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Have you ever seen a baby wearing a thick gold necklace, a
stained green vest and a pair of ear-rings bought from the catalogue?
No? Well, you just might! In the way that we women have, Judy
Mallet has changed her mind about having a baby. On the morning,
she didn't feel ready to be a mother. In the afternoon, she did.
After confiding in her mother that she thought Gary may have been
fooling around with Samantha as a reaction to Judy not wanting
a baby, she has done a complete baby u-turn and has agreed to
bring baby Mallett into the world (heaven help us). While Gary
wants to get in as much practice as possible, Judy has other things
on her mind such as decorating the spare room as a nursery. Jim
and Bill aren't exactly cementing their friendship or building
a foundation for their future (sorry about these building puns
- my husband's a builder so I have plenty more where these came
from!). While Bill takes pride in his son for buying the garage,
Jim can only moan about his son in prison and gets depressed that
Liz is trying to take every last penny from him (money which he
had promised Bill he would invest in the business, but he hasn't).
Bill doesn't have much sympathy with Jim's moaning, and tells
him that if he worked as well as he complained then everything
would be all right. Norris invites Alf out to lunch, where he
has a proposition for him. In that funny little way that Norris
has, he gives Alf the cryptic message "Your whole life has
been a preparation for this Alf - Weatherfield expects!".
It turns out that Alf could be voted as "Mr. Millennium",
an icon for the next century (at least round Weatherfield way).
It could just also be Fred Elliot, so we'll have to see who wins
this heavyweight competition.
And in the featherweight corner, there's more square dancing
from Jack and Derek, both wanting to fill the empty cubic space
in the square dealers. Derek's being firm with Norris, saying
that he'll tell Angela what REALLY happened to her golf clubs
if Norris doesn't help Derek's cause and Jack is offering free
drinks to Fred Elliot.
Watch out Canadians, the Platts are coming your way! Steven
offers Gail and Martin the chance of a family holiday in Canada
on a special flight deal he has with his frequent flyer air-miles.
At first Gail shouts at everyone, especially Nick, and tells them
they can't go. But, realising that Martin could have a point,
that they do need a holiday with Nick to bring them together as
a family again, they accept Steven's offer. In a last minute rush,
they all pile into a taxi and after Gail runs back in the house
to make sure she's unplugged her curling tongs, off they go. Guess
who Canadian Steven's been on a date with? Not Alma... but our
very own Deirdre, bless her. Of course, Alma's terribly jealous
and she's not doing a very good job of hiding the fact.
Claire's mother in law "pops round" again, bringing
with her a photo of her dead son, which Becky delights in putting
on top of the TV in the living room, much to Claire's dismay.
Tony and Kev are celebrating being in business a week together,
and not so much as an angry word between them. Tony says his dad
told him it was good business practise to end each working day
with a handshake between partners, and they resolve to do this
every day. (I just hope they wash them first).
Sally has to tell Trisha off for being late again in the factory,
and of course Trisha tells the rest of the girls that Sally is
a slave driver and they should have a union meeting and kick Sally
out of the coffee and tea club. Word gets back to Baldwin, of
course, but he takes Sally's side in this dispute. Later, Trisha
goes steaming in to see Sally at home and gives her a piece of
her mind, Sally is very apologetic but it cuts no ice with Trisha.
Mavis and Derek's house is to be included on a tour by the Historical
Society, but the dippy twosome can't think why. Mavis finds an
old book which mentions that the house was built on a spot made
infamous for murders by the "Master butcher of Weatherfield"
and we're not talking about Fred Elliot here. However, Fred Elliot
thinks different - he says that their house is on the site of
an old field where farmers would take their weathers (weather-field)
which apparently are male sheep, to have them castrated. Derek's
face goes white at this point.
It looks like Maxine may get her "proper" singing
debut this coming Friday when she stars alongside that incomparable
pair, Shadow and Son and a drag queen with attitude called Sherelle.
Alec is at his wits end trying to find a replacement for an act
which has dropped out of a show and so he asks Maxine to stand
in, and of course, after a bit of negotiation and a free drink,
she agrees. Seems to me that after a bit of negotiation and a
free drink, Maxine would agree to just about anything.....
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