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One of the major strengths of Coronation Street has always been its ability to combine light with shade, dark with humour,. However, this week has been unremittingly grim. Only once, in a tiny moment when Gail returned from Thailand with a Platt plait in her hair, did it break. Yes, this was the week when Sinead passed away. We were with her in that bed as she died, it was claustrophobic, too close. The cast acted their socks off. Tears flowed on screen and on sofas up and down the country. But my word, it was a difficult watch. Not just because of the raw emotion on show but because it never let up for a moment. Not once. Anyway, Sinead’s dead now. The fallout will continue for some time as Daniel goes into meltdown and tries to cope with baby Bertie on his own.
As Sinead died over the course of this week, we were subject to artsy camera work, odd angles and a strange feel to the filming that had me wondering if there was something wrong with our telly. It all felt wrong, somehow, as if Corrie were trying too hard. By the time it got to Friday night’s Corrie, Sinead was still lying in her bed with her surprised eyebrow. An hour later, she went. The only point at which I actually felt anything close to being upset was right at the end. There was a tiny scene when Kirk and Craig had to hold up and help a broken Beth walk along the street. I felt it then, the beginnings of a lump in my throat, for Beth and for those left behind.
Elsewhere this week, the mood remained dark with a riot in the prison and Josh the rapist getting stabbed. I did warn you this week was unremittingly bleak. David’s suspect number one over the stabbing but did he do it?
And to be frank, that was just about all for this week. I promised you a moment of lightness this week and it was there, albeit briefly. Far too briefly. Gail returned from Thailand this week. She stepped out of a taxi to the cobbles and she’s all peace and zen, offering clichés about finding yourself and wearing beaded bangles. She even had a little plait in her Platt hair, which was a wonderful touch.
And that’s just about that for this week.
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This week’s writers were Joe Turner and Owen Lloyd-Fox (Monday); Jayne Hollinson and Debbie Oates (Wednesday), Jonathan Harvey (Thursday), Ellen Taylor (Friday). Find out all about the Coronation Street writing team at Coronation Street Blog: Exclusive: All Current Corrie writers online
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