Tracy-luv is pleased that Amy is glamming up to go out to Nina's 21st birthday do as she was worried about her. "Being a good mum's in my bones," she tells her daughter, conveniently forgetting about the time she tried to sell Ames to Roy and Hayley. The party has hit a snag though as the venue is double booked. Aaron offers the builders' yard flat, which seems like a bad idea as someone would probably see a load of teens carrying bottles of booze and dob them in to Ed, plus Aaron gets to snag himself a party invite. The Bistro was right there Asha - and it's a Monday afternoon! Hardly prime party time (and surely goths come out after midnight, as a rule).
Anyway, the girls decorate it with pics of Nina as a baby (wondering out loud if she was a goth back then. I'm not sure you can get black nappies, to be honest) and bat bunting and a banner that says Goths Never Age. Well, I was a goth 1987-1991 and I can tell you that I have aged more than I'd like. The party is going fine until Amy and Aaron butt heads and she screams at him and everyone leaves, except for Aaron and Aadi. I am liking this storyline, even though its upsetting, as it's not a horrible attack down a dark alley or a boyfriend or husband abusing his partner, but someone who genuinely believes it was a drunken fumble got out of hand, who thinks that he is the victim of a smear campaign. He points out to Aadi that he wouldn't be able to get a job in a hospital or school as he was interviewed under caution (not sure why a mechanic'd be working in a hospital but there you go). It's more subtle than, say, Frank raping Carla, it shows that a nice guy (or ex-nice guy) can be capable of sex without consent, the kind of thing that in the past would be as written off as a mistake, but young women are a lot more clued up nowadays, and rightly so. Aadi pretends to be in agreement with him, then writes GUILTY on Aaron's forehead in permanent marker pen after he passes out drunk. You can get rid of that kind of stuff with nail polish remove, Aadi. Also Aaron's gonna wake up and wonder what YTLIUG means when he looks in the mirror.
I don't quite understand this Rufus's stolen car thing, but anyway, Paul has to move it from one spot to another, but unfortunately his grip fails and he swerves just as a police car pulls up behind him and he's taken in for questioning. Deedee rocks up as duty solicitor just after Paul has confessed to TWOC-ing (but not murder) and he also confesses to her about his test for MND.
Also at the cop shop is Jackson, who gets drunk and shoves Craig in the Rovers and is taken in but Craig refuses to press charges. How magnanimous of him. Also in the Rovers, Craig has created a spreadsheet of venues for the big day but Faye is unimpressed, claiming it's not an orgy (!?) I've never known there to be a spreadsheet at any orgy. A database, maybe. By the way, Jackson should have not told Faye that he wanted her to move to Slough with him: that's enough to put anyone off. He should've said: "Just outside London", in my opinion.
In other love triangle news, Sam invites Eliza around to to the Stape/Dobbs house to teach her chess, much to Hope's disgust. Eliza should watch out that that ponytail doesn't spontaneously set itself on fire. Fiz and Tyrone, with their usual powers of observation re: their daughter, tell Stu that Hope enjoyed having Eliza over. Oh and Hope tells Eliza that her dad was a serial killer for a living? I don't think, unless you are an assassin, that serial killing pays the rent.
And finally, The Phantom Of The Rovers, Ryan, chats more with Cyrano de Daisy, believing her to be Crystal. Are they going to fall in love, or at least lust, via text?
What I want to know is: why was Steve wearing that baseball cap? Buzzcut gone wrong? Just For Men disaster? Enquiring minds deserve to know.
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6 comments:
HAHAHAHAHA!!!! I was also wondering why Steve was wearing a cap the entire programme! Great review!! Cheers X
Ridiculous timing again. The teenagers/ early twenties had their party at the same time as eleven year olds had just got home from school. Said party ended before Stu had taken Eliza home for her tea. I think that when Paul was at the police station the detective said it was around 6 o’clock.
There is a real disconnect in the legal process. Aaron was "interviewed under caution". This is entirely different to the process under which he admits breaking the law and is then issued with a police caution. The latter remains on his record and would, as he thinks, prevent certain employment and volunteer activities. He did not admit anything and the "interview under caution" is not recorded permanently.
Also I wish Amy would stop saying that "the police did not believe me" and for Aaron to stop saying "the police believed me". Neither statement is true. I happen to believe that Any was believed, Aaron was not believed BUT the CPS did not consider that the level of proof required was met to press charges and take it to court.
Sorry just blowing my top.
I think it's reasonable that Amy says she wasn't believed and Aaron says he was because that's what they think is the case. As viewers, we may see it otherwise. My guess is that the absence of proof will mean that it can't go any further legally but their peers will begin to see the truth. Aaron will be ostracised (a kind of sentence) and Amy will find new strength. The storyline is being handled really well. Both young actors are doing an excellent job and making it very believable. Whether young people of their age are watching this storyline is another matter but I hope so.
I think the writers have painted themselves in a corner by having Aaron as Amy's rapist and getting away with it.It should have been someone from Uni instead.
Now Aaron has become a ruined character that Amy will have to see everyday.
It will be interesting to see Kevin's reaction when he returns.
I mean would Kevin want to employ someone who got away with raping a friend's daughter?
This new Jackson is bizarre. Obviously life with PC Tinker doesn't look like much fun, but Jackson has turned up, seemingly 7 feet tall and 45 years old, and he's been absolutely vile all the way through. A really strange and unpleasant character.
The rape storyline with Amy and Aaron is being handled fairly well, but the party in the middle of the afternoon at a flat that's supposed to be empty was very weird. There's no way that ghus storyline ends without Aaron leaving the show.
Tying Paul's diagnosis story to the ridiculous business with Rufus and Stephen was a mistake and really undermines the tragedy of his situation.
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