Proof,
if proof was needed, that Gail's turning into Ivy Tilsley was seen
on the Street this week when she confronts Natasha over not being
pregnant. Natasha begs
Gail to let her be the one who break the news to Nick and on this
Gail agrees, to a point. She calls at their flat later and barks in
the intercom: "Has she
told yer yet?"then storms upstairs and turns Nick's life upside down
by revealing that there's no baby. Cue tears on the sofa as Nick
packs Natasha's bags and tells her to shift. Hoping she'll get some
sympathy from Audrey, she hot-foots to the Platts where she's
stalled by a wonderful line from David as even he sticks up for
Nick. "Blood's thicker than Barbicide,"he says, backed up by both
Audrey and Gail. Mind you, isn't Barbicide when a small blonde doll
commits suicide? To add insult to injury, Audrey sacks Natasha from
the salon and Gail just loves it that Nick's going to come running
back home to his mum. Well, he doesn't, not
yet, not when he finds out that he's got a Barbicide of his own on
his hands when Natasha tries to do away with herself with a little
help from vodka and pills.
Now, oh now, Audrey feels a twinge of guilt. "I sacked
her,"she muses. "We all sacked her,"replies David, glaring at Gail.
"But one of us enjoyed it."
Nick rushes to th'ospital where Natasha comes round and he
gives her a kiss and cuddle but Natasha's head is a mess and a muddle that's
going to need anti-depressants and counselling to help. With nowhere
to go, Audrey offers Natasha a place to stay and when Nick finds
out, he pops round with some roses and a half-hearted invitation for
Natasha to move back in.
At first Natasha's excited with the news, but Audrey warns
her not to get her hopes up but she piles on the make-up, flicks-up
her hair and cabs it back to the cobbles where she gives everyone
what for and what great scenes these were.
First,
it's David in the salon who she knocks down to size with a couple of
bite-size biting bitchy remarks. Then it's to Leanne in the bookies
before hitting Underworld where she humiliates Nick in front of
everyone by revealing the nicknames he uses at home for his
workforce. Sean is
incensed to know that Nick calls him "limp wrists", Janice is "the
grunting garden gnome", Julie's "Jackie O". "But she was a style
icon!"Julie points out before Natasha remembers, "I mean Jackie
No" Nick's nickname for
Carla's "Mount Everest" ? frosty and too big to
mount. With that,
Natasha heads to the medical centre where she gives Gail grief in
front of the medical centre's patients and Betty who sits
open-mouthed, taking it all in. Doctor Matt comes out of his
office to find out what the commotion's all about and when he
discovers Gail's breached patient confidentiality he sacks her on
the spot. "You can't do
that!"yells Gail. Oh but he can, and he does, and if he so wanted,
he could prosecute her through the courts. With everyone told what
she really thinks, Natasha turns on her heel, jumps into a cab and
takes her leave of Nick and the Street. I'm so pleased they didn't
kill her off and hope she'll be back, she was
great.
Elsewhere,
Eileen Grimshaw has never been a dogsbody, never, so why she's
degrading herself working for Owen Armstrong who treats her like
dirt, is beyond me. I don't understand it. Eileen would've and
should've told Owen where to stick his petty cash box by now. But
no, she's gritting her teeth and as Owen turns nasty, Eileen gets
her revenge, one cheque at a time when she's left in charge of
Owen's accounts. The first thing she does is write a cheque out to
Jason for wages owed by Owen. When Owen finds out there's going to be trouble
with a capital Oh ?Eck.
Over
at the Websters, Sally and Kevin breathe a sigh of relief when
Sophie returns. Sophie rings Rosie who collars Jason Grimshaw to
drive Kevin's car to pick up Sophie and Sian. There's hugs and kisses all
round and Sally wants to know what's going on between Rosie and builder-boy Jase.
Rosie rolls her eyes to suggest nothing's going on. "He's so
thick!"she opines, rolling her eyes again once she's sensed the
possibilities of their IQ love match. Mind you, while Sophie's
folks are happy to see their daughter again, Sian's dad is less
pleased that his daughter's in love with a girl: "You grubby
cows!"and spits out and storms back to Southport sans Sian. When he
returns he's got Sian's mum in tow but it makes no difference, poor
Sian's parents are dreadful and walk out after shouting at Sally and
Kev. There were some
brilliant lines from writer Jonathan Harvey in these scenes with
Sally offering Sian's parents a seat on the sofa: "I've made some
coffee. Would you like to sit soft?"Then there was Sally pointing
out to Sian's mum that Rosie went to a private school. "Which
one?"she asked, peering behind the cleavage and legs. "Saint
Trinians?" And Sally
pointing out that there's no law against lesbianism, "I know because
I've googled it."
Over
in the Kabin, Rita has a few tears when she finds out that her
credit card's been cloned and used by someone she doesn't know.
"They've bought a telly and a barbeque and? " she pauses "?something from an adult
shop!" Norris finds out
his bank account's been hacked too and puts the blame on Tina and
Graeme, forgetting his laptop has been out of action and in for
repair.
In
other news this week, Ryan started college at WIPA (Weatherfield
Institute for Performing Arts) and Ciaran contemplates a job offer
elsewhere.
And
finally this week, Jack moves back in with Tyrone, Molly and the new
baby. He tells Tyrone over a pint in the Rovers that that's nowt
wrong between him and Connie, he's just missing Tyrone and new baby
Jack, but there was something in the way he told Tyrone that he
wanted to spend as much time as possible with them all, that
suggests there's more to Jack's move than he's letting on. He puts a
brave face on and asks Tyrone for a gossip catch up (he should
really read this blog!). Tyrone leans in conspiratorially and
whispers: "You know that Sophie Webster? She's Lebanese!"
And
that's just about that for this week.