I think we are still on Thursday episodes but next week we might well have caught up! Much of tonight's activity centres around Maria who decides to visit her murderous mate, Sarah-Lou, in prison and to reveal that Gary has blabbed. Sarah feels she needs to explain her wish to keep Kit's nose out of it and instead it will cost Gary his wife, his kids and his freedom. Sarah Lou (as Maria calls her) squirms and accepts that Maria would like to rip her head off. Maria gets her claws out and digs them into Sarah Lou pointing out that Harry might be used to a new step-father every month - but her kids are not. Sarah promises that she will never use Gary's name. She tells Maria to go home and sort it out with Gary. That seems unlikely.
Shona gets some good news - Harper is coming home tomorrow - that will be Sunday then.
Carla and Lisa manage to organise a date night until DS Swain-Connor's phone goes off and there is a new development in the Silverton case and she is going to be extra busy for the rest of the day! In similar good news we also find that Sam is coming home tomorrow to the reveal that Sarah has been locked up. Nick is worried it will set Sam back.
DS Connor-Swains busy day is driven by Sarah's availability to be interviewed. The DS has Sarah's phone records and knows that she phoned Gary but before the questioning gets underway Sarah decides it is time to 'fess up and she admits she killed Theo in self defence. She exchanged a few pleasantries with Gary but he was not involved in any way and she cannot remember what she did with the murder weapon or where it is now. So it looks like Sarah will be leaving the Street for a while. However she has not really thought through this whole confession lark so sounds completely unbelievable when the inevitable questions are served up by the DS. The cracks are showing and the DS is not swallowing the crumbs she has been thrown. Kit breaks the bad news to the Platt family.
In case you had forgotten Eva and Maria are not the best of friends - it is all to do with Aidan who had a fling with Maria when courting Eva ending with a fight in the fountain on the wedding day. At Audrey's they are daggers drawn with Eva refusing to let Maria anywhere near her tresses whilst a little later (and having consumed her body weight in alcohol Maria has more than a few digs at Maria. Sadly no fisticuffs.
Anyway we know Kit does not like Gary and also that he loves Sarah - is he plotting to save his beloved at the expense of Windass? He certainly seems to be implying that Sarah is not going anywhere if he can avoid it. Sarah says she is letting him go - but Kit is going nowhere and he promises to look after Harry and Bethany. Sarah also issues Kit with a warning about Jodie.
Returning home very much the worse for wear Maria tells Gary she has been barred from the Rovers. Gary makes it clear that he loves Maria and not Sarah. Eventually Maria relents and it looks like Gary will not be sleeping on the sofa tonight.
We close with Kit and Harry hugging, both wanting Sarah back with them.
Unless there is one of those twists we should have seen coming I have to say Sarah's future looks pretty bleak. Harper and Sam will be back soon so hopefully the flags will be flying on Sunday.
Unless there is one of those twists we should have seen coming I have to say Sarah's future looks pretty bleak. Harper and Sam will be back soon so hopefully the flags will be flying on Sunday.
