Well today's the day folks! :(
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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