I really love a two-hander episode. Like, really. For those who aren't familiar, one of these is an episode which only features two-cast members. An episode like this allows two characters to be explored so deeply and you come out the other side feeling like you know the characters a hell of a lot better. Plus, it lets you focus for 30 minutes on one storyline.
Coronation Street has had two two-hander episodes in the past. The first was a special episode which only featured Curly and Raquel Watts. The second was a regular episode which was wonderfully held by Tracy and Deirdre. This episode is subsequently one of my all time favourite Corrie episodes as Kate Ford and Anne Kirkbride portrayed such powerful emotions after Tracy admits to murdering Charlie Stubbs.
It was thinking about such episode the other day when I got to thinking, who would I want to see in a two-hander episode with the current cast? For me, I would be VERY interested in seeing an episode that circulated around Carla Connor and Roy Cropper.
There is nothing more precious on that street at the moment than Carla and Roy's beautiful friendship; they're a brilliant example that platonic love can actually exist. My heart actually melted when we saw their little book club in Roy's flat a while ago. Complete polar opposites, they are the last two characters that I would naturally put together but it just works so well. Alison King and David Neilson seem to have such lovely, natural chemistry.
Roy always seems so distraught about pretty much everything Carla says or does, and it's so endearing because most of the time she's either slept with someone she probably shouldn't, or has said something that makes Roy blush. I just think that an episode featuring them and no one else would be divine.
Who would you like to see in a two-hander episode?
Sophie Williams
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