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If like me, you’ve never enjoyed the character of Maxine, you’ll not be
upset to know that she’s dead. She has gone. She is no more.
She is deceased. Yes, Richard struck again but I have to say,
apart from losing the most vaccuous tart it has ever been my misfortune to
watch on telly, it was all rather disappointing. Despite being aired
later than usual to indicate a certain level of tension, I thought the acting
was pretty naff by all concerned, especially Tracy Shaw who had trouble
playing herself as a believable corpse (heaven knows why, she’s managed
it these last few years pretty well). But anyway, I digress, let’s
get back to the story. It’s Doreen’s 50th birthday and there’s a party
in the Rovers for that along with Todd Grimshaw’s 18th. Emily is babysitting
at the Peacocks and Richard sees this as his chance to do in Mrs Bishop while
everyone’s drunk and having fun in the pub. But before he sets off
to kill Emily with his crow bar, he’s done a bit of planning in advance.
Oh yes, now that he knows Ade is living in the hardware shop, he wants to
make it appear as if Ade has done the murder. First, he takes Audrey’s
wobbly eggs which have somehow turned up in Gail’s kitchen and he puts
some of them into a bottle of booze. He leaves the booze along
with some food for Ade, who drinks it all down, believing it’s been left
for him by Sarah who’s been supplying him with his only source of food while
he’s been living rough.
Then, when Ade’s knocked out by the drugs and
booze Richard takes his coat, baseball hat and trainers to wear.
He crosses the street, disguised as Ade and spotted by Peter. He climbs
over the wall at the back of the Peacocks (dunno why.. there was a set of
steps last time I was there) and sneaks into the kitchen from the back yard.
As Emily watches an old black and white horror film (it couldn’t have been
any more cliched) Richard brings the crow bar down on her head. He
thinks he’s done it, he thinks she’s dead. Just at that moment,
with all that thinking going on, Maxine comes through the front door. She’d
decided to check up on baby Josh but what she doesn’t realise is that her
maternal instinct is just about to get her killed. (What tosh! Who
writes these crappy updates? Oh yeah, me. Right - back
to it then). And that’s when the first episode finished. There
was a half hour break between this episode and the next, a half hour break
in which I cheered on Durham University in University Challenge. By the time
I’d turned the telly over to check back on the Street, I’d missed the beginning
of episode two and tuned in to find Maxine dead on the floor with Richard
leaving the scene of the crime. However, I have it on good authority
from a very nice man that Richard, and I quote: “chased her round the sofa
for a bit and hit her with the crow bar.” So there you have it.
Fortunately for us, but not for Richard, Emily survives the attack although
she’s probably got a bit of a migraine. Maxine, however, is dead.
Norris calls the ambulance and PC Emma turns up (of course). Ashley’s
in shock but gets taken in for questioning. Emily gets taken to the
hospital and Maxine gets taken to Casualty, or Holby City, or A&E, or
Home is Where the Heart Is or...... By the time the police and
the ambulances arrive, Richard is back in the Rovers with his half pint of
beer and his missus.
Meanwhile, elsewhere on the Street the good news is that Ken tells Deirdre
he’ll forgive her and the two of them are back together, stronger than ever.
“You’re simply the best.” she tells Ken. Better than all the rest, better
than anyone, anyone she’s ever met. However, Tracy’s relationship
with Dev isn’t so strong and the jumped-up little madam asks Deirdre if she
can move back in at the Barlow’s. The answer, not surprisingly, was
no. Further surprises are in store for Ken and Deirdre when they
discover Tracy working behind the bar in the Rovers but she’s not there very
long. After spending the night talking to Dev when she should have
been working, Tracy storms out after an argument with Kirk, which saves Shelley
from sacking her, which she was going to have to do anyway.
Karen acts the go-between between Steve and Dev when Dev offers to pay
off Vik’s debts at Streetcars for a partnership in the taxi firm. And
so the new regime of McDonald and Alahan begins with Dev wanting regular
staff meetings and info on the QT from Eileen. Steve is at pains to
point out that Dev isn’t the new boss, merely a partner, but Dev, methinks,
has other plans. With the debts paid off, this means Steve no longer
needs to make the Grimshaws go homeless by selling off his house. Eileen
breathes a sigh of relief and wonders wistfully why her magnificent acting
talent is being wasted away.
And that’s just about that for this week.
Glenda
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