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Ciaran and Sunita share a sausage for breakfast as their relationship deepens
to that most desirable of all levels, lust. I recommend it highly.
When Shelley finds out that her best mate’s snogging her least favourite person,
she’s not best pleased but Sunita says she just wants to have fun. And who
can blame her for goodness sake, she’s been stuck up in that flat of hers
for months on end with only her unrequited passion for Dev and a staff discount
on the frozen cod cakes to keep her happy. Shelley and Peter
jet off for Mexico but not before Ciaran tells Shelley a tale of when he
and Peter were in Tijuana and Peter drunk that drink, you know, the one with
the worm in the bottom. Except it wasn’t your typical worm, it was one Ciaran
had dug out of a garden and planted in the glass before Peter swallowed the
lot of it, down in one gulp. So, as Shelley and Peter jet off on their
jollies, Shelley’s parting shot to Ciaran is a real worm in his pint in the
Rovers as she wishes Sunita the very best of luck with her new bloke.
Maxine’s funeral takes place in a storyline that was diluted by and didn’t
deserve to be spread over two episodes. Audrey does the hair and make-up
on the corpse, saying it was the most difficult job she’s ever had to do.
Indeed, where does one find six tonne of Max Factor Slap No 2 in Manchester
on a wet Monday? Fred does a reading in the church and then Maxine’s
dad Derek tries to follow but breaks down on the pulpit as Fred helps him
back to his pew. Fred turns around to see who’s sitting behind him and
asks Richard, oh yes, to take over with the speech. It was supposed
to be gripping but it was just rather dull. Richard starts off with
the reading and then announces he has a confession to make..... Audrey and
Norris look aghast, with eyes wide, wondering and hoping if Richard will break
down and tell the truth ..... he says he confesses about being in despair
over the death of such a lovely woman and waffles on about tragedy and triumph
in this life as Audrey walks out, clearly stunned. Later at the graveside
it’s too much for Audrey when she sees Richard take Gail’s hand to help him
cope. “It’s you what did it!” she screams “It’s you, Richard! You killed her!.”
Archie tries to calm her and later in the Rovers she apologies to Ashley
who’s clearly angry with her and to Fred, who isn’t often upset with Audrey,
I say he’s never usually this mad, but this time he is. Meanwhile, Richard
comes out of all this smelling of roses, the hero of the hour for standing
in at the church and doing the reading with Maxine’s parents insisting he
joins them for a drink in the Rovers. Over in the yellow corner by
the fag machine, Norris and Audrey mutter and plan. They know they have
to do something, but what?
So far then so good, for Richard the killer. Incensed to hear that Ken’s
been visiting Aidan Critchley, Ashley tells Ken he doesn’t want him anywhere
near him on the day of the funeral. So Ken goes to visit Aidan instead,
who also tells him he doesn’t want him anywhere near him. He tells Ken
to get off his case. Not only do the residents berate Ken for believing
Aidan’s innocent, but Deirdre and Blanche also give him a hard time. And of
all the people, of all of them, Deirdre is the one who should know by now
that Ken wouldn’t do anything he felt strongly to be fair and just.
Now then, last time he came back I’m sure I must have put it right at the
top of the update. But this time, I don’t know. Is it the post-Christmas
blues, the fumes from the emulsion or could it really be that Spider’s lost
his sparkle (for me)? No, none of those things, it’s just that I know
he’s not around for very long this time so there’s little point waxing lyrical
too much. Anyway, he returned this week in his organic juice-mobile
in time to help Aunty Em cope at the funeral. When he bumped into Toyah
in the street he gave her a peck on the cheek and the promise of catching
up later and Emily is overjoyed to have Geoffrey back - for now, anyway.
Emily had already thrown Norris out of the house after they argued about whether
Richard was the killer or not, so there’s a spare room at Emily’s for Spider
to stay. Poor Norris is shacked up in the same room as Kirk at Les
Battersby’s and you really wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
Despite Betty trying to talk Maria out of having the abortion, she goes
for it anyway, with her good mate Toyah going along for support.
John’s still playing it cool and stringing Toyah along, clearly relieved to
be told that Maria’s been to the clinic. You just know when Toyah finds
out, she’s going to take it badly, and oh, what a co-incidence, Spider’s now
around to offer her a shoulder to cry on.
And that’s just about that for this week.
Glenda
By Glenda Young
, writer of
Coronation Street Weekly Updates
for the internet since 1995.
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