Saturday, April 4, 2020

Coronation Street Catch Up: the Shandy Shampoo edition

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


Three episodes a week, while stuck at home for the foreseeable future, and bleak times on the horizon. Oh well, we'll make do and hope for better days.

Speaking of better days, things don't seem to be all that peachy at the Still Waters luxury retirement facility (motto: "where codgers are lodgers").  Oh sure, I know it all looks like backgammon and 'martinis at dawn'  - but behind the refined snootiness of the place lurks a crooked snobbish mob-ish boss named Charles who is apparently overcharging the geriatric punters and pocketing cash.

At least, that's what Norris tells Ken. Can it be long before Ken's old newspaper instincts kick in and he undertakes an investigation.

Oh, and another thing. Norris hates Still Waters and wants Ken to help him escape, which will be tough because Norris' wife (Freda) enjoys the place.

Looks like Seb has got himself into a spot of bother by hanging around with Alina while Emma gets more and more uncomfortable having Seb's ex living in the same flat.

Bernie returns to Coronation Street to help Gemma and call out Gemma's so-called friends. But Gemma doesn't appreciate the interference and isn't ready to admit that coping with four babies and one youngster is taking its toll.

Evelyn seems to have bumped into an old flame named Arthur. Apparently they go way back and are reunited by chance at the vet's office. All much to the amusement of Tyrone.

Then there's Geoff. It doesn't get any easier watching the Evil Master of Head Games continue to manipulate Yasmeen by convincing her to cut ties with her granddaughter and move away to Cypress. At the same time, Alya tries to convince Yasmeen to leave Geoff and shows her an old newspaper clipping indicating that Geoff was charged by police following an altercation with a former partner.

Alas, all to no effect. Not only that, but it seems that Geoff is meeting a mystery woman for dinner and they discuss payment (I think we can figure out for what).

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

Norris complains to Ken about life at Still Waters:
"It's like living in a cult"
(kinda like Scientology gerontology)

Norris to Ken:
"They're terrible gossips" 
(really?)

Emma suspects Seb is trying to break up with her:
"If you dare say, 'it's not me, it's you' - you're having a shandy shampoo"
(and a lager conditioner)

Seb explains to Emma the dynamic between them:
"You're a bit bubbly and I'm not bubbly"
(like flat soda water?)

Claudia to Ken re: her sword fighting class:
"How do you see me in fencing garb?"
(with my glasses)

Norris to Ken re: Freda:
"She says I'm only happy when I'm complaining"
(then you must be pretty happy)

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Well, Confined Corriephiles, so ends another short week.  I've heard that there are enough Corrie episodes to last over the summer (at the rate of three a week) so hopefully we'll have something to look forward to during these trying times. Please be safe and take good care of yourself. Lovely to have you visit here where social distancing isn't an issue. All the best. 
 

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