Feb 7, 2011
Thanks to Barry for
writing last week's update.
They really should get
better soundproofing in the ladies loo at the Rovers Return.
Tracy's in there locked away
behind the door just long enough to overhear Carla lay into Leanne about
necking with Nick.
Tracy tells Leanne she's not
going to keep this secret, it's good gossip, and she spills the beans to Ken
and Deirdre only to be put out that they already know and don't care. Armed and dangerous with her gossip,
there's only one place left to go and it's just a matter of time before she
tells Peter.
There's all kinds of weird going on at the Websters this week.
First off, Rosie borrows baby Jack to take to a fashion shoot but ends up
bringing the wrong baby home. Kev's not best pleased, as you can imagine, but
when he asks Sally for help, she blanks him. “That baby will never, ever, have
anything to do with me,” she reminds Kevin before storming off to the Rovers
to get chatted up by a fella called Jeff. Ah, but this Jeff is really Rosie's
agent called Alfie. Why's he lying? Tune in next week to find
out.
There's trouble behind the bar of the Rovers when
Tracy starts working
there. Well, Steve and Becky have gone and taken the kids to
Spain to
see Liz, leaving Lloyd in charge of alcohol, women and Betty behind the bar.
And of course it's all set to go very wrong indeed when
Tracy starts
bickering with Tina. Notice she hasn't had the guts to start on Betty just
yet.
Meanwhile, Fiz takes her sorry self to Joy Fishwick's funeral in an
attempt to kid the solicitor that she's Joy's daughter in law, wife of Colin,
which she sort of is in a very soapy way. Chesneys not keen on her sister
commiting fraud, which you can well understand, but Fiz is at desperation's
door with her hand on the handle marked ‘push'.
And not much
more happened this week.
Glenda
Young
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Feb 14,
2011
Hello update readers, it's me back
filling in for Glenda again as she enjoys a much deserved rest for a few
days. And without further ado let's get down to business with the
happenings down in Weatherfield this week.
Armed with the knowledge that her
brother's a cuckold, Tracy decides to shock her parents with the information,
except of course they already know and aren't shocked in the slightest. Tracy
wants to stir up trouble (let's face it, it's all she ever does, she's a one
dimensional character with no redeeming features whatsoever and we don't love
to hate her as the producers like to believe, we just hate her and we want her
off our favourite TV show because she's spoiling it) by telling Peter about
Leanne and Nicky but for once Deirdre and Ken present a united front to their
daughter and reckon it's best to let sleeping dogs lie as it's all in the past
and Leanne has promised to be a good girl in future.
Meanwhile Nicky has decided to get out of
Weatherfield and go to work for his Uncle Stephen in Italy, despite the fact
that work is almost finished on The Joinery. Being incredibly stupid and
despite all evidence to the contrary, he thinks that this would be a great
chance for him and Leanne to start a new life together so he buys her a ticket
to Milan too. She makes her feelings perfectly clear, again, and dumps the
ticket in the bin where it is found by Peter. He puts two and two together and
manages to wheedle the truth out of Tracy, who confirms his suspicions and
tells him that Ken, Deirdre and Carla know all about it too. He's naturally
seething but plays things cool as he devises a plan and asks his saviour,
Nicky, to be his best man at the blessing the next day.
On the day of the blessing, Simon is
dead excited; he's made a Valentine's card for his dad to give to his new mam;
and declares that nothing would make him happier than to have a little brother
or sister. At the church Peter gets Simon to wait outside, promising he won't
miss anything special as he makes his way inside and walks unaided down the
aisle to await his wife. Leanne arrives to the sound of 'Trumpet Voluntary'
(it doesn't have to be played on a trumpet says Roy) and the vicar gets on
with the blessing. Ken and Deirdre say how much Blanche would have enjoyed the
day and I guess they're right but probably for the wrong reasons.
Peter interrupts the proceedings and
presents Leanne with a letter from his solicitor saying he wants a divorce and
then lets rip. He tells the congregation everything, decrying all those who
knew about the affair and didn't tell him and storms out of the church as well
as anyone can with dodgy legs and a crutch. Leanne tries desperately to
convince Peter that she loves him and everything could be ok but he's having
none of it, believing that she'd only married him in the hospital because she
thought he was on his death bed and if he hadn't pulled through she'd be with
Nicky now. Ken and Deirdre are left to break the news to Simon who is going to
be heartbroken, the poor little mite.
"I am more than just a tomato",
declares Rosie in a metaphor I didn't quite understand when she complained
about being dropped by her agent, Alfie, and she's even been taken off his
website. She whines to her mother about the downturn in her career but Sally
is distracted by the attentions of a new man, Jeff, who wines her and dines
her at Drumson's, which looks like it's the new Delphine's or The Clock.
Meanwhile her other daughter's been missing lectures and is down in the dumps
because Sian is going on holiday with her mam to get away from the chaos of
the Webster household.
