Cast your mind
back to last week as we left the Rovers Return in a state of
disarray. The Vicars
and Liz party was in full swing with Graseme in full drag as Mrs
Mutton McDonald. He even goes
into the ladies' loo, enjoying himself in his new frock and pouting
his lips in the mirror. Meanwhile,
Liz is fuming behind the bar and she steals into Lloyd's flat to get
her revenge by putting his Northern Soul
records in the oven
to melt.
Poor Lloyd, it's
not even his fault, he still loves his Liz, it's that Teresa woman
that's caused all this bother. And as Lloyd tries to
apologise to Liz, he somehow ends up down on his knees on the
cobbles in front of Ma Morton who
accepts the marriage proposal that Lloyd didn't even know that he'd
given. Men, eh? They always say
that.
Across the
Street, John Stape's
arrested after Rosie cries wolf and says
John attacked
her. He's carted
off to the cop shop where they know him so well in there by now I
wouldn't be surprised if he gets an invitation to the coppers'
Christmas party. As opposed to the Croppers'
Christmas party, to which he might get an invite, but that's
more likely to be
an evening of festive Scrabble and Radio
4. Anyway, when
he's released, John makes a stand
in the Rovers and cross questions Rosie as to the how, where, why
and when he attacked her. The jury
leaned in close to the bar, all ears turned to Barrister Stape who
put forward a clear
cut case for his
innocence, m'lud. Rosie
crumbles and does that weird thing with her mouth, Sally's
humiliated and Kevin's too busy ogling Molly's cleavage to
care. But
for once,
Corrie fans up
and down the country cheered on John Stape as
Rosie Webster finally got what for. Not that
it'll stop her from doing it again.
You know it's
getting near Christmas when families get together
for some festive
fun. It's just
like that at the Barlows' but instead of having fun they
fight. It's the war
of the Granddads Round 1 as Ken takes on
George and you can
probably guess who will win. Ken starts
work as Santa to
earn money to buy little Simon some paper planes and wooden trinkets
for
Christmas. And he's good
with the old "Ho, Ho, Ho" is Ken, although it's probably best
for him not to
say that when Leanne's in the room.
Meanwhile, in the blue corner, Granddad
George not only
ingratiates himself with Peter and Leanne by bankrolling their new
bar venture, but he also promises little Simon mega-gadgets and
bumper-bling in his Christmas sock. No old tat
from Grandad George, no, he's
loaded, he is, and likes to splash the
cash. He's got a
huge house too. So
George takes
little Simon to see Santa in store, not
realising it's Ken behind the beard and
wig. Simon's
confused when Santa starts telling him that Christmas is not all
about presents and how much you get people to give you (it
isn't? oh). No, it's all
about paper planes and wooden trinkets, Ken/Santa says, so
George has a dig
and Santa and George come to
blows. The
store manager
comes over and throws Ken out, warning him never to return and we
see a forlorn Ken in his
Santa outfit, feeling very sheepish and
sorry
for his
elf. Ken's also taken against
George
for offering
Peter the money for the
bar.
"For every bit of
help that George gives you,
I will give you ten times the hindrance. You will not
open that bar!" he hisses at Peter, who couldn't care
less. I like this
Ken/George animosity,
it's like having Baldwin
back.
Meanwhile,
there's a dull, dull, dull story going on
around the golf course as Dev and Steve take up golfing again and
Dev's fallen in lust with Bernie the golf coach who doesn't drink
wine. It's all a
ploy for Dev and
Sunita to get back again, through a contact at the golf
club. But that'll
all come out in the wash next week. Be patient,
and let's hope it's worth
it.
Claire and
Becky decide to do a
panto in the Rovers, which is great news. They look
back through some old photos of pantos past and Betty reminisces,
which is always nice. The panto's
to be Cinderella, written and directed by
John
Stape. But who will
play the lead roles of Prince Charming and Cinderella? I predict
more
fights.
And finally
this week, Gary Windass decides to join the Army, it's a decision
which
leaves his mum
Anna in tears.
And that's
just about that for this
week.
Coronation Street
writers this week were John Kerr, Martin
Allen, Mark Burt, Chris Fewtrell and
David
Lane.
Glenda
Young
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