Coronation Street Catch Up: the peace-loving folk edition

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

Ahoy mateys! 

Anchors aweigh-ing heavily on Eileen as her living room is commandeered by Captain George and his new hobby: model shipbuilding. Aye, it's a rum do. First mate Todd is none too pleased either especially when the plastic fleet increases as that scurvy dog (aka Brian) brings his own Pinta-sized vessel over so the two would-be buccaneers can glue tiny plastic bits together.

Believe it or not, that's the only good news in a bleak week. Where to start?

Amy tries to deal with her post-rape trauma but she is struggling. She has fallen behind on her studies and tries to catch up only to have a computer snafu. Aaron tries to assuage his guilt by giving Amy a new computer (anonymously) but Amy susses him out and returns the laptop. As Amy tries to get on with her life, she suffers a panic attack on the bus. Meanwhile Aaron's newly-rehabbed Dad has dinner with Aaron and Abi and has questions about Aaron's breakup with Summer.

The grim news continues as Paul receives a confirmation of his terminal illness. His one pillar of support is Dee Dee who encourages him to tell his family but Paul refuses because he wants to wait until after Gemma's wedding. On top of that, Paul is facing possible jail time after he stole a car.

And, on the Canadian serial killer front, Stephen is very busy. First he has to scare off a couple of young punks who once sold him some LSD. The punks have somehow figured out that Stephen is connected to the death of Rufus and try to blackmail him. Suffice to say that it doesn't work and Stephen tells them to get lost (could have been worse. The punks could have wound up in twin car roof cargo carriers in the canal).

Besides that, Stephen has plans to marry Elaine. Vegas here they come for a quickie wedding. But, hold on, Tim's not having it. He believes that Stephen is after his Mum's money. Tim kidnaps his Mum and prevents the Nevada nuptials. Stephen is outraged. He and Tim almost come to blows. But then Stephen gets a pre-nup agreement to prove he's not interested in Elaine's money. However, upon learning that Elaine has high blood pressure, Stephen also takes out a life insurance plan on his wife-to-be. Yikes!

And now for some lines from the week that was:

Shona to Stephen and Elaine:
"I love it when old people are in love"
(I think I'm having a senior moment)

Elaine to Sally:
"We're flying out to Vegas this afternoon to get married"
(I'm sure the Golden Knights will be thrilled)

George to Todd re: broken part of his model ship:

"You've snapped me bosun in half"

(ouch! I've heard that can be painful)

 

Tim to Stephen:

"I thought Canadians were supposed to be peace-loving folk"

(ever watched ice hockey?)

 

Todd to George and Brian:

"There's a small fleet of ships in the living room"

(England expects every man to do his duty)

Stephen to two lowlifes:
"So you're drug dealers and detectives?"
(and probably Uber drivers too!)

 

Stephen re: the two drug dealers:

"I just need to do a little pest control"

(what about the big pests?)

Stephen to Elaine re: Tim:

"He basically called me a gold digger"

(surely not)

 

Tim to Stephen:

"The only way you'll marry my Mum is over my dead body"

(oh oh)

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Well, fellow Weatherfield wayfarers, so ends another week. Stephen continues his path of greed and deception and Elaine seems to be his next hapless victim. It seems that Dee Dee is the custodian of a number of secrets (Sarah's dalliance with Damon, Paul's car theft, Paul's terminal illness). That's quite a burden to bear. Anyhoo, thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great week.