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 caf? 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.