It may only be the 2nd week of December but with the Christmas Market and parties, festivities appear to have begun early in Weatherfield! Well, maybe for some, at least. Daniel Osbourne may have received a very unwelcome present: unemployment!
Can Max’s jealousy derail Daniel’s promising teacher career? The fall-out from the Ice Ball does anything but melt tonight and Summer's crush causes cobbles carnage. I like this a lot. Billy is seething and anything that gives the vicar some drama (aside from actual archdeacon work) is good by me. Putting Paul in the middle of it also works well. I guess Todd was too busy burying the dead, but that fire and brimstone biblical dialogue between the two only heightened the fact that there is still passion between Paul and Billy? Paul misconstruing it as grooming is also clever. I even enjoyed the well-constructed police interview!
I felt sorry for Daniel, and, as I'm old enough to remember Ken Barlow's teaching trauma's, let's hope this is the first and last for Mr Osbourne. Who knew an energy bar and a misplaced poem could cause so much trouble?! Daisy's subtle side was also a surprise and a surprisingly well-balanced approach to Daniel. Maybe she has some redeeming features after all?
Phill’s nice-guy persona, adoringly affectionate of Fiz and the girls, has left Tyrone in an emotional quagmire, feeling not very festive at all. He wants his ex back in his life, and with things running smoothly for the couple in recent weeks, Tyrone has become sidelined watching the blossoming romance, giving consent for a Christmas getaway for the girls, and Phill has even moved into Ty’s house for a bit. All subtly done, with plot and cast in place for Phill’s harmonious festive birthday celebrations. However, this is soapland, and in the (glaringly obvious!!) absence of Evelyn to ruffle feathers, Corrie has quickly introduced Phill’s haughty, snooty, snobbish Mother Mimi into the mix and it works well. I’ll admit, I find her ridiculously irksome, I want Evelyn back, and Ty and Fiz back as a family unit. Which, I guess, is the way this is going to go?
Anything involving Steve and Tracy is top-drawer Corrie for me, and Amy’s grade predictions saga was laced with Corrie humour. Steve’s impression of Tracy ‘playing her tapes’ ‘minge bag’ and classic banter between this brilliant duo, was a real treat. At least we can instil some Tracy into this whole Curtis debacle. Tracy diving into Daniel’s strife, and tearing a strip off of Billy, was also good. My two favourite characters at war, and what war this could be.
Tonight’s Corrie had bathos in abundance, and with some brilliant writing - which is what Coronation Street is all about. With Christmas just around the corner, I think the tone is now set!
Elsewhere on the street - Michael struggles to look after Glory and discovers the truth about Grace’s disappearance. Meanwhile, Stu is still harbouring blame for the Speed Daal inferno.
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