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Corrie weekly updates from 1995 Coronation Street Books by Glenda Young August 5 2017 First off this week is the sad news that Erica left. I always liked Erica but got the feeling that Corrie never knew what to do with her. She had a bust-up with Dev after Mary told him about her almost-bunk-up with Kev and the next thing we know, Erica’s in the back of a taxi on her way to the airport to fly back to Spain. Elsewhere, Leanne and Oliver move into the Streetcars flat with Steve and Liz where they play happily families. It’s nice, it’s sweet and Leanne presents Steve with two Weatherfield County football shirts, one large with DADDY on the back and a small one with SON. When Leanne puts the Jaws DVD on for them to watch in the flat, the DUR-DUR…. DUR-DUR… of the danger of the shark provides the perfect backdrop for Steve to mooch his way along the sofa and propose. Leanne’s had a bit too much to drink and so runs back to the Rovers to tell Toyah and Eva what Steve’s just said. They take the mickey out of her but Leanne gets defensive and calls him ‘My Steve’. It’s a wonderful storyline and I can just picture these two together, running the bar like the new Jack and Vera. Bring it on! Michelle’s bundled into the boot of a car this week and bound and gagged. I know, right? That should be one of the most dramatic, exciting lines of the weekly update but this whole Rich / Robert revenge thing has dragged on too long. Robert is dull, dull, dull. They get rid of Erica but keep him? Please, make it stop. Anyway, Michelle’s ex-boyfriend Will turns up to date Maria, making us wonder if he might be the one behind the campaign of hate directed at the Bistro, not Rich. An investor (unseen but oft mentioned) wants to buy a property on the street with the choice of either Kev’s garage or Dev’s gym to buy. It’s the gym that goes under the hammer and is sold. In Roy’s Rolls Toyah talks to Izzy about surrogacy and the two of them have a long chat. What was interesting about this was that when Tina the surrogate was mentioned Peter didn’t even as much as flinch at the mention of the name. Also this week, the DNA test proves that Phelan is definitely Nicola’s dad, but when they arrange to go for dinner to celebrate at the Bistro, Phelan stands his daughter up. He’s elsewhere, at church, giving confession to a priest. “I’m not a good man, father,” he says. “There’s something I’ve done… something I’m still doing…” Whatever could it be? And finally, one of the highlights for me this week was the rather drunken scene in the back room of the Rovers with Leanne, Toyah and Eva. Eva’s secret about being pregnant is blurted out by Leanne, further strengthening the bond between the three of them, who proceed to get very, very drunk and sing. I love stuff like this, it’s stuff on which Corrie was built and long may it continue, including the three of them slagging off Maria with Toyah (by way of writer Jonathan Harvey) calling Maria “Slack Alice of the Salon.” Ooh, shut that door. And that’s just about that for this week. This week’s writers were John Kerr and David Isaac (Monday double); Ben Tagoe (Wednesday); Ella Greenhill and Jonathan Harvey (Friday double). Find out all about the Coronation Street writing team at Coronation Street Blog: Exclusive: All Current Corrie writers online |