Sophie tries to discuss things with her
mam but as usual, Rosie's problems are considered more important and appalled
that Alfie asked Rosie to do some sleezy topless work, Sally decides to go
round and give him a piece of her mind. Only it's not Alfie, it's Jeff,
they're the same person, let's just call him Jalfie from now on, and surprise
surprise, his version of events is subtly different from Rosie's. He turns up
at the factory on Valentine's Day with a big bunch of roses and manages to
sweet talk Sally, who invites him round for dinner. He works his magic with
Rosie too and she's back on the books. Sally and Jalfie's romantic dinner is
interrupted by Kevin who's picked up a couple of prospective buyers, in the
Rovers, Lloyd and Cheryl, in full knowledge that Sally's entertaining her new
fella.
Elsewhere,
Cheryl gives the cab office a makeover and wants to get rid of our favourite
chair but relents and just covers it with a throw.
And that's it for this week.
This week's writers were: Mark Burt,
Martin Allen, Ellen Taylor and Chris Fewtrell.
Barry Smith
Feb 21, 2011
Hello again update readers. Glenda continues
to enjoy her well-deserved sabbatical and so without further ado let's get
down to business with the happenings down in Weatherfield this
week.
After last week's goings on at Peter and
Leanne's blessing we now have to deal with the aftermath. Poor little Simon is
well upset that he's lost another mother and he has a right go at his dad,
telling him he wants Leanne back … and toast. But there's no Leanne and
they've run out of bread so he'll have to make do with Peter and a bowl of
cereal. Peter's still mad as hell at Leanne and the man he blames for all
this, Nicky. He heads over to The Joinery, which is in the process of being
rebuilt after the tram crash, and confronts the simpering little mummy's boy.
Despite being faced by a man who can barely walk, even with the aid of a
crutch, Nicky is clearly scared of what Peter might do to him with the crowbar
he's holding.
Peter threatens murder and 'forces' him to
drink a bottle of scotch which Peter tells him is anaesthetic for what's to
come and when Nicky tries to make a run for it Peter hits him with the
crowbar, knocking him to the ground. He follows up with a crashing blow
towards Nicky's head and smashes the crowbar into an old can right next to
him, giving him the fright of his life. Shame he didn't do the job properly
and finish him off. Who could have blamed him and he's a Barlow so chances are
he would have got off just like his sister. Chastened by his experience, Nicky
goes scuttling off back to his mam.
Meanwhile, Leanne has been barred from
seeing Simon and with Peter refusing to even talk to her she decides she'd be
best off packing her things and heading off to that London to stay with our
Toyah. She goes and collects her things from the flat but Peter won't even let
her say goodbye to Simon. Ken intervenes and tries to get Leanne to stay and
Peter to forgive her but they're both too stubborn and proud, despite clearly
wanting to be together. Leanne goes to the station and eventually Peter chases
after her only to see the train pulling out as he hobbles along the platform.
Fortunately she wasn't on it and the two of them kiss and make up. A couple of
questions are outstanding though: Why were they at Manchester Victoria when
there are no direct trains from there to London? And will we ever get to hear
Simon's best man's speech?
Steve and Becky are back from their trip to
Spain. Quite how they afforded it when the first thing on their mind on their
return is their money troubles, is anybody's guess. The loan from the bank has
come through but it's less than they wanted and so Lloyd is going to have to
wait for the repayment of the money Steve borrowed from Streetcars.
Fortunately Steve manages to win a few grand at the casino, so Lloyd thinks
his luck's in but Steve has other plans for the money. Dev is in dire straits
as the corner shop wasn't insured when it was destroyed in the tram crash. He
owes money to Owen for the work that's already been done on the shop (which
seems to have turned into a hypermarket) and he's behind on the mortgage
payments for the house. His other businesses are in trouble too, thanks to the
recession, a Freshco's Fasttrack, asbestos and some long-term roadworks and he
goes to see Steve to ask him if he can help out with a loan of 5000 quid to tide
him over. Feeling guilty about Becky having robbed the cash from the shop in
the aftermath of the crash, Steve comes clean to Lloyd about it all to explain
to him why he'll have to wait a bit longer for the money he owes the
business.
After overhearing a conversation in the cafe
and seeing the mess Tyrone's made of his t-shirt by not separating his whites
and his coloureds properly, Julie decides he's going to be her next project.
She goes round to see him, taking with her food and drink and proceeds to Feng
Shui his living room by moving the sofa around a bit. They end up cozying down
on the sofa after supper and red wine. Who knows where this may
lead?
Elsewhere: Claudia's worried that she's not
getting any off Marc; Sophie's been kicked out of college but wasn't happy
there anyway; Tina's friend Xin has turned up with accommodation and money
problems; and Faye comes to stay the night with the Windasses.
And that's it for this
week.
This week's writers
were: Joe Turner, Jan McVerry, Debbie Oates, Julie Jones and David
Lane.
