Coronation Street Catch Up: the first gay man on Mars edition

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

 

 

Finally! 

 

We're now starting to get a clearer picture of the circumstances surrounding Joel's murder.  

 

Dee Dee tells her father that she killed Joel (i.e. conked him on the head with a crowbar), but (as Ed points out), that doesn't add up. Joel was evidently alive after the conking and it was someone else who finished the job by killing Joel and tossing his corpse into the river.

Kit seems awfully anxious to pin the murder on D.S. Swain based on a threatening text that she composed (but never sent) on her phone. But the fact is that Kit was on the scene after Joel was hit on the head with a crowbar and it was Kit's red car that was captured on nearby CCTV - although the crooked copper is doing everything he can to hide the damning evidence.

Elsewhere it's the continuing sad saga of Billy that takes centre stage. 

 

First he unknowingly lets a thief into the flat who then steals Billy's box of valuables (including the box containing Paul's ashes) as well as Summer's laptop computer. Then Billy gets drunk and ruins the 'ashes-into-space' event organized by Bernie to witness - via video link -Paul's (ashes) final journey into space.

A drunk Billy, switches off the telly in the Rovers as the gathered crowd watches the event. Then Billy announces that he tried to snog Todd soon after Paul's funeral. Then Billy buys more booze and ends up super pie-eyed and almost passed out in the cold. Even a visit from the genial ghost of Paul can't save him but luckily Bernie arrives to help.

 

Here's a question: how many times is Bethany going to tell Daniel to get out after he says or does the wrong thing? 

The latest episode happens after Bethany goes to the Rovers with Daniel for a drink but unfortunately her stoma leaks. It's starting to become clear that - stoma or no stoma - this is a couple that may not last. 

 

The mysterious person or animal hanging around Sally's house turns out to be Mason. When Tim discovers that it's Mason, he helps him out with a full English and then tries to find him some decent lodging. Sally doesn't yet know about this.

And now for some lines from the week that was:

Sally on the phone to Tim:

"I'm sat at the bar drinking on me own like a common tart"

(ahem, yes a bit of a "hello sailor" situation)

Ghost of Paul to Billy:

"I'm dead but you're the one feeling sorry for yourself"

(stop drinking the spirits... and listen to the spirit)

Daisy after discovering Kit's lies:

"Why don't people trust you?"

(because he's untrustworthy)

 

 Sal pitches an idea for an Underworld charitable venture to Carla:

"Our unwanted knickers"

(doesn't that apply to most of them?)

Sally urges Tim not to be afraid to investigate the rodent intruder:

"It's a mouse not a moose"

(moose are bigger)

 

Bernie to Gemma and Kit re: sending Paul's ashes into space:

"He always said he wanted to be the first gay man on Mars"

(does Elon Musk know?)

Sally to Tim again re: the mystery intruder:

"You don't think he's been washing his bits in our hot tub?"

(there's only one way to find out...grab your swimsuit and a glass of Chardonnay)

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Well, fellow cobbleros, so ends another week. Maybe we're getting closer to identifying the real killer of Joel although with Crooked Kit as lead detective, it could be difficult. And let's hope Billy can finally get it together (yes, he's grieving but so are many others). Oh well. Thanks, as always, for sharing some of your time here at the Hip. Have a great week!