The three gay dads are celebrating Summer's 18th birthday, but it all ends in tears, because of course this is Summer we're taking about. Billy gives her a letter from Drew, her original dad. Then Summer finds out that Billy has organised a glucose monitor (with Aaron's help) and strops off like Leanne. She then rows with Aaron and they split up for the 45th time. They then make up for the 46th time after Summer reads her letter. I just wish they'd go off to Chester.
Do Bernie and Fern really look alike? Same height, similar age, blonde hair, but it's not like they're doppelgangers. To be honest, I didn't watch Brookside (apart from the Beth Jordache storyline) so Patricia Farnham doesn't mean much to me; I remember Gabrielle Glaister more as Kate from Blackadder. Anyhoo, Fern returns the uniforms to Bern and suggests she could do a speed awareness course on her behalf for £200 payment.
The fiancés are canoodling on Dev's sofa and agree they will tell their families tonight at the Bistro. I'm more invested than I like to admit in Kaadi (certainly more than in Summer and Misery-Loves-Company) - Kelly deserves a bit of fun and Aadi is a nice young man without being a sap like Craig or dreary like Chesney. Thingy from the Gazette says that because Kaadi are under 18, then they'll need to get written permission from their parents, which is a bit difficult since a) nobody knows and b) when they do know, they're not very happy about it. Asha lets slip that it was Kelly who crashed the car and Dev goes off on one, calling Kelly a liability. He then has a go at Gary, accusing him of wanting to palm off the problem child. He grabs Aadi who falls and hurts his face, leading him to storm out as well. Dev goes round to the rose-gold flat and asks Aadi to come home, but he refuses, saying he's moved in with Kel. Kelly then suggests they get married in Gretna Green. I'm getting a Nick 'n' Leanne vibe here - let's hope Kelly doesn't get pregnant and Aadi forces her to have an abortion, right.
Oh and Dylan is staying in Weatherfield. And from what I've read, Violet'll be up soon.
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Someone needs to remind Dev how his 'princess'Asha dated a murderer and was even willing to be Cory's false alibi.
ReplyDeleteThen maybe he wouldn't be so quick to judge Kelly.
I agree - I don't think Bernie and Fern do look alike, really!
ReplyDeleteApparently, the actresses said they often are mistaken for one another, so plotted this plot between them.
I like Kelly and Aadi together, but I have a feeling that Aadi will hesitate at the ceremony at Gretna green.
I wonder if this will motivate their split and lead to Kelly's decline and exit?
I'm a loss to understand why Sean, with 2 jobs, can't afford to rent a flat for him and Dylan.
It's nice to see Dylan and Max hanging out together - Liam could join them!
jeanie (anon):
ReplyDeleteFind it odd that you could have two young couples on screen and one is so engaging and cute, and the other so off-putting and tiresome. Yet, they mostly do the same stuff, hang out as couples etc., make out, fight, talk to parents. Summer and Aaron still act like two strangers who happen to be sitting next to each other at a bus station. Aaron touches her so gingerly--sort of like she's a leper, or his 80 year-old grandmother--while Summer always seems to have her mind elsewhere. Sort of like she's reviewing the answers to practice tests in her mind or going through the periodic table of elements. Even when she's about to have sex for the first time. Just very painful... That hotel scene....Never seen a young male character look less eager for sex. Only Summer could transform it into a chore that needs doing...
Bernie looks enough like Fern to be able to fill in for her at tests and appointments, even if they are not "doppelgangers." Looking forward to seeing where this story line goes! Will Posh Fern snag snobbish Dev, LOL?
Ridiculous that Sean assumed it's OK to move Dylan onto Eileen's house. Don't terraces only have 2 bedrooms?
ReplyDeleteIt's absurd how everyone crams in, as if it's still 1963!
ReplyDeleteIn The Barlows there's Ken, Steve, Tracey, Amy and her fella.
At Eileen's there's Mary, Sean, Dylan, Todd and Eileen. I assume George isn't living there.
At Chesney's, there's Ches, Gemma, Bernie, the quads, and joseph. That's 3 adults and 5 kids.
Surely Todd and Sean could flat share, if Dylan moves in?
Jeanie (anon): I don't think the close quarters is really meant to be taken seriously. It is more a convenient fiction or convention so that large groups of people can all interact together over the breakfast table. Sort of the same as everyone eating lunch or having a pint in the Rovers all the time, when no one could possibly afford that day after day. I mean could/would a taxi driver want to pay for a glass of orange juice as many times as Peter?! But it's a convenient gathering place and a nice set, just as the factory is and Roy's.
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