Happy New Year to all the update readers!
I've only made two New Year's resolutions this year.
Number 1: I resolve to eat all of my Christmas chocolates by January 6th
and Number 2: I resolve to drink all of my Christmas booze by January 7th.Anyway, I sit here listening to Little Voice and ploughing my way through Thornton's truffles to bring you, without any further ado, this week's Coronation Street update.
I never liked her. She wasn't big and she certainly wasn't clever and this week she left in a taxi. Ladies and gentlemen, Natalie has left the building. Off she went, the tart with a heart (of coal), driven off and away, pausing outside the house she shared with Des before telling the cabbie, "OK, drive on". I won't miss her, that's for sure. Before Nat leaves, Sal confronts her in a show down in the back of the Rovers, calling her a "nasty, selfish bitch" to which Nat replied: "Get out of here before that halo of yours drops around yer neck and chokes yer".
For the first time ever, Danny has shown a bit of character this week. I wouldn't go so far as to say that I warmed to him, but he was a bit, jut a bit, likeable. You could see he was feeling a bit uncomfortable when Kev took the girls out to the zoo on Boxing Day, and in the end, he decides there's only way to ensure he gets Sally's undivided attention and make himself truly part of the family. He pesters Gail for an answer to a question: "If you were me, knowing Sally as you do, would you ask her to marry you?" And then, down on bended knee in the Rovers on New Years Eve, he asks Sally the same question, well, he didn't use the same words of course, but is was still the same question, nonetheless. Now he's wondering if he's done the right thing because Sally hasn't given him an answer yet. Looks like she's going to have to phone a friend on that one. A friend called Kev, no doubt.
Rita and Anthony organise a dinner party for New Years eve and invite Norris ("I'm a truly happy man in my own little world") and Emily. The dinner's going well, everyone's in good spirits, it's all friends together, when Anthony's daughter turns up with Isabel, she's taken her from the nursing home for the evening. Isabel, a painfully real imitation of an Alzheimer's sufferer, doesn't know where she is or what she's doing, of course. But Amanda, the scheming cow, knows exactly what's she doing. We all know what she's doing, and why, but it won't change or accomplish anything.
Over at the Rovers, interviews are held for the manager's post. There's Liz of course, who looks like a post, a blonde woman thrown in for good measure and the Battersbys. Poor Janice doesn't even know what's going on, Les told her he had another Christmas surprise for her so she booked the day off work only to face Mike Baldwin in the back room of the Rovers as she applied for another one of his jobs. Needless to say, Les and Jaince don't stand a chance and the job goes to Liz. The bickering continued between Mike, Duggie and Fred, providing good comedy scenes this week.
Mortin and Becky catch up with each other when he goes round to see her at the house she's staying in. Through tears, they declare their love for each other, get nekid and drink champagne and then Becky asks Martin to move to Dubai with her. She's only home for Christmas and still has two years of her contract in Dubai to work through. Martin doesn't need to give this a second thought, he can't go. He can't leave the kids. Well, he could, but he's not prepared to. More tears from Becky and Mortin.
Peter heads off in Ken's car to visit Susan in Scotland but only gets as far as, well, not very far I'm sure, when he's back on the cobbles holding his head in shame. He's crashed the car. And he wasn't insured to be driving it in the first place. Oh, and he doesn't have a licence. And, oh yes, he gave the other driver Ken's name instead of his own. Then, wait for this, then he asks Ken to back him up and support him! Ken won't have it, of course, and tells Peter what he thinks of him which brings up all sorts of recriminations from the past about Ken not being a good dad, blah, blah, blah. And later, when we see Ken browsing through some old photos going: "Where did it all go wrong?", we just know the past is going to catch up with Ken in a big way, and soon.
Vera and Jack go off on their cruise this week. Tyrone helps Vera put together suitable clothing for cruising but Jack tells her: "I wouldn't care if you was in yer pinny". No, but I bet the ship captain would have something to say.
