Eileen's worried sick
over the veiled threats from Owen after she 'borrowed' 10000 pounds
from the building firm. Julie knows something's up with her
half-sister and eventually wheedles it out of her. With a fresh pair
of eyes on the problem and a clear head, together they hatch up a
cunning plan to deal with the situation. They dress in their best
dark clothes and mount an assault on the builder's yard (Eileen
still has a key for some reason), stealing all Owen's vital
documents, showing his dodgy deals and trumped-up tax returns. They
lure him to Eileen's house and confront him with their devious
dossier and after handing over a cheque for the missing money, warn
him that they still have the originals and if they have any more
bother from him, they'll hand it all over to the authorities. Owen
has a face like a slapped backside but I'm sure he won't be down for
long, he's not a man to be crossed. Julie's next task is to get
Eileen another job, where she doesn't have access to the company
chequebook and before long she's working in packing at
Underworld.
Across the road at
number four, Kev has a potential buyer lined up for the house. He
tells Sally that they'll be coming round and she immediately starts
untidying the place. When they arrive she turns into scally Sally,
which given her background isn't that difficult a transformation to
make, and makes the viewer decidedly unwelcome. She isn't put off by
Sally's shenanigans though and arranges a second viewing with her
husband. Sally turns up the pressure this time by inviting the
Windasses round to tea (don't bother dressing up) at the same time
as the buyers and while drinking lager straight from the can, Eddie
regales them with tales of the great community spirit on the street
and how they're always in and out of each other's houses and how
it's very unlikely that a tram will come off the viaduct again. This
doesn't seem to be what the potential buyers want to
hear.
Cheryl uncovers the loot
from the burglary at Janice's in the boot of Lloyd's cab. Cheryl
thinks that maybe he is responsible for the break in after all but
Lloyd susses out what's what and knows that Chris is behind it. He
passes the booty to the police via a third party and somehow they
manage to find the culprit, Billy. Lloyd keeps quiet about Chris's
involvement as he doesn't want to upset Russ and Cheryl but this
incident is enough for Cheryl to finally do something about the
situation and she tells Chris she wants a
divorce.
Things go from bad to
worse for Fiz. Her husband is in psychiatric care, Hope is taken off
the ventilator but then has to be put back on again after it turns
out she has a hole in her heart and on top of all her money worries,
the car won't start and the repairs will cost more than it's worth.
A stranger comes knocking trying to find Colin Fishwick. Curious,
Fiz lets him in and pretends to be Colin's wife, which she sort of
is, and finds out that Colin is the sole beneficiary of Joy's will.
She tells him they don't want the money but the stranger isn't
interested, he's done his job by tracking her down and hands over
the details of the solicitor who's dealing with the will. With all
her money problems, Fiz is tempted by the
windfall.
Gary's up in court and
receives a suspended sentence for his assault on the police officer.
He gets called in to see his CO and despite his protestations is
dishonourably discharged from the army. This comes as a bit of a
blow for his parents who finally thought he had a future though they
are relieved that it means he won't be going back to Afghanistan.
Unfortunately it could scupper their chances of adoption as their
case will have to be reassessed in light of Gary now living at home.
However this ceases to be a problem for them when Gary announces
that he's moving in with Izzy.
"Is there an apostrophe
in Freshco's?" asks Deirdre, "Yes, after the 'o'" says Ken, "Oh"
says Deirdre. She's making a to-do list and crossing things off:
stuff marrow; kill fatted calf ready for the return of her
prodigal daughter; lose all sense when it comes to her daughter even
though she knows she's a murdering scumbag. All done. Unfortunately
Tracy's out of hospital and back to annoy the viewers.
Elsewhere, Janice nearly
catches Peter drinking and so he kicks her out and back to her own
flat. Carla catches him lugging bottles back from Freshco and tries
to get him to seek help but he's having none of it.
This week's writers were Damon Rochefort,
Jonathan Harvey, Carmel Morgan, Peter Whalley and Martin
Allen.
Find out more about the Coronation Street
writing team.
http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2008/11/exclusive-all-current-corrie-writers.html
Written by Barry
Smith