It's all about the money, money, money on tonight's ep.
Exhibit A: David inveigling Shona into giving him free coffees in the caff before Roy comes down in the morning, to save on coffee usage at the Barbers. That isn't David's main concern tonight though as he discovers Max is off on a Hitler Youth camping trip. He tries to ban Max from going, but Max is determined - he says he wants to be with his tribe (the Aryan one?). David should just let him go: a few nights shivering in the snow in a field with no toilet on the wrong side of the Pennines would soon convince most people that a life of racism is not for them.
Meanwhile (and this is Exhibit B), Ghastly Griff approaches his backer to rinse him for more funds. I'm not sure what Griff is spending the money on apart from Freshco's value lager and a good internet connection. Oh and the mystery backer turns out to be none other than Maria's nemesis, the bearded councillor. I guess he could say it's grant funding for a grassroots community organisation when he is investigated - and he will be when Maria gets her derrière into gear.
Exhibit C: Jay-kub's papa from the last ep, Damon, tries to bribe his way back into his son's good books, but Jacob is having none of it. Amy is though and she persuades her boyf to meet his dad in the Bistro for cocktails and nibbles. It is revealed that Harvey is Damon's brother, (which I guess makes Jacob Sharon Gaskell's great nephew?) and after Jacob tells him that Harvey beat him up, Damon repays the favour as Harvey is attacked in prison. More is to come as he reveals himself to be Nick's new business partner by way of the money Nick took from Harvey for the dry rot repairs. This could be fun. I mean, probably not for Nick 'n' Leanne.
Exhibit D: George says he got a good deal on the sofa he is ordering for Eileen's Christmas present, after the coffin debacle of last year. Jenny, channelling Colin and Cathy from Two Door Down, says it's going to make the rest of Eileen's home furnishings look like tat. Rude!
And some storylines that are nothing to do with money: Man without a storyline, Adam, shows Daisy Daniel's (unpublished) article about how he found love again after loss and after this and Danny-boy promising to change his self-centred ways, Double D reconcile.
And finally, Billy and Paul report Summer as a missing person to the police who say that because Summer is an adult, they will not be able to reveal her location to her three dads if and when she is found. So, we're finally getting a Summer break!? It's a Christmas miracle!
Have a great Christmas and see you back here on Boxing Day.
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