Coronation Street Episode Review; Thursday 21st of June 2018 8.00pm

Welcome to the Coronation Street blog review of Thursday's hour-long episode

In amongst all this 'World Cup' football malarkey, it's nice to sit down and enjoy an hour of real drama, with no VAR* required (*nope.... me neither).

The course of young romance never did run smoothly on Coronation Street. Bethany reluctantly plays the reassuring BFF to a nervous Craig as his date with 'Speed Daal' waitress Kayla, approaches.

With the date now all arranged, has Cupid fired an arrow for the copper-haired 'copper'?.


The fall-out from Toyah and Eva's lies cause clashes between the Connor and Barlow/Battersby clans. Johnny wants a child arrangement order but Jenny isn't keen. Johnny sees a solicitor, demands a DNA test on baby Susie, and Eva is struggling to cope.

With Michelle and Kate firing venomous diatribe at the Battersby sisters, it looks like becoming an all-out cobbles war. Can Johnny and Jenny's marriage survive?

At the salon. Maria is left in charge as Audrey goes for lunch with a retired colleague. With Maria making management decisions, Emma's ditzy dithering gives her an idea. However, a sozzled Audrey has no retirement plans and decides to put Maria's rent up instead. Charming!.

At the factory, Alya introduces Sarah as her new PA. The girls aren't happy though as the job should have been advertised. Will her flurry of bad jobs for Sarah put the rest of the girls off of applying?.

Before the date, Kayla makes a swift trip to HMP Weatherfield. It appears she's visiting her Dad, who is, in fact, Neil Clifton, who sexually assaulted Bethany!!. Having sold his daughter a web of lies,  Kayla then launches a campaign to interrogate Craig and implicate Bethany.

It appears that cupid hasn't fired any arrows for Craig, it is more like a smoking gun...

Anyway, that's me done for another week.

By the time you read this, it will be Friday and another hour of Corrie is due tonight. GOAL!!.

Maybe football does have its benefits, after all!

Until next time Corrie fans...

TARA!

I am @rybazoxo- your self-styled 'Cobbles Connoisseur'

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More Barlow babies required on Coronation Street

Another great guest blog post from Coronation Street fan Rob Coates. 

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And now, it's over to Rob...

"Is it just me who believes the Barlow gene should always be a part of Corrie?

With Sinead's latest pregnancy news, the possible patter of tiny feet on the cobbles is good news. Because we need the Barlow name to stick around. And the way to do that is by more Barlows being born.

As the years go on, it's becoming less and less likely that Tracy will have another child. Not impossible, but more unlikely. And she's not really a Barlow, anyway. She's a Langton. Which, of course, means that Amy is a Langton/McDonald. So Amy's future off-spring are useless in this argument!

Luckily we have good old Peter who probably can't work the zip in his jeans, having never had the need to keep his pants on for longer than five minutes in any given day. Which is good news for the Barlow gene as there are countless possibilities in the future for some random women to turn up in Weatherfield claiming that at some point in the past, they slept with and got pregnant by our Peter. Meaning the Barlow name could live on.

Then there's Adam Barlow. Surely he will leave a few women alone and pregnant after a night of passion. Meaning we could also end up with a Peter-type situation with Adam. And to think the male biological influence on Adam was the Baldwin gene. Seems as though the Barlow and Baldwin genes aren't that different after all. Who knew?

We also have Simon. A true Barlow. He will have plenty of opportunity to sow the Barlow gene in years to come. And judging by the past actions of Sarah-Lou or Faye, he may not have long to wait.

Although the forgotten Lawrence Cunningham has the Barlow gene, he's now in his late 50s and so the possibility of him having more children seem similar to Tracy's chances.

Lawrence, of course, already has a son bearing the Barlow gene, James. But as James is gay, the chances of James becoming the father of a Barlow child might be slimmer. There are various options open to him, such as artificial insemination, should he so choose. Only time will tell. And that's if anyone actually remembers that he exists.

We might remember that Ken had a brother - David, who did have a son - Darren. However, both were killed off in an off-screen car crash in the early seventies.  

So it's all down to Ken's kids. Let's hope that Sinead and Daniel have their baby so that the Barlow name and gene can live on.

With thanks for this guest blog post from Coronation Street fan Rob Coates. 
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Who's related to who in the Barlow clan? Find out here!

Last night's Coronation Street was ace, I thought. It moved quickly and a lot happened.

And that look - that look - between Peter and Tracy as they discussed Daniel being the child that Ken had always wanted. Oh, Corrie, you spoil us. What a joy that was.

But as much as I enjoyed watching last night's Corrie I was left feeling a bit confused. We've already got the Barlow family tree - have a look here - but in a nutshell is a "who's related to who" in the Barlow clan - currently on screen.

Adam Barlow is...

Mike Baldwin and Susan Barlow's son

Ken's grandson

Peter's nephew

Tracy's nephew but they are not blood related

Daniel's nephew 

Amy cousin but they are not blood related
Simon's cousin

Daniel Osbourne is...

Ken Barlow and Denise Osbourne's son

Peter's half-brother

Tracy's half-brother but they are not blood related

Adam's uncle

Amy's uncle but they are not blood related
Simon's uncle

And I thought the Connor clan were confusing!


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