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It’s Ken’s birthday and he throws a dinner party, inviting Audrey, Brian, Cathy and Roy. It’s a pleasant enough evening apart from the fact that Brian smells like a stock cube. This is because Amy puts the stock cube in the shower head and Brian takes a shower at Ken’s as there’s something wrong with the shower at Roy’s. Amy’s stock cube stunt is part of a joke that gets her, Asha and Summer into trouble this week as their jokes get out of hand. They also put blue paint into Roy’s windscreen wipers in the Woody. Summer’s called into the head’s office at school after she demonstrates her artistic prowess by drawing an, er, part of the male anatomy in shaving cream onto a teacher’s car. Summer hangs her head in shame and tells Billy and Todd she’ll never do it again. Far worse is Amy and Asha’s punishment when they’re forced to dance about in front of Cathy and Brian as Boney M tribute group Phoney M. However, I don’t yet think that the girls’ games are over, not yet, as each of them dare the other one to do something even worse that will leave Summer unconscious next week.
Shona’s ex-fella Dane, father of killer Clayton, arrives and demands the winnings from Shona’s scratch card. When she refuses and David threatens him, Dane locks himself in David’s car with Lily and Max and tells the kids the truth about who killed their mam. There were lovely scenes between David and Max as Max tries to come to terms with the truth about Shona being the mum of the lad who killed his mum. Shona tells David that she loves him and the kids but the truth is that Clayton is her son and there’s nowt she can do about that. And so they split up for half an episode and then get back together again.
With the factory girls still out of work, Beth and Alya buy a sewing machine so that they can do some work at home. Trouble is, the sewing machine they buy is one of the ones that’s been nicked from Underworld by Adam Barlow. The cops are called, Adam and Todd are grilled (lightly but not enough to singe) and Billy’s angry at what he thinks Todd’s involved in. He’s so angry that he takes an envelope of cash he finds in Todd’s office and distributes the cash to the factory girls, anonymously, in envelopes through their front doors. The money belongs to Shona and when Billy finds out it’s hers, he can’t apologise enough but Shona’s happy that the money has gone to the girls as she’d planned to give it to Dane to get him out of her life.
Sean’s now working in the medical centre, taking up the role that Liz has walked out on. She’s working back in the pub, much against Toyah and Peter’s wishes but they’re too scared to ask her to leave. While Liz makes herself at home again behind the bar, Toyah gives Liz all the crappy jobs to do, hoping she’ll get fed up and leave. There’s toilets to be cleaned, barrels to be changed and Liz does it all with a very forced smile. But then Thomas Ridley (of Ridley and Newton) comes into the pub and he isn’t best pleased with the pint that Toyah serves him. Is Liz involved in this in any way, I wonder? A cheeky smile most definitely played around her lips while Thomas was in the pub giving Toyah hell.
Elsewhere this week, Rana tries to kiss Kate. And while I’ve never been a Rana fan, this week my heart broke for her. She’s got a crush on Kate the size of Salford itself and says that she isn’t gay, she just has feelings for her friend. Kate can’t cope with the news and doesn’t know what to do. Meanwhile, Zeedan tells Rana he wants to marry her and have babies. For the first time ever since she joined the show, I really do feel for Rana and she allowed us to see something going on behind her make-up mask.
Nicola has a big announcement to make when she tells Phelan and Eileen that she’s pregnant – and the father is Gary Windass. Crikey, that was quick, she only slept with him last week.
Phelan’s got more on his mind when he follows Daniel to the nursing home again. Daniel’s hoping to dig dirt on Phelan by speaking to Vinny Ashford, who’s mum is in the care home. However, it’s Phelan who speaks to Vinny over the facetime, or whatever you call it. I’ve just about given up on all this Phelan malarkey and wish it was over.
In other news this week, Mary’s moved in with Norris. We only know this because it was mentioned in passing, we never saw her move in and we don’t know what their living arrangements are. Does Norris’ house have three bedrooms or is Mary sharing with Norris? Enquiring minds need to know. Anyway, she moves back to Dev’s house when he son Jude with wife Angie and baby George return from South Africa and move in with Noz.
And that’s just about that for this week.
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You can't take Nicola's baby story seriously. How would she know she's pregnant this quickly? I guess she isn't but it's a plot device to move the story forward - and about time, too. More ridiculous than that, why would she confide in Phelan, the birth father she's only known two minutes? And telling him that it's his neighbour's baby! She's evidently got other people and maybe even friends (that would make a change in Corrie) to discuss it with before she decides what to do. This friend of Nicola's mum was probably involved with Phelan, either willingly or unwillingly. Another site speculates that the friend and Phelan are actually Nicola's birth parents. Bizarre idea but this is Soapland so anything's possible.
ReplyDeleteDon’t beef stock cubes turn dark brown when mixed with water (I know mine do)?
ReplyDeleteI’m so glad you picked up on the Mary/Norris living arrangements, Glenda. That bugged the life out of me. As did the early pregnancy results.
OTOH I loved Rosie, Sophie and Rana together (and the fact that it was acknowledged they barely knew one another first rather than a pretence that they’d been friends forever). I also hadn’t realised that Amy and Asha were besties but it makes perfect sense. They also provided this old timer with a crash course In contemporary slang (awks, soz, and one other that I forget). And funnily enough this week I found myself loving Phelion and Eileen as a couple. And I discovered that I’m team Adam/Todd over team Conner in the faktory-theft affair (what does that say about MY moral compass??)
I'm surprised there was any of the stock cube left in the showerhead after all that hot water poured through it. Even more surprised that the two girls could get the bonnet of roy's car up and the fluid into the correct windscreen washing tub in front of a busy cafe and nobody noticed.
ReplyDeleteWell I used to be paranoid about missing an episode but now don't really care unless missing one with the long-time actors. Phelan's unbelievable storyline for one thing has caused many oeople to quit watching. It's doomsday storylines for anyone living on Coronation Street. I like some joyfulness.
ReplyDeleteWait, what? Surely Rana and Zeedan were married a while ago!
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