Coronation Street Episode Review, Monday 7th August

 
Michelle is rescued pretty quickly from the boot of her car by a passer-by attracted by her screams  and she's taken to the police station. She is terrified that she has been raped and whilst having the exam, the previously silent partner of DS McKinnon turns up to get his Equity card let Robert know that Rich has an alibi for the kidnap. Encouraged by Will, who is hanging around the flat on the pretext of concern for Chelle, Robert takes matters into his own hands, literally, and gives Rich a beating. Unfortunately, no good deed goes unpunished and the coppers turn up to arrest him on suspicion of ABH. Which rather cleverly leaves the flat, and Michelle, wide open for Will. In case anyone hasn't got it yet, we see Will dropping Michelle's car keys down a drain. I do hope Will is going to explain all this at some point. I thought the graffiti and arson attack were to get revenge on Michelle rather than try to win her back. Dating her friend (which was a coincidence) and assuming Robert would want revenge on Rich - well, it all seems a little circumstantial and opportunistic, rather than a well concocted, carefully planned scheme. Also, how did he and Maria have a meal in the time it took Michelle to down half a glass of Shiraz?

 
Poor Leanne wakes up with a heck of a hangover and a new fiancé. There's no emoji for "whoops I got so drunk I got engaged". She, Eva and Toyah debate what to say to Steve whilst, over the road, Steve and Liz debate what to say to Leanne. Liz thinks if Steve likes her then he should put a ring on her. Amy overhears ring talk and despite thinking that Leanne is good for second best if Michelle isn't in the picture, she texts Simon the "news" and Leanne runs off to try and sort it out. Liz tries to help by dressing Ollie in a "Mummy Will You Marry Daddy" babygro and then the worst proposal Amy has ever heard takes place, which Leanne, erm, accepts! Everyone seems happy about it, even Tracy, apart from Gail, but when is she ever happy, really?

Kate has figured out in two sentences and a risotto that Luke has the hots for Alya and she's not best pleased; she doesn't want to be the gooseberry of the flat. All of the young folk are invited to Todd and Adam's solicitor office warming party, apart from Rosie: she was supposed to do the windows, but, as she says to Nozza, she's bored of window-cleaning, mainly because the overalls are blah. She tries to persuade Todd and Adam that she would make a great PA with all of her tenacious qualities (I guess good memory isn't one of those qualities as she did used to be Carla's PA in the factory). She puts off a potential candidate with some lies about the fictional previous PA and truths about Adam ("he'll just flirt with you") and Todd ("he makes sarcastic remarks"). Little does she know that there's another candidate - Gail, who presumably doesn't work at the Bistro any more since little Nicky left.

As for Alya, she dresses up very attractively and messes with the mixer in order to get Luke's attention, but he doesn't believe she's dumb enough not to know how electricity works and, seeing through her ruse, sweeps her up for a snog. They make a pretty couple.

Gary's upset because he has no job, no flat and only a gorgeous girlfriend to keep him happy. An old contact offers him a job and he drives off under the influence of Prosecco, although it's a text that distracts him and causes him to fall off the scaffolding. Don't text and build, kids! The employer wants him to bring his insurance documents, which I'm expecting Gary has let lapse, which will force him into the arms of his ex-army pal's private security business and away from the street.

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