Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[mariba]

The owner was fine. Amy was brilliant as usual.

Well if my dog returned back to the person who found it and only had it for a short while, I would have some serious doubts about my skills as an owner! 😀 Plus that woman was loopy!! Scary...

[swmc66]

Were there two scenes with the dog owner? I must have missed one. I just saw when she came to collect him after he went backto Steve. Steve doted on the dog 24/7 so he is going to like him more who would'nt. it would be hard to compete with that sort of level of adoration and love.

[Kim]

I assumed she still had her job as she seemed to be off screen for quite some time. Have we had confirmation that she's managed to sell/rent the house she lived in with her husband? He went to prison/sectioned didn't he? So if the house hasn't gone yet she'll be getting stung for the council tax, water rates (assuming they're not metered it would be more) and also any utility standing charges/packages where they weren't out of contract (I presume they kept Lloyd's Sky package or whatever.) Was there not something where she was asking when she needed it for? So perhaps she might have been able to afford it without stealing from Lloyd if she waited until payday and then didn't fritter money for the rest of the month.

I'm not quite sure why I just tried to justify this storyline when it would presumably cost Andrea more than £1000 to replace like with like (she sold to a dealer who will be wanting to make a profit on it.....)

Stuart Blackburn is overstaying his welcome. This is yet more "filler" and "plot device" without a need for it. I don't know why but producers seem to give up on characters when they know they're leaving (and you get poor material/writing for their infrequent appearances) until they're suddenly appearing more in the run up to their departure (presumably to meet the minimum number of episodes specified in their contract.) Why just not give them normal treatment? Every character will have their fans and this is an insult to viewers and the actors involved.

[Dazzle]

What a pathetic storyline for Andrea and Lloyd. Andrea sells Lloyd´s record for a 1000 quid to help her daughter out ... she then scours the country for a replacement record ... surely if a dealer paid her 1000 quid she would need to pay around that much or even more to replace it .. where is she going to get the money from???? Because if she had that much spare, she would not have to steal from Lloyd to pay her daughter

I agree, though she did say it would take her a while to be able to replace the record.

Exactly. They have given Andrea a lot of daft storylines if you ask me. First her secret marriage, her fancying Steve, the broken Chair at the office, her trying to get Lloyd to be best man. Now this stupid storyline and she still wants to stay in Corrie! She just lies constantly. What happened to her job? Does she have one...she used to.

Andrea fancying Steve was the only sensible storyline she's had!

I think we have to assume she still has her job since we weren't told otherwise.

Have we had confirmation that she's managed to sell/rent the house she lived in with her husband? He went to prison/sectioned didn't he?

Neil works on an oil rig, which is why he was away for so long when Andrea first met Steve and she told him she was single. She mentioned the other day she hadn't been able to get hold of him on the oil rig to talk about their daughter's predicament.

I thought it was stupid writing that Lloyd just happened to mention his record was worth a thousand pounds on the day Andrea needed a thousand pounds. Couldn't they have made the amounts slightly different to make it more realistic? Andrea could have needed more than a thousand say, but was able to cover the rest herself.


Regarding the little dog going back to Steve, cats are notorious for choosing new families for themselves and moving in with them, so the dog returning to Steve doesn't surprised me (I realise cats are very different to dogs, but I think forming a stronger attachment to a person other than their original owner is possible for any domesticated animal). Her previous owner had been gone for months and, as Swmc66 says, Steve spoilt her rotten. It's no wonder she missed him...

[Perdita]

I agree, though she did say it would take her a while to be able to replace the record.

If she was to find a seller, they would not want to wait for her to get the funds together, surely and I know they said that her ex husband was difficult to get hold of on the rig he is working on, but surely these days messages can be passed on even there, maybe not immediately but within a couple of days. Why did Jess wait until the last moment to ask for help??

[Dazzle]

If she was to find a seller, they would not want to wait for her to get the funds together, surely and I know they said that her ex husband was difficult to get hold of on the rig he is working on, but surely these days messages can be passed on even there, maybe not immediately but within a couple of days. Why did Jess wait until the last moment to ask for help??

Yes, the whole thing was very contrived.

[lizann]

kylie brought callum into max's life when she went back to him for drugs she needs to take blame

[Kim]

Kylie knew exactly the world Callum lived in but instead of getting out of it she had a baby with him. David and Max are the victims here. Max didn't ask to be born and David has brought Max up as his own only to have it thrown back in his face.

[Dazzle]

I think Kylie very much blames herself, but she was understandably angry that Sarah hadn't reported the gun and had let Max spend time at Callum's knowing his true character. That was incredibly negligent of Sarah. Also, it gave Callum plenty of time to get his story straight.

I'm glad they're writing Callum as properly evil now because he was a bit of a comedy villain to start with.

I enjoyed Paddy McGuinness in his role, but then I used to really like him in Phoenix Nights (anyone remember him in that?). I'm finding the camping storyline entertaining so far and it's nice to see Craig get some decent screen time.

David had a very deep tan after spending a couple of weeks in Liverpool...

[mariba]

Enjoying Corrie camping scenes so far!