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After Peter punched Phil in the cobbles last week, he's being
hailed as some sort of hero, not least by Ken, but not most by
Deirdre who comments quite sniffly that: "anyone could've
done it". It turns out that Simmonds denies the rape charges
but the PC lady copper is confident that results of the DNA test
will prove his guilt. "You can't argue with DNA" she
tells Toyah, authoratively. "No, you can't love" reassures
Janice, unscientifically, because, apparently, you can. Les and
Janice convince Toyah it's time she was venturing out so they
take her to the Rovers for a drink but it's too much, too early
and she isn't there long before she's panicked into going home,
pretty sharpish.
Gail and Martin decide to tell the kids the news that the divorce
is now final, the seperation permanent. When Martin tells David
that he and Gail have some important news, poor David assumes
his parents are getting back together again. And when he finds
out that isn't the case, we find him sitting crying in the garden.
It's a heart wrenching scene which had me in tears and just when
I thought there'd be a bit of light relief from Vera or a comic
joke from Jack, there wasn't. From that scene of David in the
garden, cuddling his rabbit and feeling like his world is falling
apart, the camera pans to Alma, whose world is, in fact, just
about to end.
So there's more tears in store after Alma has tests, tests
and more tests at the hospital which confirm that the cervical
cancer she feared has, in fact, now spread. And it's terminal,
she has just three months to live (except she doesn't know that
yet). Audrey proves to be her rock when Frank admits he's too
much of a coward to take her to the cottage only to watch her
die. Alma had just about made up her own mind about staying with
Audrey anyway, to be near her own doctor, but she and Frank hug
a tearful farewell as he tells her: "I shall think of you.
I shall think of you all the time." And as Audrey hugs her
friend, she tells her not to think of what will happen now. "You're
not going to... " she tells Alma, "You're not going
to... " But she can't say it, because she knows, in fact
we all know, that she is going to. It's left to Alma to express
her greatest fear as she tells Audrey that she's frightened and
that she doesn't want to die.
With Alma on her mind, Audrey is finding it hard to concentrate
on anything else, not least her council business. When she turns
up for a debate, her mind is elsewhere and it's left to Curly
to save her from ridicule and voters turning against her. (Interesting
to note the party colour was the Cadbury colour. I vote for more
chocolate too). So, Curly decides to stand for council himself
and makes sure Audrey is the first to know, but again, he's confused
when she tells him she's not bothered. Anyway, Curly plans his
campaign trail, explaining his route to Emma in the cafe (using
fishfingers and peas as his culinary routemaster) and to Emily,
later, with the salt cellar and an A-Z. What is about blokes and
cutlery when they're trying to explain something? I've lost count
of the times some fella's (one in particular) tried to explain
the offside rule with the help of the milk jug and a jar of pickle.
And no, it didn't help.
Norris gets his knickers in a twist this week after finding
apathy in the neighbourhood regarding return of the census forms.
Even though he takes his duties seriously, he leaves his shopping
trolley unattended for a few minutes outside of Emily's and before
you know it, young master Platt has wheeled it away. Norris complains
bitterly to Gail about the actions of her wayward son, and chastises
her for allowing him to hijack sensitive material in the ownership
of the Sovereign.
Over at the Rovers, Duggie offers Toyah her old job back but
it's too early for her to work again in there although she tells
him she'll consider it. So this leaves Duggie a bit short-handed
behind the bar but when Edna offers to "do chirpy" with
the punters, he gives her the chance, even though he's worried
she'll turn the beer sour. She's due on duty at 6 o'clock but
it's three hours later when she turns up, wearing a sleeveless
dress and a big smile. She's done up to the nines and charms the
punters like a dream. Duggie can't quite believe it and confides
to Peter: "I can't believe it's the same woman. Perhaps it's
not?" I agree. I think it was Hattie Jacques' younger sister.
Casting their mind back to the jurassic period, Jack and Vera
remember what it was to be young and in love. They have a chat
and decide to let nature take its course with the engaged couple,
and allow Maria to stay overnight with Tyrone. It's heartwarming
to hear them talk about "our" Tyrone in these scenes,
which work beautifully. Worried about the noise they might make
in Tyrone's bedroom, Maria thoughtfully brings her CD player to
drown out any noise that might carry through the walls upstairs
at the Duckworths. "It plays 3 CD's" she tells Tyrone
and he swells with pride, saying. "Is that how you see me?
As a 3 CD kinda man?"
And elsewhere on the street, we had Maxine giving Ashley another
hard time. This time, she wants a new car. Well, I can't say I
really blame her, I don't think I'd want to be chauffeured in
a butcher's van either. Maxine and Eve are still not seeing eye
to eye, with Maxine convinced Eve is only after one thing - Fred's
money.
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda ;-))
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