Tracy and Steve have adjusted to Amy's decision to have an abortion but no-one has let Amy or Tyler know and so when the two ex-grandparents (Tracy and Vicky) meet in the Street there is a hair snatching cat fight. Tyler pulls them apart and Tracy responds to Vicky saying "This isn't over!" as we see above. Later Tracy and Steve tell Robert and Michelle that the continued employment of Tyler in the Bistro means that the Tyler family keep appearing on the Street and it would be better for Amy if the annoyance was removed. Eventually Robert and Michelle agree and Tyler loses his job.
Seb is desperate for a job and Eileen knows that StreetCars needs a cleaner for the cabs as the previous one has been dismissed following an unsavoury discovery. Eileen talks Steve into giving Seb the job and he shakes hands with Seb. As Eileen arrives with Seb to start work they find Abi cleaning the cabs under the instructions of Tim who refuses to back down from giving her the job and refuses to discuss it with Steve. Abi later attempts to put things right - visiting Seb above - to tell him to take the job. Seb is having none of it and his life continues to unravel. Eileen tells Seb he is being childish - but she cannot get through to him either.
Daniel's mind is not entirely on his MA at present and his essay was poorly regarded by his supervisor apart from glimpses of something original in the summary written by Brian. Ken has trouble accepting that Brian may be better educated than he is and and insists on getting involved in the rewrite of Daniel's essay on Poe - giving his thoughts (above) on a section of the essay as actually written by Brian. Daniel and Sinead sneak off for a drink and leave the two of them to score points of each other as Brian brings up Ken's recent literary contribution to the local paper!
Claudia is with Ken for much of this episode. When Steve backs out of buying the house on Victoria Street, Claudia takes too long deciding to make an offer and fails to secure it. However magically there is a "Redbank" development somewhere close by and Claudia has decided to buy a flat there and she claims she will be a neighbour to Maria (whom I thought was still in the flat above the salon). There is a lot of talk about the impending siting of a bail hostel and we are told it will be opposite the house on Victoria Street. If true it will be located where the long closed gym entrance was to be found and was fenced off when I visited the set in September.
Much of the single hour long episode is dedicated to Shona and Clayton, her murderous son. Clayton is holed up in a disused factory where he was taken by Shona. He has a very small mobile phone and wants money. For some reason Gary is insisting on being paid in cash for the work on barber shop so Nick and David get £2.5k in cash from the bank and until they can pay Gary they put in David's jar which holds his epilepsy drugs that no-one else is allowed to touch and is out reach of children. Shona overhears Nick and David discussing where to hide the stash and once they are gone she liberates the money. Later when it cannot be found David first accuses Gail of wanting to go on a cruise and then thinks that Sarah has found it. The penny eventually drops that Shona must have taken it - which she did - along with some sandwiches for her far from appreciative son. She has phoned the police saying Clayton was going to hand himself in and needs to keep him from doing a runner before they arrive outside the abandoned property. Clayton has other ideas (even the negotiator considers him to be volatile) and Clayton starts waving a knife around and declares to the police negotiator that he is holding Shona as a hostage - they have to give him a car, £10k and they must let him leave unmolested or Shona dies.
Roll credits.
Writer: Chris Fewtrell. Director: Nickie Lister
I think we all knew that at some point Clayton would be back to upset the peaceful existence of Shona and David - was this what we expected or even wanted? Given that Clayton has already murdered one of David's partners I doubt that Shona will end up dead - lightning striking twice seems unlikely.
Personal view is that I hope Tyler losing his job is not the end of Vicky causing mayhem - Tyler last year was a nasty piece of work and the 2019 version has been very different. But Vicky - now there is a force of nature.
I think Brian deserves an award for hiding his intelligence over so many years.
And that wraps it up for this week. Next week Ms Kelstar will weave her magic in this slot.
Kosmo
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