Tonight the Corrie wheel of fortune whirled around. So headlines only tonight. Tia Wardley appeared - I am 100% certain that she is not the real thing as Inspector Costello gave her a pay off for her acting skills. Whilst Lisa lapped up the news that Becky was not bent I am hoping that DC Green is not as gullible as DS Swain and can guess that someone, somewhere knows that he is being hunted down. After all "Tia Wardley" has no idea who Inspector Costello is. However all is rosy in the world of the newly engaged couple - they even received a visit from the national treasure that is Evelyn who took Frida Kahlo to hospital (it is a long story and I do not want to bore you all).
Is Billy / Theo / Todd a triangle of some description? Billy buys some nonsense from Theo that he is having therapy, even though he does not know when the next appointment will be. Billy tells Todd and so before we know it Todd and Theo are as one again. Theo tells Gary he did not attend the session as he cannot tell strangers about his problems so he and Gary go on a drinking spree and yet return remarkably sober, so what was the point? Gary thought it was too loud and Theo thought it was too dark. And Todd still thinks Theo is getting treatment for his problems.
Christina is behaving like a lost soul without her Dom. Sadly George is falling for the flattery and picks up the bill and will shortly be fleeced for everything which Glenda has not had from him. Glenda please rescue your brother. Christina is dangling the fishing line well baited and before long George will take a bite.
Am I sounding jaded this evening? The programme has always had a huge gem in Debbie Webster since she returned and now we are expected to tolerate her eventual decline and departure. So why? Tonight she did an acapella solo with Gracie Fields "Sally in our Alley" (and it is long before Sally Webster / Metcalfe ever existed) plus a superb lecture on re-inventing a chorus for the social media era. Whilst I despise what is being done to Debbie this is the Coronation Street we should be seeing - character driven stories about those we love (sadly just the wrong person). Anyway in the short term Glenda and Debbie are going to team up to form a new choir.
Elsewhere you might think that Betsy is chasing Brody her next door neighbour but Lisa observes that she would rather her daughter was not in a relationship with Kit's son - when Kit is in earshot! Brody and Dylan are trying to half inch cars but they try to do it on their own doorstep and James threatens to turn them over to the law. Carl extricates them and it later looks like Betsy might find Dylan more acceptable than Brody. Has everyone forgotten that Joanie or Shanice (sorry I cannot remember which one) has been taken into care and someone should be trying to rescue her?
Apologies if the update is a little left field. I might have had a libation or two and I am off to Spain on Sunday for a holiday so will not be here next week.
Tonight was written by Jonathan Harvey and Julie Jones. Directed by Matthew Peacock. Can I thank Jonathan Harvey for his observations tonight on hand-dived scallops? It is far too pretentious for the Bistro.
Kosmo
