This week did, of course, belong to Mollie Gallagher as Nina, as she finally regained her memory of the attack thanks to a quick tour of the scene of the crime as suggested by Roy, a suggestion which included I am pretty sure Corrie's first mention of the works of Marcel Proust. She managed to look past Summer's horrible denim jacket and went through a load of artily-shot flashbacks on quaysides. I'm old-fashioned when it comes to Corrie; I like it as a slice of life, filmed as simply as possible, so having ghost images of Kelly and Corey shouting at Nina wasn't my cup of tea. I do accept that they couldn't really film the attack properly six months ago, so it makes sense that they take advantage of the relaxed social distancing laws to get the gang back together and film it properly. I was impressed that everyone still looked the same; if I was Seb, let go by the producers against my wishes, I'd have turned up on set weighing three stone more and with a shaved head to make things as awkward as possible. Good luck fitting that in with the old footage.
After another chat with Roy - seriously, where is the two-hander where Roy and Nina have a gossip while they clean the deep fat fryer? I'd watch that - she regained her Goth mojo and resumed looking like an emissary of the dead. This was good for two reasons. Firstly, non-Goth Nina was never as interesting, and seeing her lope around in a procession of sad tracksuits was kind of depressing. Secondly, it provided high camp every time they angled the camera up to her in the public gallery, hovering over the scene like a really dramatic owl. She looked like she was permanently on the verge of hurling herself over the rail to swoop down on the proceedings with a flourish of her cape.
Do what you can to get away. I'm not saying Sean is annoying, but thirty seconds of deathless chat with him and Curtis was hurling himself to the floor with heart murmurs to get away. Yes, it's a condition that could kill him at any moment, but on the plus side, you have a great excuse to get out of listening to Sean wittering on. He soon checked himself out of the hospital because the medical profession wouldn't be able to do anything for him; aren't you training to be a doctor Curtis? It's a bit like being a vicar in a crisis and not bothering to pray because you don't think God would be any use. (In other words, Billy).
Emma invited him to live with her, which sounds nice, but the living room is still smoke damaged after all these weeks. Can nobody run a damp cloth over the walls? It must smell like the inside of a box of Swan Vestas in there. Curtis is happily moving in, which seems sweet, but the last time we got a couple shacking up after an extremely short period of time it was Nina and Seb, and look how that turned out. He'll be dead before Emma updates her Facebook relationship status.
For her part, Kelly is managing to look tinier and younger with every appearance; by the end of next week I fully expect her to be a toddler. The only time she looked a little grown up was when she chatted with Imran and I sincerely hope I didn't see any hint of romance there. Yes, Imran is gorgeous Kelly, but he is to be admired from afar; please don't make it weird.
The author has also drawn a comic book related to events that may or may not have happened in Weatherfield. It involves Curtis, Imran, Ryan and Gary, with a guest appearance from a jar of Vaseline, and copies can be obtained by contacting me on Twitter @merseytart.
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But Harry Visioni asked to leave. It was his decision.
I must admit all these funeral frolics are getting on my wick. I think they're only created in order for George to pull daft expressions. Er - you're not in panto!
Sabeen ay least, has wised up to the silly story lines- Nina has suddenly recovered her memory at such short notice!
Curtis moving in - I notice that Emma didn't ask Ty and Alina if they were ok with it. As for the sooty blackened walls - yep, anyone else would have cleaned them straight away.
I think Ty is going back to Fiz anyway, so then it'll be Alina who's playing gooseberry!
Nina's memory didn't suddenly come back to her. It started by her hearing the track they'd listened to on the radio and the reconstruction with Abi and the others and Abi bringing that plastic ring. This is what happens with memory loss simple things can trigger responses. You sound like you believe Sabeen?
Emma did mention that she would need to ok it with Tyrone and Alina first though
Its just a long line of silly storylines such as maria smashing up a van. as scott pointed out last week the baileys are supposed to be broke yet they own the builders yard, the flat above it, their own property with 6 of them crammed in, and this other house that has never even been mentioned. In reality, chesney and gemma would be given a bigger council house - just saying!
Bailey was broke a couple of years ago, and they moved into Coronation Street and with all the shifts Aggie have been taking, so it would have made some sense that they have recovered from it. I was broke few years ago but now, I am able to invest in few things.
I really enjoyed the episodes this week, very well woven and the tensions are high and I am sure it will continue when we get round to Kelly's defend.
I really like how this storyline brought in ensemble cast. Nina, Roy, Abi, Kevin, Jack, Debbie, Amy, Simon, Leanne, Toyah, Kelly, Imran, Dev, Asha, Aadi, Summer, Corey and many more.
Gemma and Chesney would've been given social housing if there were any available. Local authorities cannot just "magic up" properties of there are non available. They're is a big waiting list for these properties to become available
That may be so in life but when was Corrie realistic? They can magic up anything that would take weeks or months in life. They can give the financially strapped money for the pub and frequent meals out, engagement rings and, even an extra property. They can give appointments with solicitors at no cost seemingly, make Underworld a thriving business many times over. I am sure bloggers can think of many more examples....so could I but my head is starting to hurt!
Agree with Abercrombie. Only place I know where you can get a job anywhere, take a afternoon off from work at a moments notice, sell/buy into a business and the paperwork happens straight away and in the real world would Underworld survive but there has to a place of employment for the residents
Yes I'd love to be able to see a GP when I need to, instead of waiting almost 3 months.
Dr Gaddas seems to be readily available to anyone in their hour of need at any time of day or night! It's not even a practice with several doctors - she's on her own.
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