Happy Boxing Day 2.0! Hope everyone had a good, socially-distanced Christmas. Xmas Day Corrie was quite nice, wasn't it? It's my theory that everyone in Weatherfield, Walford and Emmerdale always has a terrible time at Xmas in order to make everyone feel better about wanting to kill their relatives by 8 p.m. but because very few people were with their families this year, the 25th Dec episode had to be sweet.
Adam carries on with this desire to punish Peter by saying he'll tell the cops it was his uncle who attacked him. Presumably Simon also smelled of booze after his lock in with Shona, non? Peter talks about leaving t'cobbles for Plymouth (makes a change from Portsmouth, but you're in Tier 3, Peter! You shouldn't be travelling!) Danny-boy tries to get first Simon, then Carla to get Peter to change his mind, but it's all moot anyway as Peter starts spitting blood. He ends up in Kate Oates Memorial where the hot doc tells him that his oesophageal varices are bleeding (or something) and liver failure is a distinct possibility. Well at least the writers are staying true to their assertion that Peter Will Die If He Ever Drinks Again.
The newly awake 'n' well Adam comes 'round to meet with Sarah and finds
out that she's dobbed in Gangsta Gazza to the po-po. Sarah tries to convince
her hubby that it was Gary who attacked him and not Peter.
Seems more likely than the perp being 5'1" Sarah-Lou, but I think we all have our eyes on
juvenile delinquent Simon, n'est-ce pas?
Peter makes Daniel promise not to tell any other Barlows or fellow travellers about his prognosis, but Daniel immediately breaks this by telling Adam as a way of persuading him not to tell the police that Peter attacked him. Daniel should perhaps go into hostage negotiation instead of whatever he does now for money as Adam tells D.S. Baldy that it was Gary who attacked him.
It's the day of Geoff's funeral (the post-mortem and the inquest were quick, weren't they?) and Sally talks about going to Chester instead of the funeral. Tier 3, Sally! Because Ian Bartholemew is on contract for a few more episodes, he appears as Marley's ghost to Yasmeen, complaining that the funeral programme has a spelling mistake. Both Yas and Tim swerve the funeral and she confesses that she hears Geoff berating her for not doing the washing up properly or not keeping the remote controls in the right order or place. Well, I'm with Geoff on that one (I won't go up on any roofs, just to be safe). Tim talks about his happy memories with his dad in Blackpool and Yasmeen tells him that they did both love him at one point.
Apologies for perving over Imran yet again, but he enjoying being a foster dad is making my latent hormones squeal. From her window and surrounded by empty bottles, Leanne watches him, Toyah and the baby. The dream is over pretty quickly though as social services call to say Mason's mum is out of hospital so their services are no longer needed.
Meanwhile in their bubble, Billy treats Paul and Todd for a sit down curry (Tier 3 Billy! No eating in!). Todd invites Ajay (helpline manager) and flirts with him (to make Billy jealous, I assume).
At number 8, Shona talk about going back to work (I'd've thought looking after that rabbit was a full time job). To celebrate them getting back together David offers to make Shona a meal and Shona offers something else and they decide on the latter. Social distancing, Shona!
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Corrie writers and producers have got themselves in a right old mess with this virus. My suggestion is they remind people this is a soap, folks, and these stories are all fiction. No one has any clue when masks should be worn, as well as all the anomalies listed above. ‘Fess up...we’re grown-ups and will understand !
I agree. The corrie team film 6 weeks ahead, but they cant see into the future. Us viewers are all shouting 'You can't travel! You can't do this! You can't do that!'
Well, it was lovely to see Imran and Toyah foster.
They were over the moon with baby Mason... their happy faces said it all.
But when he was handed back, their spirits fell.
I really felt for them, but that's the nature of fostering - it can be very temporary.
They should consider adopting - they both clearly loved parenting.
My top three suspects for the whodunnit:
Faye Windass: Perhaps she glugged Sally’s whiskey for Dutch courage and whacked Adam from behind thinking it was Ray. It was dark and Adam was slouched over the bar and wearing a similar coat to Ray, so was this all just a case of mistaken identity?
And now that Adam is blaming Gary for what happened, will Faye’s conscience get the better of her and will she end up confessing to the attack?
I think Faye's the most likely candidate but I’ll be slightly disappointed if it’s her because I don’t see there being any consequences or interesting aftermath.
Simon Barlow: With a father like Peter, is it any wonder Simon’s turned out the way he has? He’s been violent in the past and now, just weeks after losing Oliver, he’s discovered his dad’s drinking again thanks to Adam and Carla’s betrayal… was this enough to bring Simon’s violent temper to the surface again? We know he’s the graffiti culprit, but would he really go as far as to try and kill a member of his own family? Only time will tell, but my money’s definitely on Simon!
Carla Connor: Most people don’t suspect Carla, which is precisely why I do. We’ve not seen a lot of her since everything went down, which is suspicious in itself. But the biggest clue that Carla did it is the ‘whiskey’ Adam smelt on his attacker. In the build-up to Adam’s attack, it was revealed that Carla had stopped taking her medication and was drinking again. It was mentioned so casually that I didn’t think much of it at the time but now I’m wondering if there’s more to it.
Another reason why I think it might be Carla is because of her attitude since the attack. She’s not seemed all that bothered about Peter, or Adam, in fact she’s come across oddly indifferent to everything that’s been happening, which again is really strange. My gut tells me it’s not Carla but boy wouldn’t it be a twist!
The only thing that’s bugging me about this whodunnit storyline is that whoever the perpetrator turns out to be, they won’t face any real consequences. Adam would forgive Sarah, The Barlows would forgive Simon...
so some of the impact is taken away.
So much drama! A little light humor would be lovely especially as the world is trying to cope with covid.
Also wasn't Faye drinking with Ray when he attacked her? Was it whiskey?
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