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As Toyah struggles to remember what happened to her, one by
one the men in the street are taken in for questioning and DNA
testing. When it's Peter's turn to be taken to the station, it
emerges that he used to beat up his wife. He's so annoyed at the
suggestion that he's as violent now as he was back then that he
rages at the sargeant, refuses the DNA test and tries to storm
out of the station. The only way the police can make him stay
to take the test is by arresting him. For some reason Norris is
on hand at the station to record events in his notebook (how sad
is that? recording notes about goings on in Corrie?... oh, um,
er, whoops... ahem! it's not sad at all, no, it's quite cool,
indeed some of us are cool enough to do it every week). Yes, Norris
seems to be on the case and soon spreads the word that Peter's
been arrested on suspicion of raping Toyah. When Peter's released
back to the street after giving a DNA sample, Duggie tells him
he's not wanted in the Rovers any more and everyone's assuming
that he's guilty. Even Ken has a heart to heart with him and tells
him he must go and apologise to Toyah after he give her a good
talking to in the street about how much trouble she'd caused him.
Sam's showing concern but Toyah doesn't want any visitors, she's
still nervous as can be and only ventures outside with Janice
and Les.
It's Roy and Hayley's 2nd wedding anniversary (hasn't time
flown?) and while Roy wants to spend some time with his wife down
at the boating lake where they had their first kiss, his plans
are thrown awry by the arrival of foster girl Fiona - Fiz, for
short. Fiz is a bit, um, lively and soon has Hayley out shopping
for clothes that Roy doesn't approve of. Unfortunately, she also
sets the cafe on fire when the Croppers are out at the Rovers.
There's smoke and flames everywhere but when Roy chastises Fiz
for the mess she's caused, Hayley chastises Roy for the way he's
carrying on.
Danny arrives back on the street, but it's only to tell Sally
he wants his share of the hardware shop, all £12,000 of
it. Fortunately, Sally has something (that I'm in dire need of
right now) - a fairy godmother in the shape of Rita who offers
her a cheque for £12,000, no questions asked, no interest
charged. There's more tears when Danny says goodbye to the girls,
telling Sally "I want out of the relationship, the house
and the business". That sounds pretty final then. Sally's
feeling low, naturally, and snaps at David in the cafe, although
he really did deserve it, that kid is getting far too big for
his boots. After he's taken out of the cafe with a swift clip
round the ear from Gail, Sally goes round to Gail's later to apologise.
Rosie and Sophie aren't bearing up much better but Sophie is being
as strong for her mother as her little heart knows how to be.
Linda and Mike throw a dinner party for Fred and his new lady
friend, Eve. In a wonderful scene that Brian Rix would have been
proud of, Linda discovers that Fred's friend is her very own mother.
"Mother!" says Linda. "Linda!" says Mother.
And all that remains is for a vicar in the nuddy to emerge from
behind the curtains saying "More tea anyone?" As the
shock settles and they start eating dinner, Eve announces she
likes the fish paste sandwiches that Linda's prepared. "It's
smoked salmon mouse on crustina" she replies. Fred's all
at sixes and sevens, I say, he's all upset and he doesn't quite
know what to do, so he takes his leave and pretends he's not feeling
well. It takes him a while to come to terms that Eve is the mother
of the lad who tried to shoot him in the Freshco seige, but come
to terms with it he does, eventually. Over a drink in the Rovers,
Fred and Eve finally drink to 'friends of the future'.
Fed up at Mike's and missing his mates, Adam goes to see Deirdre
and confides to her how much he wants to go back to Scotland.
Clever kid, it works and Deirdre passes this on to Mike who has
a bit of a think before telling Adam that he's happy to send him
back to Glasgow, if that's what he really, really wants. It is.
He's overjoyed. It's obvious that everyone's going to miss him
and Mike can't help feeling that Ken's got one over on him, again,
because he's going to lose Adam to Scotland, but they somehow
all agree to travel up there together, in the same car to take
him back to his old school.
After a weekend away in his cottage with Alma, Frank asks her
if she'd like to move there with him, permanently. It takes a
while for Alma to give Frank her answer, but eventually she tells
him she'd love to move there with him. There's a farewell drink
in the Rovers which Mike and Linda attend, and Alma tells Frank:
"Much as I like living here, wild horses wouldn't stop me.
You're the best thing that's happened to me in a long, long time."
Indeed.
However, it doesn't look like Alma will make it to Shropshire...
there's been a mix up at the clinic. Two cervical smear test results
have gone to the wrong women and there's a Weatherfield woman
who thinks she's in the clear when she's really in danger. We
all know it's Alma, but she doesn't, not yet. It's good to see
that doctor / patient confidentiality is at its best in Weatherfield
though. Announcing to all and sundry in the reception area at
the clinic, Doc Ramsden tells the nurse (I can't remember her
name) about the disastrous mix up. Just in case there were any
residents who didn't hear this distressing piece of confidential
news the first time, they talk about it again in the cafe. And
again in the Rovers.
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda ;-)
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