I must admit that I was dreading this episode when I read the preview. The youngsters take LSD. Oh god. lots of jump cuts, lots of swirly-whirly camera. Someone having a bad trip and freaking out. The Inside Soap award for Best Hollyoaks-style Episode.
But apart from the jump from Aadi planning the party - on a Monday, you can tell he's never organised a soiree before - to the party in full 4 p.m. swing with Summer dressed as Florence Pugh (have you never watched that film, hun? It doesn't end well) and drinking the first of Summer's wine, it still felt like Corrie. Brody and Dylan have invited themselves along, to Aadi's disgust and he throws them out, not before confiscating Brody's bottle of LSD.
He and Amy share a moment and a kiss (they haven’t been it very much recently whilst we went through the entirety of the Michaelis' and Kit's history but I thought their relationship might have progressed a bit off-screen), but Amy tells Asha she felt nothing. Aadi, taking umbrage, decides to drop some acid, man, with Nina and reformed good girl, Summer. But before he can neck his L(emoande)SD, Asha makes him clear up somebody’s vomit. It's funny how Asha, previously Cody's girlfriend, is now the sensible one and Aadi, the former mini-Dev, now wants to be the rock 'n' roller. But who had the third glass? I thought it might be Asha and she'd crash her ambulance but there's no money in the budge for another big stunt, so it's Lauren (little Frankie must be big enough to look after himself now) who's the unwitting recipient and she leaves the party to stalk the streets (the bins have eyes! The ceramic post-boy outside the Kabin talks to her!).
Meanwhile, Carla gives Betsy £20 to go lock up the factory, so she and Lisa can go out on the town (again, on a Monday). This seems like a bad plan given that last time Betsy had keys to the factory, she let in Mason's brothers, who attacked Carla, which meant she needed a kidney, which in turn led to the return of Rob and ended up with Betsy being shot. This time it only leads to Lauren seeing Joel (Calum Lill is back, baby! I guess it's a long time 'til panto season) as a mannequin threatening her and her eventual rescue.
The whole thing was Bernie's fault as she was taunting Aadi about his boring life and going on about Spike Island (or something) again. It's also her fault in the B story as, concerned about the rancour between her son and her grandson, she reveals the DNA test to Brody. This goes as well as might be expected. Plus we haven't seen the Battersby-Winter-Browns for a bit, but I expect our Ches is not going to be happy at being (tangentially) related to his tormentor.
And finally, Summer and Nina return to the cafe, terrified and clinging to each other as they hear sirens. Something terrible has happened and they just walked away. I know what you did last, Summer!
Rachel Stevenson - on bluesky
Last of the Summer wine comments by Summer were funny (even if nobody understood them :))
ReplyDeleteTerrible episide. Total personality transplants for Aadi, Nina and Summer. The predictable misunderstanding because Aadi didn't overhear the whole conversation between Amy and Asha.
ReplyDeleteBernie responsible for everything through her interfering. First telling Aadi to have a party, then blabbing to Brody that Kit is his father.
Agreed, very out of character for Aadi, Ascher and Nina. Why would 20 somethings being partying with kids barely out of high school anyway??? Makes no sense, at that age 2-5 years is an eternity of difference.
DeleteI laughed at Summer's references as well...might have been the best part. I work with a group of young people and I'll bring something up and they'll say....."I don't get it, I wasn't born yet"
ReplyDeleteAnd then Brian and Steve join in!
ReplyDeleteJeanie: Hard to believe an episode this bad/disjointed was written or aired. I felt like I must have missed a couple of months of episodes and a number of personality-changing life events. Dylan and Brody are now friends?! Aadi organizes a party in a day?! Amy, Summer, , and Aadi have become a group of middle-aged stick in the muds?Lauren has live-in child care for Frankie? Betsy of all people, is friends with Aadi and Nina and Summer?! Don't think I've ever seen them together. Carla suddenly cares about Lauren and turns detective?! Summer, the world's goodiest twoshoes, does drugs?Lauren will drink from any random cup she finds on the counter? None of it makes any sense. Particularly jarring was Dylan and Brody's newfound friendship.?!? Powerful, ball-busting Carla cajoling Swain to drug test Lauren by stroking her hair and batting her eyelashes was another what the heck moment. Since when is Carla a pleading little girl?And not even to protect her factory but out of a completely unlikely desire to find out what happened to Lauren, a woman she barely knows. None of it makes any sense.
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