Mid-life is
probably the best time to have a crisis because then no-one's surprised if you take up with a young
girl and drive a fast car. Well, unless
you're a woman, then that might raise an eyebrow, well, it would
round our way. Anyway, Kev Webster's checked his calendar and the time
is right to have his mid-life crisis, just about, oh,
now. But if he's
not careful, he could do himself an
injury. After years of
drinking pints, eating pies and an annual birthday bonk from Sally,
he's now running around after Molly in a
sweat. It's just not
right and I don't like this one bit but Molly's attraction to Kevin
is fuelled by Tyrone who's down in the dumps over Jack taking up
with Connie. In a wonderful
scene this week, Connie was at Jack's house doing her knitting and
Jack held out his hands as she wound the yarn around
them. It was such a
touching scene and for this fan,
brought a lump to the throat. Anyway, Sally doesn't yet
know that Kev's splashing on the Old Spice
she bought him for Christmas 1987
is for Molly to sniff
at, not her. She's too busy
congratulating Rosie on becoming something big in ladies' knickers
when Rosie decides to invest in the factory after a night
of lust with Luke Strong.
In the Rovers,
Steve has a word with Hayley
and tells her he's not happy that Slug's back in Becky's
life. Neither is
Hayley when she finds out and sits Becky down
for a talking-to about Slug. “He's trouble
with a capital T,” (Tslug?) warns Hayley,
which for Becky is part
of Slug's charm. Hayley's never been the same
since Slug nicked Roy's
Woody.
Hayley is also
confidante to Fiz this week who tells her that she's now engaged to
John
Stape. I was waiting
for Hayley to
reprise the “Trouble with a capital T” about
John Stape to Fiz,
but I think even Hayley's given up on this
one.
The Windass clan have their
day in court. Three Windasses set off and only two return as
Gary gets sent down
to the big house (I know all the terminology, me)
for breaking into
Audrey's
house. David's
overjoyed at the news Gary's in jail but
the people he's hoping most to impress – Tina and Graeme – think
David's just sick. And as we all
know, he is. When David
finds out that Tina's taken to wearing her push-up bra to attract
Jason Dimshaw, he's not going to best
pleased, no.
Meanwhile, Ma
Grimshaw showed the slightest hint of a smile this week when Jesse
bought her a drink in the Rovers and told her that he was
divorced. Are we sure,
Eileen? That's what the last fella told you too and
look what happened there.
When Tony
Gordon starts a
sentence with the words “I could
murder…” you should probably worry. But when he
finishes it off with “…a curry…” then takeaway Tony was only trying
to help induce Maria's labour. She's 16
months pregnant and that baby needs to come out of there soon
before it takes up
residency and starts paying council tax.
And finally, it
was Steve McDonald's 35th birthday this
week. One of his
gifts which he sported with glee
was a woollen tank-top, the likes of which
were last seen circa 1975 as worn by Jimmy
Tarbuck.
And that's just
about that for this
week.
Coronation Street
writers this week were Jonathan Harvey and Simon
Crowther.
Glenda