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Mike gets a letter from Mark, telling him that Alma knew of
his affair with Linda. Naturally, Mike's keen to speak to Alma
and arranges to meet her at Freshco after she finishes work. Mike
goes to the store and there's a couple of shifty looking young
lads, kids really, hovering by the checkout at closing time. Security
guard Frank asks them to move along and flippin 'eck, one of them
pulls out a gun on the checkout girl! All of the customers have
left for the evening but still in the store are the following:
Mike and Alma, Fred and Ashley, Ken and Curly, Security guard
Frank and checkout girl er.. I can't remember her name so let's
call her, um.. Norma. The two lads with the gun cause a bit of
panic, naturally, and take our eight people hostage! Fortunately
(for the baddies) the supermarket is well stocked with clothes
line to tie the hostage's hands up. Anyway, this went on for an
extra 90 minutes of Corrie, it was quite well done, there were
a couple of comic moments when Fred got the rump steaks out and
there's an impromptu BBQ complete with garden chairs from aisle
10. Mike and Ken get tied together in a stock room, the two of
them are snarling at each other when they get locked in there
but by the time they come out, after Mike has a panic attack and
the pair of them share confidences (Mike tells Ken about Linda
and Mark) they come out as pals. Yes, you read that right, Mike
and Ken call a truce. Anyway, the hostage scene goes on overnight
by which time there's a small crowd outside including a tearful
Maxine and a worried Audrey. Linda is also there, wondering what
on earth Mike was doing at the workplace of his ex-wife. Just
as Curly seems to be getting through to the guy with the gun,
Dean, a shot goes off and the police burst in. Yes, you've guessed
it, it's Curly's girly, Emma with a gun in her hand and a balaclava
on her head, pumping bullets into Dean's chest. But it's still
not over. The other guy, Lenny, takes Ashley hostage in the Freshco
office and threatens him with the gun. As Lenny's voice comes
over the tannoy, it dawns on Fred that Ashley's in trouble so
he storms straight into the office and begs Lenny to take him
hostage instead. In a fraught scene, Fred closes his eyes and
waits to die, powerful stuff indeed. Somehow, Ashley manages to
overpower Lenny and Fred sits on him, announcing through the tannoy
system that 'the baddie's on the floor'. But hang on, it's still
not over, no. Linda recognises young Dean, the lad that Emma has
shot; it's her brother (oh purleeze!) and she goes to hospital
with him in the ambulance, dragging Mike along with her. Dean
later dies in hospital. Later, Emma struggles to cope with her
actions, even though it was all above board and what she was trained
to do. To make things worse for Emma, Curly's having a hard time
in believing what Emma did was the right thing. The pair of them
are at odds until finally Emma breaks down in front of Curly and
they hug each other to bits with Curly finally, finally telling
her: "It's not your fault." Hang on though, there's
still more. Linda's dad and her other brother, Jimmy turn up looking
for Linda and wanting to know exactly how Dean died. Her dad and
brother are right villains, they're quite scary and look like
they're straight off the set of 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barmcakes'.
Linda promises Mike that once Dean's funeral is over, she'll have
nothing to do with her family again. After the siege is over,
the Weatherfield Eight try to put events behind them all and Mike
buys them all a drink in the Rovers. Security guard Frank is now
romancing Alma; Mike and Ken are friends; Ashley and Maxine are
er.. um.. celebrating life under the duvet and Fred tells Audrey
he doesn't deserve Ashley as a son.... and they all lived happily
every after.
Right, I think that's the siege done and dusted. Now onto other
events on the cobbles this week.
Dev's like a cat that's got the cream after he buys Duggie's
house off him for a fraction of the price that Duggie would have
hoped for. But he's a desperate man and he accepts the cash that
Dev offers him. Deirdre gets all schoolgirl flirty with Dev in
the corner shop, she's all 'ooh, Dev' when he tells her about
the deal he's just pulled off, but hey, who can blame her? She
tells Dev: "I'll take me hat off to yer". Yes, Deirdre,
and the rest, dear.
So, now that Duggie is homeless, Debs asks him if he wants
to move in with her. He accepts but it's not the cosy, romantic
cohabitation she had in mind - she's even cleared a space in her
knicker drawer for his socks. Duggie sets up office in her front
room, his mobile phone, fax machine and filing cabinet not really
fitting in around her DFS sofa and MFI table.
Martin moved into his own flat this week, a sparse, lonely
place that the kids visit for tea, leaving Gail on her own for
the first time. She's coping well on her own, announces to Sarah
Lou that she's thinking of going back to work full-time, planning
to leave Bethany in the rabbit hutch with Barney, no doubt. She's
even bought a plunger, such are the perils of women living alone.
I've lived alone for a lot longer than Gail has and never needed
a plunger. A huge chocolate bar has come in handy on ocassion,
but never a plunger, no.
Vera plans a party to celebrate Tyrone and Maria's engagement
so Tyrone rings his mum (1-800-SLAPPER) to ask her if she wants
to come along. Les is more than a little interested to hear that
Jacqui Dobbs might be in the area soon. Meanwhile, Janice once
more berates Les for not paying the house bills. Will she never
learn?
Roy and Hayley go to an adoptive parents meeting in a local
community hall - for some reason it's got a boxing ring at one
end of it, but there you go. They have to mix with other couples
like them, well, not exactly like them, but you know what I mean,
telling each other about themselves. It's a wonderful scene in
typical Cropper style and wonderfully well written.
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