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Saturday, 24 August 2024

Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 23 August 2024

Good evening. All aboard for a tour along Coronation Street! We might as well start at the Chariot Square Hotel where Alina's mystery watcher has followed her to her room and having been allowed in makes it clear that she needs to shut her mouth - luckily Ron Bailey happens to be wandering around as Alina has some broken plumbing - and he strong arms the heavy out of the door. Alina decides that she needs to do an unencumbered run for it so Dorin is dumped on Number 9 - and the earlier hours that Fiz spent in tears worrying if Ty was about to take up with the floozy are laid to rest as she is off into the wide blue yonder and Ty, having lost Jack to Kev gains a Dorin in exchange. Remember in Hebrew (not Romanian) Dorin means gift. So this was foreseen when he was named by Alina during her absence from the Street. Fiz is not keen - but there seems to be no alternative. Later Hope and Evelyn make it clear that they are not sold on the idea - only Ruby seems keen!

The spectre of Nathan Curtis hovers over Sarah-Lou and DS Swain wearing a swirly pattern jumper pops into Underworld to invite Sarah for a conversation, under caution, on the "evidence" found in Nathan's van. Sarah is unable to shed any light on the events but obviously is pretty certain that Kit could! (Will the knitwear achieve world dominance like Sarah Lund's Faroese jumpers?). Oddly, given that we know that Toyah and Imran had to drive to the police station because it was so far away, once interviewed Sarah elects to walk back to Underworld! However DS Swain reckons that someone planted the hair on Nathan and later talks to Kit about it telling him that she knows Curtis has been setup. Kit tries to blame Joel - but DS Swain is having none of it - Kit pushes her back to working out they get Joel convicted.

Sarah also takes Daniel to task - he needs to get Bethany to back off from pursuing Nathan as she knows it could bring the house of cards tumbling down. Daniel catches Kit in t'Street and tells him that he has to do the right thing - which of course would be the end of his police career. Kit declines saying that he did not plant any evidence and Daniel is barking up the wrong tree. Events mean that Daniel lets slip his suspicions to Daisy - who observes that Kit is definitely not someone you want to cross.

Dee Dee has to apologise to Emily and Dee Dee brings her up to date on recent events. Dee Dee also tells Emily that she needs to look after Maeve as Joel is dangerous. The tracking app means that when Joel pops into Adam's office to berate Dee Dee for reporting him to the Solicitors' Regulation Authority she knows he is coming and is able to take a deep breath before he kicks off another series of threats after Emily has refused him visits to Maeve.

Amy is not exactly excelling as waitress in the Bistro and having been given a pep talk earlier on by Rowan, mystic cult leader, who is amazingly focussed on the financial needs of a phantasmagorical "Resource Centre" which needs money and yet will generate profits from day 1, she takes a polite request from Nick to get the job done as reason to lay down her job and become an entrepreneur by investing Deidre's money (despite Aadi's warning ringing in all of ears). Meanwhile Toyah and Nick have been to a tasting together and she is in a very good mood. Tracy is proud of Amy standing up for herself and Rowan turns up - so that Amy can confirm she will be investing. And Rowan will arrange an upload session (from her bank account to his).

Kirk attempts to broker peace ~~in the Middle East~~ between Beth and Craig and initially it goes badly but Beth does eventually apologise for causing Craig problems at work. However Craig cannot let matters rest and feels that Beth needs to explain events to Kirk as to why they fell out and then Kirk realises that he was delivering (wrongly) the knock off T-shirts and he kicks off storming out of the Rovers. She explains that she wanted a proper wedding - but Kirk is unhappy that he has been lied to again. Beth turns on Craig for insisting that Kirk be told.

A solid episode - bit lacking in the humour department but we are where we are at the moment. I was left wondering why Daisy is being drawn into the story around Nathan Curtis and Kit - but I suspect that in some way something she will hear at the Rovers may be a key element. But I could well be wrong. I think we all know that Beth will be leaving and that is fast approaching. Physically I have to say that she looks awful and I hope that it is all down to make up.

Next week I will be away on the high seas on a short cruise but I hope to be back the following week having spent the day chasing a steam engine on the Swanage Railway.

Written by Jan McVerry and John Kerr. Directed by Joshua Reeves.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

Monday, 12 August 2024

Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 9 August 2024

Good evening. In a rather complicated setup Cassie ends up womanning the StreetCars switch as Steve slips out for supplies and Tim goes out on a job. In a further unbelievable coincidence Alina Pop decides that the only taxi company she knows in the whole of Manchester is StreetCars and she summons a cab from Cassie who has not met Alina but knows the story. Having consulted Dee Dee Tyrone knows that if the baby was born in the UK he has a chance to exercise parental rights and a DNA sample will be needed. Cassie takes a set of cab keys and abandons the switch to collect Alina from outside the Capstone Hotel. So Chariot Square is NOT the only hotel in Weatherfield!

