Blink and you’d
have missed them. Last week they
turned up and this week they left. Andy and Jim
McDonald took a taxi to the airport after kissing
Elizabeth goodbye on the
cobbles and then they legged it. But much was said during
their mini-return. We had Jim’s
catchphrases out in force, the “so it is” and “catch yerself on” and lo and
behold, even an “Ulster Fry”. Come back soon, Jim McDonald, you’re
sorely missed by
Corrie fans in our
big house, so you are.
And those left
behind as Andy and Jim left were Mr and
Mrs Becky and Steve McDonald, newly
married publicans of the parish along with the woman who we must
never forget has her name above the door. Elizabeth McDonald is back
to her bitching self, daggers drawn to get her nails into Becky
for no other
reason than she’s got her hooks into her son and
therefore will always
be the other woman in Liz’s life. After Liz
dumps Lloyd, Betty finds her crying in the back room of the Rovers
and Liz comes clean about the truth about her
tears. “It’s the
menopause, Betty,” Liz sobs into her
hanky. Betty pulls
that face that she does, tells Liz to buy a cardi, wear layers and not to
worry about facial
hair because sooner rather than later it’ll come through grey and
no-one’ll
notice. This was a
brilliant scene, it was just right with Betty neither too gushing and friendly (which Betty
never is) nor too acid-tongued (which she can be), all set to the
Joe Jackson track, “Different for Girls”.
Meanwhile,
Steve and Becky do their best to find Slug after they see a
solicitor to
report DC Hooch
for planting drugs
in the Rovers. Photocopied
photos of Slug are sent around all the
Manchester cabbies and
he’s spotted in the Flying Horse but by the
time Steve gets there, Slug’s slithered
off. Married life
gets off to a crime-ridden start for the McDonalds
with a jail term hanging over Becky head and a lifetime of gurns to come from
Steve.
Graeme’s the
advice guru this week, warning Ashley that Claire’s on the warpath
putting on the warpaint, waiting
for Ashley to
bring her some fresh sausage home. Trouble is, Ashley still
hasn’t told Claire that he hasn’t had the snip and so he arranges
with Graeme to sabotage Claire’s saucy session by bursting
in on her with a plant pot and Graeme Proctor, Garden Doctor in tow.
The camera panned upwards from Claire’s stockings and suspenders and
I have to admit, my blokey got quite aroused by this
scene. Well, he put
his Guardian crossword down, which
is always a good sign. But when the
camera panned up to reveal it was Claire, he tutted loudly and went back to his
paper. I’m a little
worried he was
hoping for
Blanche.
Amber’s off to
that London after
celebrating getting into Kings
College to study at
Uni. Graeme warns
Darryl that once she’s gone to that London, the bright lights and
big city will turn her head and she’ll never look
back. I should
know, it’s done the same to
me.
Over the road,
Sally and Kev set off in Rosie’s posh car to look at posh homes in
Cheshire. Kev wants to
move as far away as possible to get rid of Molly but she’s hanging
around him like a bad smell and is slowly drawing Kevin back to her
with her ‘come-hither and get your meat pie’
eyes.
David Platt’s
beaten up this week, he’s bloodied and bruised and blames Joe and
then Jason.
Poor Jason gets
arrested and taken to the cop shop which prompts a disappointing
bout of slapping between Eileen and Gail on the
cobbles. I was rather
hoping for some
hair-pulling and more name-calling
between the two old foes. Just when
David’s sure it was Jason who beat him, he bumps into Gary Windass and although
Gary’s just got out
of the big house that very morning, he lets
David know that he has friends on the outside that he made on the
inside and who’re on his side, if David gets his
meaning. David gets his
meaning and finally puts two and two together to add up to four
bruised ribs.
Over at the
Barlow’s, Deirdre’s made redundant from her job at the council and
worries about her
future. She takes to
the Rovers where she’s given a glass of red on the house from Betty,
who takes up knitting behind the bar this week and
works at it even
less successfully than she does serving up
booze.
Next door at
Emily’s, she and Ramsay go out to lay
flowers on Ernest’s grave. Rita persuades Ramsay to stay around on
the Street rather than head back to
Australia and he views a
flat in Victoria
Court.
Norris thinks his
brother’s soon leaving for Oz and no
one’s got the heart to tell him just yet that he’s
not.
Finally this
week, Jesse moves in with Eileen and brings his pet parrot,
John. While Jesse
and Eileen get along fine, John’s got other
plans and takes against Eileen with an attack
stance. “Ooh, it’s
like having Gail Platt in a cage in the
corner of the
room,” Eileen moans to Sean on the sofa.
And that’s just
about that for this
week.
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Street writers this week were Daran Little, John Kerr, Jayne Hollinson and Simon
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