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It feels at the moment as if Corrie are doing ‘filler’ stories, silly things to fill airtime rather than to progress stories or characters and I found myself this week in a bit of despair with my favourite show. Oh, I know it can’t be easy with the current restrictions enforced on the programme but the show has enough wonderful writers and amazing actors to produce better than what we’re seeing. Anyway, here we go…
Brian and Cathy argue over a bunch of flowers that Tyrone’s picked from the red red. Cathy reckons they’re cornflowers (she’s right) while Brian asserts they’re dog roses (he’s wrong). Mary’s called in as a referee and falls squarely on Cathy’s side while Brian takes the hump.
At Kev’s house, sister Debbie is wonderful. She’s everything a Coronation Street woman should be. But she sticks her nose into Kev’s business too often this week and almost causes Kevin to split up with Abi. It begins when Debbie spies Abi getting into Peter Barlow’s taxi and thinks Abi is having it off with Peter and she tells Kev what she’s seen. But Peter was only taking Abi to a hospital appointment in his cab and there’s absolutely nothing going on between them, no really, there isn’t, as Peter keeps insisting, there is nothing going on. Got it? Nothing! At all! Which makes you wonder what feelings Peter really has for Abi, one addict drawn to another. Carla finds out from Kev that he thinks Peter and Abi are having it away behind their backs. In the back room of the pub Carla confronts Peter and they thrash it out. Will this be the end of Carla and Peter (or as I like to call them by their celebrity name, CarPet?).
The hunt for Todd Grimshaw continues and Billy the vicar gets a private investigator involved. News reaches Eileen in Thailand, via Sean, who can’t keep his mouth shut about anything as he’s just a nasty piece of work who has stayed on the show long past his sell-by date.
Daniel goes sub-duvet with Nicky the sex worker and thinks he’s found his new Sinead. Then Nicky gets beaten up by a punter and is in the Kate Oates memorial ward at Weatherfield General Hospital. Daniel visits her and gives her an envelope full of cash, five thousand pounds worth. It’s Geoff’s money that he lost while visiting the solicitor’s office although what he was doing walking around with five grand in cash he won’t say. Daniel finds the cash and lies to Geoff that he hasn’t seen it.
And finally this week, a lovely little nothing scene between Tyrone and Fiz when they start competitive cake baking as a way to raise funds for Oliver’s care overseas.
And that’s just about that for this week.
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It is terrible at the moment with so many silly filler stories. I think it should go back down to three decent episodes until they get the full cast back.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree!
DeleteI also agree that the Street should return to 3 episodes a week for now and resolve the Gary and Yasmeen Geoff storylines both of which are becoming tedious .
ReplyDeleteI groaned at another false accusation storyline with Debbie quick to think the worst of Abi and I wonder what was the point of her return anyway?
I find Mary so hard to watch, everything she does is so melodramatic, not a convincing character at all.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree - this week, for the first time in about 35 years, I didn't bother watching some episodes. I think they were too preoccupied with returning to 6/week, and the quality has subsequently suffered.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Michael is not Tianna's father??
ReplyDeleteAnon, I was thinking the exact same thing.
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