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2010 - February
1
This week there seems to be a bit of a dustbin theme
going on. While Becky has been observed wandering aimlessly around
the cobbles with a mysteriousblack rubbish bag clamped firmly to her
chest, Janice has been seen leapingonto the side of the refuse
collection lorry in protest that her overfilled bin hasn't been
emptied.
Becky clearly has something far more serious on her
mind but with Steve being too busy getting drunk and making an idiot
of himself with his new motorbike and Liz more concerned about her
bar rota than her daughter-in-law, it's down to Hayley and Roy
to finally discover the truth. It transpires that Becky's mother has
died and the bag contains her few worldly possessions including a
set of false teeth and a table tennis bat. Becky claims her mother
meant nothing to her and that she's not the least bit upset by her
passing but it doesn't take a trained psychologist to work out she's
more affected than she's admitting, even to herself.
Over at
the Websters' Sally seems to have taken up residence in the bath
while she recovers from her operation although she does make a brief
appearance for a family outing to Weatherfield General for her first
session of radiotherapy. In fact, it's quite a week for breasts all
round because, as Rosie explains to her Dad over the breakfast
table, she's "nil by mouth" in preparation for her FF enhancement.
For once in his life Kev makes a sensible decision when he
decides to accompany her to the clinic. Whether by accident or
design he manages to put her off the whole idea and the two of them
make a swift escape before Uri the surgeon has time to sterilize his
scalpel.
Meanwhile Tyrone continues his quest to win back
Molly while she continues with her "cruel to be kind" approach and
sulks in her flat over the shop with her supply of microwaveable
meals for one. Still desperate to see Kevin, she pops round with a
get well card while Tyrone follows hot on her heels, clutching a box
of chocolates for Sally. The sight of Tyrone ensconced on the
Websters' sofa, munching his way through a packet of ginger creams
would be enough to turn any woman's stomach and in Molly's case it
looks like the final straw. Not that she has any better offer on the
table as Kevin has made it very clear he wants nothing more to do
with her.
Dev is another person who is trying to rekindle an
old romance. When he calls round to see Sunita on yet another
pretext and she invites him in for coffee he believes he might be
finally getting somewhere.
Romance is also in the air for
Janice. After placing an ad in the Kabin for a lodger, who should
turn up to see the room but the hunky bin man who refused to take
away her rubbish? She can't believe her luck and when he asks,
referring to the room for rent, "are you offering it to me?" her
immediate response is "on a plate".
Back at the Rovers, when
the truth finally comes out about Becky's mother, Liz starts to show
a modicum of concern. Steve is clearly furious with Becky for not
telling him but it becomes apparent that underneath it's because he
really cares. However, there's one secret she still hasn't shared
with anyone: the fact that she's pregnant. She finally tells her new
bezzie mate Claire who is probably not the best role model when it
comes to perfect pregnancies. However, Claire manages to convince
her that it's not necessarily such a bad thing and before we know
it, Becky and Steve are talking to each other again, she tells him,
he's shocked, then delighted, she says she might not have the baby,
he says it's her decision, she says she's worried she'll make a
terrible mother, he convinces her she'll be brilliant, he says he
would have married her even if he'd known she didn't want children,
she says she'll go ahead and have the baby and they all live happily
ever after. Well, at least until a week on Thursday or whenever the
next falling-out occurs.
While all this is going on, Leanne
is making preparations for her hard hat party to get the press
interested in the new bar. The only thing she needs now is a chef.
As luck and unbelievable coincidence would have it, she and Peter go
out for dinner and who should come storming out of the kitchen after
a row with the manager but Peter's old friend and drinking buddy
Ciaran. With barely enough time to take off his chef's whites, he's
back in the Rovers, chatting up anyone in a skirt and causing Peter
to gaze rather too longingly at a pint of bitter.
Later that
evening Leanne and Carla decide to have a girlie night in over a
bottle or six of Chardonnay and Deirdre ends up joining them. At
some point they move on to the nearly-built bar where they decide to
test some of the stock. Peter finds them at the end of the evening
and offers to clear up. Alone and surrounded by all the booze the
temptation becomes too much and, before he can stop himself, he
swigs back a half-finished glass of wine. He angrily tosses the rest
of the bottle in the bin but it's clear that the demon drink has
struck again.
Writers this week were Mark Wadlow, Simon
Crowther and Chris Fewtrell
Written by
Karen Jankel |
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