Apr 26, 2011
Eddie Windass wants to start a new life
in Germany, he feels he's been pushed out of his house by little Faye and he's
got a point, you can see where he's coming from. Railroaded into adoption by
Anna and then having to share his home with a little stranger was just too
much for Eddie especially when he asked Anna to choose between him and Faye
and she went and chose the wrong one. The tears shed by Anna, Eddie and
Gary when Eddie took his leave and departed for Deutschland looked real
enough, and that's probably because they were.
Gail's fed up and decides to go job
hunting. "I think I'd be good at counseling," she tells a not-too-convinced
Audrey. "Everyone always tells me all their problems, I've got that sort of
face." Instead she takes her sort of face, puts some slap on it and goes for
an interview as bar manager at Nick's bistro. She won't get the job of course.
Nick needs someone who can stay up all hours with the energy to run a trendy
bar into the small hours till party o'clock, not his mum who falls asleep on
the sofa during the ten o'clock news.
In the war of the Websters, Sally and
Kevin go halves on Kev's lottery win which is music to Rosie's ears.
Will the Webster women spend, spend, spend? And what on, on, on? Rosie
wants to splash out on hair extensions and Sally wants a rattan patio
set. Kevin just wants his missus back.
Ridiculous story of the week has been
John Stape going into meltdown and overdrive when he stops taking his tablets
and does a runner. He takes £500 from a cashpoint using Colin Fishwick's
card and tries stuffing the wad of cash through Charlotte's parents'
letterbox. They arrive home to catch him in the act, realize he's acting a bit
weird but assume he's having a breakdown and still coping with his grief over
losing his Charlotte. Anyway Fiz is at home having a fit about John's
whereabouts and whatnots and finally gets a call from Charlotte's parents
telling her that Colin is in their house and asking if she wants to go and
collect him. No, she wants to throttle him but she turns up, pretends John's
Colin and takes him home. John won't talk, can't explain his actions so Fiz
thinks about ringing Charlotte's parents to find out what he's been up to and
why he ended up in their house.
Over at Underworld, Frank gets arrested
on the charge of attempted rape of Maria but is later released on lack of
evidence. There's no doubt he's a nasty piece and it'll just be a matter of
time until we all find that out but for now, he's keeping the factory afloat
and the girls in a job.
Meanwhile, Eileen gets a nice surprise
when son Todd returns with new bloke Jools in tow. There are many
reasons to dislike Jools so let us count the ways. He wears his jumper tied by
the sleeves and slung around his neck. He is too posh for words. And his first
words on arriving on the Street are: "Toddly, relax." That's right,
Toddly. So Jools and Toddly brighten up Eileen's day then ruin it with
their fancy London ways, there's a class clash and chaos on the cobbles but it
all ends well with a motherly hug, wrapped up with a warm glow for an Easter
special episode.
Speaking of which, in that same episode
as Toddly came up from London, Sean went south to that London to see son
Dylan, whose mum you'll remember is Violet the barmaid who is partner of
Jamie, him who slept with his step-mum Frankie Baldwin. Anyway, Jamie and
Violet are going through a bad patch but that doesn't stop Sean taking Dylan
out for the day with old-flame Marcus. They stop for a coffee and
ice-cream, conveniently in a café outside of the ITV Studio Building. What a
coincidence. Use of on-location filming however didn't extend to Victoria
Coach Station because as Sean was leaving that London to head back up north to
Weatherfield on the bus, Marcus arrived with a big bunch of flowers. But
it was too late, the coach was leaving the depot and Sean didn't spot Marcus.
As the credits rolled, we all sat there telling Marcus to run around the
corner where the bus would drive past and he could shake his bouquet at Sean
once again, but no, it didn't happen. And so Sean travelled back alone, not
knowing that Marcus really loves him after all.
And finally this week, in another dull
storyline, Xin and Graeme grow close ad Tina grows jealous. Norris
foolishly tells Mary about Xin's sham wedding for the visa and you just know
she ain't gonna stay quiet with a secret that big.
And that's just about that for this
week.
