Ken's fallen out with Deirdre and moved in with Steve
where he wafts around in his kimono and apologises to Steve for
waking him up in the night: "My bladder's not what it used to
be." Ooh, too much
information there, Kenny-boy. He then tidies up Steve's
kitchen, plays classical musical, uses a cafetiere and offers to
cook lentil stew for Steve. He also tries - and fails - to get
Steve interested in his healthy eating pamphlet. You just know Ken's
the sort of bloke who likes a little pamphlet. So it's all a bit of a
relief to Steve when the Barlows kiss and make up and Ken moves back
home to his wife. Mind you, Ken's also
taken to working the Streetcars switch as Fat Brenda's gone on her
bikini body bootcamp. And that's one exercise DVD on my
Christmas list already.
Over at the salon, Audrey gets the locks
changed to keep David out as he refuses to sign the salon back over
to his gran so she can swan off on cruising with Lewis. He's a
charmer, that Lewis and has Sylvia all a-flutter in Roy's Rolls when
she's serving him his eggs and mushrooms on toast. "They're fresh
woodland mushrooms,"she coos across the table. And I don't know
about you but since when has there been a forest in Freshco? Anyway, egged on by Kylie,
David sees a solicitor for advice about his share of the salon and
of course, what Audrey's doing is neither legal nor moral and the
stress of it all is putting the vapours up the fragrant Mrs.
Roberts.
Left alone to look after Lesley, Eileen
loses her when Lesley and little Amy pal up and decide to go to the
park. Paul's at his
wits end and loses his temper with Eileen and it's left to Steve to
find both of them and bring them back to the Street. It's clear that
Paul can't cope with the stress of looking after his wife and Eileen
can't cope with having a relationship that's neither here nor there.
Something has to give and when Paul snaps at Lesley and almost hits
her when she tears up their wedding photos after not recognising
herself as the bride, he realises then it's time to think about
residential care for his wife. This is such a sad storyline, and
ringing very true.
Meanwhile, Tyrone's feeling loved up because
Kirsty's spent a day not being too nasty to him or about his good
mates. She tells Tina she hopes they can be friends but Tina's not
sure, even when Kirsty lays it on thick about her ex-boyfriend
betraying her and that's why she finds it so hard to trust Tyrone's
female friends. Tyrone
does a wonderful impersonation of Jack Duckworth this week as he's
walking out of the pub and back down the Street.
Kevin's over the moon when Sally's released
from th'ospickle and is back safe at home. He tends to her needs and
tells Sophie that he'll do anything to have his family back again.
But what about little baby Jack who's been forgotten about and not
mentioned for months?
And over at the Rovers, Karl's gambling
habit spirals out of control and he nicks the takings from the pub
to gamble at the casino in a vain attempt to win some cash to pay
off his debts. In between nicking and gambling, he's also flirting
with Sunita who's lapping up the attention after being starved of
some good loving from her fella at home.
And that's just about that for this week. Remember, sign up to get
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This
week's writers Julie Jones, Mark Burt, Jan McVerry, Ellen Taylor and
Debbie Oates. 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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