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So, just who is Spider? Surprised to find on her doorstop a
rather scruffy looking individual with matted hair, Emily invites
in Jeffrey (aka Spider), who turns out to be her brother's son,
looking for a place to stay. Emily asks him why he chose to look
her up after all these years, "Well, my dad told me you were
a bit of a goer so I thought you'd be cool with it" he replies.
He's a great character who has brought a wry smile to Emily's
face, even Toyah has a crush on the ragged trousered eco-warrier.
"I won't sponge off you for long" he tells Emily "I've
got the world to save and all that".
Aswell as Spider, a turkey also turns up this week. Yes, a
real turkey. Some bloke drops it off for Les Battersby, who intends
to kill it and cook it for Christmas lunch. After taking advice
from Fred Eliott on the best way to kill it, "Hit it with
summit heavy such as the wife" he just can't bring himself
to murder the bird. Toyah and Spider want to save Teresa (yes,
it really is called Teresa) and just when Les gets himself drunk
so he can stun the bird with a baseball bat and slit its throat,
Spider intervenes and Les leaves the turkey alone. Then, for some
reason which I missed because the dog started cocking his leg
against the Christmas tree and I had to throw myself across the
room to stop him, Janice Battersby then started walloping Spider
with the bat, and I swear the turkey smiled. Anyway, Spider and
Toyah liberate the turkey and take her to a children's farm, from
where she promptly escapes and makes her way back to the Street,
only to meet her untimely death under the wheels of Les' car,
a flurry of feathers coming to rest on the car bonnet.
Liam returns to the Mallet's house, telling Gary and Judy that
he wants a further £2,000 from them to return baby Katie.
Gary is against giving Liam the money but Judy is desperate, she'll
do anything to get Katie back. Judy asks her boss for a £2,000
advance on her wages, to which her boss reluctantly agrees. I
think he gave her the money on the understanding that she'd be
"nice" to him, but again, I missed most of this scene
when my other dog decided she'd like to see what fairy lights
tasted like and started chewing through the wire. Zoe moves back
into Ashley and Fred's house with the baby and after a lot of
emotional scenes, crying, tears and what not, Gary convinces Judy
to put the whole situation behind them, to move on, and let Zoe
keep the baby and even to give Zoe the toys and clothes they had
bought for the baby themselves. So, they do this and Zoe seems
perfectly happy to sit in Ashley's house smoking a cigarette while
her baby cries itself to sleep upstairs. Meanwhile, across the
road, Gary is bashing ten bells out of his drums and Judy is watching
TV, teary eyed and depressed. Maxine has split up with Ashley,
convinced he is being more than just helpful and protective as
far as Zoe is concerned.
Some good stuff this week between Sally, Kevin and Natalie.
Kevin tells Sally he's staying in a bed and breakfast for a few
days, and while he's there, Natalie comes to see Sally to drop
off Kevin's clothes from her house. She hands the bag of clothes
to Sally - "I don't want them" she says and closes the
door on Natalie. Natalie tells Sally they should have a drink
together some time in the Rovers to discuss Kevin - loving and
leaving them both. "He didn't leave me" says Sally "you
took him!". Natalie, feeling sorry for herself probably,
starts chatting up Jim McDonald in the Rovers - now there's a
volatile combination if ever there was one. Chris tells Sally
that it's obvious that Kevin still loves her and the girls, and
despite going through the heartache, the pain and the sleepless
nights when he went off with another woman, Sally will probably
take him back. Shame.
Deirdre wonders why Jon hasn't received any Christmas cards
from friends or family but he fobs her off with a flimsy excuse.
He tells her he has to go to Aberdeen to work over the holidays,
so she won't expect to see much of him. However, reading ahead
in the "Radio Times", it looks as if Jon's set for some
indigestion caused by rushing around from eating one Christmas
dinner at home with his wife, to eating a second one with Deirdre.
And that's just about that for this week. Have a very Merry
Christmas, hope Santa leaves you something nice in your stocking.
Glenda :-)
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