Roy's mum Sylvia starts
showing some chinks in her armour when she softens and has a bit of
a moment with a photo of Roy when he was nowt but a boy. This was a
lovely touch as Corrie used what was very obviously a picture of
actor David Neilson, who plays Roy, and Sylvia sighed over the photo
at a table for one in the caff.
Over at Underworld,
Carla gets a call to say her mum has died. She plays to her
strengths and handles the news in the way she knows best and orders
a whole bottle of red in the Rovers. Frank takes her home as she's
too drunk to do anything and when he shows her a bit of compassion
and tucks her up on the sofa, she leans in for a kiss but he backs
off, slightly concerned. Anyway, she conks out on his settee
but she's also making eyes at Peter Barlow again which doesn't
please Leanne not one little bit.
Anyway, Leanne's got
more problems on her mind than her husband giving the glad eye to
the local lush. An armed robber comes into the bookies and threatens
Leanne and Stella, who's in there at the time. Stella tackles the
fella to the ground and shoos him out with his own baseball bat,
protecting Leanne because she's Leanne's real mum, only no one knows
it just yet.
Stella Price's name goes
up above the door at the Rovers and no matter how many times you see
that happen in Corrie, it's always an iconic moment and makes this
fan wonder how long Stella will last. First impressions are good but
ooh, you just never know. There's more argy-bargy in the
Rovers when Leanne hears Stella's daughter Eva (and soon to be
revealed as Leanne's half-sister) slagging her off behind her
back. "Take your face back to the charity shop where you got
it from," retorts Leanne in a wonderful line written by Jonathan
Harvey. Let's just hope she gets the ?3.99 back that she paid for
it. All the noise and fuss in the pub is too much for
Norris and Emily, Deirdre and Ken, who take to the bistro for a bit
of P&Q. Norris picks up the fancy-pants Bistro menu and
raises his eyebrows. "Pan fried steak? I mean, what else
would you fry it in," which isn't a line I've ever said before, no,
not me, not ever. I am not Norris, No.
At the Rovers, Becky has
a fag in the back yard before walking in to take control of what she
still thinks of as being her pub. Walking in the back way is
never a good sign, not when you want to make a statement. It must
always be by the front door, always, and always with your head held
high and a smile on your face, no matter how pained. Becky clearly
has a lot to learn. She decides to throw a party in the Rovers, to
prove to Stella and Karl she's still in charge, but when the jukebox
starts banging and the locals start dancing, in walks Ken and cuts
the cord to the jukebox, ending the party and Becky's reign.
Go on there, Ken. Undeterred. Becky gets the jukebox fixed and
throws a party with a stripper for Jason's 28th birthday. And
what a party it is, the stripper ruffles Ken's hair, who comes in
again to complain, then a fight breaks out and the place goes
wild. Steve pulls up in a cab outside his pub just in time to
see a bar stool thrown through the window, followed by a gang of
lads stumbling and falling out of the door. Perfect timing. He sacks
Stella and offers Becky five grand to do a runner but she tells him
she's staying put for now.
Eileen and Julie
discover they're distantly related to Dennis Tanner when he reveals
that his mum Elsie's maiden name was Grimshaw. Julie
gets excited about finding a long lost relative living down
the street and well, you know Eileen, she's not that fussed. A
wonderful moment came when Dennis visited No. 11 for the first time
since he lived there as a lad with his mum Elsie.
And Izzy has a hard time
with Gary who's deleting her texts from her mates so she can't go
out and have a good time without him. Is it post traumatic
syndrome from his time in the army, or is he just a mardy little
man?
And that's just about
that for this week.