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In Blackpool, the Mrs McDonalds are at loggerheads (it's a new ride on
the pleasure beach). Karen and Liz have a right old falling out as
Jim gets arrested while making his bid for freedom in a speedboat to Ireland.
Speed bonny lad with the wings of a dove, over the sea to the central pier.
And back again to return to jail. Well, it's all Ashley's fault. He
takes that Claire one out on a dinghy and they get marooned with baby Josh.
As water leaks in, panic sets in. Fortunately for them, here comes Jim and
Liz making an escape bid to freedom in Ireland but when they spy their Corrie
neighbors adrift without a storyline, they hook them aboard and take them
back to land. Harbour + waiting police + handcuffs = Jim's nicked.
Karen and Liz can't even agree to disagree and Karen tells Steve she won't
have his mother at their wedding, like no way. Steve says way.
Further along the prom, there's a wedding to be going to after Bet explained
the truth to Cecil about the photo of her snogging the face off Jim McDonald
last week. With Liz and Fred as witnesses, they arrive late at the
church, too late for the vicar to service them today. Come back tomorrow at
12.. he says trendily ...he'll have a window then. Never mind,
the wedding dinner's booked so they go off and eat that instead and return
the next day to face that fenetre. Only thing is, just as Bet and Cecil
are about to enter the church, Cecil's son turns up and has a go at his dad
about marrying the old tart, Bet Lynch. Cecil, bless him, collapses
with a heart attack right there at Bet's feet and dies later in his hospital
bed. "Ta-Ra Cruella" says Bet to Karen and off she goes, back to her
pub in Brighton taking Liz with her to work as chief barmaid and generally
to stand beside her in company to make her look kind of normal.
Back in Weatherfield Bev's met a bloke and when Deirdre hears all about
him she fair throws a wobbly. He's dark haired, called John and says
he's an airline pilot. Deirdre wants to be sure it isn't John Lindsay
so after her interview at the town hall for an office job, she pops into
the bar where Bev and pilot-boy are having a drink. It's not the Lindsay
fella, Deirdre tells Bev with relief, but it's too late for Bev to be consoled
by anything. The flames of passion are dimmed as the pilot goes out.
Sick of hanging around in the bar with Bev who was waiting for Deirdre, he
walks out and leaves. Bev sulks at Deirdre and blames her for messing
up her love life but when she hears the full story about John Lindsay from
Mike, she apologises to Deirdre and the two of them make up.
Sunita shops with Shelley for a smashing sari for her special day
while Dev drops hints that Ciaran couldn't care less. It's true,
he couldn't. Meanwhile Dev's relationship with Maya deepens although
the woman is a nutcase if you ask me. I know you didn't, but I'm telling
you anyway. She's a nutcase. She gets sacked from her job doing that
solictary thing at the lawyering place after soliciting client's husbands
and admits to Dev that she's stony broke. And what does he do? Does
he run, run, as fast as he can? No, not Dev, the corner shop man. He asks
her to move in with him. Well, it would be hard to refuse, I mean,
he does have his own personal stock of Tunnocks teacakes.
Nanna Brenda takes little Bethany out to see Santa in a local department
shop and comes wondering back hours later to Sarah and Todd's flat unaware
of the panic she's caused. Brenda's been out for hours, in which time
the police have been called, streets have been searched, hospitals have been
visited, Todd's done his nut and Sarah's cried her eyes out. No one,
however, tells Gail what's gone on, although Eileen did her bit and sat
with Sarah for a while. So when Brenda returns with Bethany
much, much later, Sarah and Todd can't believe she doesn't realise the trouble
she's caused and throw her out of the flat. Minutes later we see Brenda standing
in the doorway of the butcher shop, her eyes twitching, neck jerking
and sparks of electricity shooting from of the top of her head. Is
she a bona fide weirdo or is it the menopause - who knows?
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda
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