Good evening. Gary comes round. He is surprised to find he is called Chesney Winter-Brown and has a wife called Gemma and comes to the conclusion that the bang on his head has done real damage. He uses a phone to call the landline at Audrey's to speak to Maria and the nursing staff think he has two wives when she arrives at the hospital. He gives Maria his wife's phone number and it turns out to be Lou's mobile. Maria then phones the landline at the salon as well and entreats David to keep Lou there until she can get back. Lou denies any involvement but then admits (accidentally) to knowing that Gary's credit card was used to buy food at which point Maria somehow manages to summon the police who whisk Lou off to the cop shop for an interrogation.
In a fascinating diversion Lou earlier planted Gary's bank card on Summer who accidentally tips her bag out in front of Nina before both are interviewed by the police after the police received an anonymous tip off (from Lou) that they had assaulted Gary/Chesney. Frankly m'dear they were not capable of such violence and even DC Green comes to the same conclusion but Nina turns on Summer because she cannot explain having the card. Nina and Summer are not on speakers any longer.
Randomly Ollie chats up Dee Dee in the Rovers whilst she is looking at a picture of James and Laila. Olllie is a ducker and diver and gets to buy her a drink. James is not really talking to Dee Dee after the events of yesterday but he tracks her down in the Rovers to tell her that he is pushing ahead with the adoption full steam. Otherwise James and Dee Dee are not on speakers. Dee Dee visits the Bailey house later and asks Laila if she remembers her. Dee admits to Ed that she might be having doubts. She is heading to Glasgow for a few days to get things straight in her head.
Aadi is trying to help Lauren and buys her an air fryer as a flat warming present (and obviously he still feels immensely guilty but she does not know that). Earlier Shona had assured Lauren that boys of that age only have one thing on their mind and so Lauren tells Aadi to stuff the fryer where the sun does not shine and storms off. Later she espies Aadi being the good samaritan and changing Fiz's flat tyre out of the goodness of his heart and suspects she might have misjudged the lad and Shona then advises her that she might need to apologise for her earlier intemperance. But at the moment there is no speakers between Aadi and Lauren.
Kev is finding it impossible to maintain the deception that he has cancer. He eats a meal deal in the precinct and Ty gets a pictorial record challenging him later. He promises Ty he will tell Abi later even if she leaves him - but Abi comes home with a booking for a couple of nights in a nice hotel in the Lake District so he cannot tell her and just about everyone knows now apart from Abi and Debbie - so all will soon become clear - both will want to kill him.
Social services agree to Brody, Joanie and Shanice staying with Sal, although Brody prefers his own bed but the girls get a sleepover. Brody is able to speak to Mick who is kitted up with a mobile phone and tells Brody to keep the phone turned on as something is going down tomorrow.
I am a little caustic at times in these reviews and I have to admit that trying to navigate the excruciating plot (black) holes in this episode has left me struggling. I am not going to enumerate them; but a reminder that this is a Manchester back street where people tell us about their lives and relationships living in the 'hood. Can we please get back to stories about the people, interacting on the Street, not in a hospital, or a police station? Entertainment in the Rovers, family dinners and scenes in the knicker stitching room please. Getting Gary to try and act his socks off whilst lying in a bed with that stupid tube up his nose (does that ever happen in a hospital?) is an ask too far.
Written by Alasdair Morrison and David Isaac. Directed by Chantelle Kayll.
Kosmo
10 comments:
Tme to cut out all this heavy drama. Bring back the comedy.
David platt makes me laugh. He can do sarky to a tee! Glenda is good for comedy, too. Steve acts like a panto villain, pulling daft faces, and goes OTT sometimes. Brian and Mary have lost their silly, giddy appeal, I'm afraid. I think there's something absurd and immature about them. They are quite sad, too, really. Neither of them are awarded any plot lines.
They hang about with no proper purpose.
It's a pity that they haven't been axed in the recent cull. I'd like to see Mary go.
Kosmo, your last paragraph = SPOT ON!!! What's the point of calling the series Coronation Street and then setting events everywhere else but? Too much reliance on police and medical tropes is getting excruciating. Bring back the gossip, pettiness and tiffs. Although as you say there is quite a bit of "no speakers" :-D Has Summer had a personality transplant? She's being downright nasty to Nina.
It was ridiculous. Though good to see Maria using her brain.
Summer was totally out of order, falling out with Nina for not trusting her. After all, she has told so many lies already. If she had let Nina go to the police in the first place the truth would have come out, but she only thinks of herself. Nina is well rid of such a "friend".
I hope we don't now get a love triangle with Aadi, Lauren and Amy.
There's more chance of pigs flying I'm afraid! This is how it is for the soaps these days unfortunately
I suppose Corrie has to make use of the new sets....although like most of the people who read the blog and comment, I have thought for quite some time that Corrie has lost it's appeal as a kitchen sink drama. As someone said, gone are those days. The Americanization of Corrie began at least ten years or more ago...the glamming up of the characters.
No more Curly looking hungover, everyone with perfect makeup and clothes, endless streams of money to spend at the Bistro. I used to love the lunchtime trade at the Rovers, all the factory girls, shop people etc...even the odd evening when people got tipsy and had a little sing a long. Indeed those days are long gone. Wondering when the petition will go around to change the name of the Street?
Yes I agree. How can these folk on minimum wage afford to eat out all the time? Not to mention expensive clothes, perfect hair and make-up, and car mechanic Abi's professional manicure. Also, clients walk out of Audrey's looking no different from before!
Well, we've had karaoke, a drag night, where people did sing along, quizzes, darts and birthday do's at the rovers recently. All community events where people got together. Steve looks permanently hung over, in my opinion!
The problem of course is the frankly dreadful writing and plot development. The character of Mick is little more than a panto villain, delivered by an actor of one note but the problem is not just his but one of simplistic writing. How the hell did he get out of prison? And how did he get to the school without anybody noticing? As for Summer, the character has always been a monster. And another monster is Bernie.
To go list - Mary, Brian, Summer (monster), Bernie (monster), Gemma (awful - can't act her way out of a paper bag), Kevin and Abby (depressing), Amy (horrible), Tracy (nasty for the sake of it - thought we'd got shut of her but she came back) and Mick and his whole family.
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