Coronation Street Episode Review 16 November 8.30pm

Previously published at: https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2018/11/coronation-street-episode-review-16_17.html

We’re back and Nick and Leanne are leaving the flat in such a loved up post-coital daze that they totally fail to notice Elsa watching them from across the street. Nick finally remembers he’s got a job and saunters over to the factory. He’s probably planning to spend the rest of the day looking smug whilst paying Candy Crush when Elsa storms in. She’s seen his ‘little tart’, knows he lied to her and is going to make him suffer. Oh dear Nicky, I think your quickie fuss-free divorce may be out of the question now.

Over at the court, Abi is sent down for 16 weeks, which seems rather harsh for trashing a few chrysanthemums. As the judge reads out the sentence Tracy has a brief ‘You can’t handle the truth’ moment when she stands up to defend her ex-friend. But unfortunately rather than a total confession all she manages is a pathetic ‘Abi doesn’t deserve this’, which is about as helpful throwing a drowning woman both ends of the rope.  

Gina and Duncan’s date continues with Gina claiming she’s a rich widow, whose late husband was called either Fred or Frank, (she really needs to practice this), and Duncan giving her more flannel than a towel factory. He eventually tells her that he knows she’s Sally’s sister and that Sally not only broke his heart and conned him but that she thinks Gina is stupid and a liability. Gina storms out saying she doesn’t believe him but we all know that she’s insecure enough for some of those barbs to have hit their target.

Over at the Bistro Robert tells Michelle that he thinks they should have a baby together. Clearly Robert has not been paying attention to his wife’s parenting skills, so just to recap for Mr Preston: The son Michelle raised turned out to be an unemployed, feckless, drug user. The son she didn’t raise managed to become a respected public service professional with an unblemished medical career, until he spent a couple of months with his mother. He’s now a murderer. I think we may have solved the nature/nurture question. If she’s responsible for the upbringing of another child it’d most likely make Damian from the Omen look like Ron Weasley. Luckily for Robert the Queen of the Universe didn’t seem too keen on the baby idea so he may have dodged a bullet.

 Finally after being backed into a corner Nick decides it’s time to tells Leanne that he’s married. Leanne is shocked but it looks like he may be able to win her round with his declarations of eternal love, until he messes it all up by letting slip that he only separated from his wife a week ago. Leanne furiously storms off. So all in all a pretty bad end to the day that started so well for our Nick…and he hasn’t even told Gail yet!

Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed it.

Kelly

@mskelstar

Coronation Street Episode Review 16 November 7.30pm

Previously published at: https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2018/11/coronation-street-episode-review-16.html 

Evening Corrie fans, it’s Kelly here with the first of your Friday night Corrie reviews.

If tonight’s episodes were a Cosmopolitan magazine it would be ‘the parenting issue’. First up we have Seb and Abi who are still rowing over the court case and Abi’s decision to put the twins up for adoption. Seb is so determined to keep the twins that he’s considering adopting them himself, even if it means turning his back on his mum. Whilst Abi is arguing that they deserve a better life than the one she can give them. To be fair she may have a point. You’d be hard pressed to find a lawyer or a finance manager amongst the kids who grew up on Coronation Street. The best you can really hope for is becoming a landlady of a backstreet boozer, but that’s only if you’re prepared to marry someone 20 years older than you and overlook his philandering with the barmaid.

Meanwhile Sinead, in a misguided attempt to protect her unborn child, is rejecting her chemotherapy in favour of a plant-based alkaline diet as suggested by her new BFF Stef. To throw Daniel off the mung-bean scent she even has Stef call him up pretending to be Flora’s nursing home. Which is pretty sneaky for a woman who you just know has never chucked a sickie in her entire life. Why Sinead is so keen to take the advice of some hippy she’s just met over that of medical professionals, (you know the ones that actually do this for a living), who have already told her that the chemo won’t harm her baby is beyond me. But then I demanded total sensory deprivation plus back up drugs the last time I had a filling, so maybe I’m not the best person to ask.

Over at number one Nick has called round to try to talk Simon out of joining the navy. Despite his lack of parenting experience Nick does actually manage to talk some sense into Si, who grudgingly agrees to finish his A-Level’s before leaving for a life on the ocean wave. Nick has cleverly used a tactic which neither of Simon’s actual parents seem to have considered which involves just speaking to him in a calm, measured tone rather than constantly picking a fight, getting drunk, burning his home down or copping off with the babysitter. Amazing.

