Coronation Street Catch Up: the pocket-sized Sophia Loren edition

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

So what's going on with Ty and Alina?

It was Ty that invited Alina to stay with him and Fiz in a house that's already filled to the rafters. Then Alina pops into the living room wearing a micro towel the size of a pocket square. Ty seems uncomfortable and even tries to arrange for alternative accommodation for the pocket-sized Sophia Loren.

Is it possible that there's some kind of animal attraction (emphasis on the 'animal') between the unlikely duo? Is Alina perhaps bewitched by Tyrone's cavemanesque allure, his heady scent of axle grease and Old Spice?  Time will tell.

Carla, showing unusual restraint, declines a bucolic leg over with charming Lucas in favour of a return to Peter who is suffering as he deals with withdrawal symptoms and is eventually admitted to hospital.

Over in Plattsville, Gail is preoccupied with her genealogy, an interest she shares with George. However news of the death of her father (Ted) in London catches her off guard and she is quite upset. 

Elsewhere Paul and Billy are on the rocks following a break and enter by Will which is interrupted by Summer who runs out of the flat and promptly gets hit by a car. Summer is fine but Billy is furious with Paul who leaves the flat. Of course, the architect of all this mayhem is evil Todd who has paid young punk Will to get Paul into trouble at the helpline and then smash up the flat. All this to break up Paul and Billy. Seems to have worked.

Asha and Nina seem to have a budding romance. Roy is, as always, very sanguine about it but Dev is a little unnerved. 

Poor Simon has his share of problems. He's trying to take care of his Mum (Leanne) who remains shut away in her flat (and quits her job at Imran's law office). They have no money. He's trying to do his schoolwork and working at the chippie where his sketchy supervisor offers to "help" by getting Simon to deliver drugs which doesn't go well. Looks like Simon is now in trouble with the wrong kind of people. 

Also with his share of problems is Johnny. He's in jail and his eyesight is bad and his MS is getting worse. Poor fella. Meanwhile the viperish Daisy seems intent on getting Jenny to ditch poor old Johnny and hook up with some stranger in the Bistro (now 100% sex pest-free with the departure of Ray).

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

Jacob asks Simon to do something sketchy:

"I've got a very specialized delivery for you"

(couldn't he get Fedex to do it?)

Audrey explains to Nick why she and Gail are chatting about recipes at the factory:

"We're like the Bletchley Circle with food"

(maybe they can decode the mystery of pork scratchings?)

Audrey to Gail:

"Are you calling me common, Gail?"

(yes, but don't take it personally)

Evelyn to Aadi:
"Will you stop following me around like a slack-jawed spaniel?"

(that's sort of what spaniels do)

Evelyn describes Alina:
"the pocket sized Sophia Loren"

(mama mia!)

Dev quizzes Asha about her relationship with Nina:
"So you're like a lesbian now?"

(not that there's anything wrong with that)

Tracy decides to try to buy David's house;

"I'm only throwing my towel in the ring"

(I guess her hat wasn't available)

Dev vows not to tell anyone about Ty's voluminous lunch:

"I will take your Scotch eggs to my grave"

(that's probably the best way to store them anyway)

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Well, chippie chums, so ends another week. All seems pretty bleak on the Street these days. A little levity wouldn't go amiss. Where's Norris these days? Oh well. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great week. Cheers!