Coronation Street Catch Up: the Tammy Wynette of Weatherfield edition

your one-stop update on what happened last week on Canada's Coronation Street...


Old Nick Tilsley is doing more fancy footwork than Michael Flatley in Riverdance.

Although he is on the hook for stealing money from his Gran, Nick is trying to put the blame on David and even convinces Leanne to stand by him and support his phony story. He does this by listing some of Leanne's past foibles including burning down a restaurant to claim the insurance money (it could happen to anyone).

On the other side of the coin, David tries to make amends by signing over the barber shop to Audrey. Audrey is somewhat appeased by the gesture but puts Maria in charge of Trim up North.

Now, before the case goes to court, the race is on to track down Natalie and convince her to be a witness. Leanne has the inside track because she stole David's phone and texted a sweet (but fake) declaration of love to Nat who seems interested. Meanwhile Gail is trying to show equal love and support for each of her dodgy progeny.

Over at Underworld, Sarah makes it clear that Nick is not welcome even though he owns the factory. Sarah also tries to keep Gary at arms length which means friends without benefits.

And what of Norris? Seems that Nozzer is leaving for Scotland with his new squeeze, Freda. Judging from her Susan Boyle-sque power ballad, Mary is heartbroken (BTW wish I could get one of those specialty Norris balloons from his going away party).

Over at the Quad Squad, Ches and Gemma try to figure out how they're going to cope with four sprogs. We know one thing: they won't be staying at Rita's.

On the equine front, seems the horse syndicate is rapidly falling apart as Sinead and Jenny have dropped out. Now it's left to Sally and Yasmeen to clean up the mess (literally).

Dev is moving ahead with his plans to visit India with the kids although Asha is less than thrilled. Evelyn seems to have the landed the job of filling in for Dev at the corner shop while he's away.

And now for a few lines from the week that was:

Gail indicates that she is staying neutral with regard to David and Nick's court case:
"Basically I'm Switzerland"
(how lucky for Roger Federer)

Liz describes how people view her relationship with Jim:

"The Tammy Wynette of Weatherfield"

(Stand by your man)

Mary observes Norris with his Olympic volunteer medal:
"I see that you're fiddling with your Medallion"

(Please! Not in public)

Nick to the police:
"I'm no saint"

(thanks for clearing that up)

Sally re: wages from Underworld:
"They better be paying us, I've got horse to feed"

(that's no way to talk about Tim)

Norris to Mary re: Brendan:
"He wooed you with his talk of paranormal activity"

(a Roswell Romeo)

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Well, fellow Street people, so ends another week. Norris and Freda? A happy couple? Frankly, I don't see it myself. Oh well. Thanks for stopping by. Sorry about the skiver-related delay in posting and have a great week. Cheers!