Summer is slow in
soapload. Stories wind
down, lose their grip as they ready themselves for the autumn and winter
ratings winners. And so
it goes in Corrie, so please excuse the short update this
week.
Suddenly finding themselves
desperate to have their own child, now, Izzy and Gary pop along to a
presentation to find out about adoption. It’s something they can
think about but it’s not without its hurdles, for both of them, with
Izzy’s condition and Gary’s criminal record to think on. And that’s when Katy offers
to be a surrogate mum to Izzy’s baby. So the three of them – Katy,
Izzy and Gary - go to see Doctor Carter who tells them from the off
it’s a process that’s intensive, intrusive, not always successful
but always expensive. He tells them IVF treatment runs around £7k.
I’m going to spell that out. Seven thousand pounds. I’ll say it
again. Seven thousand pounds. I’m repeating myself because I’m
hoping that someone at Corrie will remember Doctor Carter’s words. I
fear they won’t, however, because this surrogacy storyline dominates
this week’s action. There’s tears, there’s hope, there’s fighting
and lies. But there isn’t and never will be seven thousand pounds,
so why this stupid storyline has been allowed to run so far – and
threatens to run longer – I don’t
understand.
Over at Underworld, Karl
gets a job as a driver before Eva gets him the sack. She can’t work
with the bloke who hurt St Ella so much but when Rob finds out Eva’s
the one behind Karl getting sacked, his ardour is cooled. He even
resorts to flirting with Our Lady of the Pumps herself when he pops
in for a pint and finds St Ella serving instead of
Eva.
Last week we left Mary in
her motorhome, ready to hit the road and move on after her crush on
Roy was found out by Hayley. This week, she decides to stay and it’s
all down to a lovely heart to heart in the motorhome between Hayley
and Mary. Norris is well pleased that Mary’s sticking around, but
has he told her that? Has he ‘eck as
like.
Tracy’s out of hospital and
back at the Barlow house, spitting venom on Michelle when she spies
her with Steve on her arm. When Michelle finds
Ryan chatting to Tracy on the cobbles, she collars young Connor and
tells him to stay well clear of toxic Tracy, but Ryan’s drawn like a
moth to Tracy’s flame, just to wind his mother up. Tracy spots an
easy way to get revenge on Michelle for what she considers is
stealing Steve form her, and encourages Ryan to call her whenever he
wants. Oh, he’ll want
all right.
Meanwhile, Fireman Paul is
working nights and can’t get to sleep during the day because of the
noise coming through the wall from No. 13. It’s Kev’s noisy DIY , he’s
making a right racket which is keeping Paul awake. Eileen suggests
ear plugs for Paul but he won’t, just won’t, let her put them in his
ears, he’s funny that way and this was a really good scene.
And that's just about that for
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This week's writers were
Ellen Taylor, John Kerr, Mark Burt and Julie
Jones.
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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