Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[tammyy2j]

I really like Phelan

[swmc66]

He is a really good actor

[sarah c]

He is a really good actor

I saw him in an old Waking the Dead the other day as a slightly 'bad' policeman, and he was believable and suitably obnoxious

[flappinfanny]

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[flappinfanny]

i have started watching corrie again after a little break.

i thought alison king was the saviour in last night's episode and i just love sue cleaver in every scene she does. i love her relationship with steve. i had to smile at those hats worn in the cab office. brilliant i must admit the food on offer at roy's did not look very appealing. it made bettys horse pot all the more appetizing.

corrie is going through a bad patch at the mo, but it will come through it, despite stuart the hat!

[Dazzle]

That scene last night where Maddie kept saying "take me to bed" to Sophie was beyond cringeworthy...

I realise that Maddie is supposed to be vulnerable and not good at relationships, but I'm afraid the actress can't carry that off or be sympathetic. I've tried to like her, but just can't. It doesn't help that she's paired with the unlikeable Sophie either. To be honest, I dislike this pairing even more than I hate Peter and Tina, and that's saying something

I find it very odd that when Hayley was alive everyone kept barging into their flat at every opportunity. Now, no one goes up to see what Roy's up to (and he is very obviously up to something - my guess is filling the flat with his model trains ). It's out of character that Fiz or Anna wouldn't go up to see if anything's amiss. They're just assuming he's coping because he seems ok on the surface!!!

I liked Steve and Tony's scenes. I just wish Steve hadn't backed down with the sinister Tony.

[flappinfanny]

That scene last night where Maddie kept saying "take me to bed" to Sophie was beyond cringeworthy...

I realise that Maddie is supposed to be vulnerable and not good at relationships, but I'm afraid the actress can't carry that off or be sympathetic. I've tried to like her, but just can't. It doesn't help that she's paired with the unlikeable Sophie either. To be honest, I dislike this pairing even more than I hate Peter and Tina, and that's saying something
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i agree, i am all for carpet munching, but neither character is likeable. a shame really, because if it had been different characters it may have worked? a good story, badly executed.

[Dazzle]

...a good story, badly executed.

Well put, although the first part of your comment was unnecessary.

[sarah c]

i agree, i am all for carpet munching, but neither character is likeable. a shame really, because if it had been different characters it may have worked? a good story, badly executed.

I find maddie's vulnerability sad? And I get where the character us coming from, it's Sophie that ruins it for me?

And what is that creature she is wearing round the neck of her coat??!!

[Dazzle]

I find maddie's vulnerability sad?

I do too in theory, that's why I said I've tried to like her, but the writing and the acting make her unsympathetic despite her plight (in my opinion). I feel I should empathise with her much more than I do given her circumstances.

And what is that creature she is wearing round the neck of her coat??!!

I just hope it's fake