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It’s not been the most cheery of Corrie weeks, sadly, with many issues being aired, rather than rollicking storylines we can all get behind. So bear with me as we wander into Weatherfield and I’ll try not to concentrate on only the woe of the week. Not even Kirk’s attempts at Mongolian throat singing could cheer this week’s episodes up.
We start in hospital (sorry) where Oliver is diagnosed with mitochondrial disease. Leanne and Steve, in a bizarre scene, sit at Oliver’s hospital bedside reminiscing about the things that little Oliver used to say and do when he was a baby and I’m sitting there watching this, thinking, you two were never that close, and none of this happened. It’s just not working for me this storyline, I don’t care about Oliver because we’ve never seen him in all of his years on the Street. I’m not being cruel, just honest. The only interesting thing to come out of this storyline is the juxtaposition (and there’s a word I don’t normally use) between Steve as Oliver’s real dad who hasn’t really been a part of his life, and Nick who’s not Oliver’s dad but has.
Elsewhere this week, some light relief came in the form of Evelyn being taken out for a night dancing with Arthur. I like these two together and would like to see more. But when Arthur calls in for breakfast the next morning before an appointment at the medical centre, Tyrone and Fiz are all nudge-nudge, wink-wink about whether Arthur has stayed the night or not.
Another nice little moment – and believe me, I’m desperately looking for them this week – came in the form of Roy knowing that Nina’s choice of music was Cradle of Filth.
Gemma begins vlogging this week after attending her first counselling class for those suffering from antenatal depression. In her video blogs, she aims to tell life as it is, warts and all, for new mums, especially when she’s got four babies to care for.
And then we come to another issue, this time racism and homophobia all wrapped up in the Bailey family storyline arc. This family came into the street, new faces, new stories, new possibilities and opportunities but instead, have ended up just being one issue after another. I’m not a fan of this family and believe me, I really want to be. I like Aggie, I like Michael and James. But Ed’s always shouting to the back of the theatre, too much for my liking, too loud. And when Dev used the term ‘woke’ and Ed told son James to ‘live his best life’ I rolled my eyes in despair. Let’s hope next week gets back on track.
And that’s just about that for this week.
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This week’s writers were Julie Jones (Monday); Ian Kershaw (Wednesday); Ian Kershaw (Friday). Find out all about the Coronation Street writing team at Coronation Street Blog: Exclusive: All Current Corrie writers online
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