NEW FOR KINDLE...
Corrie weekly updates from 1995, 17 years in 17 e-books
All the wit and warmth of Weatherfield, none of the waffle
Available from amazon.co.uk or amazon.com
Check out the Coronation Street Blog - it's FAB
Glenda was away on holiday. This week's update written by Richard Whitbread.
Karen's loss of her mother continues in centre stage.
She admits to Steve that she only came second playing scrabble by cheating
and her knowledge of her deception is ruining the new Karen who has to make amends
by seeing Hayley and confessing her bad behaviour. Hayley seems very surprised! Later Steve discovers Karen has given away her expensive
clothes, so he grabs her and takes her to the Trafford Centre - a notorious
shopping extravaganza with Armani, Gucci, Prada all around. And he
has a new untouched credit card which she throws away before starting to
pray out loud. Steve retrieves the card and then Karen goes into meltdown
screaming she is a rotten person and her mother was right. The next
day Karen is still unsettled and Steve says he prefers the gobby Karen to
the new one.Karen goes up and down the Street collecting for children's
charity (would that be the Pudsey Bear charity?). She also trades
insults with Tracy as they pass. Steve of course has his own personal stalker
- Tracy - who having sensed that the McDonald household is not the usual
disharmonious home zeroes in on Steve at every opportunity to cause upset.
And if she is not chasing Steve then she is chasing Ciaran as she wants
her cake and eat it. She dumps Amy on the Croppers and joins Ciaran
to celebrate Penny coughing up. He is about to declare undying love
when Tracy cuts him short and so they end up deciding they are bed buddies
and nothing more
(although I am not sure either of them really mean it), later agreeing
to meet up as and when rather than being at odds with each other.
The following morning Tracy spots Liz pushing a pram - and then realises that
it contains Amy! Tracy whines away and Liz finds that she gets to
keep the baby. Shelley is not impressed with a baby in the Rovers
and threatens to bar her. Liz tries to interest Blanche in a spot
of babysitting - not possible, Deirdre? says Liz - at work, Ken? - Liz is
getting desperate - spirited away by the fairies apparently. Liz is
stuck! Until she finds Steve in Streetcars. The perfect minder!
Tracy eventually appears in the Rovers and finds that the baby has been
passed from hand to hand - Croppers, Ciaran, Liz, Blanche, Emily, Deirdre and Ken all contribute over 24 hours - it would appear Tracy never
looks after Amy - and they all tell her that they are going to stop being
taken for muppets - and as she leaves the Rovers meets Steve who hands the
baby back with a few choice comments. Except that Tracy leaves the
pram and walks off in the other direction. They both go off to Streetcars
where Tracy almost convinces Steve that he should be looking after Amy regularly.
He is obviously confused. Later Tracy corners Steve in Streetcars
again (Deirdre is babyminding) and playing on his weaknesses tells him that
they should get together - but Steve says he gives her £50 a week
to stay out of his way. Tracy departs but turns up later at the McDonald
flat and offers Karen £50 for her collection. The £50
which Steve gives her each week for Amy to stay out of his life. Karen
turns on Steve and tells him to be a proper father - not just a money source.
Well that did not bring Karen back to reality - will anything? Especially
when she tells the factory girls and Janice reckons she will end up losing
Steve. They pass Tracy in the Street and Janice repeats that Karen
will lose Steve unless she reverts to normal. She is even cooking Steve
meals regularly as well as the ironing. And then she falls apart -
she tells Steve that he must go to Amy (or is it Tracy - it is delivered
ambiguously) and she pushes him out of the flat as Tracy and pram pass by.
The evilly grinning Tracy sees him approach with the wreck of Karen in the
background and she knows she has won when he says he wants to see Amy (ugliest
child in a soap award pending) ... 30 minute break for second Monday episode
... Karen screams for Steve to come back - he thrusts Amy and Tracy and runs
back to Karen - after all he does love her, whilst Tracy whines. Karen
and Steve talk about it - but Steve has lost by going to Amy - Karen could
not bear losing him as it reminds her of how she lost her parents.
