Corrie
weekly updates from 1995
Jack P Shepherd as David Platt has played a blinder this
week, an absolute blinder. He’s setting us up for an explosive week next
week in which David will go all out for revenge against Clayton for the
murder of Kylie. But this week, it’s all about the planning. He buys an
old car from Tyrone. He flicks a lighter menacingly by the prison gates.
He drives Nick’s car into a pile of boxes. He records a goodbye video for
his kids. And that video, oh my word, if Jack P Shepherd doesn’t win every
soap award going for that video then I’m a tea-pot. In one take, that one
actor delivered a monologue in tears that was worthy of every single award
going, or that ever will be. Gail finds the video, of course, even though
David had password-protected it with the name of his long-gone bunny
rabbit Barney. Gail puts the Platt clan on alert that David is
thinking not only of killing Clayton but himself also. Nick wonders what
they can do to stop David from self-destructing. Fear not, for Gail has a
plan!
Elsewhere this week, I can’t have been the only Corrie
fan to have been yelling at the telly: “Steve McDonald! Take the
flaming test!” Jim rings Steve with the news that he’s been
diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy, a muscle-wasting disease. And, it’s
possible, Jim said, that the disease has been passed on to Steve and Andy
too. If Steve does have the disease, it’s possible that Amy might have it.
And of course, that Steve’s two unborn babies might have it too. There’s
only one way to find out if Steve has the disease or not and that’s to
have a blood test. But no, he won’t. He’s scared and he refuses. In the
meanwhile, Michelle gets herself worried sick that she’s carrying a baby
with a disease and when Leanne finds out, she’s worried sick too. And
Steve? “Take the flaming test!”
Peter Barlow gets a mention in advance of his return
next week to the street. He’s supposed to turn up to watch Simon being
presented with a footy medal at school but he misses it, of course, in
typical Peter style. He rings Ken and tells him he won’t make it after
all. Speaking of King Ken, he decides to go off to Italy on a Grand Tour,
the likes of which Deirdre was never that fond. Ken’s also been helping
out Tracy in the florist shop this week. In a wonderful scene he takes a
call from a customer wanting to buy a corsage for a prom. Well, this sends
Ken into a rant down the phone about the Americanisation of British
culture, the likes of which we’ve never heard before. It was wonderful
stuff, and of course, Tracy has a fit when she hears it. When she finds
out that corsage order would have been worth a few hundred pounds had she
been given it, she wonders how wise it is to let Ken help out
again.
Over at Streetcars, Eileen wants her job back and Sally
insists that she goes through the full interview procedure. Tim does the
interview and of course Eileen gets the job, as if there was ever any
doubt.
Faye gets a new boyfriend this week, a young lad called
Seb. When Anna finds out she goes ballistic. She’s absolutely furious with
Faye, mind you, Faye did fib a little when she offered to babysit Jake at
Izzy’s place just so that she and Seb could have the place to themselves.
Anna walks in on them, of course, and finds Faye and Seb snogging on the
sofa so you might expect Anna to be a little taken aback, but she gave
Faye hell right in front of Seb too. It was nasty, awful stuff, as we’re
coming to expect from Anna now. To make amends and get to know Seb
properly, a dinner at the Bistro is arranged. Kev and Tim are there, as is
Sophie, Anna and Faye. Seb arrives late, with an expensive present of a
new top for Faye. There’s something about him that isn’t quite what it
should be and I’m sure we’ll find out what it is very soon.
Sophie gets a call from Rosie who’s in Miami. She offers
Sophie the chance of a long holiday out there with her, but Kev’s not keen
to lose Sophie from the garage. Finally he gives in, after Sophie
reassures him that she’ll not turn out to be like Rosie. She tells Kev:
“Rosie was away with the fairies long before she went to London!”. I
wonder who’ll take on Sophie’s job in the garage while she’s away?
And that’s just about that for this week.
Remember, you can sign up to get these Corrie weekly updates by email at http://www.corrie.net/updates/weekly/subscribe.htm This week’s writers were Susan Oudot (Monday double); Joe Turner (Wednesday); Chris Fewtrell (Friday double). Glenda Young
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