Coronation Street Episode Review; Weds 2nd of May 2018 7.30pm

Welcome to Wednesday's edition of the Coronation Street Blog and the first of tonight's two episode reviews!. 

Toyah's torrid web of lies continues to spin, and her plan to claim Eva's baby looks to be coming to fruition. Eva's baby girl leaves the hospital and her birth is registered but Eva looks fraught with worry, her maternal instincts are clear to see. 

Mary 'fishy' plans to save Jude's lies are also in place. The hired actors pre-performance preparation in Preston Petals fools Ken, yet he recognises a vague familiarity in their faces.

Following his false fire alarm fiasco though, it seems they needn't have bothered as Jude is fired from the Marine Life Centre.

Over dinner, the actor's performances descend into a true farce when Brian brings the council job description around for Jude, blowing their cover!. As the dinner descends into drunken innuendo and literal amateur dramatics, it's clear to Angie that something isn't right. When the guests leave, Jude unwittingly admits his career faux par and marital deceit to his wife.

Round at Sally & Tim's, Sally is keen on getting to know her father-in-law Geoff with another Monday night dinner party!. In true Corrie style, it isn't long before Gina & Dev are also invited and Geoff brings Yasmeen, which ruffles Sally's mayoral feathers.


In other news, Jenny postpones the leaving party, Summer asks Aidan a favour, Kirks dog walking business blooms and we discover Weatherfield County's chant!.

Anyway, that's me done for another week. Keep an eye out for tonight's 8.30pm episode review written by @glenn_writer.

TARA!

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Mary's son to return to Coronation Street

There's a story in The Sun today which says Mary Taylor's son Jude is returning to Coronation Street.  As with all tabloid spoilers, this is only a rumour. Nothing has been confirmed by ITV.

The Sun's story says that "it’s thought Jude’s family will move in permanently too.”  This could mean his child - Mary's grandchild - and his partner or wife too.

Mr Curry Sauce tells The Sun: “When bosses announced that there would be an extra episode every week, they knew they needed more characters and storylines."

Find out who else is leaving, joining and returning to Coronation Street.

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The cobbles without Mary? Unthinkable!

I can no longer imagine Weatherfield without Mary Taylor. As she and Norris sit in the outside space behind The Rovers Return, the pair are a little awkward together. Mary’s impending departure to South Africa, with her newly discovered son, Jude, is causing the difficulty between them.

‘I do love a firework display – very dramatic. A fitting backdrop to my Weatherfield departure,’ states Mary. She asks Norris if he’ll visit and assures him, over his worries about high temperatures, that the air-conditioning is very good. But, apparently, his sinuses wouldn’t allow such a trip.

When Jude arrives, Norris excuses himself and Jude makes it clear that he has no wish to pressurise his newly found mum, into doing something she doesn’t really want to do. To the viewer, her denial rings a little hollow. She tells him, ‘You’re not pressuring me. This is the start of a whole new chapter of my life.’

Time to go now and in The Rovers most of Mary’s friends are gathered and ready to wave Mary on her way. In the background, The Supremes are singing Where did our Love Go? Is this song significant? To whom does it relate? Or is it purely coincidental?

Hugging Norris, she tells him, ‘I’m just a phone call away.’

‘Right – bye everyone,’ says Mary.

Outside The Rovers Erica kicks off with, We’ll Meet Again, as others join in. The taxi leaves with a very upset looking Mary inside.

We then see Norris, sitting on his stairs, distraught. It seems he had under estimated the strength of his friendship with Mary, who has succeeded in making Norris a more likeable person.

And then – there is a loud hammering on Norris’s door. It is Mary. She couldn’t go through with it. ‘This is my home, everyone I love is here.’ She is back. Jude understands. And I, for one am mightily relieved.

As Rita said to Johnny, ‘Happiness is a slippery fish – grab it with both hands.’ There’s a lesson for all of us there.

Ruth, twitter: @Ruth1722

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