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I'm going to start with the biggest storyline of the week so
I get it over with quickly, it's been rather harrowing, to say
the least. In the back room of the Rovers, Peter's organised a
card school and there's Duggie, Steve, Vik and Les playing poker
with Peter. As they drink themselves stupid, Vern the taxi driver
is returning Toyah and Sam to the street after the pair of them
had been to the student union together to see some bands. Sam
hopes for a quick snog but Toyah's not interested and he walks
off, leaving Toyah to reach the back door of the Rovers through
the ginnel, alone. Next thing we know, someone, a man, under cover
of darkness calls out Toyah's name. Next morning, Jason's out
for a run and finds Toyah's bruised body lying on the back lane
cobbles. It takes a while for Toyah to remember what happened,
but in some powerful scenes that had this household in tears as
we watched it, it soon becomes clear that Toyah's been raped.
Unable to believe what's happened to her daughter, Janice at first
is angry with Toyah until she too breaks down. Even Les sheds
tears, although he's by far the least convincing in these scenes
- scenes that will surely go on to win some sort of award. It
doesn't take long for news of the attack to spread around the
street. The police question Jason and warn Duggie that all the
members of his card-school are under suspicion too. Before the
attack, Duggie had sacked Toyah after a visit from the people
at Trading Standards who nabbed him for watering down the whisky.
He wrongly blamed Toyah, when it's been Peter all the time. Although
it was Mike Baldwin who called in Trading Standards, Duggie won't
have it that he was wrong over Toyah and there's plenty of testosterone
flying around in the back room before the attack. I don't want
to say too much more about Toyah's attack for two reasons. I don't
have the space or the time to praise Georgia Taylor (Toyah) and
Vicky Entwhistle (Janice) high enough for their portrayal, but
also, as I've mentioned before, no matter how good the acting,
how powerful the performance, how high the ratings will rocket
- I still firmly believe this was a storyline that should never
have been dealt with by the world of frothy soap.
But there's been more to this week than trauma for Toyah, much
more. As Sally and Danny prepare for their wedding, the police
turn up with bad news about Kevin. His van's been found in a train
station car-park but he's nowhere to be seen and they're fearing
the worst. Kevin does turn up, eventually, he's been to his sister's.
He bumps into Danny as he makes his way back to his flat and the
two of them fight, as you'd expect. Kevin later tries to gas himself
in a car in the garage but can't do it, he won't let Danny win,
so he storms into Sally's hen night in the Rovers to announce
he still loves her. When Danny returns drunk early the next morning,
off his trolley in a trolley, he doesn't have a clue about what's
gone on before. But Sally's nervous, she knows what state Kevin's
in and decides to tell Danny the truth about them sleeping together
that night when they did. Far better to hear about it from her
than from Kevin, or so she thinks, so she tells him. As the guests
line up at the registry office in their best frocks and suits
and with Audrey in a hat that could pick up Sky Sports if the
wind was blowing in the right direction, Gail rings Martin to
tell him to announce the wedding is off. You need a super large
hanky for this week's episode as Danny breaks down in Sally's
arms and tells her he can't go through with it. He just can't.
Shame really as although I've never liked the lad, by eck he showed
he could act this week. As Danny leaves the street in a cab, the
camera angle picks up the reflection of Sally and the girls in
the car window as the taxi drives away. Kevin's looking on as
Danny's driven away and it's too much for Sally to bear. She marches
up to Kevin and starts punching him in the chest, over and over,
harder and harder, in much the same way she did when she caught
him on the job with Natalie when he left Sally to start his affair
which began this whole sorry mess in the first place. Ho-hum.
Elsewhere on the Street, away from the main storylines, Audrey
pulls a stunt by getting her photo taken with young Jason as she
presents him with a cheque from the council to boost his fund
for the running school in Lanzarote. It's smiles all around until
Eileen discovers the cheque's only for £35, a cheap excuse
(really cheap) for Audrey to get her mug in the paper.
Adam delivers gifts to Peter and Ken from his hollida to Florida
with Mike. There's more sadness as the trio visit Susan's grave
on what would have been her birthday. Back at Mike's flat, Adam
isn't happy. He wants to return to his old school in Scotland,
to his friends and to a lifestyle he knows but Mike's being selfish
and tells Linda he wants his son around him, not miles away, not
when he's just getting used to knowing him.
Maxine breaks the news to Audrey that she's got competition
in the shape of Fred's new lady friend, Eve. Trying to pretend
like she doesn't care, Audrey grills Maxine for details and asks
Fred out for dinner - only to be turned down as he's got a prior
engagement, I say, a date with Eve.
And Alma spends a cosy weekend with Frank in his white washed
cottage in the country.
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda :-)
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