Ken asks Denise if he can stay with her at her flat while Deidre
lives in his flat and Shamir is coming over to stay with Deidre
too. Denise tells Ken no, she doesn't want him to stay there.
They have a huge argument with Ken telling Denise that it's obvious
she doesn't want him in her life, and that she doesn't want him
around the baby either. He tells her that he is going to consult
a solicitor regarding custody of Danny. Ken also finds out that
Denise and John had been out together and of course this just
upsets him even more. The solicitor tells Ken that although he
has no automatic rights to the child as the birth father, if the
case went to course, Denise could be made to give access to Danny
to Ken but advises Ken to talk to Denise about it first before
going to court.
Tracey Barlow comes out of her coma with Deidre at her bedside
although she is still in hospital (being looked after by the nurse
that had the affair with Martin). Deidre asks Tracey if it's the
first time she has taken drugs or if its a regular thing, and
Tracey tells her it's neither of those things, and that she doesn't
intend to stop taking drugs when she gets out of the hospital
even though it almost killed her. Bet finds out that Ken has no-where
to stay while Deidre and Shamir live in his flat, and offers him
a spare room at the Rovers which he accepts.
Now that Deidre is back, she asks Mike if he has made any progress
with selling her house for her. He tells her he has put a tenant
in the house, because he's having trouble selling it and she wants
Mike to have it sold as soon as possible, she can't believe that
there isn't even a For Sale sign in the house.
Martin tells Gail she is depressed and advises her to go to the
doctor. She is incensed about this and tells Alma what Martin
advised her to do, but Alma agrees that she should see the doctor,
and he gives her anti-depressants.
Vicky is feeling jealous whenever she sees Steve McDonald and
Fiona together, and finds out from Steve that he needs an investor
for his t-shirt job for a nightclub, so she writes him a cheque
for £2500 (oh no!) on the basis that she receives weekly
updates of her investment and wants to know exactly what is going
on in the business. Of course, he doesn't give her a receipt or
even any kind of agreement for the money.
Rodney is still hanging around Bet in the Rovers and asks Racquel
if there is anyone in Bet's life at present, Bet isn't too keen
at all on Rodney and is doing her best to try to ignore him in
the pub.
At Firmans Freezers, Reg and Curly meet with one of the American
managers who have come to meet the staff before they decided whether
to buy out the company. The American manager also wears a wig
and is very sensitive about this subject, and Curly knows this
but doesn't tell Reg, who goes in to his interview thinking that
the American and he both have a special something in common and
tries to play on this, it's quite funny. Reg on the other hand
tells Curly not to wear his glasses for the interview as it makes
him look less vulnerable but of course Curly can't see properly!
So, will Ken press for custody? I guess we'll have to wait until
next week!
Tracey is now recovering in hospital but the nurse gives Ken and
Deidre serious news, Tracey has kidney damage and will have to
go on dialysis until such time that a kidney donor can be found
for her. Ken and Deidre decide they will tell Tracey this news
themselves rather than her hear it from a nurse in the hospital.
When they do tell her, Tracey yells at them at first then starts
crying, saying 'why me?, everyone does what I do, why me?'. Shamir
is now in England with Deidre and they are staying at Ken's flat
together, Shamir is doing his best to support Deidre but seems
to be failing really, Deidre's only concern is Tracey although
Shamir tells her that his uncle is waiting for their decision
on buying a bar in Morrocco and can't hold out much longer for
them to return there. Deidre decides that she will stay in England
to be with Tracey for a while longer and that she is thinking
of donating one of her own kidneys to Tracey.
Josie and Don get free tickets to see the Wizard of Oz at a local
theatre and take Jack and Vera with them, against Jack's will,
but when they all come back, Jack is singing songs from the show
in the Rovers, and Josie gets to stay with Don overnight....
Fiona qualifies as a hairdresser from being a trainee and is now
qualified to style hair in the salon. One of her first customers
is Gail who she tries to please, but Gail doesn't seem too impressed
with her haircut (which looks exactly the same as it did previously!).
Rodney is thinking about buying the Merc. from Mike (Mike knows
it was stolen, and has the registration from an old Allegro).
Rodney is very keen on the car and so he checks out the registration,
finds out it has been stolen and tells Mike he is honour bound
to inform his old friends at the police station!
Gail and Martin continue to have problems, Gail doesn't take the
anti depressants after all and tries to pull herself out of her
depression, they hardly speak to one another in the house and
speak only to the children.
Alf is arranging a visit for a French Mayor who is coming over
to Weatherfield in the next few episodes.
Mavis and Derek are now into gardening, and Derek has big plans
for their garden now that he knows of a new garden centre nearby.
A 'For Sale' sign goes up at Deidre's old house but Tricia takes
it down again, and tells Mike she is going to get advice about
staying in the house as a sitting tenant.
Vicky asks Steve McDonald for input into his business as she is
now an 'investor' but he tells her to keep away from the business
before anyone finds out that she has lent him money, he threatens
to tell Bet if she keeps pestering him.
