Hello and welcome to the first Corrieona episode, i.e. only a 7.30 ep tonight. I wonder what'll happen when the writing catches up with the ongoing situation? Social distancing and self-isolation isn't going to work in a soap where everyone's in the pub/cafe/Bistro/community centre all day long.
Anyway, first out of the traps is the ongoing Ghastly Geoff and yummu Yasmeen storyline. Geoff is over 65; he must be at risk, can't we put him into isolation for, like, the next 5 years? He tells Alya that he can't remember the name of the hotel in Spain that he and Yas have booked for Zeedan's wedding and anyway it was full. And it goes to a different school, you wouldn't know it. He then fakes a heart attack, but the paramedics tell him nothing's wrong. Think of the NHS, you monster! He refuses to go to hospital, which sets Alya's spidey-sense tingling, but she's already lost this battle, Yasmeen announces that they're not going off to sunny Spain.
Meanwhile Alina has a pop at Seb in the cafe as he tells her she should move out of the flat. Emma overhears and tells Seb she's had enough.
And in my current favourite storyline, we're back to Stillwaters, where Ken discovers that the normal cleaner is doing the dog stain with a j-cloth, rather than the professional outside firm steam clean that poor old Ken has paid for. Ken discusses with Norris, who reiterates that Charles is ripping them off left, right and centre, and probably front and backwards as well.
Oh, and Gemma finds out that Aled's hearing aid has arrived but I guess you'll have to wait 'til Wednesday for more on that.
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