Tuesday 18 March 2014

Show Home Shenanigans




Todd (mysteriously transformed by time spent living in London into a very nasty character) has pursued Marcus relentlessly and last night waylaid him in a show-home. They were doing things that undoubtedly had the switchboards jammed when interrupted by surprise arrival of Maria and Audrey - Audrey, of course, who couldn't help flashing back to the way Todd treated poor old Sarah Lou. Maria very upset that this might mean she doesn't get her dream home with a garden and special kitchen sink. 

Meanwhile, Roy has turned his flat into the old Sheffield to Manchester railway line complete with papier-mache hills, and has popped Hayley's ashes into the cupboard under the telephone table in the hall. 

There's the ongoing and now rather dreary sub-plot to do with Peter Barlow's affair with the girl with the vast earrings, complicated now by the fact that orange-faced, kazoo-voiced Karla seems to be - rather resentfully - up the duff. 

Sally's daughter's lesbian homeless person seems to have moved in and Kevin's on his way back to the Street, which he will find transformed to about three times the size and brightness since its relocation to Salford Quays. 

Rita is still looking woebegone since her Dennis zoomed off into the night in a sports car with Sue Johnson dressed as both Thelma and Louise (what a mistake they made, making her character so dislikable.) I'm sure I've missed some plot points and nuances, but that's the recent gist.


6 comments:

  1. The highlight of yesterday's episode for me was the big shouting match Todd had with Eileen and Rita's wonderful, "What's going here?" acting.

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    1. Yes! A slanging match on the street! The mark of a classic episode. Was this the first one on the new cobbles, then..?

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  2. What an enjoyable read! I do believe I found another guilty pleasure...

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    1. Alison - I can't think of higher praise! Thank you

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  3. Two things that made me laugh in Monday's episode: first, that daft telly cliche of passionate kiss leading to immediate ripping off of own clothes, as if they're in an undressing race - nobody does that except in soaps, do they? (I think we had the same thing with Peter and Tina not long back), and the second thing was Tim's declaration of (sort of) love for Sally, prompted by Lickle Kevin's imminent return.

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    1. I thought all that was pretty realistic, Tricia..!

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