Coronation Street Catch Up: the sleazy love nest and fancy piece edition

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

Now, I'm no detective but, after the scary kidnapping (and release) of Sam, I think that the number of people in hiding from Harvey should be expanded for safety reasons. 

In addition to Nick, Leanne and Simon, I suggest that the hide-away-group now include: David, David (the dog), Shona, Sarah, Harry, Max, Lily, Gail, Audrey, Natasha, Sam and Toyah. Probably best to throw in Imran as well. 

Of course, they'll need a bigger apartment. 

The point is that Harvey's intimidation tactics could easily extend to just about anyone related to, or close to, Leanne and Nick. Mind you, there's not much hiding going on. Nick came back to Weatherfield after Sam went missing. Then Leanne came back and asked Natasha not to go to the police.

So, now the plan is for Leanne and Simon to change their testimony when they're giving evidence in court so as to exonerate Harvey. Not the best idea.

It's mission accomplished for Sharon who engineered the kidnapping of Sam and is now all set to take off... until Harvey tells her to stay put. That could be dicey as Jenny has sussed out Sharon's lies and wants to know the real reason for her return to Weatherfield.

Speaking of Jenny, she can't seem to get rid of Ronnie who remains a B&B (Bed & Bit on the side) guest. This is a bit tense seeing as Johnny is back and unaware of Jenny's dalliance. And, Jenny has to deal with a conniving Daisy who knows about the clandestine coupling and uses it to blackmail Ronnie into helping her shift that Double Glammy crud. Jenny promptly puts a stop to it and almost kicks Jenny out but is taken in by her family sob story (could be true I suppose).

Over at Yasmeen's house, there is some roommate conflict, mostly about Cathy's hoarding problem. Finally, the three women decide to end their Golden Girls experiment and go their separate ways. Cathy returns to Brian. Elaine is moving away (after a short stay at Sally and Tim's place). Yasmeen will have her house back (except Alya and Ryan will be staying on).

Evelyn is not impressed with Tyrone's mid-life crisis antics and takes a dim view of his part time job delivering groceries to Dev's customers. Worse still, she slips on some olive oil (spilled by Bernie) and, as a result, is leveraging her injury to keep Dev and Bernie at her beck and call.

Seb's funeral is imminent and Nina is crushed to find out she wasn't told about it by Abi. Asha continues her high risk plan to gain Corey's trust and get him to confess to killing Seb.

Steve continues his compulsive efforts to raise money for the charity in Oliver's name but his triathlon fundraiser hits a bump when he is knocked off his bike by a young fella named Curtis who subsequently meets Emma and then lands a job at the Bistro. So I guess he'll be sticking around.

Alina decides to redecorate the apartment walls with social media acronyms. SMH (shaking my head).

And now for some lines from the week that was:

Sharon tells Johnny she visits jail to do mentoring:
"I love helping inmates find their true path"

(especially when it comes to perverting the course of justice)

Shona tells Sarah about her spa visit:
"I did have a nice Shih Tzu massage"

(those dogs have magic paws!)

Cathy describes her body grooming situation:

"The hair on my legs grew that long I could have styled it in a French plait"

(we call that a 'Brazilian... rainforest")

Alina redecorates a wall with social media acronyms:
"Yolo, dftba, trill"

(LOL)

Steve recognizes the guy sitting with Emma:
"This is the cycle hooligan"

(Long story but essentially Steve went from the peloton to the pelotoff)

Evelyn to Dev re: Tyrone:
"So you are enabling an adulterer to buy himself a sleazy love nest for him and his fancy piece?"

(that just about sums it up)

Evelyn re: Ty again:

"Sipping a macchiato in a new flat with his age inappropriate girlfriend"

(I guess that sums it up too)

David reports an emergency to Shona:

"David's wee'ed on Yasmeen's carpet"

(Just to clarify, which David is that?)

Alina makes a special dish for Ty but he's delayed:
"I'll keep the toad warm for you"

(and put the supper back in the oven while you're at it)

Ryan describes liberating the mouse on the Red Rec, which was caught in Yasmeen's house:
"Bit like 'Free Willy'... but on a tight budget"

(...and with vermin instead of whales)

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Well, Coronation Colleagues, so ends another week with no end in sight to the terror of Harvey. I don't know how Nick and Leanne are going to solve this problem but so far their solutions seem a little, how you say... flimsy. Oh well, what do I know? Thanks for visiting and have a great week. Cheers!