I often prefer Friday's episodes to Monday's. Monday is more focussed on introducing or progressing storylines, Friday is more relaxed as we've got to the end of the week and much of the hard storylining has been done. I liked last Friday's with a) lack of Theo and Becky and b) Joanie going full Female Trouble on the Metcalfe Christmas tree. Monday is often more serious - last week's ep of Todd on CCTV was brilliantly done but too harrowing to do some kind of snarky review.
But tonight's was more fun!
Stage school Susie announces that she wants a baby brother or sister for Christmas and Eva looks non-plussed. I mean, it'd be cheaper than a PlayStation. Later, she gets upset about it and cries on Adam's shoulder. This stokes Maggie's suspicions as she witnesses hand-holding and Susie tells her that her mum and Adam were hugging.
Also in the extended Driscoll family, Megan leaves Daniel's flat early in the morning, but asks Eva not to mention it to anyone as: "I don't want anyone getting the wrong idea." Surely better that than being known as a pederast.
The theme for Ronnie's stag do is rude boys, because the writers have got a very specific idea of what black people like. At least they didn't get the dominoes out again. It goes a bit flat as Kev turns up, sees Carl, storms out. Even worse, Debbie doesn't bother to turn up to her "surprise" hen do and then Abi leaves abruptly when Carl hears that his mum has died. We later find out that Debbie was supposed to pass on a message to her brother from his mum but she forgot. She asks Ronnie not to tell Carl this, so I guess it'll come out in a coupla weeks time?
In the meantime, David and Shona go to an antenatal class. David is unimpressed and slags off the class to a woman who turns out to to be the course leader. He should've been taking a professional interest and ask where she got her very sharp bob done.
Batty Becky turns up to Kate Oates memorial to "escort" Costello when he's being transferred and to vaguely threaten him. At number 6, Swain receives a message from Carla saying she wants to stop paying her portion of the mortgage. And a more indirect message is Carla posting a pic of herself on holiday, "living my best life". The props department hasn't bothered putting together a Photoshop of this though. Come on guys, ChatGPT is right there.
Rachel Stevenson - on bluesky
4 comments:
Si, is Susie now Adam;s kid? The timing is all wrong as they got together in December 2017 and Susie was born at the end of April 2018. Eva told this to Leanne at the time and said Susie was 100% Aiden's! Do I smell some retconning?
That might not be the story. It could be that Eva can't have any more children and she's afraid to tell Ben, so has confided in Adam.
I don't think it's about precocious Susie's paternity. I suspect that Eva is unable to bear another child. Maybe she chose to be sterilised, or it was an emercency procedure? Could she have got together with Adam after Susie was born, then had a miscarriage or termination?
Do I care? Not a jot.
We're all wrong. Adam was just a supportive shoulder to cry on!
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