Cassie ignores the destination given and Alina spots she has been sold a pup as the car weaves its way to a stop outside Websters Autos. Left to themselves Tyrone has it confirmed that Dorin is indeed his son and that Alina has not been living Romania but instead in deepest, darkest Sussex, by the sea at Hastings - a mere 300 miles away where Dorin was born. However she will be returning to Romania as her enemies have all been locked up. However she ordered the taxi to the airport BUT changes her mind and tells Ty that she is going to Hastings for two weeks as she has to come back for the court again and will only fly to Romania forever once that is done. Continuity is adrift somewhere and Ty makes out that it was Alina's decision - she will be staying at the Chariot Square and the Dobbs are paying and Fiz reluctantly accepts it all. Debbie is only going to charge £50 a night. Fiz and Ty tell Hope and Ruby - and instantly Hope is upset. Evelyn hands down a warning that Ty might gain a son and lose a family.

Max visits Lauren in the hospital and invites her to lunch at the Bistro where in one of those co-incidences which just has to happen Joel and Dee Dee are also dining. Max asks if the father knows about the baby but Lauren sticks to the one night stand "randomer" taking a sideways look at Joel. Later Joel turns up at the hospital wanting to know what she said to Max - but the story remains intact. Dee Dee did notice Joel's strange distance during the meal (when do this pair ever do any work?). Lauren sends Joel a shopping list and he has little choice but to comply.

Steve seems to have commenced communicating with Demi again but the banter also continues with Cassie. In connection with Cassie admitting use of the car he gives her some advice "The trick is not to make bonkers a habit"! Cassie responds consider me "de-bonked" and all laugh given the potential alternative meaning. Cassie asks Steve if she can join him for the trip to Wethy County as Tim is not available this evening. Turns out it was a dire match to watch.

Amy had a great time at the AltoValent Institute retreat as she reports her enthusiasm to Leanne in the Bistro at the start of her shift. However Rowan has another news for Leanne - Willow wants Leanne to run it and he wants her to convince a potential investor, Grant, who is coming in later. Rowan leaves Leanne to pitch for the investment but the investor wants additional "benefits" for his investment and having given it about 2 seconds of thought Leanne decides that is not part of her new reality and tells him where he can stuff his investment and other assets as she tells Rowan on his return. Rowan has thoughts on a new investor - he primes Leanne to talk to Amy and Deirdre's money. Despite her reservations Leanne talks to Amy about investing and putting absolute trust in someone. Leanne reports that she and Amy will meet a financial advisor tomorrow.

Sean sees Mason at work in Speed Dahl and wants him dismissed. Stu defends Mason but Sean remains very angry. Dylan eventually gets him to desist. Yasmeen appears very uncomfortable. Later she asks Stu and the latter is sure that Mason is not a lost cause and can become a useful human being. She says she will trust Stu's instincts.

All we get to see of the Capstone Hotel if anyone can identify it!

Equally puzzling is why Alina phoned StreetCars - whilst she still has Tyrone in her contacts we can see that StreetCars are not in the stored list!

A tidy episode - nothing outstanding but stories all rolling along. Not sure how Cassie became a Wethy County fan being so far away - but we will let that pass perhaps. And I wonder if Rowan knew Grant's intentions? He must have done and hopefully Leanne will work that out before Amy presses a bundle of fivers into her mitts. Can anyone tell me how a "resource centre" has any income to provide a healthy return for investors anyway? What are they "selling"? I will be here next week.

Written by Mark Burt. Directed by Gary Williams.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100

Saturday, 3 July 2021

Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 2 July 2021

Good evening. Pleased to be able to report for duty. Hand repairing itself and can type as well now as before the operation, so thank you NHS. And as you can see we are celebrating Leanne's 40th birthday and we will be spending the next hour with Nick and his red book recalling her triumphs and failures, or perhaps not. Nick is taking the day off from Underworld so cannot make an important sales meeting with Jo Lafoe which Sarah cannot take as she is too scary. Nick tries to get Carla to take the meeting but she politely refuses. Later R'Toyota pops in to wish Leanne a happy birthday - a present of candles and a chocolatier outing for two! When asked if she wants a drink (on a birthday) Toyah settles for a tea. Where are the real hell raising Battersby sisters? What has happened?

