It's all change this
week on Coronation Street as Dev the diplomat kicks Tina out of the
shop flat so that daughter Amber can move in. Dev thinks he?ll be
able to keep a watchful eye on Amber but he?s going to need eyes in
the back of his Dev-head if he wants to keep track. And is it just me, or does
anything else think that Amber has changed, and not for the better'
I liked the chirpy, cheeky little madam of an Amber that we used to
have, not this stroppy cow that?s flirting with everyone from Tommy
Duckworth to Sian. And so with nowhere to live,
Tina moves in with Tommy and Tyrone. There?s a dull storyline with
Tommy double dating Tina and Amber but that boy Tommy?s so wooden I
won?t press on with this because I just might fall aslee? zzzz.. .
Over at the Bistro,
Becky starts work as a waitress and loses her cool with the
customers when David and Kylie come in to eat. Then she shoves it to
Steve who brings in a date to wind Becky up. Steve?s date?s called
Beth, she?s an old flame from years ago, someone he went out with
just the once (and you can see why). Beth brings with her son
Craig, who?s Corrie comedy gold. He doesn?t say a word, just stares
and sucks on his Coca-Cola straw. He needs to come back, he
was that good. Anyway, Becky gets the sack and as there?s no one
else to help, Gail gets the job of waitress for a night. She fawns
all over the restaurant reviewer from the Weatherfield Gazette. "My name?s Gail and I?ll be
your waitress this evening," she curtsies at him before dropping a
false Gail nail into his pasta dish.
Meanwhile in the salon,
it?s Happy Hardcore Monday as David and Kylie take over for the day
when Audrey takes
Monday off. I can?t see the Renshaw Twins being very happy with
Happy Hardcore, can you'
Anyway, Kylie offers flakey-reiki, upsets Rita and Betty,
puts Julie in agony and word gets back to Audrey, as you hoped it
would. It?s Gail who goes round to Audrey?s to share the story of
shame from the salon but Audrey?s got her hands full painting Marc?s
nails and putting on his make-up to transform him into Marcia. So to stop Gail finding out
that Marc?s got a face full of slap, he throws himself into a white
chocolate gateau and covers his face with cream. Gail doesn?t seem to think
anything?s wrong, takes the explanation that Marc?s wearing a
face-pack and dawdles off back home with Marc and her mother?s
secret kept safe.
Elsewhere, in one of
those classic soap moments, Chris starts crying and shouting at
anyone who?ll listen: "I?ve got a brain tumour!". We can only hope his end
will be swift, he?s been a waste of space since he first turned up.
In other news, Fred
Elliott?s butcher shop now has a For Sale sign up outside. And at
Streetcars, Fat Brenda rings in sick with the sound of seagulls in
the background. ?She?s
on the beach with a bag of chips,? says Lloyd. Steve can only
agree.
And that's just about that for this week.
This week's writers were John Kerr, Joe Turner, Jayne Hollinson and Jonathan
Harvey.
Find
out more about the Coronation
Street
writing team at:
http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2008/11/exclusive-all-current-corrie-writers.html
Glenda Young
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