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Corrie weekly updates from 1995 Coronation Street Books by Glenda Young June 3 2017 With Adam arrested for Ken’s attempted murder, Ken thinks he’s safe with Daniel in his flat. Daniel’s decorating, and there’s a sharp knife too close to hand, as secrets unfurl between father and son. Unable to take any more of Ken’s condescension, Daniel reveals all about pushing Ken down the stairs. And as the news sinks in, furious, hurt, Ken demands to know why Daniel didn’t just finish him off. Daniel’s eyes flick to the knife. Was he actually thinking of stabbing Ken with it and killing him? We’ll never know because just at that moment there was a knock at the door and in walks Daniel’s mum, Denise Osbourne, last seen in Weatherfield many moons ago. Reunited with the parents who deserted him, Daniel can’t cope and locks himself in the bathroom, causing himself pain. It’s horrid to watch, and we all feel his pain. “You should kick the door down!” Denise yells at Ken. Meanwhile, back on the Street, Sinead’s in Daniel’s flat where she drops coffee on the floor. Mopping up, she notices the carpet lifting at the edge, she peels it back and sees a loose floorboard. Lifting that she finds the blood-stained poetry book, that Daniel hit Ken with on the stairs. Chesney takes it upon himself to look after Sinead and she moves back in to Beth and Kirk’s house after ringing the cops. The Weatherfield police storm round to Daniel’s flat where he’s arrested for Ken’s attempted murder. But Ken can’t prosecute his own son and tells the cops he simply fell. They know it’s not true, but have to let Daniel go home. “Where’s home?” a broken Daniel asks as Ken leads him out of the cop shop.
The second big story was Nick Tilsley leaving Weatherfield, this time for good as the actor left the show. A family day on the beach is arranged for Nick and Leanne, Toyah and Peter, Steve, Simon and baby Olly. Happy families it ain’t but at least they all try. That is, until Leanne finds out that Nick knew Peter was innocent of Ken’s attack but kept quiet about it because he hates Peter so much. Leanne tells Nick she wants nowt to do with him. Nick ponders on this and goes for a walk where he gets stuck in quicksand. On paper this sounded silly, but on screen it really worked. Nick’s phone won’t work and he gets pulled slowly down until only his ears and eyes are visible above the water. He’s rescued of course, a quicksand death would be too grisly to show for Coronation Street, but he does leave the Street after he’s back on dry land. He hugs mum Gail, takes his passport from the drawer and drives himself away. I can’t say I’ll miss him, can you? And the third massive story this week has been the grooming of Bethany, which reached its darkest point. It was horrible, stomach-turning stuff but it marked a change in the storyline from which Bethany can recover, although it’s going to take some time. Nathan pimps her out to three men at the same time. They all pay Nathan and we see the men follow Bethany into the bedroom at one of Nathan’s parties. There’s an even younger girl at the party too, just in case you thought Nathan wasn’t evil enough. Nathan drugs Bethany by spiking her drinks and stubs a cigarette out on her arm too. Nasty stuff indeed.
Sarah’s beside herself with worry after finding out what’s gone on and hugs her daughter tightly, relieved she’s all right. But Bethany’s confused, angry and hurt that Nathan’s been arrested. She cries undying love for her fella, brainwashed into believing that he’s done no wrong. It’s going to be a long time before this storyline is through and the scales fall from Bethany’s eyes. And finally, elsewhere on the Street this week there were, thankfully, more lighthearted moments. Brian and Cathy finally got together after Cathy collared Brian for a kiss under a ladder. Anna celebrated her 50th birthday with a party in the house and Chesney finally grew a pair as he protected Sinead from Daniel. And that’s just about that for this week. Visit the Coronation Street Blog |
