Evening Corrie fans, it’s Kelly here with your Friday night review.
Michael and Ed are still struggling to come to terms with Grace’s deception. We hear that Aggie is devastated, but apparently not enough to leave the hospital. She seems to have been isolating for about two months now. What has she tested positive for? Bubonic plague?
As Michael mopes and Ed rages, Grace turns up on the doorstep. Getting rid of his dad, Michael tells her he wants to hear what she has to say. He probably regrets that decision, as Grace is quite clearly a bit of a fruit loop. She tells him that she lost his baby after they split up and wanted to make him feel some of the hurt that she felt (ok girl, with you up until this point). Then she tells him that it was sort of his fault that he thought Tianna was his as he jumped to the wrong conclusion (err…?) She then says that she really does love him, and that they should run away to Spain and start a new life together before the police catch her (someone please check the kitchen for long-eared pets in saucepans).
Unbelievably Michael agrees and goes upstairs to pack a bag. While he’s out of the room she pulls out a positive pregnancy test. Given her recent behaviour, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn that this was one of the dodgy ones that Bernie was hawking when she first arrived. But before she has time to announce a third child to Michael, we find that he has in fact called the police and one-man crime fighting team, PC Tinker arrives to take her away. As this is basically a remake of Nick and Natasha’s storyline, no doubt we’ll see Bailey Junior again in about ten years’ time.
Back on the Street, Maria and Gary are back from honeymoon. Maria is delighted to be invited to a girl’s night out at Speed Daal with Shona, Carla and an uncomfortable Sarah. Maria delights in boasting to everyone about what a brilliant bloke she has. But Gary himself seems keen to prove her wrong when he turns up looking shifty (as usual) and nervously warns Sarah not to say anything to Maria.
In other news, Paul lies to Billy about spending the day helping Rita but later reveals he was actually volunteering at a helpline for teenagers. And in the best news for ages, Tim reveals to Sally that he forgot to cancel the original booking for their wedding so they can get married in two days’ time. Yes!
Over at the factory, Nick is on the phone desperately trying to sell his shares. Carla tells him she’d buy him out if she could afford it. So that would mean that she would have owned half the factory, given it away to the workers for free and then bought it back. I’m no Alan Sugar but that doesn’t seem like the greatest deal? But before Carla can think about selling Aidan’s kidney to raise the money, Nick gets a space-themed letter from his long-lost son.
Touched by the letter Nick rings Natasha and tells he he’s changed his mind and wants to see his son. Natasha turns up at the flat with mini-Tilsey, Sam, a Milhouse van Houten lookalike with a passion for astronomy and the statistics of bicycle theft. He’s quite charming, but then so was Simon when he first turned up, so no doubt he’ll be mugging Audrey in a few months’ time.
Nick’s so happy with his newfound fatherhood that he doesn’t answer Leanne’s frantic phone calls from the hospital. Leanne as usual is going totally Krakatoa as the doctor has told her that after discussions with the clinic in Germany, they’ve reached the decision that they’re unable to offer Oliver treatment. When Nick finally arrives, Leanne has already accused the doctors of abandoning Oliver and is demanding that Dr Schmitt comes over and examines him. To support her, Toyah tells her she will put her fostering plans on hold as this is not the time to bring in a new child. As she says this Nick surreptitiously picks up a voicemail from his son, which he ends with ‘Love you Dad’.
And that’s all for this week. I’m off to buy a hat for the Metcalfe nuptials. See you at the buffet or on twitter @mskelstar
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