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Leanne moves back in with her parents after being accosted
by Darren "David Essex" Whateley. I can't believe how
much this bloke resembles one of my childhood heroes. Along with
David Cassidy, The Jackson Five (yes, all of them) and The Osmonds
(yes, all of them, too) David Essex was a living God when I was
11 years old. It's worth tuning into the Street these days in
the hope that Darren will suddenly burst into "Gonna make
you a star" on the cobbles. Anyway, so Leanne's back with
the Battersby clan and Gail is gloating, hoping that Nick and
Leanne really will get divorced, as Toyah seems to think they
will. Neither Gail nor Martin know the real reason why love's
young dreamers have split up. It's a heck of a secret to keep.
Rather a poignant scene when Darren goes into the cafe and Gail
unknowingly sells her husband's killer a cup of tea and a cream
bun (or something). It's Martin's 30th (yeah, right, and I'm 18)
birthday and there's a bit of a do in the Rovers. Nick has a couple
of shandies, enough to turn him into a fighting machine, which
is just as well as he goes back to the house and has to tackle
Darren "Hold me close, don't let me go" Whateley who
is in the house giving Leanne some grief.
After Sam dropped her pregnancy bombshell on Des last week,
Des now says he wants her to have the baby, that he'll look after
her and he wants them both to live together. Natalie isn't best
pleased and tells Des she loves him but doesn't want to share
him with anyone else, especially someone else's baby. At first,
Sam plays hard to get so Des suggests a long chat and offers to
cook her a meal (and when a man, any man, offers to cook you a
meal and he does it well AND cleans the kitchen afterwards, hang
onto him by his utensils, girls). Des gets all sloppy and father-like
and tells Sam he really wants this baby. Having got him where
she wants him, Sam turns round and tells Des she's having an abortion
and not moving in with him after all. (Wake me up when this storyline
is over).
Les doesn't think Maxine is good enough for any son of his,
so does his best to be rude and unpleasant to her (not a difficult
thing to do, for Les Battersby). Maxine, upset, tells Janice the
truth about Les' car accident and drink driving incident. Back
at the Battersby house, Janice packs Les' clothes into bin bags
and throws both her husband and his belongings onto the Street.
Jim is back at the McDonald house, sleeping on a single bed
in the living room. Liz has moved back into the house to look
after her ex-husband but Jim is having a hard time coming to terms
with the situation. "I'm fine, Elizabeth, I'm absolutely
fine." he yells at Liz, in an absolutely unfine sort of way.
His wheelchair doesn't fit through the doors and he's unable to
do simple things like answer the phone when it rings; it's a situation
not helped when Emily calls round in "hospital visitor"
mode, bringing Jim a couple of dog-eared novels and a jigsaw with
kittens on it. She means well, bless her. Kevin, Gary and Jack
(aka the lads) call round to see Jim and bring him some beers
but Liz reminds Jim the doctor told him not to drink. Les calls
round and in his usual diplomatic way, (obviously a graduate of
the Stan Ogden school of charm) offers advice and sympathy.
Judy's boss takes to drinking and starts becoming a nuisance.
He tells her he is tormented by what happened "that night"
between them both, and won't leave poor Jude alone.
Sally's been making her "Chris Collins" eyes at Greg
this week... Anyway, Sally's mum has died and so Kevin is anxious
to get his hands on her house. If they sold the house, Kev could
buy Natalie out of the garage business, but Sally isn't best pleased
with this idea. Natalie wants 50% of the value of the garage,
plus an extra £5,000.
Roy was back in the Street this week. A short scene but a good
line. When he sees Nick and Leanne enjoying a nice cup of tea
together in the cafe, he asks if they're back together or not.
"I just wanted to know what was happening, so I know what
mood Gail is likely to be in for the next two weeks." he
says. Anyway, Nick and Leanne are back together after he sticks
a bunch of roses up her nose as she comes out of the Kabin.
And that is just about that for this week/ring Ted/hanging
basket sorted/banoffi pie/Rita Sullivan.
Glenda ;-)
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