Tonight's first visit to Coronation Street starts on a morose slant; the day of Luke Britton's funeral has dawned. Alya is now grieving longer than the actual relationship and continues to blame herself. The real grieving, of course, comes from the return of Luke's sister Steph (much to Phelan's dismay).
At the crematorium, Luke's ex-girlfriends assemble to mourn, with Audrey at the helm. As Luke's pallbearers bring in the coffin, Eileen and Phelan's presence isn't unnoticed and neither is that of Weatherfield police.
Kate Connor delivers a wonderful eulogy (a funeral mainstay, in fact) which was 'Miss me and Let Me Go' by the wonderful Christina Rossetti. A tried and tested tear-jerker, it was a poem that added some real pathos to the drama. Well done Corrie!
Back on the cobbles, Eva and Toyah's baby swap plan continues to bear fruit. Also at Roys Rolls, Carla is lamenting life and heads 'out and about'... over to the bistro!
Dishing out advice about grabbing life and its chances, its great to see Carla back in the fold but has she had too many coffees?.
With Luke's 'wake' taking place elsewhere, the residents reside between The Rovers Return and Nick's Bistro to celebrate and commiserate the life of the garage lothario.
In The Rovers Return, Phelan's presence is uncomfortably felt. Tim, obviously aware and fearful of Pat, decides he wants to take Faye & Sally to his Dads, regardless of his wife's mayoral duties nor of her feelings. Confiding in Kevin, is a dent about to be wedged in the mayoress's marriage, and is Tim next in line for Phelan's murderous streek?.
Steph returns to her old workplace, having been unable to face the wake. Subtly wondering where Andy, Steph ponders the past and wonders if he was 'the one'. As the moment passes, a shattered KANA (aka Rana & Kate) are sharing lingering glances across the bar.
Unable to handle the sheer grief, confusion and emotional weight, Kate finally succumbs and tells Rana their relationship is all but over!. Rana retreats to number 6.
Zeedan then heads home to find Rana overcome with heartache. Unable to contain her lie any longer, she tells her husband that she's in love with someone else!!. Will Rana finally tell Zeedan the truth?.
And as Carla leaves the Bistro after too many coffees (or rather her deteriorating kidney condition) she collapses. Quick someone ring for Roy!
Anyway, that's me done for another week. I'm off for a whisky and a game of monopoly with Steve McDonald.
TARA!
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It's a shame Luke didn't confide in anyone about his search for Andy...it would have twigged someone onto the fact that this was a connection.
ReplyDeleteC in Canada: Your comment exactly highlights how a strong performance by an actor detracts from the many plot holes in this storyline. Of course, Luke would have told someone directly or texted them to say where he was going and to do such-and-such if he didn't return. He knew by then what Phelan was like and off he scooted to a deserted mill. A bright person like Luke wouldn't do that. The publicity at the time kept saying that he was a young man pitted against an older one as if Luke would assume he could easily handle Phelan. Wasn't it lucky that his phone packed up when he needed it most? Wouldn't he check it was fully charged before he set off on a potentially dangerous mission?
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