Daniel discovers the depth of Sinead's lies, including the fake call from Flora's care home. He speaks to his "wife" like a child, explaining that the chemo. won't. harm. the. baby. This would seem a sensible way to deal with her, given that Sinead finds out the tumour has grown and that she needs to re-start chemo straight away. Sinead confesses that it was Ken paying for the complementary therapies and Daniel thanks him, but says he doesn't need any help, despite all indications to the contrary.
Beth meanwhile has found an experimental treatment in a clinic in German, but it costs mega-euros. Her first port of call is Carla, who explains that there isn't really a staff health policy to pay for it. Her next idea is to nick the money out of the Underworld safe, although Kirky is onto her pretty quickly. Her third idea is for Ches to steal the kebab shop takings, and pretend that he's been mugged. I guess daffyness runs in the Tinker family. First, Sinead thinks you can cure cancer with kale smoothies, then Beth tries to persuade Chesney to start robbin' season. I suppose this storyline worked for Andy when he stole from the Bistro - but look what happened to him!
All the parents on the Street are bugging Brian for a part for their kid in the Hamilton-style school panto. They should be wary of kids wanting to tread the boards, they'll end up with stage school brats who go into soaps and then get let go when their soap mum goes off on maternity leave. Mind you, Liam's rap is quite good, and Brian rewards him with a part in the play as the fourth wise man. Phil, playing the part of the Xmas grinch, is unimpressed though and tells Bri that he needs to re-write it. Whilst doing so, Brian faints, but this doesn't garner any sympathy from nasty Phil, who tells him that he isn't cut out for teaching. Mate, it's babysitting with SATS, not bomb disposal. Brian assures Phil he can handle the high pressured world of infant-teaching.
Liz goes off for her lunch dressed up to the elevens, but she isn't, despite what Jenny thinks, meeting Johnny. Instead, she has a rencontre with Mike, who is back from his travels and wants nothing more than to take Mrs Mac out for Bistro drinks. Unforch, Liz doesn't know that she has her very own stalker in Jenny, who knows where Liz is when she blows Eileen off for Mike. Pretty sure you can take your employer to court for this kind of intrusion of privacy. Anyway, Liz has to hide under the table (not in an American Pie way, thankfully) but Eileen spots her red shoes, wicked witch of Weatherfield style, and Ms Grimshaw stomps off, not before throwing lemons at Liz (30 Rock reference?). Turkey in Tenerife is looking less likely every day.
Toyah finds out that Nick is moving into the flat - that he is paying rent for - and has a foil-wrapped strop in the salon. Later she announces that she too is moving in her boyf. Splitting the rent four ways seems sensible to me - and perhaps this will mean scenes of Imran in his dressing gown?!?! That would be a very merry Christmas.
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Are these the same bag of lemons Tyrone was mysteriously swinging down the Street last week?
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