Before long Karen is smoking again - she cannot be the good person her parents
wanted her to be. She is just garbage - but Steve reassures her he
loves her and they have another 40 years together. Elsewhere Tracy
is telling Amy that Steve will soon be with them - she knows it, Steve knows
and even nasty Karen knows it.
Leanne has dumped Jamie (who can blame her?) and that she has her eye on
another male ... Dev (I always thought Leanne had a few more brains than
this). She proves me wrong by flirting extensively with Dev every time
Sunita goes walkabout. She even tries to kiss him - just as Sunita
walks in! After a decent interval (or perhaps even the next episode)
Leanne tries it again and Dev sacks her with an instant payoff. He
tells Sunita that Leanne had been sexually harassing him! Leanne fabricates
a story that Dev tried it on and when he got nowhere she got the sack.
The story goes round quickly reaching Jamie's ears who later confronts Dev
in the Rovers. Frankie reckons that Jamie must need his head examining
before she bawls out Leanne. Frankie later retails the story to Maya
who offers Leanne her legal services.
Sean starts work at Underworld and Danny sets him a target of 200 gussets
until Karen points out that is impossible - so Danny makes it 210, which
cheers the other girls who know it is impossible. At lunchtime Sean
knows he cannot make it and Danny enjoys telling Frankie about his latest
entertaining activity before Penny arrives to discuss with Ciaran the finance
for the restaurant. She decides to chip in the extra £20k needed
- on the grounds that he is passionate to succeed. The knicker deadline approaches
and Sean has failed - until Karen throws some of her production into his
box and effectively shames the other girls to follow suit - even Janice eventually.
Danny does the count and announces that Sean has passed and is an employee,
he is one of the girls (I stole that line). On starting work the next
day he tries to dress appropriately - until Uncle Mike arrives and fires
him - as he explains to Danny he does not want that sort working for him.
Danny eventually takes Mike to one side and points out that they need a
better reason than that before dismissing someone.
Which is just as well because the girl he replaced re-appears in the Rovers
- no wedding - she got caught with a cocktail waiter and the intended got
caught with the chief bridesmaid! She asks Danny for her job back
- as Sean walks into the Rovers. He suggests that he tosses a coin
to see who gets the job - and as it comes down he announces that he will
keep both girls on - there is a lot of work on at the moment!
Sunita has been shopping with Shelley when a voice from her past is heard
- her brother Jayesh who was told about the phone call and has come to find out what is going on. Upstairs in her flat Jayesh breaks
the news that he is married (arranged) and has a daughter. He has
not dared tell their mother he was visiting - his mother no longer believes
she has a daughter. Sunita has lost her parents for good. The
next day Jayesh phones to say that her father would like a meeting in the
park. Sunita visits the park and waits until the rain pours down in the
park - but not in the street seen in the longshot! Back at the shop
she collapses in tears - her father does not love her either. They
discuss going and getting married at short notice abroad but Sunita is not
easily convinced.
Ciaran needs staff for the restaurant and Sarah Lou is out of work - a
match made in heaven. Sarah then meets Todd in the Street (well it
is bound to happen eventually) - but she is hardly pleasant to him and makes
it clear that she cannot be friends. Sarah goes into training - and
the health inspector turns up - and finds that there is no hot water, without
which cleanliness cannot be achieved - so no opening. Charlie performs miracles
(well there must be some builders who can) and Venables has to return and
sign off so that the opening can happen, he is still there when the first
guest arrives - Fred - and Venables remembers his shop! Anyway the
evening gets off to a good start, until the DuckEggs arrive and it all starts
to go horribly wrong. Tracy does not make the opening and Ciaran is
disappointed. The DuckEggs complain about the spiciness of the food
- particularly loudmouth Vera.
Pussy Galore makes her long heralded arrival in the Kabin and Norris (look
I thought he batted the same way as Sean) decides she must be interested
in him the way she flirts! Turns out to be an old friend of Rita's
known as Rula Romanoff on the stage. Some old stories are told and they arrange
a dinner date for later in the week. Sarah delivers steaks to the
veggies Dev and Sunita. (They ordered salmon steaks!). Then the DuckEggs
loudly leave to go to the chippy!
K Richard W
Follow the Coronation Street Blog on Twitter and Facebook
No comments:
Post a Comment