Good evening. Much of tonight's activities revolved around Oliver. Steve (and Tracy) have returned from Germany but they have no good news - the treatment is unsuitable for Oliver. Natasha has been touched by the events and offers Nick £20k towards the fund - the story has made the papers. Nick cannot find the time to explain her generosity to Leanne - even though he drives Leanne home from the hospital. Nick tries to reject the money but Natasha turns up at the flat to repeat the offer and Leanne is stunned by it. Once Natasha has gone she tells Nick to accept the money if only to meet the ever growing legal fees. Meanwhile Leanne decides to try and improve relations with Oliver's guardian, Wendy, and tells her about all the many things which we never saw Oliver do. After a heart to heart with Gail, Nick is torn between continuing to support Leanne and accepting the inevitable and the need to ensure that Leanne also comes to terms with that situation - as Gail is saying above Nick has to find the strength to do this.
Todd remains as mendacious as ever (above pointing out that Billy and Dylan have never met). Despite Billy having told him to effectively go forth and multiply the little boy is meddling between Billy and Paul. Billy is finding it hard to dismiss Todd and even Paul is aware that Billy seems more interested in his ex than he should be. Billy has been interviewed for the arch-job - in all seriousness would you even consider promoting a former drug user (the church knows about that if not about his involvement in the death of Susan Barlow). It seems unlikely. Gary and Todd have a shared history of course as both were friends of Pat Phelan and I rather think that Gary has an idea of just how useful the potentially corruptible Todd might be in plans to secure the Street for Ray.
Scott tells Johnny about his plan to attend the card game tomorrow which Ray Crosby is hosting in the Bistro for his funders; bound to be 3 or 4 Rolexes and they will be playing for cash so it will be dead simple to get the money handed over and make a sharp exit with Getaway Johnny as driver. Johnny needless to say has no wish to revisit his historic mistakes and is not sleeping. Jenny spots this (above - looks like wardrobe have been lashing out again!) and books them a weekend break at a spa. Scott tells Johnny that he cannot go and Johnny makes it clear that he does not want to go. Jenny spots a common pattern - he stayed in France to be apart from her and now he does not want a romantic break. She is starting to think it is all over. Scott on the other hand is blackmailing Johnny to participate in the robbery threatening otherwise to tell Jenny about past events.
Roxy, the straw woman acting on behalf of Ray to purchase of 8 Coronation Street, rings to confirm that the sale is ready to go. Gail answers the call and finds out how David is going to afford to pay to fill the sinkhole. She does not tell him immediately but plays a game to get him to admit what is going on. David is relaxed because they will have a tenancy (probably not worth the paper it is written on). David and Gary (above on the phone to David crossing t's and dotting i's) whom I recall as being regular combatants are now apparently the best of friends as the latter eggs on the former to get the deal done. David how did you ever come to the conclusion that the man with red hair is suddenly your friend? Go talk to Billy - you won't get any more sense but at least I don't think he is league with the devil.
And in different news Dylan Wilson returns to the Street. Looking a good 4 ft taller than I recall! Anyway he seems far from happy at being away from London and seems to have no idea what a tram is (they have trams in the London Borough of Croydon and they run to Wimbledon and Beckenham so his ignorance is a little hard to believe). He spends the entire episode being difficult, running away and so obviously does not want to be there. No doubt there will be an explanation along shortly! For those interested Liam McCheyne is reprising the role have last appeared on our screens as a young scamp in "Last Tango in Halifax" so there is hope.
And a question for the experts - have we previously heard mention of "Daisy" - Jenny's step-daughter from her first marriage, currently in Thailand? Where was she when Jenny went doolally a few years ago? Do we think she will turn up at some point with Deedee Bailey?
Written by Susan Oudot and directed by David Beauchamp.
Kosmo
2 comments:
Must say the scene at the end was wonderful. We need to have more of serious Gail although I’m not sure if Nick should be the one to tell Leanne to give up on Oliver.
Nevertheless, Helen Worth’s acting wasn’t great and once again showed she can deliver an emotional scene.
Ben Price was excellent. He made it easy to see Nick’s heartache and struggle to do the right thing with his layered and nuance acting. His reaction didn’t feel flat or over the top, it was just right. Ben keeps proving this year that he is one of the best actors on the show.
I was delighted to see they'd cast Liam McCheyne as Dylan. He was excellent in 'Last Tango.' When you find a child actor that good, you hang on to them - which I hear is exactly what's going to happen, when he becomes a regular cast member after this current visit. Does this mean Violet is to meet a sticky end at the hands of this partner of hers, with whom Dylan says she keeps rowing? Becoming a permanent parent to a teenager just might make Sean more tolerable in forcing him to behave like a responsible adult ...? We can hope.
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