Coronation Street Catch Up: the Lionel "Messy" edition

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

Good news! 

After her gift of a mega-fridge went so well, Glam Grandma Linda bought a grand piano and a pool table (she didn't bother measuring, just eye-balled it). Too big for such a small house, you say? No worries. Kirkie is around to help with the installation (after tea and bickies).

I kid, of course (except for the mega fridge). Linda has not bought any more gargantuan-sized furnishings for Ches and Gemma. Linda also says she is truly sorry for saying that the kids should be taken away from Gemma. Gemma is angry with Linda (and Chesney) for plotting against her. She is especially pissed off at Chesney for doubting her legitimate concerns about Joseph's nagging symptoms. 

Joseph is also well cheesed at Chesney for not listening to him when he said he was sick. As it happens, Joseph and Gemma were right. Turns out that Joseph has Lyme Disease and is now being treated in hospital. However the damage is done and Ches and Gemma's marriage seems to be on rocky ground.

I must say, Harvey is really easy to reach by phone in jail (certainly much easier than Rogers customer service). That's handy for Adam who has now entered into an agreement with Harvey. In return for a speedy appeal of Harvey's long jail sentence, Harvey has agreed to instruct one of his colleagues to get rid of Damon. For these services, Adam must pay (cash only, no debit) a rough-hewn colleague of Harvey's (old pals, no doubt, from their Oxford days).

Meanwhile, Bernie has been released from prison and is happy to be back and hanging out with her son, Paul, and cleaning his flat (all good as long as she doesn't find that chemical suicide concoction that Paul has hidden). Leave it to Todd to break off his dinner with Moses, come to the flat and hide the deadly drug.

Over at Gary and Maria's, poor Liam is still dealing with certified meathead and professional bully Mason. Dylan isn't making things any easier by going along with Mason's campaign of intimidation against his supposed friend, Liam.

After some words from Gary about standing up to bullies, Liam makes an ill-advised stand against Mason in order to recover his phone and winds up lunging at Dylan (who called him a loser). The mini fight is stopped by the school head (Mrs. Crawshaw) and Liam is suspended. Sean is outraged and thinks that Dylan has suffered at the hands of Liam.

Max (for reasons I can't fathom) confronts Lauren about her mysterious boyfriend. Lauren is not amused. Lauren and Sabrina subsequently have casual drinks with Bobby and Simon but leave when Simon (definitely charm challenged and quite surly) says they are fond of racists (like Max). 

And now a few lines from the week that was:

Dev to Todd:
"How's things in the dead body business?"
(good conversation starter!)

Bernie to Asha after her release from prison:
"Don't ever get banged up"

(words to live by)

 
Mason to Mrs Crawshaw:
"I'm not a dog"

(dogs are much more likeable)

Gemma to Paul re: Dev:
"He needed his solar plexus Chakra unblocked" 

(sounds painful)
 

Linda to Chesney:
"Do you like sardines?"

(Why? Are you bringing a fishing trawler into the house?)

Bernie to Todd re: Billy:

"He's that messy, he should be called Lionel"

(Good one!)

 

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Well, fellow Dev Diehards, so ends another week. I do hope that poor Liam can successfully deal with Mason and end his nightmare of bullying. And shame on Dylan for being such a lousy friend. Thanks for spending some time here at the Hip and I hope you have a great week. Cheers!