Most of tonight relates to Yasmeen and Geoff so I am going to get it out of the way rapidly as sadly the story which never appealed has become a nonsense in Corrie terms - see the end of the post. Alya is in Geoff's hospital room shouting the odds and the police usher her away for an interview later. Geoff tells his story, eloquently how the three women in his life always attacked him when they were in their cups. Even the policewoman doing the interviews thinks this is an odd co-incidence that poor Geoff always gets his companions drunk who then attack him (above). Tim swallows it hook, line and sinker. Sally has a funny look on her face, lips pursed as she has a little trouble believing that Yasmeen would behave like this. Once is an accident, twice is happenstance and three times is enemy action was what I was taught!
Plattsville. David is supposed to be at the Community Centre where Max is making the closing speech for YORP which Mary has been running for Easter holidays weeks (which has been going for about a month as far as I can establish). Gail and Sarah are there but David is (above) catching up on his lost sleep from last night. No doubt we will soon find out what he has been doing. He manages to make the restaurant for celebration meal and initially Gail does not tell him off, saying he is grown up now - but manages a little jibe about his responsibilities.
Paul want to get Billy to put Kelly on the Streets which they discuss during Mary's final speech getting a "shush" from Gail. Billy almost gives in. Gary hears about this and asks Maria if they can perhaps take Kelly in. Maria is not accepting waifs and strays this week despite the background of Frank Sinatra singing "My Way" which had started Gary thinking about his regrets. Gary puts his thinking cap on (you can watch the wheels turning ever so slowly). In the background Adam has spotted Gary and his support for Kelly and is doing some research on the Neelan family; he convinces Sarah that it is nothing to do with Gary - but we all know better don't we boys and girls? Gary just happens to be walking one way as Billy and Paul walk the other and Gary puts a word in for Kelly, how her father is abroad and her mother is not much cop either. They wander around the corner and Kelly is all packed at the bus stop (above). Paul crumbles and invites Kelly back to continue staying at the flat from where Kelly will be pushed by Paul to put things right with Asha.
Asha and Nina's friendship continues to grow and the latter tells the former that she is beautiful and needs to look in the mirror - but of course Asha cannot see it. Later on an unsealed envelope is pushed through Dev's front door and he takes a look before delivering it to Asha - it is the above drawing which Nina has done and has written on the back "In case you need proof". We also see Nina working on a drawing of Roy cleaning the cafe.
Alya brings Cathy, Eileen and Imran up to date but the latter will not let sound off about Geoff as they will eventually be witnesses. Alya points out that Yasmeen does not have a drink problem - but they are all converted Geoff's beliefs. Down the nick the police re-interview Yasmeen and she vaguely remembers a knife being waved but as the police helpfully point out Geoff says he had put that down so he was not threatening her. Her memory of events is slowly returning and she sort of remembers a bottle and perhaps hitting Geoff. But her love blinds her and as the interview ends she demands to see Geoff as she is desperate to know that her better half is well so that she can apologise and put things right. We end with her being formally charged for attempted murder on 13 April (above). Which is nearly a month ago!
Why a nonsense? Corrie is built around the archetypal Northern woman of which Yasmeen is a staple example. We have not seen any reason for Geoff's behaviour and like dramatic representations elsewhere of coercive control without knowing the "why" I find it hard to understand. Also failing to find the hidden camera by the scene of crime team was pretty basic - and the one Pat Phelan planted in the solicitors still bothers me - but this one will I rather think be found about Christmas or mid-June at the current rate of progress. Meanwhile Yasmeen having been ill-treated by her first husband would have been far more circumspect. If true to her character she would have walked. And Tim used to suspect his father over the silly story over the dog - anyone remind me of the details please?
Written by Owen Lloyd-Fox and directed by Diana Patrick.
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