Tonight, Tim and Maria are in a closely fought battle for the title of Weatherfield’s most stupid resident. Tim makes a strong start. When Geoff persists with his lie that Elaine isn’t his mum and that Alya has put her up to it, you can almost hear Tim’s two brain cells rubbing together as he tries to work out why an allegedly complete stranger would pretend to be his mum.
Luckily, our Sal is not so easy to fool. She and Alya are turning into pretty formidable enemies of the hideous waste of organs, as later Alya threatens him with a broom when he tries to get into Speed Daal. We all know how much Geoff hates women standing up to him, so he must be having a shocker of a day. When Alya goads him by calling him a vile little man and suggests he was responsible for Elaine’s disappearance he practically confesses by sneering ‘If you want, you can find out just what kind of man I am like she did’.
He’s almost caught making his threats by Tim, but yet again manages to manipulate his son by producing a picture of Tessa and Tim at the beach together and telling him how much she loved him. Just a thought, but if he lied about Phillipa/Elaine being dead could he also have lied about Tessa dying? Maybe all his ex’s will turn up at once like a geriatric version of the Witches of Eastwick and make him vomit up cherry pips? Anyway, it’s all too much for poor Tim and his tiny brain. He tells Sally he’s had enough of her suspicions before scrunching up the letter Elaine left with her number on and throwing it in the bin.
Meanwhile stupidity challenger Maria finds out that Gary has gone back on his plan to put up the rent on the factory. When he claims he is doing it out of the goodness of his heart, she accuses him of still being in love with Sarah and asks how stupid does he think she is? The Ginger Gangster must have had to nearly bite his tongue off to not give her the answer that 8 million Corrie fans were screaming at the screen, because if Maria were anymore stupid, you’d have to water her twice a day. Instead he sweet talks her by telling her she’s the one he loves and she ends up apologising to him. You’ve got to hand it to him, it was only a few hours ago that he got hit by a car, now he’s spinning a clever web of lies and charming the ladies. Is he actually Roger Moore?
In other news, Leanne tells Toyah to go ahead with the fostering, Carla reveals a secret talent for the recorder(?) and Craig reappears in a brand new slimmed down body. He really is half the man he used to be!
And that’s it for this week. If anyone wants to compare notes on how long it took you to recognise Craig, tell me in the comments or catch me on twitter @mskelstar.
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7 comments:
The difference between Tim and Maria is the writing for Tim is very in character and makes sense due to his past which is interesting to follow. But the writing is out of character for Maria and she is being dumbed down for the service of Gary’s storyline. Would she really had said the rag doll and the Morrissey stuff at the Hospital when Liam died from getting hit by a car?
One of the ways Geoff has kept control over Tim is to ensure he remained semi-literate. It's a form of abuse. It was easy to isolate Tim from the truth and make him dependent on his father. Tim will never have thought to search for his mother's death certificate or his own birth certificate. But Sally or Alya could get on to an ancestry site and check Tim's family background. As an afterthought, Tim must have needed a birth certificate at some point in his life. Maybe Geoff managed to get a forged one with false details.
Brilliant review, Kelly!
It's always been in character for Tim to be dim but Maria's taking stupidity to the next level. I'm excited for the wedding next week, can't wait to see how they film it with corona resitrictions.
I loved the Carla and Peter stuff last night. I miss those small playful moments between couples we rarely see these days. Though I find it weird how all that blackamil stuff with Carla has just been swept under the rug and forgotten about lol.
Good episodes this week, and a nice review.
I don't think the blackmail plot line had been brushed under the carpet, I think they've had to make a few changes, hence Scott "going home". These topics may be revisited at a later date.
I too love Peter and Carla together, these 2 are sadly both under used. I know their gonna go back to 6 episodes a week, but I much prefer just 3
Sadly Maria is not the only one who's taken stupidity to the next level,Sarah has as well lying to the police to protect Gary who cares only about himself.
I'm disgusted that Oliver's terminal illness is exploited by Gary so he can look good to both Sarah and Nick for not raising the rent as the real reason he is doing it is to bribe Sarah to keep quiet.
Shame to the writers for doing this!
I thought the comment about the rag doll was an in-joke/nod to the fact they’d used a dummy to film the scenes
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