Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - V

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Originally Posted by emerald

Geoff was really sinister in Friday's episode. Yasmeen's comment about his magic act being a bit rusty was unfair but everything after that seemed to involve Geoff trying to get back at her for being "disrespectful", in such a nasty, threatening way. I was hoping Michael and Grace would notice the atmosphere between them but they don't know either character very well and they have their own problems to work through.
It's not a coincidence that Geoff's a DJ and magician - both those jobs involve showmanship, being the centre of attention and everyone thinking he's wonderful. Even working as a waiter allows him to be charming and outgoing. I really want him to be caught talking down to Yameen in public and everyone turns on him but I doubt that will happen.

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Geoff will get away with it as long as the Producers want him to.

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Originally Posted by Dennis tanner

Geoff will get away with it as long as the Producers want him to.

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Ha ha, there was me thinking he was evil with a mind of his own.

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Originally Posted by RogerOver

Ha ha, there was me thinking he was evil with a mind of his own.

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Geoff is evil. That's why the Producers picked him for the job.

bethany in sinead's dressing gown is wrong

I don't normally agree with 'Coronation Streets' artistic/cinematic flourishes (i.e, zooms, sweeping shots, etc) but Geoff's rant at Yasmeen at the end of that magic trick (replete with 360 degree swoop) was quite effective....

How many doorhandles can fall of in soaps? - It's becoming a very tired old cliche?

bethany should give daniel space

Hopefully someone will see the clip on her phone if they don't believe her, best story in ages. So well acted by both

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Originally Posted by RogerOver

Ha ha, there was me thinking he was evil with a mind of his own.

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There was me thinking Yasmeen had a mind of her own. When she found out Sharif was cheating with her best friend she wasted no time throwing him out. She must have had a personality transplant to become the doormat she is now portrayed as. Before she met Goeff she was an strong independent woman helping other people and organizing all sorts of things at the community centre. Even supposing she thinks she loves him, I find it completely out of character for her to put up with his behavior.

I was surprised Tim wasn't more angry when Geoff lost his temper with him but I also wondered if Tim is used to that kind of behaviour from when he was growing up?

I'm surely not the only one that would like to see Yazmeen stick a knife in Geoff, or see him run over by a bus or something. He's a small minded control freak and bully that deserves to get a good thumping.

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Originally Posted by Son of Cain

How many doorhandles can fall of in soaps? - It's becoming a very tired old cliche?

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Next thing you know someone will burn their dinner in the oven....

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Originally Posted by Jadefalcon

I'm surely not the only one that would like to see Yazmeen stick a knife in Geoff, or see him run over by a bus or something. He's a small minded control freak and bully that deserves to get a good thumping.

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he will be killed no doubt in the end

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Originally Posted by Son of Cain

There was me thinking Yasmeen had a mind of her own. When she found out Sharif was cheating with her best friend she wasted no time throwing him out. She must have had a personality transplant to become the doormat she is now portrayed as. Before she met Goeff she was an strong independent woman helping other people and organizing all sorts of things at the community centre. Even supposing she thinks she loves him, I find it completely out of character for her to put up with his behavior.

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Totally correct

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Originally Posted by swmc66

Hopefully someone will see the clip on her phone if they don't believe her, best story in ages. So well acted by both

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Exactly. I would like to see Geoff and Windass kill each other

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Originally Posted by Son of Cain

There was me thinking Yasmeen had a mind of her own. When she found out Sharif was cheating with her best friend she wasted no time throwing him out. She must have had a personality transplant to become the doormat she is now portrayed as. Before she met Goeff she was an strong independent woman helping other people and organizing all sorts of things at the community centre. Even supposing she thinks she loves him, I find it completely out of character for her to put up with his behavior.

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The thing with this kind of abuse is that it is very very slowly happening and victims are not aware. Your self-confidence gets eroded, tiny tiny bit by bit so yes, that strong independent woman becomes a totally changed character. She is also now afraid of him as he is so volatile and she never knows how he is going to react.

And to add to that ... victims really believe what they are being told .. that they are at fault, they are the ones that do wrong all the time and that they should be grateful that their partners are still with them because nobody else would put up with them :angry:

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Originally Posted by Perdita

And to add to that ... victims really believe what they are being told .. that they are at fault, they are the ones that do wrong all the time and that they should be grateful that their partners are still with them because nobody else would put up with them :angry:

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While what you say is true, I just do not see it applying to Yasmeen. Perhaps if they had introduced her as a more indecisive, weaker, less confident character I could accept this, but they didn't.

I'm wondering if he will indeed meet his comeuppance but not until BGT week... That will give him several months to do his worst...

In general, Monday's episode's seemed to be crammed with storylines. We could have done without the book club and Tracy and Steve's attempts at a romantic liaison which would have allowed more time for the other storylines.

