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The whole Shelley shenanigan stuff has been good this week as Peter still
hasn't told his intended that he no longer intends, not now he's puckering
his two lips at the tulip seller, that doyenne of the daffodils, the dozy
mare Lucy. Tracy and Lucy get cosy round the posies as Tracy gives
her possible future sister-in-law a run down of the Barlow family history:
"Me mam's a right slapper and me gran's a real go-er and my dad, well, he's
not me real dad, I'm the illegitimate spawn of Fred Gee" sort of thing.
Lucy thinks they sound like a right bunch of weirdos but little does she
know that Tracy wasn't joking. Anyway, Shelley's sister takes ill
and off she goes to visit her so off Peter goes off to spend the night with
his florist. When Shelley returns, she's all wedding frocks and fancy
icing and even though Tracy is egging Peter on to do something, he still
hasn't told Shelley the truth.
Jack and Vera, penniless again, need someone to blame for the loss of
their savings. With the journos sniffing around the Rovers, the Duckies sell
their friendship to Gail to the papers for £500, laying the blame squarely
with Mrs Hillman. Vera: "They were married, she must have known what
was going on. Married people don't have secrets." Yeah, right. When the
snapper takes the picture of the Duckies to accompany the story, young Craig
Nelson gets in the frame and Tommy's not best pleased when he sees the pic
in the paper, worried that someone will spot and recognise him. Meanwhile,
Gail's doing her best to pull herself out of the Lambrusco and get back
on with her life. With support from Martin and Audrey, she makes a
start and goes to see the solicitor. Just when things look like they
might be getting better, there's a dark shadow on the cobbles….could it
be? Of course it is and you knew it would be. Back for more
devilment, Richard gets into the house somehow and waits. David returns
home from school and Dickie grabs him. 5 points. Sarah returns from
a Todd-snog. 10 points. With Bethany. 20 points. Then Gail retuns
home. Double tilt and a free ball, take this voucher to the attendant who
will exchange it for a Taiwanese furry toy. "What have you done to
the children?" Gail screams as Dickie just stands there, respectable-like,
in his suit and tie. Cue music and credits until John's update next
week.
There's been some good moments this week; some excellent dialogue with
come-hither looks and throw-away lines. Best by far, but not an easy
one to put into words was the exchange in the Kabin between Norris and
Audrey. (I've just tried to write it and it really didn't work.
Believe me, it's priceless and you'll just have to watch).
More pre-teen angst for the Webster women as Rosie takes to wearing Sally's
make-up and has a grown-up haircut. "I was just like them at their
age" says Sally to an angry Kevin, who can't understand what's happening
to his little girl. Ha! Just wait until she wakes her dad up
by playing David Bowie's 'Low' at 3am at top volume when she's got PMT.
Oh, so that was just me then?
Sunita offers to help Ashley go clothes shopping for baby Josh, a good
idea as Maxine's plan to dress the kid in clothes from "Precocious Prats
R Us" was clearly a mistake. Could there be a romance between these
two? I'd like to think so.
And finally this week, there were fisticuffs in the factory when Karen
and Janice had a fight in front of the fellas. Karen's acting the
Big I Am with her business cards and power ear-rings and she's loving it,
lording her power and cleavage over the other girls, especially her old
mate Janice who's not so matey any more. There's more flirting over
the frillies between Joe and Karen and he asks her out to dinner, a business
do, nothing more. Poor Steve's having trouble coming to terms with
the changes his wife's going through and wonders where girl he married for
a bet went.
And that's just about that for this week. Many thanks to John for
er.. volunteering to do next week's update. (I've left some kippers in the
fridge, John and don't forget to feed the weekly update rabbit).
Glenda
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