It's (almost) Goth Xmas and Gary threatens to bring out the gold lamé body suit. Come on Gazza! Those who aren't watching the Zombesi Hallowe'en special are off down the Bistro for an empty looking party. It's so busy that even tweens are able to book a table for a date, Sam dressed as a spaceman and Hope as the devil's spawn (no change there then).
Ryan quite rightly points out that Ryan and Lauren aren't mates. I guess scamming someone out of a grand puts a relationship on an uneven keel. He also points out that Ovidz keep sending him push notifications - Ryan's a millennial, he should be able turn off notifications on his phone. Lauren hasn't turned them off either and Ry discovers that Lauren is doing videos too. He threatens to tell the site that she's underage and she tells him not to mess wi' her. She goes round Daniel's and hints to Daisy that she's about to spill the beans. She doesn't, but Daisy and Ryan smooch in the back room and she agrees to go to a hotel with him, so it won't be long before Daniel finds out anyway.
Michael offers the £6K that his pops won on the nags to Underworld. Surely the police would have recovered the stolen cash from Stephen's Seagull account and returned it? Or at least set the wheels in motion. Anyway Sarah refuses to take the dough but she does offer Michael his job back.
Dev tries to make it up to Aadi with a snake plant. Good present, Devandra! Aadi takes it the wrong way but accepts the succulent and the apology until Dev takes the piss out of Aadi for stacking shelves at Freshco (he could be the new Reg Holdsworth!) and slagging off Ms Scouse McBoobs just as she's entering the room. Dev storms out.
The Alahans may have not reconciled but Audrey forgives Peter over tea and biccies. And Sally engages Steve to talk to Tim again. Victim Support is right there, Sally. Old McDonald takes Tim on a mystery tour which involves cosplaying as Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer by the banks of the Irwell and they put the world to rights.
Rachel Stevenson - on twitter
Isn't Aadi's cutlery wallpaper the same one Tim and Sally had a while back?
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Rachel for reminding us (and the soap scriptwriters) about Victim Support.
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering why Tim hasn't contacted a charity that offer free or discounted counselling.
Sally would also know that Tim could book sessions with counsellor Toyah.
However as this is a soap, no doubt the two would embark on a steamy affair!
Meanwhile, I expect Tim will have a few more fishing sessions with Steve (with lovey summer scenery of trees in full leaf when it's the end of October) and his PTSD will fade away into the background.
They want Tim and Sally back on track.
Characters that have gone AWOL: Eileen, Aggie, Simon, Cassie, Fizz, Garv and Sabrina.
I'm looking forward to seeing the new Rovers at Xmas.
However, I'm not looking forward to the return of Bethany Platt. Now Stephen has gone, they need to increase the Platt ranks.
Plus, she's acts as the renewed love interest for Daniel, apparently.
Personally, I'd have liked to see Cathy back instead.
Is the actor who plays Peter Barlow exiting completely or is he taking a long break?
If he's taking a long break, they'll split Peter and Carla up, then they'll probably reunite them when he returns.
I bet they'll be casting the net around now - who'll be the next villain? I reckon it could be Lauren.
I too noticed what a lovely day it was when Tim and Steve were fishing, meanwhile back in the street the Bistro Halloween party was happening which presumably was early evening when it would be dark at this time of year. Even though they film weeks in advance you would think they would splice scenes together that make it look as if it’s the same time of day.
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