In the corner shop, Deirdre gives Dev a projected stock report, which might mean nothing to me and thee, but it got Dev's engine running and he's very, very grateful to her for all her hard work. So grateful is he, that when Deirdre overhears Dev booking a restaurant table "to say thankyou to someone special" she assumes he means her. Off she rushes home at lunchtime to tart herself up, dress herself down and shovel on the make up. And then, at closing time, in walks Geena, greeted by Dev in a way that any woman would love to be greeted, by (almost) any man. "You look fan-" (kiss) "-tas-" (kiss) "-tic" (kiss). Poor Deirdre. But who can blame her? Dev does say thank you to Deirdre the next day, with a wonderful bouquet, but she's huffed by now and gives him the cold shoulder.
David Platt decides he doesn't like having his birthday on Christmas day any longer, so opts for an official birthday on New Years Eve instead (aswell?). But his day doesn't start well when he gets a ticking off, rightly deserved, from Audrey, when David tells her if she hasn't brought him a present, she might as well leave. Audrey reminds him that his grandad died a year ago and it would do him well to bear that it mind, never mind thinking about presents. Later at the party, he gets into trouble with Martin and Gail when strange burning odours come from his bedroom - was he smoking or just burning toys?!
Sarah sees her boyfriend again when Glen comes round to the house on New Years Eve. She introduces him to Bethany, and Glen is all for picking up the baby and holding her, whereas Bethany doesn't have much to say for herself. I guess she's a bit shy at that age. Anyway, the pair of them get comfy on the sofa but Sarah's not too happy that Glen wants to get a bit more intimate than she'd like.
And that's about that for this week.
Hi folks, I'm bringing this update to you today after a very tiring day indeed. I've just about finished my final year project in Journalism for Uni and although it needs tweaking and touching up to knock it into shape, it's fair done me in having worked on it all day. So if I'm not as tap happy on the keyboard as I usually am, you know why. Anyway, without any further ado, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.
Things go from bad to worse for the new owners of the Rovers this week. The week started badly when Fred padlocked the fridge in the back room, saying there was to be a pub fridge and a fridge for use by bamaids Then, Fred ordered Liz to serve smaller portions of t'hotpot and finally, the three wise monkeys decided to introduce a uniform for the barstaff to wear - a skimpy, tight fitting black number with sparkles on it. You know the sort of dress I mean - backless, topless and completely tasteless. Liz wears it with pride, as you'd expect, but Toyah complains it makes them all look like tarts - and Liz's face when she says this is a picture. Then Duggie goes and hangs on the wall his press coverage, framed, and wants his assorted rugby cups placed around the bar area. It's too much, it really is, and Toyah and Geena decide to strike. Off they go to see the sexlicious shopkeeper for some felt tip pens and the two of them make placards. Thankfully, Toyah's spelling has come on somewhat since she made the last one, although the whorey groundwort and Liz McDonald could have more in common than Toyah could ever imagine. Anyway, armed with placards and scowls, Toyah and Geena manage to scare away all of the customers. When Betty returns to work after her extended New Year break, even she joins in with the protest outside after Toyah tells her what's been going on. Finally the management give in and start negotiations. The barstaff want a 20% payrise, an extra half hour's break, no uniform and Duggie's picture removed from the bar. Fred, Duggie and Mike only agree to the last two issues and negotiations break down as Toyah and Geena take up their post outside the Rovers once more. Good one Toyah, Spider would be proud. So the Rovers has no customers and no bar staff and now it has no manager. Liz finds out that Jim has been moved to a prison in Leicester. Unsure of whether to move on or stay put, her mind is made up for her when Mike upsets her in his usual manner, more than once this week, by being a sexist git and total plonker.
Anthony packs up his belongings in his house, ready to move in with his daughter, Amanda. Rita's there to help out, as is Emily, and Anthony confides to Emily that he really loves Rita, he does, you know, sweetie, he really does, luvvie. Anyway, Rita's not best pleased when she asks Anthony to stay on in the Rovers for a drink with her and he says he has to get back as Amanada has dinner waiting for him.
