Welcome. Carla and Lisa have been well and truly gazumped by Debbie but in turn Ronnie, Ryan, Kev and old uncle Tom Cobbley an' all convince the property whizz kid also known as Debbie Webster that overpaying by £30k for a back street house
Gary is getting the best of everything from Maria to get him better. He has other ideas and spends the afternoon catching up on lost drinking time up to the point where when he stands up and then he falls down. Gary must be ill as at one point he even offers to buy David Platt a drink and I have lost count of the run-ins between those two down the years. Whilst not completely drunk Gary and Theo agree that the latter is happy to take on some scaffolding work for Gary's jobs. Has Gary closed the secondhand furniture store as he has now returned to being a builder? Gary is insistent he can get over being duped and beaten up by Lou without any help. Everyone else knows differently.
I am sure you will all be pleased to know that Kit is on the mend and he did hear Sarah tell him that she was falling for him when she thought he was asleep. He has some news for her - he is falling for her too. He repairs relations with Bernie - Kit admits Sarah has given him a good talking to. Sarah later pops round to see Bernie and updates her on Kit's recovery and that there might be a possibility of some form of relationship with Brody - but no promises at this point.
What looks like Brody in disguise is running away from the Corner Shop as fast as his legs can carry him with Aadi shouting at the disappearing thief whom we find has taken some £6k from the safe. Which is odd as everyone always seems to pay with their card (remember cash is king). There is some story for the police (Tink's old partner turns up) about not being able to get to the bank whilst short handed. Bernie later walks in on Brody seeking to collect some cash and soon extracts the true story from Aadi. Despite Aadi being the greatest business whizz kid on the block a couple of years ago he has managed to get the shop £6k in debt and has had to take a loan out. He over ordered and his promotions did not move the stock, so it was out of date and it snowballed. So he plans to claim on the insurance using the £6k which is upstairs under his bed to settle the loan and the insurance money to pay off Brody (who was supposed to do in the dark, not in daylight) and put the accounts for the shop straight. Bernie does not like knowing but promises to keep schtum mainly for Brody's sake in view of the news from Saah earlier. However one might argue that the expected outcome might not happen when Dev walks in at the end of the episode, his long holiday having ended.
There are a couple of sub-plots floating around the last one. When the disguised Brody was running he went straight past Lisa who, instead of her usual gung ho action stands there stunned and lets the "criminal" abscond. It seems that the poor dear is confused about Becky and what is right and what is wrong and she is not at all sure who she is at the moment, breaking down in tears for no good reason, and thinking she cannot ever go back out there again.
Additionally when the shop re-opens Lauren pops in to check on Aadi and admits that she likes Aadi and she was perhaps a little wrong last week and perhaps they could go on a date. There is a suggestion of bowling but Aadi fluffs it, Asha comes in, Lauren goes to the Rovers and Asha reminds Aadi that he is playing with fire, poor lad cannot get it right.
Having hugged Bernie and Aadi, Dev sets his sights on Asha's share of the pizza and wants to know what's been going on - hands up for the rights to explain his own son has robbed his own business for the insurance payout?
I won't be here next week as I plan to be in Paris (Eurostar permitting) and I will not be here the following week as I should be in Clermont-Ferrand (assuming SNCF are up to snuff). So I plan to return in three weeks' time. Hopefully by then we will be seeing character driven plots and isshoos, police stations, hospitals and stunts will have been consigned to the dustbin and we return to stories of strong women in the back streets of Salford.
Written by Mark Wadlow and Joe Turner. Directed by Jason Wingaard.
Kosmo
1 comment:
Great review. I hope this psycho drama block that Lisa is experiencing leads to a relationship break up, because I haven't been convinced by Swarla as a couple.
Carla was recovering from Peter having time out. She would have found another fella, not turn to a woman!
Why was David boozing with Theo? I don't think they'd even met, had they?
Yes , I guess Gary's tatty, second- hand furniture store has been quietly shut down. I expect Gary is suffering from brain damage.
Shona had this for 6 months and now it's all forfotten about.
What's happened to the barbers?
Jenny would have been the ideal candidate to help Aadi at the shop.
But the actress who plays her had a focused storyline with the Daisy and Christiana con plot, so she deserves a rest.
I can't see Aadi and Lauren as a couple, sorry. She's way too edgy for him. He still hankers after Amy Barlow. He'll be leaving soon, anyway.
I really hope Dev and Bernie tie the knot. They've been through a lot together and it's been a while since we had a wedding on the street!
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