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I agree. Johnny Briggs is just brilliant. Bradley Walsh is also great. They are really both acting their socks off and making this story the tear-jerker it should be.
The stuff with Chesney, Les and Cilla was really good as well. And provided a nice comic counterpoint to the intensity of the Mike Baldwin scenes.
The MIke scenes are just fantastic it is nice to see that they are keeping it real and showing how the family is pulling appart all believing that they know best for the person involved.
Johnny Briggs is really doing such a great job I just want to reach in and pull him out and keep him safe - not feelings I have ever had for Mike believe me!!
I agree with you. Danny just uses Leanne as Mike's carer. It would be good if he took more responsibility for Mike's well-being and i don't think they should put Mike in a home. I am sure if all the Baldwins worked together than they could all manage to look after Mike.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaza
I liked the rolling credits last night too. I thought that made it extra special. :)
i must have missed that what happened
They had the final scene in the rain in a park near Mark's house. Jamie and Frankie were walking a soaking Mike back to the car and as they walked away with their backs to the camera, the credits started rolling. Normally at the end of the final scene we have the blue background, but this time it didn't fade in until the second half of the credits.
i thought mondays episode was really good and really sad. i think the part is being palyed brilliant by johnny briggs
i have to say though on monday i was totally shocked when mark opened the door, it is good to see that there are some actors/actresses that are willing to come back into an episode for a farewell or a funeral etcQuote:
Originally Posted by stacyefc
Feel quite sorry for Penny as she was kinda pushed out of the way by Danny,so she couldnt really get involved with the helping of Mike.Leanne is just a selfish b****.If i were Danny i'd get rid! By the way..is sthe actress pregnant in real life,either that or that dressing gown she wears makes her look huge!
Yes. Jane Danson is pregnant, and they aren't writing it into the storyline.Quote:
Originally Posted by chance
Well today's the day folks! :(
Yep, after 30 years it's the end of an era. I'm sure (with the exception of Ray Langton), this is the first death of a long standing Corrie character (I don't classify Alma as one of these), since Alf Roberts died of a stroke in 1999, after 38 years in Corrie (he joined just after it started).
Don't forget to watch Farewell Mike straight after the episode at 8pm as well. Go on, you know how rubbish BBC1 is at 8pm on a Friday night these days. :nono:
I dunno wether to watch it or not as im not really a corrie fan anymore but if i do i deffinately will not be watching Farewell Mike im to dedicated to BBC1 Monday Tuesday Thursdays and Fridays
Thought there would be more opinions on tonights episode but obviously not or everyone is overcome. I thought it was a brill episode, and Corrie is not a favourite of mine - If Johnny Briggs doesn't get an award for his acting then there is no justice. It was pure class.
Don't get me wrong, I thought it was good, but it could have been so much better IMO.
I thought Danny and Jamie were good again tonight. The scene at the end was nice too, though I would have preferred the aerial scene at the end to go over the credits, rather than the bland ITV generic background.
My main gripe with the episode was not just Mike somehow getting back to Weatherfield on foot, but also the 'filler' stuff. The Liz/Vernon/Michelle stuff is painful to watch, and without the likes of Sally and Janice in Underworld, the scenes with those left (Kelly/Joanne et al) were dull.
I think if John Fay had written this instead of Darren, I would have been very pleased with the outcome. When I saw Darren's name on the opening titles, I feared it wouldn't be a perfect end for Johnny Briggs that he so richly deserved, and I was sortof proved right. I think the funeral will be much better though, when that happens. It looks good from the pictures I've seen.
The episode aside, it's been a privilege to have grown up with Mike Baldwin. Johnny Briggs has been a great servent to Coronation Street for 29 and a half years, and the place will be much poorer without him. The storyline of his downfall has been excellent on the whole, and I have really enjoyed it. The excellent 'Farewell Mike' show straight after the episode was also great. Best of luck to Johnny on his retirement.
End of an era.
6.5/10
i have to agree the whole mike story line up to now has been acted out so brilliantly so i was expecting a sadder exit, i thought i would be in tears because it has so great since he came back.
maybe i was just expecting too much
Yeah I was left underwhelmed, all this big build up and all the great acting Johnny Briggs had produced, and it didn't really meet with a massive climax, I was expecting myself to cry buckets, but I didn't cry at all, and I think Deidre should have come out onto the street.
All the other stuff was predictable, I particulary dislike this whole Kelly and that other girl (the psycho one) stuff, it's just dull
last night was amazing , it jas been really well acted through out as well, just amazing
I have to say I agree with you Richie. I was a bit disappointed in Mike's final episode. The whole storyline had been brilliant and the lead up this week too was very good, but I did find it totally inplausible that Mike managed to get out of the hospital without being spotted and then even managed to get back to Coronation Street.
