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OCTOBER 13
It's murder week, this week on Corrie, which you'd think
would excite a long-term die-hard fan but it hasn't. And this
long-term, die-hard fan lives with another of said same who's not
excited about it either. Over a pot of tea and a packet of custard
creams, we pondered the reasons why. My main beef about it is that
it focuses on a character too minor to invest care – Tony Gordon –
and if he really hates the fact that Liam and Carla are having a
shifty shag then why not pack his bags along with his dignity and
leave them both to it instead of killing Liam off? Sorry to rant but
it's my update and I can rant if I want to. The same thing happened
when Tracy Barlow killed Charlie. She couldn't muster enough
self-esteem to leave the beer-swilling builder so she killed him
off. This story got Corrie huge ratings and no doubt murder week
with Tony bumping off Liam will do just the same. But that doesn't
mean that this fan has to like it.
And so it's with that
turn of mind that I bring you the news from the Tony triangle. He's
all het up because he knows what Carla and Liam are up to and he's
not wrong, that man, he's not wrong. Liam sees Carla in her wedding
frock as she tries it on in the flat and then he tries it on with
her. He tells her she's lovely and Carla's torn over Tony and
lusting for Liam. At Tony's stag night, all of Tony's mates (aka the
fellas on the Street) turn up in tartan with a creepy Tony Gordon
face mask for breakfast in Roy's Rolls. Becky does the honours and
paints each of their faces with a flag of the world. “Come on lads,
let's go paintballing!” yells Tony to the clan although I wasn't
really sure if Becky was up to that task and anyway, she'd ran out
of green.
With the lads paintballing, and Carla hen-nighting
with all her mates (aka the girls on the Street), Liam starts
texting his love to her like this. I luv u. What could be more
romantic? I said, wot cud b mor romntick? Carla's in tears in the
ladies loos and blurts out the truth about Liam to Leanne who could
be the only woman on the Street ever to have the number of a male
stripper in her phone. Mind you, I have the number in my phone of
someone who has the number of a male stripped in his phone, but I
don't think that's quite the same thing. Leanne tells Carla to go
after Liam, lay her heart on the line and tell him she wants him as
much as he wants her. Or maybe she could just text him. I luv u
2.
Away from murder week, it's mild irritation week in the
Kabin when Rita takes on Tina to serve the good members of the
Weatherfield parish with their fags and mags. Norris isn't best
pleased as well you can imagine, but Rita sees summat in Tina that
she recognises in herself when she were but a lass, a bit of fight
and spice.
Over the cobbles, Janice gets arrested for
laundering the lottery win and Roger leaves in disgust in his little
plumber's van. Rosie still hasn't turned up and Kev's upset when he
receives a postcard with newspaper cut out words on it saying
“Sophie's next”. Meanwhile, John Stape and Fiz continue to grow
close although John keeps mysteriously disappearing to his gran's
house to, ahem, feed the cat. Methinks it's not the cat he's
feeding, it's Rosie he's got there held captive in the country. But
I could be wrong, you never know, I sometimes am.
Becky also
got arrested this week for causing criminal damage to the travel
agent shop last week when she went on her rampage. She lies to the
cops and says she was with Steve McDonald, her lover, on the night
in question. And then she tells Steve if he doesn't back up her
alibi (always painful) then she'll tell Michelle about their night
of passion a while back. Steve doesn't know which way to turn and so
pulls a mean gurn.
Nina's daughter Tara turns up at Dev's
flat and he declares himself a feminist after making enquiries about
her bra. Well, you know, he was only making polite conversation. But
then Nina arrives and tells Dev in no uncertain terms that she won't
have him pandering to the whims of her daughter. She's jealous and
wants him all of herself but as Dev points out to Nina, he's a
single man. “Ergo, I'm free to ogle,” he says.
There was shed
snogging this week as Amber and Darryl got to grips in the wooden
hut and I just hope they watch out for spelks.
And in the
factory, the Corrie props department are having a hard time trying
to cover the real-life pregnancy bumps of Carla and Wiki. Baby bumps
are being hid behind the usual kind of inanimate objects – sewing
machines, clipboards and feckless men.
And that's just about
that for this week.
Coronation Street writers this week were
new writer David Bowker, Jonathan Harvey, Mark Burt and Damon
Rochefort.
Glenda
Blogging away merrily at http://flamingnora.blogspot.com
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