Thursday 23 May 2013

David's epilepsy returns

(This post was originally posted by me on the Coronation Street Blog in March 2013.)

If you thought the whole storyline with David's epilepsy has been swept under the rug, you wouldn't be thought badly for it. It has never been mentioned after the first week or two when David moaned about having to be on medication the rest of his life.

Now, however, it seems they're going to focus on it again. In the Daily Mail, there are papparazzi pics from some filming done in a local park where David has been out with Max and collapses. There doesn't seem to be any other explanation so the Mail is, probably correctly, surmising that this is going to be revisited.

In the original storyline, it seemed the stress of being suspected of trying to murder his mate Graeme Proctor was the result of passing out from epilepsy behind the wheel of a car. In the years since, David has been under a lot of stress but never had any relapses. While it's possible that could happen, medication doesn't usually prevent seizures from ever happening again. This time around, he drops to the ground in front of Max who is scared but manages to use David's phone to call "Uncle" Nick who comes running to help.

If you're wondering who the buggy belongs to in some of the photos, Chesney and little Joseph were in the same scenes but Ches must have been off changing the nappy or something.

I'm glad they're bringing this up again as it's important to stay consistent with the characters and there's been precious little of that lately. If this is up to the new producer, well done, Mr. B.


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice to finally see a bit of proper continuity, especially in a serial where the characters lives span a lot of time and storylines (yes some of which we're ALL trying to forget ;) ).

Anonymous said...

P.S. It's also nice that they threw in some buildup to this event (dropping things, blanking out), just surprising that they didn't have family put it together, but forgivable since it COULD happen.

Top marks to the little fellow playing Max, and to Jack Shepherd(David)

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