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July 18 2015 This was the week of Deirdre’s funeral and her final
goodbye. The funeral was split over two episodes written beautifully by
Damon Rochefort. However, I know I’m not alone in wishing the funeral
episodes had been about Deirdre alone. Callum, David, Max, Kylie and
Bethany all came crashing into this storyline, their crassness and
brashness at odds with the dignified send-off for Deirdre. And as Tracy tries to change, Carla tries to cope. She’s got the death of two people on her mind, two people she didn’t kill and whose deaths she had nowt to do with. She takes herself off to the casino at all hours, spending her own cash and that from Underworld too. She argues with Roy and tells him – and here’s where I did a sharp intake of breath – that he’s being unfaithful to the memory of Hayley by striking up a friendship with Cathy. It was uncalled for, that comment, and Carla knows it. It upsets Roy greatly. He’d just shared a very touching moment with Cathy who bought him a model of the same train that he’d driven on his wedding day to Hayley. The same model train that had been damaged when the kids broke into his flat. Carla upsets Cathy with her comment and Cathy walks away from Roy. Carla apologies later to Roy, who’s become very concerned about Carla’s behaviour. In a lovely scene in the café, he tells her as much and Coronation Street once again brought a tear to my eye. It’s been one of those Weatherfield weeks. Bev and Audrey reconciled this week, for Deirdre’s sake.
Bev, you’ll remember, fell out with Audrey as Bev was due to marry Fred
Elliot. But on her wedding day, Fred fell down dead – on Audrey’s welcome
mat. It’s fair to say relations between Audrey and Bev have been somewhat
less than cordial since. However, at Deirdre’s wake in the pub, they shook
hands and made up. Bev has gone home now, as has Peter. Their visits were
fleeting but necessary and it’s Corrie’s loss that they’ve both gone,
again. Ken’s even thrown his kimono away. At the Nazir house, they celebrate Eid Mubarak and there’s extra reason for joy when Alya and Gary announce they’re engaged. Now then, I love Gary Windass. I think I might be a little bit in love with him and in my eyes, he can do no wrong. But this storyline is all wrong, nothing feels right about it at all. Gary’s little son Jake appears to have been forgotten and the fact that Alya would be Jake’s stepmum has not been mentioned either. As I said, it feels wrong. And finally, I’ll end this weekly update with my favourite
line of the week. It came from Wednesday’s superb episode written by Chris
Fewtrell. At Deirdre’s wake, Liz opens a bottle of red wine to drink a
toast to Deirdre. She says: "It's a Shiraz. Bold, strong, big-hearted and
takes no prisoners. It were Deirdre's favourite." And that's just about that for this week. Remember, you can sign up to get these Corrie weekly updates by email at http://www.corrie.net/updates/weekly/subscribe.htm This week’s writers were Damon Rochefort (Monday double); Chris Fewtrell (Wednesday's gem of an episode; Thursday); Ellen Taylor and John Kerr (Friday double). Find out all about the Coronation Street writing team at http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2008/11/exclusive-all-current-corrie-writers.html Glenda Young Website: glendayoungbooks.com
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