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I'm pleased to report not much happened this week, not that it makes my job any easier. In fact it makes it more difficult in some respects because instead of the action-packed updates I've been sending you lately (Karen gets her kit off; Dev dives on Deirdre - that sort of stuff), the pace of the action has slowed down a lot. This is good news for those of us who remember Corrie as it should be; concentrating instead on the cracking dialogue, gentle humour and raised eyebrows that say more in one second than ten lines of script ever could.
So, Karen decides to tell Geena that it was Gill's idea for her to catch her in her vest and pants with Dev on the sofa. Mrs Geena is sent away with a flea in her ear from her disgruntled daughter who tells her she never wants to see her again. In the corner shop Dev grabs Steve by the Tunnocks and threatens to do serious harm if he doesn't keep his wife under control. A bit miffed after Dev's attack, Steve regains his composure enough to comment, rather confusedly: "I only came in for a bag of sugar". But then he lets rip at Karen and tells her to pack her bags and go. "One half of this street think you're a nutter" he tells her. "The other half think you're a slag. I think you're both".
Trying to inject a bit of romance in the Barlow household, Deirdre cooks a special meal for Ken and wears a shiny blouse. But when Ken arrives home he tells her he's already eaten - at Anita's house and Deirdre's not best pleased, as you can imagine. She tells Ken she's sick of life passing her by, she wants to grab it with both hands and enjoy it to the full. (Much like Anita wants to do with Ken). And when Ken suggests Deirdre enrolls for night school when she tells him she needs stimulation in her life, you know it's a relationship in trouble. And worse is yet to come when Ken spends the night at Anita's house, too drunk to return home. Deirdre wonders if Ken's having a torrid affair but Blanche quickly reminds her: "Well I wouldn't call it torrid; it is Ken we're talking about." But later at Anita's, with her in her marigolds sipping sherry with Ken, she tries to kiss him by the cushions. He backs off and tells her he's simply not interested. All of this means that Ken and Deirdre are being lovey with each other all over again, even if it did take a strange lady with an even stranger nose to pull them together and make them realise the depth of their relationship. Oooh, go on, go on, let's have them re-marry, a nice spring wedding could be just what the Street needs.
Vik gets a call from a woman needing a taxi from a posh part of town. When he picks her up, she decides to pick him up and comes on strong, rubbing his leg by the gear stick. The woman, Hazel, goes nuts for Vik and requests again that he pick her up for a shopping trip. Vik obliges and drives her into a frenzy at a hotel bedroom where she's waiting in black underwear with come hither eyes and a bottle of champagne.
There's a wonderful scene in the cafe this week when Roy, suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, has made himself a happy lamp from an old drawer and some tin foil. Priceless.
Richard and Duggie go into business together as Richard wants to re-develop one of the houses he's inherited from his business dealings. Duggie wants to make a bit of money from the deal so cuts corners on quality, just as Gail warned Richard he would (just like he did at the health centre, remember?). And talking about Gail, there's a green and pleasant basket of plants hanging outside the Platt residence - what could it be at this time of year? Seriously, tell me if you know, I have two that need doing.
And finally this week, Janice has shifted to Sheffield and Toyah goes to visit her. She tells Toyah she couldn't face returning to the cobbles, bumping into Eileen and Les so she's staying on in Yorkshire. She asks Toyah for advice as she has an interview to work in a cafe the day after Toyah's visit. When Toyah asks what kind of cafe it is, Janice replies: "It's a bacon, egg, beans, Roy's Rolls kind of caff." And that's hardly surprising, because Janice Battersby is and will always be a bacon, egg, beans, Roy's Rolls kind of person.
And that's just about that for this week.
Glenda
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