How will Debbie Rush leave the street? I can't see Tiger Mum Anna abandoning our Gary and our Fay(e). The only thing I can think of, if the writers do it properly, is for her to get hauled off to chokey, but for what crime? Any rate, it's quite sad that the once and future most feared family in Weatherfield is (almost) no more.
I think we all know how Erica is going to leave - hounded off the cobbles for first degree strumpethood. To be honest, this storyline is more Kim Tate than Erica *googles surname* Holroyd. Time was, Erica was taking Anna out speed dating, now she's making sarky remarks about sticking sequins on her tabard and inviting her man out of a bit of afternoon delight? I realise life with Dev and Double A must be dreary at best, but it seems out of character.
Still, it takes two to tango and Kev's endless moans about a woman who almost died after being set alight "rejecting" him are a little bit pathetic. Kevin's one of those men who thinks they are a nice guy, but as soon as they don't get a) their own way b) a bit of ows yer farver, they run off with the nearest Erica. Kev bemoans his fate to Rosie, unfortunately overheard by Anna, who's arrived with butties. Erica arrives with something better, the name of a hotel she's booked for the two of them. Erica turns down Dev's offer of afternoon tea and an art gallery to spend time with Kevin whilst Anna has gone shopping to buy a dress to tempt Kevin back. She calls him, telling him they need to talk, so Kevin returns to the homestead and Erica is left high and dry at the hotel bar. Before Anna and Kev can get down to smoochies however, he tells her that he almost slept with Erica (without mentioning her name), but that he wants to move on. But can Anna?
Worried about Bethany, Sarah goes to the police for help. Unfortunately the police officer she turns to is Evil Neil and brings him back to the house to talk to her daughter. He tells Bethany that she should say she made the whole thing up. He looms over her and she cowers as he instructs her to keep her mouth shut else she'll regret it. Craig spots Bethany looking terrified and goes to visit her, but she won't say anything more to him. However, the seeds of suspicion about his sarge have been sown in Craig's mind.
Liz has binned some sequinned hotpants and and is ready to leave the Rovers and move into a flat with her son. Steve thinks Liz is going to be at a loose end, so signs her up to courses at the community centre, but she's already got a job - at the medical centre, Deirdre's old job.
Jenny and Johnny are back together and everyone knows apart from Aidan who is also in the dark about a) Matthew Singh taking his business elsewhere and b) his dad has MS. He finds out about the former from Mr Singh himself and the latter from Jenny. He in turn tells Eva, who comforts him, and listens guiltily as Johnny and Aidan have a heart to heart, particularly when Johnny tells his son that he'll make a great dad.
And finally, Sean discovers a letter addressed to Mr and Mrs N Cole - in Nozza's handwriting. Like Einstein, Mary is passionately curious (about it). Mary, it's illegal to open other people's mail! She discovers a photo of herself and Norris and a letter stating that he has entered a Mr and Mrs competition. In the pub, Mary chews him out and then storms off to her sausage casserole. But Norris reveals that the prize is a round the world trip, and that he entered the comp so that Mary could go visit Jude and Mary's grandson. Aw.
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