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Vik's in deep doo-doo debt and goes cap in hand to Dev who shells
out some money to keep his feckless cousin afloat. With pressure from the
heavies, Vik knows he has to do another drugs run and takes Steve and Karen
away on a weekend to Tenereefee. What Steve and Karen don't know is that
their free holiday abroad is a cover for Vik to smuggle drugs back to the
UK in Karen's suitcase. There's a blinder of an episode when Steve finds
out what his business partner's been up to. As they arrive back at Manchester
airport, Karen wants to complain to the airline about the way her suitcase
has been damaged on the flight but Vik is reluctant to let anyone near the
old bag and has to come clean with Steve about the reason why. The McDonalds
get stopped at customs but no drugs are found and Steve manages, only just,
but he manages to curb his anger with Vik until they're back on the cobbles
of er.. Castlefield, where conveniently there's a canal which the drugs get
thrown in it – after Steve beats up Vik, protects his wife and Karen has
a good cry. Excellent stuff.
Hayley's upset this week too as Roy packs himself off to Paxos
on the Weatherfield Historical Society trip to ancient Greece. With his
hot flask and his sandwiches for the plane, Roy goes off to the airport in
a taxi as Hayley sheds a tear and wonders how she'll get through Christmas
without him.
After Tommy turned a blind eye to Blanche's mugging last week,
the Nelsons are shunned this week on the Street. In the factory, Angela
plucks up the courage to tag along to the Rovers but the girls tell her she's
not wanted and it's only Hayley that defends the new girl. At the garage,
Kev sacks Tommy after a wallet is found that Tommy swears is his but carries
the name of Mr Harris on a union card. All becomes clear when a tearful
Angela tells Hayley that the family are, indeed, on the Witness Protection
Programme after she gave evidence in court when she saw a murder in a pub.
Hmm, yes, well, all very predictable and not at all exciting. Methinks
it can only be a matter of time before murderer's family track down the Nelsons
and put us all out of our misery. Yawn.
It's all going in the Rovers mind you. Young Maria gets her job
back after wheedling around Shelley. "This isn't the Rovers any more young
ladeh," Shelley tells her feckless barmaid: "As far as you're concerned,
it's the last chance saloon". And there in the snug is Toyah and her lecturer
(think Spider in a tweed jacket, glasses, smart hair do and zero sex appeal)
who surprise Janice when she spies them kissing.
Kev and Sally celebrate their honeymoon at Number 13. "Are you
happy?" asks Kev. "I'm contented. Peaceful. Secure." she replies. Ho hum,
can't have it all then.
At the Underworld Christmas party the girls knock off at lunchtime,
get drunk on cheap booze and throw Les out on the street in Underworld's
best frillies after he invades their girls-only space.
It's all been rather predictable so far, this build up to Christmas
on Corrie. There's nothing we haven't seen before and even the Nelsons failed
to intrigue. I can only hope that one of the Christmas episodes next week
in which Norris has a contretemps with a figgy pudding lifts the spirits
of the cobbles to the level we deserve.
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda
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