Deidre visits the consultant at the hospital and tells him she
wants to donate her kidney to Tracey. He tells her that just because
she is Tracey's mother is no guarantee that the kidney will match,
and even if it does, they would only consider using her as a donor
if they can't find a suitable one which has been donated from
other sources. There are risks to such an operation also, but
Deidre can only think about helping Tracey. Shamir is trying his
best to support and comfort Deidre but they seem to be pulling
apart somehow. The hospital have told Deidre and Ken that Tracey
will need as stable a home environment as possible when she is
released from hospital and Deidre is now desperate to get Tricia
out of her old house so she can move back in for a few months.
Tricia however, seems set on staying.
The police have taken away Mike Baldwin's Mercedes, although he
denied knowing that it was a stolen vehicle.
The French Mayor, M. Pico has arrived in Weatherfield. Alf had
tried to find a suitable hotel for him to stay in, but in the
end he is staying with Alf and Audrey. He brings with him a black
pudding for Alf and a bottle of expensive perfume for Audrey who
is overjoyed, and tells the French Mayor to "relax-ay voo"
in their home!
Derek has installed a couple of ugly gnomes in their garden, because
he told Mavis that the female gnome reminded him of her! Norris
comes around to see them both and talks non stop about Angela,
he brings Mavis a chocolate Easter Egg and says that he bought
Angela one too but they mis-spelt her name on the egg to read
'Angel' which Norris thought was quite fitting.
Steve McDonald finishes the t-shirt job for Costello's nightclub
and goes to make the delivery, Vicky insists on going along with
him. When they arrive, the owner of the club is out of town and
so they don't get paid cash on delivery, as agreed. Vicky is all
for taking the goods out of the club until they get paid, but
Steve agrees to leave them there and collect the cash later. That
evening, Steve and Fiona go to the club and Vicky and Andy McDonald
turn up later. The manager gives Steve a cheque to cover the cost
of the t-shirts even though cash had been agreed upon originally.
Andy tells Vicky that she is playing a dangerous game with Fiona
and Steve as she seems set on splitting them up now she has a
financial hold over Steve.
As it's been a long holiday weekend (Friday and Monday) here in
the UK, John and Denise decide to go out for a day trip with the
baby, in John's car. They spend a day in the country and then
go back to Denise's flat for dinner and some wine. Denise tells
John all about Ken and John can't understand what Denise's problem
is with Ken, he thinks he is a good bloke. However, they start
confiding in each other and then John leans over Denise and kisses
her but she pushes him away, telling him that he has got the wrong
idea. He tells Denise that she is always leading men on and should
know better by now, and gets up and leaves, telling Denise not
to expect to see him again, in any capacity.
I forgot to mention above that Shamir and Ken have a little run
in over Deidre, with Ken telling Shamir in no uncertain terms
that their daughter has to come first for Deidre.
Deidre is devastated when the consultant at the hospital tells
her that she is unsuitable for a match to be made with her kidney
to Tracey. Shamir tries to console her but Deidre is tearful most
of the time, she starts thinking about Tracey's father Ray and
wonders if he would be a suitable match for Tracey's kidney but
she doesn't have a recent address for Ray. Emily has an old address
for him but Deidre tells her it was over 10 years since he lived
at that address and believes he lives in Holland these days. Emily
asks if the British Embassy could trace Ray and Deidre tells her
that the hospital is sorting it all out and are looking for him.
I wonder if this will signal the return of Ray Langton?
Jack and Vera decide to take their grandson Tommy on holiday with
them to a caravan site in North Wales that Jack was sent to in
the war as an evacuee and they make all the plans to go in a couple
of weeks time.
Steve McDonald pays the cheque into the bank from Costellos and
of course it bounces with unsufficient funds in the account. He
goes to the nightclub and meets the official receiver there who
tells him that Costellos have gone out of business and they are
unlikely to see any of their money ever. Steve realises he is
now overdrawn at the bank and could be bankrupt himself, unless
of course Vicky lends him some more money. Fiona finds out that
Vicky has been lending Steve money and is very jealous that Steve
is seeing Vicky again, although Steve tells Vicky he didn't have
any choice but to take the money from Vicky. Fiona asks Steve
to stay away from Vicky and he says he will but that evening he
is in the Rovers with Vicky, Denise sees them both sitting with
Steve's hand over Vickys and he is saying the line 'lets give
it one more chance eh?' does he mean the business or the relationship?
Des celebrates his 30th (!) birthday in the Rovers, Phyllis is
the only one to remember and buys him a card.
Ken goes to see Denise about access to Danny but she wants definite
times and dates that Ken can have access to Danny while Ken wants
to be more involved in Danny's life and to be a father to him.
He tells Denise he is asking her one last time before he brings
the law into the matter regarding access.
M. Pico, the French Mayor speaks French and Alf of course speaks
English, and quite often the two of them have trouble understanding
each other and making each other understood. M. Pico is most bemused
that Alf has a 'mistress' in the Rovers as well as a wife, he
believes Betty to be Alf's mistress and that Betty's 'hotpot'
is something quite different from a beef stew!! He also misunderstands
Racquel completely when she tells him she is a model... :-) although
he does send an apology to Racquel after he leaves. As Alf and
M. Pico go to an official function with Betty and Racquel as their
escorts, Audrey feels a bit peeved at being left home alone and
so arranges for Bryan (Alf's ex chauffer) to come to the Rovers
and they drink together all night while Alf is away, although
Alf comes back early and Bryan is still in the Rovers with Audrey!