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Originally Posted by emerald

I'm wondering if he will indeed meet his comeuppance but not until BGT week... That will give him several months to do his worst...

In general, Monday's episode's seemed to be crammed with storylines. We could have done without the book club and Tracy and Steve's attempts at a romantic liaison which would have allowed more time for the other storylines.

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You might be right there ... during BGT week the episodes will be shown after the watershed at 9pm ..

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Originally Posted by Son of Cain

While what you say is true, I just do not see it applying to Yasmeen. Perhaps if they had introduced her as a more indecisive, weaker, less confident character I could accept this, but they didn't.

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Yasmeen was a bit weaker after her first husband had an affair. Perhaps husbands / partners are her weakness? She'd probably be better off without them.

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Originally Posted by Ruffed_lemur

Yasmeen was a bit weaker after her first husband had an affair. Perhaps husbands / partners are her weakness? She'd probably be better off without them.

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You are probably right about her being better off on her own. I cannot remember how they got together, or how Geoff wooed her. I was surprised that they did, as I never really saw them as being suitable for each other.

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Originally Posted by Son of Cain

You are probably right about her being better off on her own. I cannot remember how they got together, or how Geoff wooed her. I was surprised that they did, as I never really saw them as being suitable for each other.

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Audrey liked Geoff at the beginning but he wanted Yasmeen

I think Sharif was the only person Yasmeen was ever with before Geoff and he hurt her with his cheating

eileen is right for once

geoff plays the victim, cries then is forgiven

can bethany just leave now, she is annoying

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Originally Posted by Perdita

You might be right there ... during BGT week the episodes will be shown after the watershed at 9pm ..

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I do not object to him being killed before the watershed.

Whilst the acting and scripting of the interplay between Geoff and Yasmeen is excellent, I find the attitude of her so called friends very unrealistic and therefore too convenient for the storyline. Before Geoff arrived on the scene, Yasmeen was a pillar of the community, seemingly liked and admired by everyone, but suddenly they're believing the word of someone they've known for a relatively short time over their longstanding friend - despite the lack of any evidence whatsoever to back up his story.

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Originally Posted by Brucie

Whilst the acting and scripting of the interplay between Geoff and Yasmeen is excellent, I find the attitude of her so called friends very unrealistic and therefore too convenient for the storyline. Before Geoff arrived on the scene, Yasmeen was a pillar of the community, seemingly liked and admired by everyone, but suddenly they're believing the word of someone they've known for a relatively short time over their longstanding friend - despite the lack of any evidence whatsoever to back up his story.

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While I agree with your comment .. again, in real life.. this is how it happens .. I know ...

cathy and alya are suss to geoff, id like peter to help out also as he is involved

The trouble is that Alya has never been keen on Geoff even before this started in earnest, so she won't be seen as unbiased, and Geoff will use the point of her 'losing her inheritance' against her. That time where he forced her to drink the entire glass of wine was particularly nasty, though not as bad as the way he went on after the magic show.

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Originally Posted by Jadefalcon

The trouble is that Alya has never been keen on Geoff even before this started in earnest, so she won't be seen as unbiased, and Geoff will use the point of her 'losing her inheritance' against her. That time where he forced her to drink the entire glass of wine was particularly nasty, though not as bad as the way he went on after the magic show.

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He actually made her drink the whole bottle of wine, not just a glass ... :angry:

some good and bad moments for a big episode, needed norris and emily more roy

Not Ken, nooooooooooooooo! :crying:

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Originally Posted by parkerman

Not Ken, nooooooooooooooo! :crying:

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is he really leaving for a retirement village

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Originally Posted by lizann

is he really leaving for a retirement village

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Cannot see it. Would Claudia want to live there with him?

Gutted to finish up on a carpark.

I never knew that Weatherfield was the other side of the Pennines. OR Mary persuaded Ken from The Grapes to go a very long way round to avoid the road works.

So Ken died, but it was the wrong Ken

no one died except dennis his ashes got run over by the ambulance sean can't tell if someone is dead or alive

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Originally Posted by Dennis tanner

Gutted to finish up on a carpark.

I never knew that Weatherfield was the other side of the Pennines. OR Mary persuaded Ken from The Grapes to go a very long way round to avoid the road works.

So Ken died, but it was the wrong Ken

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Ken didn't die.

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Originally Posted by Dennis tanner

Gutted to finish up on a carpark.

I never knew that Weatherfield was the other side of the Pennines. OR Mary persuaded Ken from The Grapes to go a very long way round to avoid the road works.

So Ken died, but it was the wrong Ken

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Ken, the bus driver did not die

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Originally Posted by Perdita

Ken, the bus driver did not die

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I am totally confused. I thought he had

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Originally Posted by Dennis tanner

I am totally confused. I thought he had

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sean said he was in weatherfield general doing well