Fakey Katie tells gullible Liz that the hospital are refusing to admit liability and they need to take the baby-swap through the courts but unfortunately it will be too late for her because she will be in a wheelchair by the time the case would come to trial. I guess she doesn't know how quickly Weatherfield's justice system works (Sally will no doubt be out by Hallowe'en). Liz goes into research mode and finds out that a clinic in Chicago can do the experimental treatment for $25,000 (£19,000), which seems quite cheap for US medicine, to be honest. Liz says that she'll be able to contribute £10K, which Hannah and Jim don't think is enough.
Jenny remembers Liz and Jim from the first time around and thinks they are like Burton and Taylor - in a terrace. What she doesn't know that Jim is schtupping his "daughter". She is also unaware that the cut-price Taylor also had a fling with her hubby, something that Jim finds out after Steve admits that they had a fling, and Jim sees an opportunity, so he does, one that doesn't involve Liz cashing in her pension. He sends Johnny a text that reads like a ransom note: "£50K or your lovely wife finds out about you and Liz".
Poor Ken is discovering that his creative writing genius is more Edward Bulwer-Lytton than J.K Rowling. "You say anti-climax, I say bathos," he complains to the new editor of the Weatherfield Gazette. She is not interested in the meandering moaning of a backstreet Mr Chips (worse than Jeffrey Archer, apparently), but is more intrigued by Ken's new pitch of the tales of a spirited young hairdresser. Daniel points out that Barlow Snr knows nothing about hair-dressing or indeed spiritedness, which means a meet with Claudia to get some
Meanwhile, Steve has arranged to practice having the time of his life with Abi, pretending that he's going to a suit fitting with Tim (there is also some filth about ring-fittings, which I can't repeat here as this is a family blog). Tracy is off to a tasting at the venue (which doesn't go too well; let's just say downstairs hair) and also has free passes to the hotel spa, something she tries to share with Steve although Steve thinks it's a very different kind of sharing.
Talking of sharing, Gina and Tim have formed a mutual appreciation society, each praising the other for their forebearance. They bond over a film about a boy and his robot, one that Sally described as a "mental enema". Let's hope Sally is out of chokey soon otherwise Leanne and Toyah might not be the only sisters sharing a fella.
Sarah's experience in the capital of fashion is making Peter a little de trop at the factory, so he arranges a meeting with Nigel, a buyer, only to offer to sell him more than knickers - he wants Nige to buy his share of the factory. Peter is as fickle in business as he is in love.
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3 comments:
When Ken and Daniel said they knew nothing about hairdressers had they forgotten that Denise, Ken's one time lover and Daniel's mother was a hairdresser? Very strange.
We just saw this episode in Canada and I immediately thought the same thing as Pat. How could they forget about Denise?!?!
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