Ken decides to help out Peter after all and goes to the police station, pretending that he has had the car crash, not Peter. Deirdre's not happy about it, as you'd expect. But there's more trouble in store for Ken when Peter and he have yet another argument and Peter tells him he's been such a bad father, he doesn't even know that his own daughter, well, he won't say, 'cos it's a secret. Ken's beside himself, he needs to know what Susan has been up to. He phones her and detects an icy tone (what does he expect after all this time?) and then plans to drive up to Scotland to see her. Peter passes on this news to Susan, who changes her mind and says she's now coming to Weattherfield to break the news to Ken herself. (If don't already know what her news is, and you'd like to know, email me and I'll tell you - it's juicy and worth knowing!!).
Sally just doesn't know what to do with herself after Danny proposed to her. He's beside himself with worry too as she hasn't given him an answer so when he gets drunk in the Rovers, it's hardly surprising, although Sally uses this as an opportunity to beat him with a dirty stick. There's only one thing for Sally to do. She talks to Kevin. In a wonderful scene set in a children's park, Sally and Kevin are transported back to the young, happy couple they once were. It fair brought tears to my eyes this bit. She tells Kevin she wants to say 'yes' to Danny, but she's scared, of course. How can she know Danny won't do the same as Kevin did? She can't know. Kevin tells her she must move on and she must trust Danny, if that's what she wants. So, she eventually accepts Danny's proposal but it all backfires on her when Danny finds out that Kevin already knew what was going on. Danny and Sally argue over this but make up in time to go out and buy an engagement ring. Well hey, when there's a diamond on offer, who's for harsh words? And then Danny starts getting wistful about moving away from Kevin, and the street.
Wayne's stepdad Alex (played by top SAFC supporter Joe Simpson) pays Roy and Hayley a visit this week, saying that Wayne needs £60 for a new pair of trainers. Roy, soft touch that he is, hands the money over. Wayne turns up at the cafe but runs away again when he finds out they've called the children's home. He turns up again and this time, listens to Roy and Hayley when they tell him it's not possible for them to foster him, much as they'd like to.
Tyrone's upset when he reads a letter in the paper from an 18 year old girl complaning that her boyfriend won't have sex with her. He assumes that Maria has written the letter and storms off to see her. She hasn't written it, of course, but he can't see that. The pair of them argue and break up. Tyrone goes: "If all you want from your boyfriend is ess ee ex then find someone else". Maria: "Right". Tyrone "Right". They reunite briefly for Maria to return Tyrone's Ali G video and for Tyrone to hand over Maria's Travis video. Aw, bless. Anyway, Maria's dad turns up with Maria in the van wanting to talk to Tyrone, she's been in a right state, and so has he, so there's a lot of making up to do. The pair of them agree to set a date for a romantic night next week to do it. You know, 'it'.
Candice is surprised and angry with Sarah Lou for not telling her that she and Glen had done it. You know, 'it'. Sarah Lou is surprised and angry that Glen has been going round telling everyone they'd done it when they hadn't. So when Glen next calls round for Sarah, she's not too happy to see him and tells him exactly why. He says he hasn't told people they'd done it but he, well, he hadn't discouraged people from thinking that they had. What a prat. Gail and Sarah Lou have a wonderful heart to heart over the kitchen table (always the best place when there's a mother and tea cups involved) and Sarah tells Gail that people, boys, think she's easy at school because she's done it. You know, 'it'. Young David is listening to every word, hiding on the stairs and when the heart to heart is over, he has his moment saying: "I still like yer even if yerarr a mam and I like Bethany an'all".
And that's just about that for this week.
Without any ado, further or otherwise, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.
