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2009 - MAY
4
Coming up for air through smoke left by the
bombshell dropped last week are Julie and Eileen who reel at the
news they're now sisters. Not only that, they have a pervert for a
dad. And in the Kabin, Rita wishes she'd worn waterproof mascara as
tears fall over the shock of finding out she was in love with a
kiddy-fiddler. Rita's in bits, but when Colin comes into the Kabin
with a bunch of cheap flowers and a patronising line: “I might be
your last chance…” she gives him back his engagement ring and then
goes upstairs for another Rita-size cry into man-size tissues.
Deirdre pops in to comfort Eileen and encourages her to get
out and face the gossip. “I can't,” says Eileen, in a wonderful
line. “I'll be deafened by the whispers.” And Julie snuggles up to
Kirk on the sofa, trying to make sense of what's going on. “We're
stuck with each other, me and the truth,” she says. I loved all this
dialogue from writer Chris Fewtrell, it was classic Corrie stuff to
the end. With Eileen out of sorts and at home away from work,
Steve and Lloyd agree to get Fat Brenda in to work on the switch.
And Colin? He has a stroke brought on by stress and ends up in
th'ospital where Julie's the only one who's visited him so
far.
When Norris finds out what's gone on with Rita, he gets
all self-righteous about knowing Colin was a bad ‘un right from the
start but then comforts Rita when he sees what a state she's in.
Meanwhile, Mary's urging Norris to start packing for their trip of a
lifetime but Norris has more on his mind than the Ferker Pass. He's
worrying about leaving the magazine order in chaos: “It was bad
enough Kirk getting Roy's ‘History Today',” he says, “We don't want
Roy with Kirk's ‘Nuts' on his doormat.” Indeed, we do not.
Meanwhile at the Barlows', Blanche provides a running
commentary on all the gossip on the Street. Deirdre tells her mum to
pipe down but Blanche retorts wonderfully: “I'm old, I'm fragile, I
have a dodgy hip and I have to take me pleasures where I can.”
If she only knew what her son-in-law was up to, her pleasure cup
would runneth over with gossip of the highest degree. Ken only goes
and sees Martha again and this time, they set the barge rocking. As
they head to the bedroom, Eccles doesn't know which way to look.
After their spot of rumpy-pumpy, Martha's all shimmery in a satin
negligee and Ken's post-coital glow is enough to light up Rosamund
Street but his smile soon fades after Martha reveals she's
sailing away in the morn. Ken has a lot to think about. Does he
shimmy away with Martha or stay put with Deirdre? He knows what he'd
like to do and feels hemmed in by the constraints of the cobbles.
Has he got the guts to go? He thinks he has and packs his little bag
with his jim-jams. He puts in his notice at the caff and cancels his
Guardian at the Kabin. He eats his last hot-pot in the Rovers and
leaves Deirdre a letter which he places by the photo of Uncle Albert
on the sideboard. Ashamed of what Uncle Albert would say, he turns
the photo face down. And that's when Peter comes in and discovers
his dad ready to ditch Deirdre and leave. Peter's words fall on deaf
ears and with a Newton & Ridley beer mat in his pocket as a
keepsake, Ken heads to the canal. He boards the boat and sips soup
with Martha. And when she casts off, she calls out to Ken that
there's champagne in the bedroom to celebrate him casting off from
the cobbles. But there's no reply to Martha's call and that's
because Ken's not on the boat. He's standing on the bridge over
troubled waters as Martha sails away. And hasn't Stephanie Beacham
been wonderful?
Over in the Rovers, Becky and Amy bond over a
boy who's bullying Amy at school. Becky gives the kid the evil eye
after school which is enough to scare anyone off and seems to do the
trick. Steve's glad to see Becky bonding with Amy but surprised to
get a postcard from Liz saying she's staying in Spain a while longer
for sun, sea, sand and etcetera. He passes the news on to Lloyd
who's not best pleased. He misses his Liz and wants her back: “Your
mother's always been very fond of the etcetera,” he sighs to Steve
in the pub.
And finally this week, Roy decides he can trust
Anna Windass enough to give her his customer number for Priceco
(it's 73542553) and along with his password (PuffingBilly). Feckless
Eddie of course takes both and spends a fortune on wholesale booze
for which Roy will be charged and Anna will be
blamed.
Coronation Street writers this week were the
powerhouse that is Julie Jones, Chris Fewtrell and Simon
Crowther.
Glenda
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