Coronation Street Catch Up: the butcher's dog edition

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

Just when Ed and Ronnie are starting to excavate the building site, work comes to a screeching halt as a human hand (and one presumes it's attached to a body) is found.

Craig (in one of his cut-price, off-the-rack suits) is there in a flash with the police and the site is shut down and cordoned off.

Whose ears perked up at the news of a problem at the building site?

Why Stephen, of course, just back from an all-expenses paid (by Jenny) trip to Paris. 

Elsewhere, Billy and Paul's stag do is interrupted by the sad news of Shelley's death. Paul is shaken and wants to ensure that Shelley gets a fitting funeral. Todd recommends George for the job. Paul intends to use the money that Bernie made working with Shelley to pay for the funeral.

After Shelley's death, the police are interested in learning more about Shelley's credit card scam and interview Bernie (who was acting as a middleman (middlewoman?) directing the merch to Big Gar in the market.  

Speaking of Paul, he also tells Todd (in confidence) that he wants to have an assisted dying at the time of his choosing. Todd urges Paul to share his wishes with Billy but Paul refuses.

Speaking of Todd, he really doesn't like working for Rest Easy and Mary encourages him to ask George for his old job back.

The Rovers now has a big screen TV for watching footy but it doesn't work due to technical problems.

Ed continues to resist the temptation to gamble but it's getting more and more difficult for him to stay on the bandwagon. 

And, over at Dev's, Courtney isn't winning any fans with her behaviour and her refusal to get a job to contribute to the costs of her room and board. On top of that, she is served with divorce papers.

Ryan starts work at Underwear under the tutelage of packing maestro Kirk. However he continues to perform in a state of undress for paying fans on his website (that's Ryan not Kirk).

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

Steve tells Glenda what he would suggest for women while the football is on TV: 

"We get, like, a special lady pen"

(wait till Gloria Steinem hears about that)

George reflects on death to Todd:

"Life's scary. No-one gets out alive"

(that's basically the business model for Shuttleworth's)

Tim tells Steve he was a great goalie:

"They used to call me the cat when I was at school"

Steve to Tim:

"Because you could lick your own knick knacks?"

Steve tells Tim he's in great physical shape:

"Fit as a butcher's dog, me"

(well, he's half right... if you're thinking of Fred Elliot)

Dev to Aadi re: his relationship with Courtney:

"Women like these, they'll be your fatal weakness"

(Dev should know)

Paul tells Bernie that dodgy activities aren't a good way to raise money:

"I realized nicking cars wasn't the answer"

(You don't say)

Kirk asks Amy about eco-conscious foods:

"Are they dolphin-friendly gravy granules?"

(I'm sure dolphins love them)

Steve is keen to watch TV with Tim:
"Anything's better than one of Ken's documentaries about badgers"

(a four-hour saga about fascinating, short-legged omnivores)

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Well fellow Rest Easy revelers, so ends another week.  The discovery of a corpse at Ed and Ronnie's building site is sure to lead to more interesting revelations. Let's hope so. Thanks so much for sharing your company here at the Hip. All the best and have a great week!