your one stop update on what happened last week on Canada's Coronation Street...
I'm no high performance athlete but I'm not sure that Will's elite training regimen will get him to the next Olympics. It seems to consist of a quick jog around the Red Rec, a bag of chips, and some romantic banter with his coach. Usain Bolt can rest easy.
Will seems quite pleased. After all, he has managed to be disagreeable enough to get his Gran to pay for private training with Megan. One little snag is that Daniel seems to be interested in Megan and volunteers to see if there are any jobs for her in Weatherfield. Gemma seems to think that there are some romantic vibes afoot...
So, one minute Becky is terrified that two thugs are following her and hides out at Carla and Lisa's place. The next thing you know, she's doing her 'pop in' thing in full regalia and takes Betsy out shopping in broad daylight.
What's the deal?
Are the gang members only on night duty?
Are they now working from home?
Surely by now they've honed in on Becky's daily visits to Lisa?
Of course, the truth (as Carla has pointed out) is that these are fictitious dangerous criminals and it's all just a ploy for Becky to abscond to Spain with Lisa and Betsy.
No wonder Carla thinks Becky is trying to sabotage her relationship by reporting fraud at the factory. When Carla gets hauled into the cop shop for questioning, she's livid and assumes Becky is responsible. Lisa subsequently discovers that it wasn't Lisa but rather the fella that Sarah tried (unsuccessfully) to charm with disastrous results.
But the main story continues to be Todd's nightmarish relationship with certified nutbar Theo.
Theo's been a busy boy. First he gets Todd drunk and goes out of his way to make him late for work on an especially big day at the undertaker's. Then Theo foments animosity between George and Todd ultimately resulting in Todd quitting his job. Finally, Theo invites his one-night legover (Chris) over for dinner and forces Todd to be nice to him (so Theo can get work from Chris) only to lambaste Todd afterwards for... being nice to Chris.
Of course, this is not Theo's first gaslighting rodeo. He also abused - in a similar way - a former gay partner who ran into him at a recent street party. And, one wonders if, while Theo was in a heterosexual marriage, he exhibited any of those disgusting personality traits. Maybe Danielle has even experienced some of Theo's psycho behaviour?
Bottom line: Todd is in a downward spiral and needs help fast.
Over at Plattsville, David and Shona get more information about their unborn baby's precarious situation. Shona remains determined to go through with the operation to remove a lump from the neck of the fetus. David is not keen on putting Shona's life in jeopardy.
In addition, David (against Shona's wishes) tells Toyah, Bethany and Nick the truth about Shona's pregnancy and they are all very concerned. In the aftermath to the revelation, both David and Shona reconcile and seem to be on the same wavelength about the challenges ahead.
Carl and Abi are nicely settled in their cozy love nest - or shabby hovel - depending on your point of view. Abi is becoming more stressed as she tries to get Carl to help out with Alfie and Carl keeps shirking his share of the work. Ol' Kev steps in a few times to take care of Alfie and finally loses his cool and threatens to sue for custody of the young fella. Abi's frustration boils over in the Rovers when she delivers a well-aimed punch to Tracy's chin.
Over at the caf, Roy is being very cagey and says he's writing letters to prison inmates and the mother of an inmate. Hmm. I'm sure we'll learn more about this.
Meanwhile Sally confronts Tim's former groomer (Trisha) with disastrous results as she insists that Tim was subject to an inappropriate relationship although Tim disagrees.
Oh, and Kirk wants to do a podcast about dogs.
(That's about the cheeriest story of the week).
And now for a few lines from the week that was:
Abi to Carl:
"What would I do without you?"
(be a lot happier?)
Carla to Becky as she does her daily pop-in:
"In walks the not-so-dead ex"
(right on cue)
David to Shona:
"I'm just nipping out to get some kibble for David"
(Is David talking about himself in the third person?)
Theo to Todd:
"You self-centered, pathetic, little man"
(More like a description of Theo)
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Well, fellow Kirk Kolleagues, so ends another week. One hopes that the excruciating story line about Todd and Theo ends soon and that a scaffolding job in the Outer Hebrides takes Theo away from Weatherfield forever. Fingers crossed. Thanks so much for spending some time with us at the Hip. Have a great week.
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