All is well in Paradise-cum-Hardy apart from Hope is off school, which is going to be an important part of tonight's ep. Phil(l) for some reason won't let Hope, who is supposed to be ill, inside the house so when her tablet runs out of juice, he gives her his laptop and she opens a folder called "Stape". Never leave an 11 year old in charge of a laptop, that is a good rule for life. Also don't save your important stuff on your desktop. Hope is out for revenge and despite not having got her JCB licence, lifts the digger scoop and smashes it into Phill's car windscreen. Rude! She is taken back to the cobbles, where she asks Tyrone questions about John Stape and says she saw the info on Phill's laptop. I'm sure an almost 12 year old would have asked about her bio-dad by now surely? Anyway, Phill says it was research for a true-crime book that he wants to write about Stape's reign of haphazard terror. Uh-oh. Fiz leaves Phill and goes back to no. 2 where she and Ty read out the Corriepedia entry for John to Hope and she asks if the writers were on drugs, or sommat. "All he wanted to do was teach," says Fiz. And murder people.
Phill turns up and tries to persuade Fiz with his ideas for a tie-in podcast and titles for the book: "From Sir With Love" or "Double Life: The Curious Tale Of The Teacher With A Temper". I think Phill has talent!
Fiz has no truck with this or forgiving Phill. "We're mid-renovation!" he pleads. Some excellent dialogue from Simon Crowther in this ep.
Sally bursts into tears at work and is comforted by Fay(e). You know you're at a new low when you're seeking solace from the walking disaster that is your stepdaughter. Faye goes around to counsel Tim who finally agrees to see Dr Gaddas who, unlike my doctor, still does bookable appointments. Same day appointments! Dr G says she will change Tim's medication. Maybe Tim should've just read the leaflet that accompanied his heart medicine? Or at least google side-effects.
Dismal Daniel tells Ken that he's quitting teaching despite all that studying we never saw him do for his PGCE. Here's an idea Danny-boy, get a job in a school where you don't live in the same street as your pupils. Still, there's always jobs in packing. Always. He tries to persuade Daisy to get back together with him, but it's a no-go, as you might imagine. Naughty Nicki rocks up to the pub and pleads Daniel's case as well. Daisy does her patented trout-pout at her but later goes to tell Daniel that she misses him too but she can't go out with him whilst Nicki is living with him.
Jay-kub tries to persuade Amy to go home so she can study in a house with lighting and heating, although I bet Ken turned the radiators off back in March and is going around unplugging everyone's chargers to bring down the leccy bill. Jacob reveals that someone's dobbed them into the council for sub-letting. I think it'd be the sister who'd be in trouble for this, not Jakey-boy. Anyhoo, as we all knew they would, Jacob and Amy move into no.1.
Oh and Summer's not taking her insulin. I am more keen on the average 18 year old for the exam season - and thus this storyline - to be over.
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