Coronation Street Catch Up: the Skank and Ginger Pasty Face edition

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


Look, I'm no marriage counselor but it seems to me that the only way to resolve the simmering conflict between Steve and Tracy is for Steve to sleep with Paula and for Tracy to sleep with Leanne.

I know it's not a perfect solution but it would keep the story line going for a few more weeks. Oh, and Sally needs to get a bigger hot tub (aka thermal bacteria bath).

But seriously, it seems that news of Tracy's ill advised, impetuous, one night stand with Paula is spreading faster than soft margarine on a piece of hot toast. First Leanne overhears the juicy tidbit and promptly makes a pile of snarky remarks. Then Sally finds out, post-hot tub. Finally, Steverino stumbles upon the truth and is aghast (despite his own long list of sexual misadventures).

Lucky Liz returns from a nice vacation only to discover the news and learn that Steve has moved out and Amy has moved in with her half sister. leaving Tracy on her own. Will this be the end of Steve's umpteenth relationship?

Elsewhere, the devious Jade is putting her evil plan into high gear. She tricks social services into believing that Hope is being abused by Fiz.  Fiz and Ty are shocked to learn that Jade is John Stape's daughter. The kids are taken away and stay at Kev's for a while but are then moved to a temporary foster home. Fiz feels compelled to tell the police about the antique gun she bought to sell in Gary's tat shop. Gary is not pleased.

Shona remains in a coma although David remains hopeful. Roy and Carla attend the funeral of Roy's half brother, and Roy worries about his niece living on her own.  Aggie Bailey contemplates a return to the nursing profession. Yasmeen continues to suffer the complete cruel domination of that ogre Geoff.

Over in the land of the hot tub, Tim is trying to arrange for a divorce.

Ches and Gemma's interminable quad saga continues as they learn Freshco's are using good-looking stand-ins to act as parents for the promotional photo shoots. Then Ches is fired by Dev for working for the competition, then rehired, then fired again (I think, I can't keep track).

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

Tracy reassures Steve about her sexuality:
"You can't turn gay overnight"

(True, it takes a few weeks to process the application)

Yasmeen tells Cathy why she got a new wardrobe:
"I don't want to become an old fuddy duddy"

(then get rid of that dead weight called Geoff)

Steve to Liz:
"I'm such a rubbish husband that I put her off men altogether"

(don't take all the credit)

Fiz to Jade:
"I am going to make sure they lock you up for this"

(fingers crossed)

Gemma tells Ches why Freshco's replaced them in the photo shoot:
"I'm a skank and you're a ginger pasty face"

(nothing personal)

Tracy to Paula re: Sally:
"The nosiest cow in Weatherfield"

(and the competition is stiff)

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Well, fellow Freshco shoppers, so ends another week. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great week!