Back to Cold Case Central i.e. number 6, where D.I. Alya and D.S. Zeedan have got a hold of the case files for Stu's murder case. I'm enjoying this investigative stuff (they should really do an accompanying podcast) but it's just a pity it has to involve tedious old Stu. Adam points out that a) Stu was illegally questioned for over 10 hours and b) a tape is missing. I hope the Nazirs are at least going to chuck Adam a few complimentary bhajis since he seems to be doing this pro bono. Brylcreem doesn't come free, you know. Yasmeen rocks up to the prison because HMP Weatherfield throw out visiting orders willy-nilly, and Yas tells Stu she will forgive him if he just tells her the truth, but he sticks to his innocence and tells her to speak to his ex-solicitor, who I guess'll have to be prepared to do some free work also. Norman the solicitor tells the Nazirs that Detective Lennox was rotten to the core and that Stu wasn't guilty. Alya starts pressuring her gran to let Stu stay with them when he's released from prison.
Kelly greets Aadi in her silky jim-jams, which probably means they'll be engaged by the end of the episode. Aadi obviously has a thing for troubled blondes, but given the bother that Summer causes, I think he may have made the right choice. Although maybe not to the extent of pretending to get wed as Kelly suggests in order to win a free holiday from the Gazette.
Wasn't this a storyline some time ago with Norris and Mary?
Steve sacks off Ed and Paul as his original roofer has come back, apart from the fact he hasn't. Someone turns up but it's not the roofer, it's the scaffolder who wants his scaffolding back, although he agrees to leave it for another £500. Ed does not agree to take the job back on.
I'm still not sure about the point of this storyline, is it meant to be comedy? I think Steve might have to go on Rogue Traders, except that it's on BBC1 and so can't be mentioned by ITV scriptwriters.
Brexit problems for the factory as they can't get hold of the silk they need for their frillies. Carla is forced to crawl to Uncy Stephen for the material, something that pleases Suspicious Stephen no end. He then suggests Sarah buy Carla out from the knicker factory, which interests her. So what's Stevie's game? Stealing Audrey's dough or taking over the factory? It can't really be both. We can only hope that Gail is onto him sooner, or even later, just as Audrey was onto Richard Hillman a long time before Gail realised he was a bad 'un.
Oh and Aaron drops Summer in it by suggesting to Billy that he calls the diabetes nurse to ask if Summer can have a flash monitor, which Summer has lied about.
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