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This week the action centred around little Oliver’s diagnosis of a mitochondrial disease that’s life-limiting. Leanne takes the news badly, as you’d expect. She storms out of the hospital, twice, and screams that if Oliver dies she’s got nothing left in her life. Not the sort of words that Simon wants to hear and he storms off to live with Peter. Nick’s at his wits end trying to help Leanne and Steve isn’t sure what to do with himself either. Nick and Peter almost come to blows in the street fighting over what’s best for Simon and Leanne and I wanted, oh I wanted so much, for Peter to thump weasel Nick, but alas Peter’s fists stayed balled up in his coat pocket. And then in the Rovers yard later, Nick’s in pieces crying and Peter lays a manly hand on Nick’s shoulder as the camera pans away and the episode ends. It was meant to be poignant, I’m sure, but on our sofa we burst out laughing. So much so that we had to rewind it and watch it again. There was just something so totally and wonderfully camp about the moment that it’s making me smile as I write this and bring it to mind once again. I might have to go and watch it again.
Elsewhere this week, Alina and Emma bond up in the flat after Alina gives Seb short shrift. The two girls do each other’s nails and Alina helps Emma get her hand out of her vase. It’s a long story, a non-story but it was a lovely little touch to cement the girls’ friendship. Stay away, Seb, these two lovelies are getting on just fine without you.
Tyrone and Fiz are in a rut. Looking after the girls takes its toll and Tyrone slobs on the sofa in his vest. Fiz reckons they’re turning to Vera and Jack and so to spice things up they agree on a date night – to which Chesney and Gemma think they’ve been invited. It’s a misunderstanding but Chesney and Gemma get dolled up to the nines and call in for the dinner they think Fiz has promised them. Tyrone and FIz’s date night is now at an end and it becomes a family dinner instead.
Toyah and Imran’s fostering storyline that came from nowhere last week looks set to peter out. Toyah feels she can’t go bringing a child into her life when Leanne is on the brink of losing hers.
At Roy’s Rolls, Roy bonds with Evelyn’s fella Arthur over their love of trains. Arthur is overjoyed to find a fella train enthusiast while Evelyn is less pleased to have a rival for her fella’s attentions.
Over in the Rovers, Jenny returns from France without Johnny, who’s staying on a while. The mysterious, brooding Scott is still living in the pub and is intrigued when he hears that Johnny hasn’t returned. Just what is it between Scott and Johnny that’s so secretive, I wonder?
And that’s just about that for this week.
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What does Scott do for a living again? Construction?
ReplyDeleteNick and Peter. AWFUL. I cringed at Nick ranting 'what you gonna do about it' and bringing Peter's girlfriend into it to get a rise out of him. Pathetic.
ReplyDeleteThe last scene between them would've worked better if there was a real reason to feel sorry for Nick but he's just the bloke who's been in and out of Oliver's short life because he keeps shacking up with his mum. I don't care about him OR Tracey in the Oliver storyline. I feel very sorry for Olivers mother and father though.
Highlight of this ep was Jenny's scene with Emma. Sally Ann Matthews sublime.
It’s too bad that your sympathy is so limited. A terminal illness impacts many people in many different ways. Leanne and Steve are not the only ones who need support.
DeleteI thought the scene at the end with Peter and Nick was brilliant and very moving. I think Ben Price has been doing a great job of showing Nick bottling up his emotions, so it was touching to see Nick open up. Then it was great to see Peter comfort Nick, putting their rivalry aside and I thought Chris Gascoyne did a great job in that scene too.
ReplyDeleteI think the storyline about Oliver has been really good so far with great performances. It looks like the people involved are taking it differently, which is realistic. It's good that they are bringing other characters into the storyline like Jenny and Peter. Jenny's scene was excellent when she was talking about her little boy and the final scene between Peter and Nick was fantastic. Even though Peter and Nick hate each other, it was good to see Nick talk about his feelings to Peter and Peter helping him. I think those type of scenes between two men are very important to show.
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