your irreverent update on what happened last week on Canada's Coronation Street...
Not since Don Brennan lost his taxi to Mike Baldwin in a bitter card game has there been so much tension around a Coronation Street poker table.
The high-stakes, rigged game was set up by Idris who needed to raise some quick cash to buy Alya's share of Speed Dal.
The plan?
Recruit Ollie to win the game by using marked cards with a group of unwitting poker players and fleece them. Easy, right? Except that one of the poker players was Fiona (dodgy acquaintance of Carl and Ronnie) and a hard-nosed villain. Also, Kit decided to join the game (always good to include a copper during criminal activity).
End result: Ollie wins the game. Idris buys Alya's share of Speed Dal. Leanne is angry that Idris used her money as a stake in the poker game. Fiona becomes very suspicious and wants Ronnie to help her get her money back.
Speaking of Kit, he is not a happy camper. First, Harry's acting up again (No, not Prince Harry, I'm talking about Sarah's son). Adam intercedes (much to Kit's displeasure) and convinces Sarah that he is better able to look after Harry.
Kit also manages to upset Brody by refusing to allow his son to stay with him (even though he's now got a spare bedroom).
As for Kit's ex, she has problems of her own thanks to a fellow inmate, Kacey (nice gal to chum around with if you're ever in a knife fight). Anyway, Kacey wants Sarah to get Kit to help Kacey's son who's banged up. Sarah asks Kit but Kit refuses. When Sarah reports back to Kacey, Kacey threatens Sarah but eventually Sarah finds her inner toughness and fights back. Where's Lou when you need her?
On the bright side, Todd's back from his vacation and ready to party on Canal Street (along with James, Glenda and Christina). But what about running the funeral business while George is away? No problem, Todd can do it while hungover. That's when a woman named Celeste comes in and wants to arrange her own funeral. Interesting. One might even say, "okay, it's your funeral."
Then there's Celeste's male companion who seems to get along nicely with Glenda. Could this finally be a romantic connection for the Rovers' barmaid?
Speaking of Glenda, she's got her hands full running the world-famous 'Little Big Shotz Summer Camp' (think Butlin's in the 1950's). So far the camp activities seem to include lessons in diction. Where do I sign up?
Over at Tim and Sally's place, things are not going well as the couple try to take care of Richie's daughter, Lucy. As you recall, Richie has been arrested for the murder of his wife. Lucy insists that it wasn't her Dad's fault and that her Mum was a violent, abusive spouse.
When Tim visits Richie in jail, Richie asks Tim to tell police that Richie's wife was an abuser but Tim didn't know Richie's wife and refuses to lie. Meanwhile Ross (in his new job at the prison) is hovering around.
And now for a few lines from the week that was:
Sarah to Todd:
"I did everything wrong"
(right)
Christina to Sean, James, Todd:
"I can't party away my problems"
(but she's going to give it a damn good try)
Leanne to Idris re: the rigged poker game:
"You lied to me" Celeste to Todd as she plans her own funeral:
(get used to it)
"I'm going to dazzle the world with my last ride into the sunset"
(John Wayne would be proud)
Christina invites herself and Glenda to Todd's evening out:
"We love hanging out with the gays"
(somewhat politically incorrect, but thanks anyway)
***
Well fellow faithful fans, so ends another week. Some new faces on the Street including: Richie, Lucy, Celeste and Glenda's date. Then there's Fiona making her return to the Street as a worthy adversary of Idris. Let's hope for some interesting stories to follow. Thanks for the taking the time to visit. Have a great week.