Johnny Brigggs, William Roache, Bradley Walsh and the others involved were brilliant as usual, but I feel they were let down at the end by the script.
i do agree and thought they would of done something a bit bigger than they did, but i think the way they did touched many peoples hearts and i liked the way they brought the other oldest memebers of the street around him
I dont know an about anyone else but i dont really watch but i have lately.
It was heartbreaking to see how scared mike was awww bless
The end made me cry when danny held his dad in his arm and rocked him that was so sad :crying:
Great performance from everyone involved :)
I didn't think William Roache was very good at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by parkerman
Bad acting - especially the bit where he went "Oh no you don't Baldwin!" as he was about to die. :thumbsdow
I know that was the bit that got me too, i mean oh my gosh it just got me very emotionalQuote:
Originally Posted by angelblue
I was fortunate to miss all the trailers for his death so my hopes were not built up to expect more than what actually happened. Having watched it twice now I feel that the whole thing was well handled. True some of the script may have been less than 100% I feel in the end it was well handled. I think the major parts of the storyline are yet to come. Tonights episode should be good as the news sinks in with the residents of Britains favourite street and the inevitable sibling rivalry erupts.
I know im looking forward to tonights episode, to see how danny copes with stuff
I think Adam has used the fake tan too much he was so tangoed last night.
Deirdre to Ken: I did love him
Why would you tell your husband that you loved the man you cheated on him with.
Blanche as usual was hilarious.
Well they used to go out with one another in Mike's early years on the Street, before they split up. Of course soon after Deirdre married Ken the first time, Mike and Deirdre embarked on the big affair.
I know oh my god his face! i really couldnt stop laughingQuote:
Originally Posted by tammyy2j
Does that Becky lass remind anyone of a scruffy version of Frankie? lol :o
yeah a little, god is she weird
I feel sorry for Danny at the moment. He did do the best he could for Mike. I feel Adam and Jamie are ganging up on him.
What happened with Leanne hurt the family, but they can't say he didn't care about his dad?! And Jamie didn't know Mike very well. He got close to him during the last few months of his life, when he was vulnerable. Mike has done some pretty bad stuff in his life. What with business deals and affairs?!He certainly wasn't whiter than white. He may have even done worse things than Danny in his day.
I wonder if Jamie would help Danny out if he went the same way?!
Goodness me I was bored with Corrie tonight, the Rita and Norris thing was highly amusing, but this whole Joanne and Kelly thing is tedious and the stupid glances Adam and Jamie kept giving Danny were repetitive, I swear I think Adam is in love with Jamie.
It was quite a boring couple of episodes wasn't it? Very slow moving and it felt like nothing much was happening at all. So i'm afraid it's a thumbs down to tonight's two episodes from me. :thumbsdow :(
I know I am a few episodes to late but I watch the repeat on sunday of Mike dying and I have to say, I was not impressed at all.. I thought it would have been sadder but it didn't do anything for me... I was expecting a better goodbye but the acting from both Mike and Ken were brilliant
mikes exit should have been better than it was everytime i see adam he reminds me of my biology teacher he looks so much like him they are almost identical!
I know i think exactly the same i think they are being really unfiarQuote:
Originally Posted by littlemo
Anyone see the repeat of the Deirdre/Mike/Ken Love Triangle episode (1983) today? What a classic! Great to see ITV kept the old opening credits with the Granada slide at the beginning, and the old ad breaks. What I enjoyed about those days was the lack of 'silly' characters and the long scenes. When you think of soaps these days you have loads of short scenes. Back in the old days, like today's episode, you could count the number of scenes on your hand. The Ken/Deirdre affair dialogue was outstanding, totally intimate. Also great to see the likes of Stan and Hilda Ogden, Annie Walker, Len Fairclough, Albert Tatlock, Ivy from Baldwin's factory, Eddie Yeates, and Bet Lynch (before she became a drag queen - haven't seen those characters in years. It was a shame ironically that most of these characters left within the next 2 or 3 years.
Anyway, absolute corker. They don't make them like that anymore.
9.5/10
tonights episode was bad, Im sorry but it was, having to put up with that Adam's one note constant expression, wooden performance and overall dreadful acting has made Corrie almost unbearable. I hate to pin point one particular performer but how this man ever made it into the acting business is a joke. The way he went to threaten Danny was just utterly laughable. Thank god for Bradley Walsh putting in fine consistent performances. Im telling you now if I have to keep seeing boring Adam keeping whining I will be switching of all together.
I missed tonight's episode.
Agree about Adam, he is awful, absolutely dreadful. He won't stop me watching Corrie however.
I missed it too. Who got the will then??