It's all hands to the pumps in the Rovers again when Linda offered to go in there and run the place. Offering a 10% pay rise and a £50 bonus if the bar staff went back to work immediately, Linda quickly made her mark and impressed the boys in charge. She's well above her station as landlady of the Rovers and looks out of place behind the bar, fag in hand, but hey, that's Linda for you. It looks like it might just work although Betty, having seem them come and go, come back and go again, isn't convinced. Toyah tells Linda she'd prefer someone living with her in the Rovers, it's too spooky at night there all on her own. Linda says she knows just the person. "Is it a bloke?," asks Toyah. "Is he gorgeous?". Well, it is a bloke and well, it's Duggie, so draw your own conclusions as to the gorgeous part. Toyah isn't best pleased to learn she's going to be sharing living space with her arch enemy and things get off to a bad start with an argument over muesli and the hot water rota. Later in the bar, Toyah slices her hand when she's playing with a sharp knife and a box and it's up to Duggie to get her to the health centre. Sitting in the reception area together, Duggie tells her he's sorry for the eviction of Phil Simmonds, saying "it were wrong and stupid". It's not going to happen quickly, but it looks like Toyah and Duggie might just become friends.
So, the big secret finally comes out. Susan arrives from Scotland to see Ken. The pair of them are ill at ease with each other, there's no hugs, no kisses and no warmth between them at first. And then she tells him. When Susan walked out of her marriage to Mike Baldwin 12 years ago she never had the abortion that everyone assumed she had. She has a 12 year old son, Adam. Of course, this makes Ken the grandfather of Mike Baldwin's son, but Susan is adamant that Mike must never, ever know. Ken can keep schtum but can Deirdre keep mum? Armed with the most explosive piece of gossip she's ever known, Deirdre just can't contain herself and tells all to Dev in the corner shop. Never mind that anyone could walk in at any time or that the sausages might be listening. (Walls have ears, right?). Deirdre thinks it's only right to tell Mike but Ken, quite rightly, asks her to think about who her loyalty lies with - him, or Mike. Deirdre does that face she does, and you just know she hasn't got a clue.
Rita's a bit put out when Anthony tells her he can't stay for dinner as he has to get back for Ovaltine with Amanda at 4pm. Rather than argue with him, Rita simply says she's not prepared to dance to Amanda's tune - it's probably "Jake the Peg" by Rolf Harris. I know not why. Fortunately, Anthony puts his foot down later on and turns up for a drink in the Rovers with Rita, risking the wrath of the devil daughter.
The Croppers find out that Wayne has been given another foster home. It unsettles them a bit as they would have dearly loved to have fostered him themselves. Trying not to let the foster issue fester, they talk things through with that very nice man, Mr Hartnell. Then, Wayne's dad (played by top SAFC supporter) comes in to the cafe and starts by telling Roy how much he'd have liked Wayne to have been fostered by the Croppers. He then goes on to say Wayne wants to go on a school trip but they can't afford to send him. It's too much for Roy who loses his temper, gets angry in his pinny and chases the bloke out of the cafe.
Danny's decided that he and Sally and the girls are all moving house and off he goes into town to pick up leaflets and information packs on mortgages and houses with gardens. There's one problem though, Sally's not keen. She confides in Gail who tells her she must tell Danny before he gets carried away, but it's too late. Next thing you know, Danny's painting the walls in a shade that can only be described as "pee green" and much to his displeasure, Kevin turns up to pass judgement on the move and the paintwork, both of which he, and Sally, think are mistakes.
Liz legged it to Leicester this week, another exit in another taxi, and up went the 'For Rent' sign at No. 11. And before you can say "Sue Cleaver's fab", Eileen and her two boys, Todd and Jason, move in, much to the delight of Dennis. However, Eileen's sons aren't too happy to be having yet another bloke hanging around their mum and tell Dennis as much. He ends up thinking he's just one in a string of Eileen's men but she tells him she wants more from their relationship. And so does he... but Todd and Jason might think a bit differently, we'll see.
