Coronation Street Catch Up: the flighty piece edition

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

Malware session? 

I thought that would be a nice seminar on how to use Norton, McAfee or Windows Defender to get rid of nasty computer viruses.

Wrongo. 

 

It seems that an Altovalent malware session consists of wearing a blindfold and standing in the middle of a circle of vicious strangers who hurl abuse at you.

Let's just say it's not for everyone. It's certainly not for Amy. Yes, Amy did enjoy her first Altovalent experiences with Leanne and Rowan - so much so that she convinced Ken to okay her "investment" of 40K pounds (from her trust fund) in a new Altovalent Resource Centre. However, after a disastrous malware session, she doesn't want to be involved in Altovalent and wants her money back.

Steve (who was not aware of Amy's investment) is livid and insists that Leanne refund Amy's money. However, it seems there's a complication and one suspects that getting the money back will not be that simple.

Elsewhere, Toyah and Nick are continuing their surreptitious romance behind Leanne's back as Leanne and Sam take a trip to visit Simon and Peter somewhere on the high seas.

Meanwhile Beth is in big trouble. 

 

It started when Kirk decided that he needed space because of all her lying. Then Beth crossed swords with Kit, the crooked copper. Beth captures some incriminating video of Kit getting a payoff from the knock-off t-shirt vendor. Advantage Beth... but not for long. Kit has a drinking session with Craig and gets Criaigie to admit his past illegal misdeeds in protecting Faye (after her car struck an old fella who subsequently passed away).

So Kit now has some incriminating information to counter Beth's video footage. However, that's not sufficient for Kit and he tells Beth to get out of town or he will get Craig fired for past misdeeds.

While Ryan seems to enjoy chumming around with Kit, Daisy doesn't like him - although Kit is trying to ingratiate himself with Daisy.

Betsy seems adept at causing trouble and manages to distract Mason from his new job at Speed Dal. With encouragement from Yasmeen, Mason breaks up with Betsy and Betsy is cheesed off. Meanwhile, Dylan plans to move back to London to get away from Mason. Sean is heartbroken at the prospect.

Joel makes an effort to "explain" his misdeeds to Dee Dee but Dee Dee is having none of it. In fact, Dee Dee is determined to make sure Joel pays for his lies and crimes. Her first move to get Joel's ex-wife to forbid Joel from seeing his daughter.  Joel is not pleased.

Unfortunately, Dee Dee's efforts to bring Joel to justice have been diverting her from her day job and Adam is not pleased by the fact that she has been neglecting her work.

Over at Ty and Fiz's, the family is taking care of Dorin since Alina is worried about her son's safety. Her fears appear justified as she is terrorized in her hotel room by a trafficking gang lackey but is saved by the timely intervention of Ronnie who just happens to be passing Alina's hotel room.

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

 

Ken to Amy re: the Altovalent investment:

"It all seems a bit vague"

(and destined to stay that way)

Amy to Ken:

"I need to get ready for my malware session"

(I suggest earplugs and a large mallet)

Tracy explains her return from Spain to Beth:

"I never thought I'd get sick of Sangria"

(or pine for a hotpot?)

Steve's assessment of the Altovalent Resource Centre:

"It sounds bonkers"

(It is bonkers)

Evelyn tells Ty what Fiz is afraid of:

"She thinks you might be dumping her again for that flighty piece"

(aka Alina)

Evelyn re:Ty's plan to stay in touch with Dorin:

"How are you going to finance all those trips to Transylvania?"

(remember to take lots of garlic in your carry-on)

Joel to Dee Dee re: the accusations against him:

"It's my word against that little tart"

(that's not helping his reconciliation efforts)

Toyah to Nick:

"As soon as Leanne gets back, this stops"

(...but maybe we can squeeze in a few legovers after she gets back)

Daisy to Daniel re: Ryan and Kit:

"Ryan's becoming his man wife"

(That would make Kit the man husband?)

 

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Well, fellow Corrie cohorts, so ends another week. Joel is still on the loose causing mayhem. Rowan is popping up on the Street more often than a gopher on steroids and Amy has lost 40,000 pounds. Let's hope for better news next week. Thanks for the pleasure of your company and have a great week.