Feeling rather pleased with himself Nick goes round to Leanne with the news. It pleases her so much that she deems it deserving of a bottle of wine and an afternoon bunk up. I did think that both of them had jobs but clearly the economy in Weatherfield is so stable that they can both skive off with no one batting an eyelid. In their passion they both ignore the sound of the door-buzzer being repeatedly pressed by Elsa (fair play that would have put me right off my game). The soon-to-be-ex Mrs Tilsley had overheard Leanne boasting about Nick whilst buying a bottle of wine from Dev’s. If only they’d stayed sober for their afternoon delight!

In other news Gina has an internet date with Ian, (mid 40’s, grainy photo) who turns out to be none other than dodgy Duncan. Of all the bars in all the world…  

Meet you back here at 8.30pm!

Coronation Street Episode Review 2 November 8.30pm

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We’re back and Peter is already getting Adam to draw up a contract for the factory sale. Just as you should never do your food shopping when you’re hungry, I can’t help thinking that you shouldn’t do business deals with a bruised ego. But it’s all academic anyway as Nigel has decided he’s out. He thought Carla was aware of the deal and doesn’t want a hostile partner, certainly not one who could probably give him a nasty papercut with one of her cheekbones.

The lady in question is still at Michelle’s. The two of them now seem to have identical hair, eyebrows and leather jackets which makes you question both the range of beauty salons in Greater Manchester and the possibility of Ali having a suppressed oedipal complex. Michelle is about to tell Carla about the murder and how it's affected HER, when Ali himself arrives home drunk and Carla decides to leave them to it.

Drunk Ali promptly confesses to Robert that he murdered Ronan and wants to hand himself in. Robert seems quite surprised by this, I don't understand why as I’m pretty sure that Michelle has already sang like a canary and told Robert that secret that she promised to take to the grave. Robert tells Ali not to go to the police, but to return to his GP training where he will have the opportunity to save thousands of lives. He also offers him a job at the bistro while he decides what he wants to do. Please don’t let this be Ali’s fate. I’ve lost count of how many once bright and educated characters are reduced to waiting tables or collecting glasses. Can we please just once have a character who’s rewarded rather than punished for their intellect.

Meanwhile it's all happening over at the Rovers: Nick is telling Leanne how he’s changed. He’s not bothered by Peter or Steve anymore and just wants to stick around. Leanne’s not having any of it, unsurprisingly as it’s all a teeny bit creepy and stalkerish.  Gina and Tim are back from a football match and growing closer over a game of darts. Whilst out in the backroom Carla is confessing to Johnny that she might still be in love with Peter. ‘Now I can buy him out I don’t want to’ she says. Johnny, whilst not that happy about his daughter still having feelings for the man who broke her heart, tells her she needs to talk to him.

A call comes through from Peter asking Carla to meet him in the factory.  She rushes over about to take her dad’s advice, but Peter has a shock for her.  He is still selling his share but to…Nick.

And that’s all from me for this week Corrie fans.  Hope you've enjoyed it as much as me. Byeee.

Kelly
@mskelstar

Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 2 November 7.30pm

Previously published at https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2018/11/coronation-street-episode-review-friday.html

Evening Corrie fans it's Kelly here with our first visit to Weatherfield.

Sarah and Gary are getting frisky at the empty factory early in the morning when Peter walks in on them. No one had Mr Barlow down for being an up-with-the lark sorta man and it soon becomes clear that he an ulterior motive for being there when Nigel Steadman turns up for a secret meeting. Peter is sneakily trying to sell him his share of the factory.

When Carla arrives he lies to her that he has had a dentist appointment and goes off to meet Nigel at Speed Daal. Bit of a stupid plan as Carla has had a fair bit of practice spotting a Peter Barlow deception. After Sarah crumbles like a cheap digestive and gives up the information, Carla storms into Speed Daal, all flouncy indignation and cheekbones and tells Nigel to sling his hook. Then she and Peter have a very sexy Burton and Taylor-esque row and she tells him she doesn’t want to lose him. Peter’s ego inflates like a helium balloon and he promises not to sell to Nigel until he and Liz Carla have talked it over later in the Rovers.

Meanwhile over at Chez Metcalfe, Gina is preparing lunches and ironing Tim’s incredible collection of lumberjack shirts. I think Faye may have said something sweet and supportive at this point but I’m not entirely sure as I was completely distracted by the Towie-style makeover she seems to have had. That shiny forehead was weirdly reminiscent of Katie Price, so no doubt her next storyline will involve her bringing out a range of pink equestrian products whilst moaning about her personal life in OK Magazine.

Outside Victoria Court Ronan’s mum Patti Truman ambushes Ali demanding to know what happened to her son. At Roy’s Ali repeats his story that he tried his best to save him and three, (yes three), hours later she finally believes him and tells him he’s a hero. Unfortunately our ‘hero’ is a broken man. And who wouldn’t be after spending your whole morning in the café with nothing to sustain you but Roy’s weak tea and a Manchester tart. Michelle finds him on the floor outside the flat in bits and he runs off telling her he can’t live with the guilt.

