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This week's update written by K
Richard Whitbread
There is something odd going on in the Carole / Frankie / Jamie household. Carole keeps trying to suggest to Jamie that he fancies Frankie (his step mother), because she wants her son to himself, suggesting that he is jealous when Frankie has a platonic evening with Nathan in the Rovers.
Now we all know that the Baldwin Barlow run ins were the best ever in the Street, but now that Mike is losing his marbles they are soon to become a fond memory. Mike is a little worried about events this week - after all he gave Penny a road atlas, well he did mean to give her rather more than that - but he left it in the office drawer and then booked a table for six at the Clock - eventually Danny's mother joins the party. Adam and Danny keep tearing slices off each other. After losing a few more marbles - Mike forgets that Harry, his brother, died a few months ago - Mike ends up sobbing outside Underworld where he is found by Jamie. Then the vultures start circling. Penny and Adam want Mike to see a doctor. Mike tells Danny that he wants Danny and Adam to be joint partners - Danny paid for his 49% of Underworld and now finds that he will inherit 1% and Adam will inherit 50%, so with prompting from Leanne Danny wants a more equitable settlement in the will and tells Mike not to go to the doctor. And Mike so forgets the first engagement ring that he goes to the jewellers to buy another one!
During Xmas lunch a drunken Carole also launches a broadside at the Baldwin family - Frankie and Jamie turn up to take her home. She calls them selfish, sleazy and sick.
Claire has a special present for Ashley but every time she tries to deliver it Fred interrupts, first he wants the presents opened, then Joshua has been sick, then Fred wants to carve the turkey. Eventually over dinner she tells Ashley and Fred that she is pregnant - so there will be a little baby brother or sister. Ashley reckons it is the best present ever. Ashley and Claire do not want anyone to know - but Bev arrives and is told immediately.
At the Brown Battersbys (or is Battersby Browns) the one legged Turkey (don't ask) is a problem the cooker does not work and the sun bed will take until Easter to roast the bird. So the bird goes in the deep fat fryer at the chippies and they then depart to the pub, reckoning that it will take an hour to cook. Sadly the fire brigade have to work on Christmas Day to put the fire out and the chippy is destroyed.
After earlier discussion Keith is spending Christmas with Audrey so Craig decides to keep his own company (briefly) on Christmas day - a quick text message to Rosie almost gets her across the Street in record time. But Sally says NO - family comes first.
The Barlow household is the usual merry Christmas happy home. Blanche is sniping at Dreary over her cooking, particularly basting the turkey, Ronnie is moaning about getting stuck with Ken and Tracy decides to sit around and watch the fall out (she would be good watching a car crash). Later they play "Pass the Bomb", Ken reckons it is educational, Tracy picks holes in it all. As with most family games it ends in an argument. Tracy later brings Charlie into the house and being the season of goodwill is not immediately thrown out.
There is a lovely set piece - Danny gets a present so that Frankie can give it to Penny. But Frankie had already got one for her (they were two for £5.99 - combined smellies presentation) and now she has to get another proper present for Penny because she does not want to oblige Danny by giving her the present. Eventually of course Penny actually gives Frankie the same set - so she has ended up with four of them!
Jack spends most of one episode trying to get a job and fails dismally - but Hilary Saunders wants to capture death and decay in her art and she
is willing to pay for it. He sells his body for art so that he could buy her a present. Sounds great until Vera hears that there is a woman chasing Jack. She does not like him being painted in the nuddy. However when Vera eventually meets the artist the latter finds her exciting as well and she wants to incorporate her ashes in the final production as well as Jack's!
And Ronnie gives moaning Steve five grand from Jimmy's stash. Steve suggests giving it back - after all Jimmy might miss it. Ronnie volunteers to pop along to the Big House and sort it out with Jimmy - which she later assures Steve she has done. However we saw the events
in prison and actual events bear no relation to what she claims!
And as a harbinger for the New Year Rita and Emily get a lift home from church with a shady newcomer to the congregation. More anon no doubt.
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K Richard W
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