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Fred tries to clear up confusion at the Rovers with a big bouquet for
Bev but neither Bev nor Shelley want to work there any more and the pair
of them can't stand the sight of each other. Both pack their bags
and call for a taxi argue over who's taxi it is when it turns up at the pub,
so they both get in and glare at each other. Bev wants the train station,
Shelley the bus station and through gritted teeth it turns out they're headed
to stay with the same relation at the same destination. Laugh?
I nearly choked on my creme egg. The taxi goes once round the block, pulls
up outside the Rovers where a smiling mother and daughter get out and make
up, hug and then go back to work in the pub. Fred doesn't know whether
he's coming or going and puts Ciaran in charge of the bar. Ciaran's
in his element. He bars Charlie for coming in wearing mucky work clothes,
lays down the law for his barmaids and gets fancy ideas for turning the Rovers
into a gastropub before he tells Fred he was happier in his old job and wants
it back. Fred tosses a coin to decide the manager between Bev and Shelley.
Shelley calls heads and Bev throws the coin. It lands on tails but Bev tells
her it's heads and lets her have her old job back. So that's cleared
that up then. Even Betty came back to work after much grovelling from Fred
and two free glasses of port.
Taking a leaf out of Charlie's little black book, Jason thinks he's in
for a treat with one of his lady clients when Gail Tilsley answers the door
to him wearing her silky black dressing gown. After fixing Gail's plumbing,
Jason gets the signals very wrong when Gail makes him a cuppa and asks how
he's getting on with Candice, telling him in passing that he's a good looking
bloke. Next thing you know, Jason's trying to kiss her and Gail's
highly embarassed but not as much as Jason when he realises he's made a
mistake. "But I'm old enough to be your mam!" she cries as he
hurries out the door with his wrench and his screws. Audrey reckons
Gail should be flattered and wonders if her daughter isn't menopausal but
it's Candice who comes off worse when Jason has to fess up and tell her -
and she knows it's not the first time he's tried cemeting a relationship with
a client. Wearing her jeans with "Luscious" written across the bum
(I've got Marianne Faithfull's autobiography written across mine. It all
fits quite nicely and she's lived quite a life), Candice is in bits and finishes
with Jason after belting him with a tea-tray.
Ken continues to babysit Amy for Tracy while she's floristing in the precinct.
What he doesn't know is that it's half day closing and Tracy's brought a
male colleague home to snog on the sofa. Just as the action starts,
in walks Blanche in rubber gloves and Tracy tells lover-boy it's her cleaner,
just as Ken walks in with Amy who tells him it's Tracy's baby and then lover-boy
walks out.
Kirk figures out that Cilla's the one using Fiz's credit card and the
two of them confront her. Fiz keeps Cilla talking in the kitchen while
Kirk goes through Cilla's purse and finds Fiz's card: "This'll do nicely!"
Kirk says. When Les finds out he actually showed some moral fibre and backbone
and tells Cilla they're finished. She gives him a sob story about not
having enough money to buy shoes for Chesney and softens Les up. Out
of sight, little Chesney looks at the holes in his shoes and knows his mum's
lying. He's a little star, that Chesney one, he brightens up every
scene he's in. Fiz says she won't go to the police if Cilla repays the
money and Cilla knows just how she's going to get it, she'll go on the game
- and we're not talking Scrabble. Unless you can spell the word Dirtyprozzie
with 7 tiles. Mind you, it would net 546 points on a triple word score).
After a trip to see Uncle Ronnie, Cilla repays her debt to Fiz but Chesney
knows what his mum is up to. Cilla warns him that if he breathes a word of
it she'll have him put into care.
It's Karl's 23rd birthday and he invites Todd and Sarah to a gay bar to
celebrate. After Candice calls off babysitting duty as she's in bits
over crumpling her best tea-tray around Jason's backside, it looks like
Sarah won't be able to go until Katie nominates homophobe Martin to look
after Bethany because he's too scared to go into a gay bar in town.
Ok, with me so far? Hang on tight then and scream if you want to go
faster. As Katie and Sarah make their way into town in a taxi, Todd
and Karl are already sharing confidences and they end up kissing in Canal
Street. Todd's confused. And when Karl asks him "Are you
coming out or are you staying in?" we all know it's the closet and not the
bar he's talking about. Todd's confused. Karl's ex boyfriend Robbie
is in the bar making eyes at Karl. More confusion for Todd, it's too
much for him to handle. Sarah's having a great time and doesn't want
to leave but Todd says he's going and the two of them head home. In
bed, Todd gets a text message from Beckham, sorry from Karl, and he calls
him back, tells him he likes him but that he's confused. Did I mention
already that Todd was confused? Only thing for sure is that Sarah's
going to get hurt, one way or t'other.
It's Dev and Maya's engagement party which coincides nicely with Tyrone's
dog Monica going missing. Last person to see Monica was Maya when she
was getting into her red sports car and Monica had her paws all over the
paintwork. Tyrone's convinced the woman has had Monica turned into a
pashmina and gatecrashes the engagement party just as Dev is singing his fiancee's
praises. Along with common thief, nicker of other people's husbands
and general ne'er do well who can't hold down a job, Tyrone bursts in and
adds dog-killer to the list of Maya's attributes.
And finally this week, young Rosie Webster is dating young Craig Nelson
from across the road. Kevin has a chat with Tommy in the Rovers who
tells him he's going to speak to Craig about, you know, protection and stuff.
Kevin shuffles back to Sally's side, keener than he was earlier in the episode
to talk about enrolling Rosie in stage school and away from the likes of
young Craig-me-laddo. --
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda
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