Newly teenage Liam Jnr has a slight tickle in his throat, which escalates, along with the storyline, as he starts hyperventilating and is sent off to Kate Oates Memorial, where he is told he has asthma and traffic fumes could be a cause. Maria immediately goes from insulting Sally re: the residents' parking campaign ("You have too much time on your hands...you were worse than the Mayor in Jaws") to being fully Team Sally. This is pretty realistic: people don't usually care about issues until it affects them directly (by the way, I am fervent #TeamSal in this. The rubbish that Tracy came out with (who, in the age of the internet, drives to a flower shop when they can do a same day online order) and her response to climate change ("we'll just have to wear more sunscreen") in Friday's ep was boiling my blood more than Greece's air temperature). Maria goes full Extinction Rebellion, accusing the Underworld van of causing the pollution and then taking matters, and a crowbar, into her own hands when Sarah refuses to take it off t'cobbles.
I'm not sure why anyone on the street has a car anyway - no-one goes anywhere, Leeds is considered to be in a different country rather than county and the Corrie residents have a tram service, bus stop and cab firm within 5 minutes.
Meanwhile the lovely Imran is working round the clock to #SaveKelly, something Gary hears about and so he takes out his savings in cash (?) to give to Immers for Kelly's defence. BACS payments exist, Gazza! Paypal, even. Maria doesn't react well and says it's over between them if he puts Kelly before her and Liam.
More shocks are in store as Sabeen (Imran's ex-wife) rocks up. Remember when Imran started on t'Street and he was a cocky divorcé, kicked out because he had cheated on his wife? And now he's a serious, sexy, sorted dude going out with a vegan.
The unlovely Grace finds Ed's print out of a doer-upper that he's going to, erm, do up and sell on. Ed then offers to help out Grace and Michael find a place. Oh, if only Grace would move out. I'm thinking of starting a Go Fund Me to buy her a flat on the Hilda Baker estate. She's got other ideas though, saying she's been offered a job in Hull in order to force Michael's reluctant arm. What have the Humberians done to deserve Grace?
Evelyn puts her best phone voice on to greet the Youth Justice Officer and Fiz and Ty put on their best behaviour, although this dissipates outside of the meeting as Fiz snipes at Ty in the pub. Emma overhears them in the Rovers beer-yard talking about the Fiz/Ty snog and is then a witness to Tyrone spending more than a month's salary on the most expensive engagement ring in Ratners the jewellery shop. Poor Emma; she's the real victim in the Tylina storyline.
Oh, and there are some shenanigans with Ronnie, Jenny and Debbie (which sounds like an electro-folk trio) with Jenny getting jealous over Ronnie's lunch with Our Debbie.
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No review next week, sorry, I'm on me holibobs.
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3 comments:
For as long as I can remember, there have never been cars parked in Coronation Street, and I’ve naively wondered where the garage block is. Maybe they were all parked in Inkerman Street ?! Also, if I may broach such a sensitive subject, but I thought Jack only has one leg, which must make kicking a ball around a cobbled street near impossible.
He's got a prosthetic limb.
Leanne is back to her usual snarling self then. She doesn’t even bother to put on a nice manner when front of house.
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