- Janice to Rosie "You're going to have to get used to hearing things like that (insulting her mother) working around here" Rosie "I'm used to it from what she says about you at home!" (nice one!)
- Sarah "Everyone wants to hit David"
- Kirk (with bandages all over his fingers) "I'm the Kirster, knife man of the north!"
- Ashley to Kevin "Fancy swapping Laurel for Hardy?" (Tyrone for Kirk)
- Vernon to Liz "You're not the woman i thought you were"
- Leanne to Cilla "Your CV will be kept on file. Now get stuffed!"
When did they whitewash the back yard of the Rovers? Vernon seems to be picking up something just a little off with Liz but i don't think he knows he's doing it. Or does he? I guess that close call on the balcony was too much for her guilt. Well good. I'm glad she feels guilty. I am not a big fan of Vernon at all but less a fan of messing around. She thought she could keep it all a secret. Well she did until she spilled her guts to Violet. Now she's unburdened herself, she feels better but poor Vi has to keep her gob shut. Just when it's over, though, the wife shows up. Doesn't that woman have any friends that she has to unburden herself to a virtual stranger? Of course, that's a soap staple too. She's unburdened herself to the woman that was shagging her husband! And if he's been having it off, and she knows it, and it isn't the first time, why don't you just chuck him out yourself? Liz trying to pretend Derek had "just" told her that this affair he was having was over is a pretty lame excuse and Liz knew it was. So she spills the beans on herself. I wish Linda had clocked her one instead of walking out. Very clever having Sally singing about cheating and boots made for walking during these scenes.
So the aftermath...Derek didn't show up to do the delivery the next day. Maybe Linda buried him in a barrel! ;) Dev is advising Vernon to take Liz to Paris. No money but it looks like he might have swung it anyway. A tall blonde with endless legs and two heavy boxes seem to have something to do with it. If anyone had said anything about her to Vernon, he'd have said or she'd have noticed his mood change drastically. Well you know there are no secrets kept for long so Vernon did find out, predictably and straight from the horse's mouth (Derek). And it was all because Linda finally saw sense and chucked him out so he decided if he was getting the boot, he would make sure Liz would too because it was her that tattled and her that wouldn't be blackmailed. He even sold his record collection for her and then tore up the tickets. Well i would too. I'm glad he had the backbone to walk out even if he didn't get any further than the old chair in the taxi office. Surely Lloyd could have offered him the sofa at least, without Liz's putting the idea in his head. Violet's right, Liz did treat him like a dishrag. And why? She might love him but she hasn't had a lot of respect for him either even though he thought she did. Boy he really told her some hard truths in the cafe didn't he!
Happy 40th birthday Sal! The girls do a whip round. Carla hires a personal assistant but hasn't even thought about what she's going to be doing. And the Morton's are trying out the karaoke machine at full strength in the morning! Only Jerry could get Gail to have a go on a microphone! At least it was a quiet song! Bridge over Troubled Waters, sounds like the Platt Family Motto! Gosh i didn't realize that most of the factory bees dislike Sally that much. Mind you, Kelly always was a bit of a two faced cow. Sally was terrified about Kevin's speech. Well it wasn't too bad but Sally's sense of decorum was a bit put out with him mentioning two marraiges! lol! Why couldn't they actually sing the whole Mustang Sally song from the start properly instead of just the chorus over and over? That was just silly! Mind you, Tyrone ROCKED!
So now Sally is 40 and hungover. Why did she have the party on a work night, then? Nice of Kevin to take the day off with her but it won't look good to Carla seeing Sally and Kev swan off. Sally seems to be at an early mid life crisis and it's nice to see Kevin is supportive. Hayley's put the bug in her ear. A new challenge. Roy too, further education.
Molly's going to call some of Vera's family to help out. I didn't think she had too much family around other than Terry... and the grandson Paul. Now that will portent the arrival of said grandson because that's a soap staple. You all of a sudden start talking about a character long since not seen and poof they appear!
Like... the very next day! There shows up Paul Clayton, and it must be ok because Jack and Vera recognized him. Tyrone seems to have taken an instant dislike to Paul, too. Jealously over a "real" relative or is there something else there? Is he picking up on something? Or maybe it's because he's Terry's son and he doesn't trust or like Terry. Well i guess time will tell if the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree.
I think Paul was winding Tyrone up on purpose about maybe keeping the money for Jack's bet and poor thick Tyrone believed it. So Paul might stay on? Maybe Ty was right. No job? Molly likes him so i can see conflict between Ty and Molly too. Paul does come across as a bit smarmy, don't you think?
Joanne was pretty mouthy to and about Carla. Where did that all come from? It's not like Carla was the one that turned Joanne in for the immigration bit. The others have been far more trouble but a few narky words and Joanne gets the sack? Overstaffed my left eye. Liam finds out, he's not best pleased. he's right, casual workers should go first and it looks like Joanne is going to be a pawn for the power control between Carla and Liam. Can't have been Darryl's first guitar, he seemed like he could actually play it. Now the environmental health is going to be involved.
David is going to have fun taking the mickey out of Sarah with another wedding coming up. Well i'm glad Jason told David a few hard words, not that it'll make all that much difference really. Wait a minute, Jodie *did* get her hair done but she told Violet she hadn't and then implied that Violet looked cheap and tarty!
Ashley and Claire had a nice break. Across town with her mother. Did they change Freddie babies between two different episodes? When Claire and Ashley got out of the car and Gail patted his head, he had straight hair. The birthday episode, that baby had a head of curls and i think nots as round a face either.Laughed at Roy's robot cake, Becky thought it looked like it's been shot! Becky's in charge of the birthday pressie too. Not too sure about that, me. A firetruck! Bwahahahaha! Poor kid, she really doesn't think, does she?
Claire hasn't really bounced back all that well. She's awfully quiet. And on top of things, Claire disappeared. Are we looking at a return of her post natal depression? With all she's been through, it would be understandable. Still worried about who set fire to the house yet Ashley doesn't seem to be worried at all no matter what he says to Kevin and that sort of makes him a bit insensitive and impatient with her. Ooh, Claire's mother makes an appearance. Bloody hell, though, Claire nearly missed the party but Casey showed up all apologetic, worming her way back in to the bosom of the family. She comes across very believable, so much so that Claire ends up apologizing to her too. Fancy her remembering it was Freddie's birthday, too? Now Casey and Claire are thick and Ashley has heard that Claire knows he doesn't trust her and thinks she's fragile.
As if bright red tshirts weren't bad enough, now Cilla and Yaha have food on their hats as well. They'd probably be better actually serving in the shop! Lots of flirting between Liam and Maria in the salon and walks out with exactly the same haircut as he went in with. Traditionally. Restaurants do tend to start off slowly so Leanne shouldn't worry too much if there isn't a lot of business just yet. I absolutely loved Cilla asking Leanne for a job and having to do it in front of Janice. I loved Leanne putting her in her place, too! Kirk is a bit of a crap butcher, isn't he? But Andy Whyment is just brilliant.
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