your one stop update on what happened last week on Canada's Coronation Street...
So Debbie is released from prison (that was quick!) and is back at the Chariot Square Hotel and treating the punters to her best impression of Don Rickles (ask your parents... or grandparents).
Yes, Debs is having some problems dealing with her symptoms of dementia. She tries to charm a group of customers but instead manages to insult the ladies with a barrage of inappropriate jokes about body image, over consumption of alcohol and food, and (last but not least) bawdy limericks.
All this culminates in Debbie burning her hands on some hot plates and returning home where Ronnie is worrying about the symptoms of her dementia. At the same time, Carl tries to squeeze more money out of his Mum before Ronnie discovers that Carl is, once again, trying to scam Debbie.
More worrisome is the fact that Summer now knows that it was not Debbie at the wheel of the car that killed Billy, but rather Carl who used Debbie to take the blame and jail sentence. Summer confronts Debbie and Carl with the truth and Debbie is now quite shaken and racked with guilt.
Over at the Rovers and Street Cars, both Steve and Ben (now revealed as half brothers) are trying to, as they say, get their respective heads around the fact that Big Jim McDonald was their Dad (so he was). This comes after Ben manages to squeeze the truth out of Maggie.
At the same time, Ben is fretting over his son, Will, who has been groomed by Megan. Will continues to deny that he was in an inappropriate relationship with his athletics coach. This situation seems to be particularly difficult for young Sam who claims that Will threatened him over the phone. Sam then claims to have seen Will and Megan together (in the precinct). This seems unlikely but it's clear that Sam is haunted by the situation.
Meanwhile Tim is coming to the realization that he was groomed by Tricia when he was a young teenager. He tries to confront Tricia where she works (at Freshco) but is thwarted because Tricia has gone to Spain for a holiday. So maybe mañana?
Jodie continues to act in her creepy way.
While taking care of Carla and Lisa's baby, Jodie takes the opportunity to steal Lisa's police badge. Will she put it in her box of curiosities along with Brian's book?
Perhaps more disturbing is the fact that Jodie continues to get real cozy with David going even as far as pretending to like watching an Avengers movie with him. Surely David can see that no woman is her right mind would sit through one of those Marvel superhero films?
And now for a few lines from the week that was:
Summer confronts Debbie:
"Was Carl the one driving?"
(is the Pope Catholic?)
Maggie to Amy and Ollie:
"You can't go out with each other... because you're cousins"
(thanks for the info)
Amy to Ollie:
"I was snogging my own cousin"
(yikes!)
Debbie tells Ronnie she wants to return to work:
"I just want to get right back on the donkey"
(sure, as soon as Ronnie can find one)
Debbie's inappropriate banter to customers:
"This is a very posh restaurant not Magic Mike"
(good news for Ryan, I guess)
Debbie again to the customers:
"I'm sweating like a glassblower's bottom"
(how would one know?)
Debbie shares her favourite poetry with an unimpressed audience:
"There was a young man from Nantucket..."
(stop right there!)
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Well, fellow poetry partisans, so ends another week. Has Carl really turned over a new leaf? Does he now accept Debbie as his Mum? Does he feel guilty for not taking responsibility for his actions? Or it just another one of his scams? I guess we'll find out in due course. In the meantime, thanks for spending time here at the Hip and have a great week.
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