Abi says that she and Kev are going to have the best wedding Weatherfield's ever had (I'm paraphrasing), so I think we know that it will be beset by disasters, but end up quite sweet 'n' socially distancedly heart-warming. Abi has replaced Debbie with Tyrone as her bete noir (Abi is someone who always has to have a feud and for that I salute her, along with her relaxed attitude to glamour and her general gobbiness. Donny lasses represent!). However, there are already some problems with the Kabi nuptials, namely:
Problem 1 No best man.
Problem 2 The wedding venue (Ray's hotel) has structural damage and unlike every other wedding ever on t'cobbles, can't be moved elsewhere.
Problem 3 Sally's poorly (not Covid) and can't do the celebrant role.
Alina solves problem 1 by saying Tyrone should go to the wedding without her (I'm sure Alina doesn't want to be hanging out with people older than her parents) and Debbie problem 2 by putting the hotel workmen on overtime. Sally of course solves her own problem by getting better. I wouldn't put money on a cold if Sally is battling it.
40-a-day-woman Sharon rings up one of Harvey's henchdudes to tell him to get to Kate Oates Memorial to try and find Simon again (it's a pity the other Sharon (Rotten Rick's henchwoman) hasn't switched allegiance and taken up with Harvey - she could beat Peter up without much bother). Carla spots the heavy in the hospital car park and Adam turns up to distract him as Carpet make their escape. Back at Victroia Court Airbnb, Leanne hears a knock at the door and gets ready to attack the person with a bottle of olive oil, but it turns out to be Carla. Leanne, understandably, loses her sh*t until Carla assures them that no-one knows their address. Sharon takes some flowers round to no.1, pretending that they're from Rita and proceeds to nick Carla's phone. She finds the address from Carla's google map search of the Airbnb and the NHS cleaner-cum-goon goes round there only to find out Nick 'n' Leanne have scarpered. Shazza pulls a Dick Dastardly face, having lost the elusive pigeon once again.
In the cafe, Nina tries to find a necklace for Abi's wedding day online and Seb makes a joke about an engagement ring. Roy gets the wrong end of the stick and urges Seb to take things slowly with his niece. Seb then suggests he move out, leaving lovely Nina confused. However, they have a heart to heart and make up. Don't be happy Nina, or at least don't read the previews!
Crappy Corey is rude to Asha when she makes him cheese on toast and then refuses to have a party, at which he sulks. This is très kitchen sink, although I don't think anyone in a Shelagh Delaney play ever had an Xbox. He slinks off to Speed Daal to flirt with Kelly, who, if it weren't for the two metre rule, would be draping herself over him. Toyah and Imran aren't doing a very good job of caring for their foster daughter, are they? Shouldn't they get some kind of support from social services whilst looking after a problem teen? She seems like the Ur mean girl to me.
As a side note, I think that Corey's story was originally Seb's. I don't know if anyone else remembers this but when young Master Franklin first started going out with Fay(e), he was seemingly from a privileged background (called Sebastian, liked spending money), he was controlling and negging towards Faye, as well as eyeing up other girls (Bethany) when they were together. Then TPTB decided to introduce Abi and the twins and Seb's personality and background were somewhat changed. But the story was obviously still hanging around the writers' room.
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