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Corrie weekly updates from 1995 Coronation Street Books by Glenda Young February 10 2018 Peter Barlow would like it to be known that he does not still have feelings for Carla Connor. Does not. Got it? Right. And just in case anyone was under the impression that he might still care for her, he denies it left, right and centre. It’s a wonderful subtle joke that threads its way throughout the week after Peter finds out that Carla and Daniel have slept together. He’s jealous but he keeps his feelings to himself, well, that’s what he’s telling himself anyway. We all know different, of course. And when Carla collapses with her kidney problem Peter goes to visit her in hospital. He’s on one side of the bed and Daniel’s on the other. A wonderful scene. But Carla in hospital was one of three hospital scenes this week – the others were Aidan Connor and Nicola Thorp. Hospital scenes are supposed to be dramatic, have impact, we’re supposed to care about what’s happening to the character. But when hospital scenes are chucked at us left, right and centre, we stop caring – about the scene, the character… and even, perhaps, ultimately, the show itself? Please, Kate Oates, give the hospital scenes a rest. We get it that you like them. Please get it that we don’t want them in every episode, not even every week. Elsewhere this week, Rana’s parents find out about her affair with Kate. They offer Zeedan a large amount of money to stay with Rana as a married couple, money that Zeedan can invest into his business. It’s a deal that Zeedan takes but Rana spends the week in tears, she can’t half cry that girl. When Yasmeen finds out what’s happened she tells Rana to pull herself together. “If you’re gay, you’re gay!” Yasmeen is great, she really is. Sadly for Rana she cries in reply: “But I don’t know what I am!” Over in the Bistro, Chesney overhears Gemma’s fella Henry talking to his posh mate Hugo about Gemma. It becomes clear that Henry’s dating Gemma for a bet and Chesney’s not having it. He tells Gemma what he’s heard and she storms out of the Bistro after tipping food on Henry’s head. But Henry really has developed feelings for Gemma and isn’t going to let her go so easily even though she knows the truth about why he started dating her. And so Henry calls in at the kebab shop to see Gemma but Chesney forbids him and chucks Henry out. Later, Gemma’s quite taken when she hears from Cathy how Chesney defended her honour. Tim packs to leave Weatherfield, telling Sally that he needs to get Faye away from the evil Phelan. But he spends so much time telling Sally that he’s leaving, that he doesn’t actually leave. He tells her in the pub that he’s leaving. He tells her in the kitchen at home that he’s leaving. But as far as we know, he’s still there. Meanwhile, Sally cries on Kev’s shoulder as she wonders if it’s the end of the road for her and Tim. Speaking of Phelan, he knows there’s something odd going on inside Nicola’s flat when she won’t let him inside and he sees the curtains twitch. It’s Seb, of course, doing a terrible job of lying low and keeping away from the windows. So, when Faye finds out that Seb’s at Nicola’s flat, she goes there in a Streetcars cab. Unfortunately, Phelan overhears Steve take the call and follows Faye to Nicola’s flat. He barges inside with Faye, determined to find out what’s going on. In a bid to get her dad out of the flat, Nicola feigns pregnancy problems and Phelan rushes his daughter to the hospital for an ultrasound. Nicola then tells Phelan she’ll move in with him and Eileen until the baby’s born, thinking that it’ll be safer for Seb if Phelan has no cause to visit her flat again. But Phelan knows there’s something up and gets that look on his face again. Elsewhere this week, Gina forgets to take her medication and goes off the rails, stealing fish fingers for which she gets locked up overnight. Dev tells her he’ll care for her (I’m not really buying their relationship) but she must remember to take her tablets as he can’t have her going off the rails while he’s got Aadi and Asha to look after too. Speaking of pills, Billy’s in a great deal of pain after Adam swaps his heavy-duty painkillers for ordinary paracetamol. Adam wants Billy to suffer, of course, for what he did to his mam Susan in the past. Billy’s behaviour is affecting Summer now, and she’s become his carer. Where’s that nosy social worker when she’s needed, the one who was always popping in and out? Where’s the vicar’s convalescent home he can go to? And finally, this week it’s Eva’s 30th birthday and it’s also Amy’s 14th birthday on the same day. Eva pretends to get drunk at her party in the Rovers so that Leanne doesn’t twig that Eva isn’t drinking because she’s really pregnant and is going to give her baby to Toyah. A truly daft storyline in every single sense. And that’s just about that for this week. |