Tyrone and Maria have a romantic meal at the Duckworths and then, at the end of the night, Maria leads Tyrone upstairs, dot, dot, dot
dot, dot, dot and then the next day, Tyrone's like the cat who got the cream, like a dog with two tails, like a Budgie with extra Trill. He's so happy about the way things went, he's keen to tell Dennis and Kevin at work. "The first time were great, the second time were great, the third time were great, then the fourth were great, and then the fifth were great.... " However, Maria's not too happy that Tyrone's been telling tales behind her back, especially now that he's priding himself on the fact he's getting better at his new game: "I can do it in two minutes now!"
Curly and Emma return from their New York honeymoon. As Curly holds Emma in his arms to carry her over the threshold, she goes and snaps the front door key in the lock. Not a good start, and off they go chez Peacock for tea and a sit until Steve MacDonald sorts out the lock problem. Maxine and Ashley are still off booze and in bed as much as possible, trying for a Peacockling, without any success so far. Which is probably just as well. Would you want Maxine for a mother? And finally this week, Vikram and Karen, two people with no personality and no storyline, got together.
And that's just about that for this week.
Hello and welcome to this week's Corrie update. Sorry it's a bit late and all, but I'm miles away from home and have been, um, distracted by the delights of the museums of London. I don't know, you live in the north-east, wait 36 years for a decent museum, then stay in London for a bit and six come along at once. <insert subliminal advertisement> Oh yes, PS, I need a job - I graduate at the end of May this year - hire me</end> And I'm off to see 'Art' tomorrow night, which currently stars ex-Corrie blokes Jim MacDonald and Vinny whatshisname, so I am, aye. Anyway, catch yerself on without any further ado, with the assistance of lemonade and Radio 2, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.
Ken and Deirdre have gone down to London after Tracylove rings up and invites them there for a few days. (Funny, I haven't seen them - and I've been looking). I mention this because it will have important repercussions for next week's update but for now, let's just say, they've left Blanche at home and have told her nothing about Susan's secret and Ken's recently discovered grandson. Tune in next week for more of that little storyline then - which will coincide with the fact that Linda and Geena have gone and arranged a dinner party at the Baldwin's for a cosy foursome with their fellas. So, there'll be Dev with his knowledge and his morals (or you could say ethics, in fact, you could rename him Dev-id Ethics; but only if you were a bit sad, like me) and Mike with his secret son. Add Blanche into the equation and you just know it's all going to go pear shaped* / balls up* (*delete whichever one upsets you the most).
Eileen throws a housewarming party and invites teacher Charlie who lives across the road, you know, that nice Doctor Ramsden's wife. Charlie and Eileen haven't been getting on too well and Charlie summed Eileen up as: "She'll be all meat and potato pie, that woman" whereas Eileen returned later with: "Condescending little cow". However, after a few tequilas too many (although in my case, one Mexican tequila that sent hallucinations from hell is too many - have you ever seen walls bleed?), Charlie is strutting her stuff in Eileen's living room at the party, causing much mirth for Eileen's sons. As they're also Charlie's pupils, Dennis advises Todd and Jason not to mention it at school. Eileen's settling into No. 11 but her sons aren't really settling down to playing happy families, making life miserable for Dennis. So, when Eileen asks Dennis to move in there with her, he has to say he can't, not yet, however much he'd like to have said yes. Actually, what he really said was, and I quote: "Moving in with you is a long way down the road". But... it's only a few short steps, surely?
When Maria comes out in a rash all over her body, Tyrone is concerned and rushes her to the new health centre. When Sam in the garage comes out in a rash all over his arms, Tyrone is convinced that he and Maria are having an affair behind his back. And so, as you do when you're 17, they call off the engagement after accusing each other of things they aren't guilty of and generally stropping about with each other instead of sitting down and talking things through properly. (Although you can also be in your late 30's to manage the last bit quite well, not that I would know anyone who does that sort of thing, oh no). Now, we know Sam is a bit dim but he finally manages to put 2+2 together and gets 7.4, which in the Grou dialect of the Plox accent is, in fact, prounced "Greaso". Oh yes. It's an industrial strength hand cleaner they use in the garage and instead of buying the real, expensive thing, Sam succumbed to buying some cheap stuff from his uncle Pat. He's allergic to it and now it seems, is Maria. Will Sam scrub up and come clean about this mucky business or will he wash his hands of the whole affair? <go on, gis a job, I write well and make smashing tea>.