Indeed we actually spend much of the episode with Tyrone and ~~his continuing mid-life crisis~~ Alina as she has an appointment with the midwife at lunchtime - which will come just after Tyrone has seen lawyers about Kirsty's estate. No doubt it was necessary for Kirsty to die - but we will forever be deprived of her potential return - although what does an ex-policewoman do when she gets out of jail? Tyrone is joined at the lawyers by Fiz who is still being a supportive shoulder. Well that is until Ty runs away from her as he heads to meet Alina outside the medical centre - at which point Fiz extracts an explanation for the visit - Alina's pregnancy (above). Later Fiz and Evelyn discuss the situation - and Evelyn lets slip that she already knew about the pregnancy. Fiz cannot believe the betrayal. She invites Evelyn to find somewhere else to live. Evelyn pops around to the flat to give Ty a piece of her mind and Alina agrees with her grandmother in law - they should pay Fiz proper respect. Once home Evelyn and Fiz sort of make up and the latter goes out with Maria to put the world to rights.

Summer is insisting Billy does her insulin injections; Todd does not like needles either so cannot watch. Later in Roy's Rolls Aadi attempts to flirt with Summer but in stead Roy gives a breakdown on the Four Seasons and Frankie Valli. Aadi does get Summer to join the end of year drinking down the 'rec tomorrow. Summer refuses to see the nurse again for additional training; Billy is concerned if he is otherwise occupied but Summer will not listen. She refuses to agree to seeing the nurse and makes her position clear (above). Hopefully Paul will be a concerned listening ear soon. One of those decisions is continuing to drink one of those high sugar energy drinks. It will not do you any good Summer!

Running alongside all of this Danny has returned, kissed James and apparently moved into number three all within hours. Danny also tells a doorstepping journalist that he is the butler and sends the quizzing journo on his way. James heads off to the club intending to undertake a number of interviews about the novelty a footballer being homosexual. Once there he decides not to do it and meets James in the Bistro where he advises Debbie that Danny is a trained chef and I wonder if Debbie needs a new recruit?

With her now much improved English and a baby on the way Alina has moved from being insecure to a wind up merchant first class. When Kev asks (in the Rovers) if they have thought of a baby name she responds "Kevin" - and it takes a while before the wind up is clear (above). Fiz arrives looking for Maria and seeing the cosy three(four)some she goes outside to wait and they go to the Bistro instead. Later winds up Ty suggesting her father needs to approve of Ty - after all he keeps a pistol in his bedside cabinet. And selling the new bike is also high on the priority list.

Ryan is missing his life as a dj and meanwhile Alya wants to settle down in a small flat. Clear signs that these two do not currently share a destination in life. Ryan wants to DJ in SpeedDahl but Alya cannot afford it - and scores a victory when Cathy says she likes the "muzak". Ryan and Daisy's paths cross on the Street and she seems genuinely interested in his DJing activities. I think we can all see where this is going.

David and Sarah visit Gail in hospital recovering from her heart attach and the promise to end the bickering is made again. Gail does not believe it - she needs space and time, she has been rereading her book of zen. She just wants to get away.

Sarah tells Nick at least twice she cannot afford to buy his shares so when Adam tells her he will give her the money to buy them it makes her day. Rather than finding Nick and doing the deal she leaves him a voicemail message. We all trust modern technology because it works first time every time doesn't it? Nick arrives outside Underworld where a couple of representatives of the staff are waiting for some mystical announcement (for private companies like this all shareholders would have to be consulted on transfer of shares to a third party; anyone of them could make a pre-emptive offer to buy Nick's shares so the next bit is not legal or even practical). Even Sarah suddenly arrives to add 33% to the waiting throng. Nick makes a speech welcoming the new owner whom they all know so well and to no-one's (well except Sarah) great surprise Carla Barlow (not Connor as above) emerges from the factory door as the new owner of Underworld funded by Daddy Johnny's money. Sarah's voicemail then decides to arrive on Nick's phone! Sarah's nose meanwhile has gone missing!

On the way to the Bistro Fiz tells Maria how important Ty used to consider contraception - that obviously went out of the window as well! There they discuss trust in men. Apparently Maria now trusts Gary. Maria also suggests that drop dead gorgeous Alina with the world at her feet is the one making the mistake. Anyway Maria suggests that Fiona looks to the future and that she will meet someone else. And after months nay years bewailing that Corrie has lost all sight of the Street friendships which used to power along in the background tonight's writer nails it on the head (above). And so say all of us. They raise glasses and drink to the rest of Fiz's life.

Rewatching this to write this review I came to the conclusion that there was a lot about the episode I liked. We avoided the high drama of most events, we saw friendships in action, Evelyn torn in two, future developments with Aadi/Summer (I suspect the latter will talked around by the former), Ryan slipping into dangerous Daisy's clutches and perhaps the return of the factory floor (which has always been a favourite of mine but the physical distancing rules rule it out) under Carla Barlow. This time Fiz do not fall for John Stape! I wonder if Gail will get another break?

Written by Simon Crowther and directed by Tom Poole.

Kosmo

@Kosmo100