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2010 - March
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This update starts with a slow zoom in on Gail
McIntyre sitting alone and scared in a police cell after being
arrested for the murder of her husband. Meanwhile her family is
arguing over the breakfast table about showing a united, supportive
front at the hearing later in the day. How long has Audrey been the
matriarch of this family? You'd thought she would have realised by
now what would happen. Gail gets remanded on bail, a trial date is
set and all hell breaks loose in the public gallery between David
and Tina.
With Gail banged up it falls on Nick to move in to
no. 8 to look after his wayward brother. A recipe for disaster if
ever there was one. Gail isn't adapting well to life inside,
spending most of her time in her cell. When she eventually braves
the world outside in Cell Block H, she creeps around like a
frightened mouse, poor woman. She cheers up briefly when David and
Audrey visit her (Nick's 'too busy at the factory') but things
quickly turn sour when her mother asks her if there's anything that
she hasn't told her. Gail flies off the handle: 'You think I killed
him!', she says and Audrey is sent packing, leaving David as her
only friend in the world. Can things get much worse than that? The
only glimmer of hope in her dark existence at the moment is an
upcoming bail appeal.
Molly has decided to leave the street
and go and stay with her dad, Diggory. Hooray! She's round at no. 9
packing her bags when Jackie Dobbs appears, fella in tow, who starts
accusing Molly of stealing stuff and goes to get Tyrone. 'Who's
he?' Tyrone asks his mam. 'He's Martin, my fella', Jackie
repiles. 'It's Geoff, actually', says Geoff Actually. So
Tyrone kicks his mother out and gets down to looking after his
estranged wife. He provides a hot bath, food and a shoulder to cry
on for a very tired and run down Molly. I almost felt sorry for her.
They're back together again, though it's clear her heart's not in
it, it's just easier this way but she even tells Tyrone about the
baby. Obviously he thinks it's his and is overjoyed but she doesn't
want everyone knowing and they agree to keep it quiet. Pretty soon,
it's this week's worst kept secret in Weatherfield as Kevin, Bill
and Pam all find out.
Before the ink is dry on the contract,
in fact before Tony Gordon has even signed it, Nick is weedling his
way into Underworld. Carla soon works out how Nick managed to find
out so much about her empire and tells Nick that his first job is to
sack Kelly. I can see there being some mileage in this working
relationship. How long will it be before Carla has Nick cleaning out
the bogs? And now I'll let Glenda take over:
"After being
betrayed and sacked by Nick, the one fella she thought she could
finally trust, she stormed into the Rovers and gave her workmates
what-for. "I'm finished with this job and I'm finished with
Weatherfield," and with that she was gone, storming off down
the cobbles with Janice in tow. Janice tried to hand over a placky
bag of cash that the girls had raised as a whip round but both of
them knew there wasn't much more than 56p inside. Kelly didn't have
many friends, she'd never been a girl's girl, always on the prowl
for other women's men.
And so, as Kelly departed Weatherfield
and the constraints of the cobbles, Janice was in tears watching her
old mate go. Kelly was in tears too but that didn't stop her
striding down the Street in her trademark mini-skirt with one of the
best lines in decades. "I'm Kelly Crabtree!" she yelled to the
Salford sky. "The one with the legs!" and then she turned the corner
and waited for the Weatherfield Wayfarer to whisk her away from it
all."
Mary seems to be showing increasing signs of madness in
her attempts to win over Norris. Going back what originally brought
them together she digs out a competition to win a holiday in Bronte
country. He can be Heathcliffe and she can be Kathy. Today is the
last day for entries and she's sure that together they could win
it. So after downing a gin and applejuice in one, she drags Norris
from the Rovers for a heavy comping session in Emily's front
parlour. They win but Norris tries to get out of by asking who will
run the shop. Seeing an opportunity to drop him right in it, Rita
voluteers. But what has she let Norris in for?
And in other
news, the sale of no. 12 has fallen through so Jason and Tina move
out of Eileen's and back into the flat. Jesse's back from holiday
with his parents and is desperate to get back with Eileen. She looks
like her heart wants to but her head is telling her no. John has
started his job teaching romantic poetry at the adult education
centre. And poor Janice is heading for a fall. After a chance
comment by the object of her affections, Trevor the binman, she
turns down hot-cross buns, drinks at the Rovers and goes on a diet.
And that's all for this week, see you next
time.
Written by Barry Smith
Coronation Street writers this week were Damon Rochefort,
Mark Burt, Jan McVerry, David Lane and Peter
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