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Anyway, here I am, still under extreme stress with Uni work
but taking a bit of a breather for the next hour as I bring you,
without any further ado, this week's Coronation Street update.
And what a week it's been. We've had two episodes shot entirely
on location in France. France! With a real chateau to boot, although
it looked a bit too Disney for my liking. So we're there on the
continent with Curly and Emma who are staying in the chateau.
It's Racquel's place but she's away with Armand and their kids,
although Curly's daughter Alice is there with the housekeeper.
Over in Paris, Fred and Audrey and Maxine and Ashley are living
it up with Audrey taking it upon herself to be tourist guide,
whether the others want her to be or not. But first, the chateau.
Curly's getting to grips with being a dad, again, and doesn't
succeed very well at first. He tries to play ball with Alice but
she ends up in tears when Curly throws the ball at her head, she
falls over and ends up in the housekeeper's arms for a hug. The
housekeeper, Christine, is a kindly woman from Yorkshire and Emma,
naturally curious, asks questions about Racquel.
In Paris, Audrey leads them all up the Eiffel Tower. Ashley,
afraid of heights, ends up clinging on for dear life, afraid to
look over the side. Ho-hum.... as a fellow vertigo sufferer, this
scene brought back a few sweaty palm moments for me, reminding
me of a walk across the Golden Gate bridge this summer. Fortunately,
I managed the half hour walk across (trembling and in need of
the toilet at the end of it!!) without the aid of security men
offering assistance, which is how Ashley had to get down from
the Tower, poor soul. But this is Paris, the most romantic city
in the world, and it seems to be working its magic on Fred. As
he takes Audrey out to dinner, he hands her a rose and tells her
"we all need to be special to someone." Indeed.
Curly and Emma are joined at the chateau by the others from
Weatherfield, just in time, it seems, to offer Emma some support.
She's frustrated with Curly who keeps going on about Racquel and
Maxine's only too happy to fill Emma in on the gossip; all about
Raquel's affair with Des (strangely forgetting the bit where she
slept with Curly). Emma confronts Curly about his feelings for
his ex-wife and all he can do is hang his head.... it's too much
for Emma to take and she decides to go on without him and head
for Paris with the others when they leave.
But it's not all bad news. Fred takes Audrey out on a visit
to a winery and the pair of them volatise their esters in the
vineyard. There must be something in the air, or the wine, as
Fred announces he's bought the whole place for Audrey... oh and
by the way, would she do him the great honour of becoming his
wife? Audrey says yes and Maxine now has to get used to having
her boss as her mother-in-law.
Elsewhere this week, it was half-term at school and Gail has
been out and about on her computer course leaving Sarah home alone
with the bairn.
Vinny's had enough of taking stick from tenants over Duggie's
decision to increase the rents. Vinny's also not best pleased
that Duggie hasn't been able to pay him and figures the grief
he's been given isn't worth it, even if he had been getting paid.
So, in time honoured fashion, the pair of them have a row in th
Rovers, and Vinny tells Duggie to stuff his lousy job - about
time too. Anyway, for Duggie, things look like they're changing
as his contact at the council tells him the planning department
are looking kindly on him. Duggie also decides to set the record
straight and talks to a hack on the local paper to put his side
of the story. Unfortunately, as Vinny will soon find out, Duggie
tells a pack of lies about how all the tenants were evicted by
henchman Vinny and how poor innocent Duggie knew nothing about
it.
Sensitive types, close your eyes now. Liz appears in one scene
in a shirt and nothing else. It's really gruesome, even if you
screw up your eyes so everything goes blurry. She looks more like
Munch's "The Scream" every week, she really does. Michael
the physio turns up to see her but it's clear things aren't right
between them and she tells him she's going to stay on in the house
and help Jim in any way she can. She talks to Natalie, who's more
than happy for Jim to have the £10K reward money to put
towards a good barrister, or whatever you need to get you out
of prison when you're in there for manslaughter. I wouldn' t know.
Candice starts work at the hair salon while Audrey and Maxine
are away. She's just washing hair and making tea but manages to
set Vikram's heart fluttering when he goes in there to make an
appointment. Vik, unaware that Candice isn't the 27 year old he
thinks she is, goes out on a date with her and is rewarded by
a peck on the cheek at the end of the night.
Dennis can't believe that Les continues to lie to Janice about
his share of the money from the motorbike sale. Dennis, he's brilliant,
he really is, every girl should have one. Anyway, Janice stumbles
across the cash - Les had stuffed it in the pocket of his camel
hair coat (the one that was Cliff's, remember?). Dennis comes
clean and tells all to Janice.
Deirdre earned herself a few brownie points from me this week
with her arrangement of the Tunnocks on the top shelf in the corner
shop! She also earned brownie points from Dev when she advises
him on soft furnishings for his home. Pah! What does Deirdre know?
Ask me Dev, I'm an expert on cushions, I am, ask anyone.
It's Anthony's birthday and Rita goes out for dinner with him
and his kids. Daughter Amanda continues to give Rita a hard time
over her relationship with her dad, it's clear she isn't happy
about it. Rita, wearing a seashell on her lapel, is uneasy about
the remarks that Amanda makes but Anthony makes the position quite
clear and comes to Rita's defence. Good one.
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