Les passes the Knowledge. And, for the millions of people who will email me to ask what the Knowledge is, the answer, my friend is a test that taxi drivers have to take to prove they can get you from A to B via P, round Z and through the S, T and U three times when you could have walked and saved yourself a fiver. So, Steve and Vik now have to eat their words, which would have been okay had they said: "pie" or "Tunnocks caramel wafer" but as they'd promised Les a job driving for Streetcars, they have to take him on the staff. On his first job, there's a blonde in a fur coat (with a cold bottom, no doubt) who Vik demands he take to Prestwich airport, a quick little job. But no, Vik had got it wrong, it's not Prestwich, it's Prestwick in Scotland, that she wanted taking to and so he's away overnight and for ages. Janice is certain Les is cheating on her and Steve and Vik are certain he's done a runner with the cab, so when he comes back with a wadge of cash and a believable story, no one wants to know. The stories they'd made up for themselves had been a lot better.
Over at the Rovers, Mike is keen to welcome kids into the pub as happy kids are hungry kids who eat hotpot and drink fizzy orange while their parents have a drink or two to cope with the ordeal of taking their kids out to eat in public. It seems to be going well although Gail isn't best pleased that Martin has David in there against her wishes to wish Martin replied: "If you had your way, you'd have him at home, knitting!". (Why the fuss? It didn't do my brother any harm). Gail and Martin go to parent's evening at Sarah Lou's school together, only to be told that she isn't doing very well in her studies. Since she's had Bethany, her grades have fallen and she's behind on her homework. What to do, what to do.. but for them both to go to the Rovers and drink and moan?
Sally's been called away to her sister's in Newcastle (since when has she had a sister in Newcastle? I've never seen her, and I've been looking). Anyway, this means Danny is left at home in superman mode, looking after the girls, running the hardware shop and, yes, and, decorating the house to get it into a state ready to sell, against Sally's wishes. But has she told him she doesn't want to move? Has she actually said: "Oi, Danny, NO?". I don't think so. When Sally calls from her sister's, she's surprised and angry that Danny hasn't turned the girls over to Kevin and that he hasn't even told Kevin that Sally has gone away. Oh dear, perhaps you should move away Sally, physically and emotionally.
Maxine and Ashley have been maximising Mrs Peacock's window of fertility, or whatever she wants to call it, at every available opportunity. Fred thinks it's rather sweet that they're trying so hard to extend the family line, until he finds the butcher shop closed when it should have been open - and in the middle of the afternoon too! Audrey isn't happy either, what with Maxine dashing off for nookie between perm solutions and blue rinsing at the salon.
And finally this week, Anthony and Rita go out for dinner. When they return in a taxi to the street, they find devil daughter Amanda there whinging on about how she's lost her house keys and can't get in the house. Anthony gives his keys to her and then she sulks that she has to go home alone without her dad as he makes it clear he's spending the night with Rita. Amanda turns to leave, but not before putting a spell on Rita and cursing her hair to turn mauve. Not really, but sort of.
And that's just about that for this week. And don't forget the power of subliminal advertising - <email me now I need a job offer finish Uni end of May please thank you>
After a few problems getting it out last week, I'm hoping this update will find its target in cyberspace a little easier. It's all my fault for spending time in London, it really is. What with the pea soupers and the streets paved with gold, I just don,t know where I'm at. I'm walking along the street and there's pearly queens to the right and Jenny Agutter to the left and what with spying Maureen Lipman on the tube and bumping into Victoria Wood as she does her shopping, well it's all go. Best of all, dear readers, is that I appear to share the same supermarket as our favourite (present) Corrie character, that sexlicious shopkeeper, delicious Dev. But I don,t know about this London place. Being a northerner, by 'eck, we've 'ad it 'ard in 'istory, but we could still teach this London lot a thing or two. Like being nice to shopkeepers, saying good morning to strangers and giving a thankyou to the tube driver. Anyway, without any further ado, and with the help of a pint of Landlord with Kenicki on the stereo, here we go with this week's Coronation Street update.
