" - hey Ken, it's Mr Pot here! I'm saying mean things about the kettle!) and so Peter doesn't tell him the truth. If they want to find Denise, they just need to take a Transpennine service from Piccadilly to Hotton and then get a bus to Emmerdale.

Mary is given the all clear at the hospital and Norris is keen to celebrate - seeing as Dev said he'd buy champagne. Mary is still not happy though and Erica discovers that Mary's bucket list is actually a ring binder of clippings featuring one Maureen Nuttall, whom Erica suspects is Mary's mother, but Mary doesn't 'fess up one way or the other. Curiouser and curiouser.

Over in the cafe, Alex awaits a five o'clock delivery from his mother, which turns out to be - his mother. Yay, the Loch Nessa Monster is back! And she's not been there five minutes before she's sniffing around a new fella, in this case Brian ("such a masculine name"), and he's sniffing around her too, like Kirk after a bacon barm. Roy has a stress-rash, Cathy is stress eating, but I'm already enjoying this potential Corrie comedy gold coupling.

And finally, Rana tries to play matchmaker 'twixt Alya and Zeedan, but Zeedan, despite turning up to the rencontre, has no interest in making up and tells Alya to leave town. However, after a drink with
Kate, who today is wearing what appears to be a Hungarian folk dancing jacket, suggests that Alya moves into her spare room. I look forward to them out-self-righteoussing each other.

Rachel Stevenson - personal blog

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