Just at that moment Carla turns up and has to comfort Michelle. This means she stands Peter up at the Rovers. He goes back to the factory, starts rooting through her drawers (leave it) and finds a letter from the bank that suggests ironically that she’s trying to buy him out. There'a a loud pop and the smell of leaking helium and an enraged Peter phones Nigel to tell him the deals back on…

See you back here for my 8.30 review.

Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 12 October 8.30pm

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We’re back at the crash scene. Ali is trying to revive Leanne who is not responding. Obviously this doesn’t please Michelle who seems to believe that Ryan is the only one who deserves medical attention. There’s a wailing from Ronan’s car, Ali goes to investigate and finds that Ronan has a bit of fence post sticking out of his abdomen which will kill him if he pulls it out (almost exactly like Pat Phelan). Ali tries to help and reason with Ronan but soon realises how dangerous he is when he sees the gun in his glove compartment. When Ronan repeats his threats to the Connor family Ali pulls out the fence post, effectively murdering him.

Meanwhile the rest of the Street residents deal with the day’s revelations. Jenny is determined not to believe the gossip about her husband and her barmaid but Johnny can’t keep lying and he comes clean to his devastated wife.

Hannah finds Jim and they drive away together, with the Big Man looking none too happy about it. But does Fakie Katie have Liz’s £10,000? Come on Elizabeth, I know you’ve had a bit of a shock but surely you need to think about giving your bank manager a quick call and stopping a payment?

Having received some coffee and sympathy from Mary, Ken and Abi, Tracy has decided that she will go on her honeymoon after all. A little bit because she’s always fancied Morocco - maybe it’s the kidney getting homesick (brilliant line from Tracy!) But mainly because after dramatic weddings and revenge there's little that Tracy likes more than schadenfreude, and she wants to be the first one to tell Steve the horrible news that his dad is a conman and his sister isn’t his sister.

Over at the hospital Ali is clearly traumatised by what he’s done. His story is that he tried to save Ronan but that the gangster pulled the fence post out himself.  Michelle has a go at him for this, saying he shouldn't have helped Ronan, because obviously she’d much rather have a sociopath for a son than a responsible medical professional.

As Toyah rushes to the hospital to be with Leanne. She finds that someone has beaten her there. Nick is back. He's at Leanne’s bedside and he’s going nowhere!

Well that’s all from me for the week. Kosmo @Kosmo100 will be back next week

Laters
Kelly
@MsKelstar

Coronation Street Episode Review Friday 12 October 7.30pm

Previously published at https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/

Evening Corrie fans, it's Kelly here with your Friday night reviews.

We’re still at the disastrous Barlow/McDonald wedding where Hannah is cruelly tormenting Jenny by repeating the news that Johnny slept with Liz. A shell-shocked Jenny returns to the Rovers and recounts the events of the wedding (minus her husband's infidelity) to the delight of Rita and Gemma. But will she confront Johnny?

Up in the ‘bridal suite’ Mary and Abi are trying to comfort Tracy, who wants to both go on her dream honeymoon with Steve but also smash his face in. As she’s already accomplished one of the two she might at least get herself a suntan.

Over at the Osbourne/Tinker nuptials Sinead decides she needs to tell Chesney that she’s got married. He doesn’t seem that surprised, but then Chesney has all the emotional range of a lamp shade so it’s hard to tell whether the news has affected him or not. Suddenly feeling emotional Sinead lets Ches believe it’s because of her pregnancy, which leads him to unwittingly give her the wrong advice about how you should do anything for your children. Looks like Sinead won’t be making a sensible decision any time soon.

Meanwhile a frantic Michelle returns from her unsuccessful meeting with Ronan screeching that she Ryan, Ali and Robert all need to immediately go on the run.  Given that they have no passports, no money and no Robert you can’t help but think that this is rather half-baked plan, but as we all know Michelle is the Queen of the Universe and shall not be argued with.  They speed off, but Ronan is chasing them. Voice of reason Ali calls the police while Michelle and Ryan mainly just scream at each other.  Unfortunately, Tracy has tampered with the car and Michelle’s engine dies. Ryan gets out of the car and Ronan drives straight at him knocking him over the windscreen.  As Michelle does some more screaming, Ronan reverses and hits Leanne (who for completely unknown reasons has just arrived) and then crashes through a fence and into the woods.

Who will survive?  Could Leanne’s day get any worse? Will Michelle remember that other people exist? We’ll find out at 8.30...