Remember everyone coming out in spots last week after Sam had bought cheap hand soap? Well, it's Dennis who figures it out but Sam doesn't own up to the fact that he bought the stuff cheap from his uncle Pat, leaving Tyrone to assume the stuff was bought from Danny's shop. He lets Danny know he's not best pleased that his hand soap almost caused him and Maria to break off the engagement and dumps the Greaso in the middle of Danny's pie and chips in the cafe. And things get worse for Danny this week when Sally returns from her sister's place up north. She's not too happy that Danny and Kevin are arguing over the kids and tells Kevin he has to trust her judgement, as the girls mother, that she wanted to leave the kids with Danny. Kevin, as the girls father, tells her what he thinks of her judgement.
Over at the Baldwins, there's a dinner party in full swing as Linda and Mike entertain Geena and Dev (with the help of Delphines outside catering). As the two women go off to Linda's bedroom to look at frocks and bitch about men, Dev comes clean with Mike and tells him what Deirdre told him not to tell him. Mike's stunned, as you'd expect and after getting Susan's address from an unsuspecting Blanche, he's straight off to Scotland. He tells Linda he's off to a trade show in Glasgow and Linda (wearing a bra under her dressing gown that not only lifts and separates but puts her boobs on different sides of the Pennines) believes him. So, Mike arrives in Glasgow at a house so posh the address of which can only be No. 1, The Castle, Scotland, demanding to see Adam but Susan's having none of it. She immediately calls Peter, asking to know who told Mike after everyone promised they'd keep schtum. Finally, Susan agrees to see Mike and explains why she told him she'd had an abortion all those years ago: "I don't think I ever wanted to get rid of that baby. I wanted to get rid of you". Mike's in turmoil, emotional and weak; the pair of them talk things over and Susan agrees that Mike can see Adam. She'll call him next week and bring him to Weatherfield. Meanwhile, back at the Barlows, Peter and Ken wonder how Mike could have found out about Adam - and of course Deirdre has no option but to own up to the truth. She confronts Dev, who admits everything and Deirdre has to go home to face a harsh, but deserved, ticking off from Ken.
Roy and Hayley have a meeting with the foster people at the council and are over the moon to find out they've been approved as suitable foster parents. Hayley wants to get stuck in to decorating the spare room while Roy is more cautious and admits he feels somewhat scared: "I'm just not used to being accepted". After a few sage words from Rita about the perils and joys of taking other people's kids into their lives, their homes and their hearts, they celebrate with a couple of orange juices in the Rovers.
Also in the Rovers this week, it looks like this idea of letting children in there with their parents has started to cause some problems. Kids are running around, throwing crisps at each other and constantly replaying the same record on the jukebox (which I,ve been told is called 'Who let the Dogs Out?' but as any SAFC fan worth their salt will know, the words are actually "Who let the toon doon? Shear-er! Shear-er!"). Anyway, Duggie starts to wonder if kids in the pub are a good idea after David loosens the lid on the salt cellar so that it pours all over Kevin's pie and chips at dinner time. And it gets too much for Betty to bear when David heads for the bar with his pal and Martin in tow and demands at the bar "Two colas over here when you're ready Betty love, and whatever he's having". Annie Walker wouldn't have stood for it, that's for sure.
Jack and Vera are back from their cruise this week, to their own little house, Vera's new kitchen and a decent cup of tea. What they don't know is that while they were away, Tyrone and Maria had Toyah and Sam around for dinner and a plastic bowl melted all over Vera's new oven. Fortunately, it's all sorted out - just - by the time Jack and Vera arrive back in the house. Sadly, it looks like the Corrie writers have nothing better to do with Toyah these days than to possibly pair her up with slimeball Sam. Stop it now, I won't have it, she deserves much, much better.
And that is just about that for this week.
