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February 25
2017
This week’s Coronation
Street continued its powerful telling of Steve and Michelle’s baby
story and it would be wrong to start anywhere other than that in
this week’s update. On a quiet beach, Steve and Michelle
scatter baby Ruari’s ashes and there wasn’t a dry eye on our sofa,
it was heartbreaking. Steve draws a heart in the sand with their
three initials – S, M and R. Then, when Michelle finds out
that Leanne’s given birth to her son (more on that in the next
para!) she decides to go and see the baby. Michelle’s resolve fails
her when she’s nursing Leanne’s newborn in her arms and my heart
broke all over again. Steve decides against going to see the baby
and stays away from Leanne and his son.
But when Steve and
Michelle’s quiet night out in the bistro coincides with the Platt’s
party to wet the baby’s head, that’s when Steve’s baby bombshell is
dropped. There’s a commotion at the bistro bar and glasses are
smashed so David hands the baby to the person nearest to him as he
dashes to help at the bar. And the person nearest to David is … you
guessed it, Steve. It’s too much for Steve to bear, looking
into the eyes of his new baby son and he stuns everyone when he
reveals that Oliver is his. Well, you can imagine.
Michelle runs to the
kitchen to throw up in the sink as the shock hits her hard. Leanne
goes to try to comfort her but Michelle wallops her around the chops
and gives her a bloody nose. In this kitchen scene between Leanne
and Michelle, I had to choke back the tears once more as Michelle
struggled to cope with shock and betrayal of the very worst kind.
And when she finds out later that even Liz knew, well, it sends
Michelle to a very dark place. Robert takes it upon himself to be
the hero of the hour and goes looking for Michelle, he hesitates at
the door of the Rovers and when he finds it locked he takes out his
phone to ring her. “Leave her alone!” I shouted at the telly – and
you can always tell when I’m enjoying my Corrie ‘cos I shout at the
telly a lot. Robert puts his phone away, but his predatory manner is
unsettling, to say the least.
And now, let’s
backtrack a little to Leanne giving birth. Little Liam lets Darryl
the rat escape and it chews through cables at Victoria Court causing
the lifts to break down. Well, the lift conks out with Leanne and
Toyah inside, having a big argument over Peter (who else?).
Leanne’s waters break and she goes into labour. Neither of their
phones will work and they yell for help. Robert calls an ambulance.
But he doesn’t think to call a lift engineer and Robert can’t find a
crow bar to open the lift. Where’s Richard Hillman when you need
him? Then, bizarrely, Johnny turns up. As does, Eva, Sarah, Bethany,
Nick and Rana. When the lift doors eventually swing open as the two
ambulance men arrive, Leanne’s given birth to a baby boy, she and
Toyah have made up, and half the street is gawping into the lift at
Leanne.
Elsewhere this week,
there was more uncomfortable viewing as Nathan works his way into
Bethany’s trust and affections. He steals her phone then gives her a
new one. Sarah’s not happy about any of this but is powerless to
stop it, so far.
In the Kabin, there’s a bit of flirting
going on in front of the Lemon Sherberts between Brian and Cathy.
She gives him some tips on living with Roy and tells him the right
way to cook a shepherd’s pie, just the way Roy likes it. It’s
clear there’s a spark between the two of them but Brian keeps their
friendship a secret from Roy, for now.
Over at the factory,
Jenny flaming Bradley decides on a spot of blackmail after Richard
Drake turns down the chance to buy Underworld’s new line in
mastectomy bras. When Jenny spots Richard’s hand on his secretary’s
bum in a photograph, she tells him if he doesn’t place the order
with the factory, she’ll show the photo to his wife. Not only does
Richard Drake place the order, Jenny makes him double it too.
Aidan’s not best pleased when he finds out that Jenny’s now working
in the office instead of on the factory floor but even he has to
secretly admire her guile at getting work for the girls.
And finally, Liam and
Eva visit Maria in prison this week. Despite Maria’s wishes because
of her feelings for Aidan, she agrees to let Liam move in with Aidan
and Eva in the flat.
And that’s just about
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This
week’s writers were John Kerr (Monday double); Mark Wadlow
(Wednesday); Joe Turner (Friday double). Find out all about the
Coronation Street writing team at Coronation
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