Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

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Originally Posted by LouiseP

Am I the only one who doesn't like the Sally and Tim partnership ? Snobby Sally would never look twice at someone like Tim imo.

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I think you miss the whole point of the relationship. It shows Sally is just an ordinary working class woman at heart. How long was she married to Kevin? She puts on her airs and graces but really she is most at home with what she knows and she is very comfortable with Tim because in reality he is from the world she knows. They are a wonderful couple and the product of some real thought and brilliant writing.

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Originally Posted by Dazzle

It was even more mind-boggling to witness perennial grouch Norris joining in with the waltzing and warbling! He must have started on the sherry early that day. :D

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Perhaps Emily was a little heavy handed with the sherry in her trifle. :D

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Originally Posted by Dazzle

I know one thing for sure: I'd prefer that to a nice young claustrophobic man dying a slow and terrifying death bound and gagged in the boot of a car!

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I shouldn't find what you posted funny, but I am still smiling. :D

I know I am a bit sick. Perhaps I should be a script writer for EE. :)

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Originally Posted by LouiseP

Am I the only one who doesn't like the Sally and Tim partnership ? Snobby Sally would never look twice at someone like Tim imo.

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I thought that at first, but I love the pair of them now. One of the hats better decisions.

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Originally Posted by parkerman

I've got nothing against bringing some Christmas cheer into Coronation Street. They must have known they were going to be up against it in the dramatic stakes with all the "dark" stories going on down south in Walford so decided on a different approach.

The real problem I have currently with Corrie is that there are only two things that I find remotely interesting or enjoyable. The first is Jack P Shepherd's acting and his one-liners together with the fascination regarding how they are going to get out of the Callum in the manhole story.

The second is the entertaining and highly amusing Sally and Tim relationship.

Apart from that.......

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I agree Jack P Shepherd is a class act. A real talent.

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Originally Posted by parkerman

I think you miss the whole point of the relationship. It shows Sally is just an ordinary working class woman at heart. How long was she married to Kevin? She puts on her airs and graces but really she is most at home with what she knows and she is very comfortable with Tim because in reality he is from the world she knows. They are a wonderful couple and the product of some real thought and brilliant writing.

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Sorry, , I can't agree there. I have yet to meet a snob who is really not a snob at all. Most snobs want to social climb., to have a better this, be better than anyone else, have a better that. That is their raisin d'être. They think they are better than anyone else , and she does think that, so she wants to be seen as a cut above and that would include the man she is with and that wouldn't be Tim. She has become a snob because she wasn't one when she was with Kevin . The scriptwriters have given her a complete personality transplant , as they have with so many of the characters, so, no I don't think this is brilliant scriptwriting at all.nor well thought out..Sorry. This is just my opinion and I know I am in a minority . Besides no - one really changes to that extent from what they were 10 years ago. Yes, we mature, we change our views , we grow older, and probably fatter but we don't social climb yet still be content with what we know. She was so proud to be a PA at the factory.. What is the point of being snobbish then if you don't want more out of life. That, to me, makes no sense.

Sally's always pushing Tim to be more ambitious and businesslike, so it's not as if she's content with his status. She loves him and is comfortable with him but also wants to "improve" him. Love's often illogical, it's about hormones and brain chemistry not rational thought. They're obviously intensely attracted to one another and at it like rabbits which makes the pairing more believable.

I think couples who appear ill-suited on the surface but love each other and find a way to make it work are a fact of life, and there's a long tradition of them in Corrie (think Stan and Hilda or Jack and Vera).

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Originally Posted by flappinfanny

I shouldn't find what you posted funny, but I am still smiling. :D

I know I am a bit sick. Perhaps I should be a script writer for EE. :)

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You should be, you'd fit right in with that bunch of sadists! :p

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Originally Posted by LouiseP

Am I the only one who doesn't like the Sally and Tim partnership ? Snobby Sally would never look twice at someone like Tim imo.

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i agree. A totally ridiculous pairing. Totally overdoing the slapstick humour and insulting the intelligence of the viewers.

Surely Johnny isn't going to tell Carla himself? I thought everything had to come out via a third party.