Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[maidmarian]

Did you not think it was a bit odd Dame Reeta Lynn OBE waltzing Down Coronation Street in her Doctor Zhivago hat warbling 'Winter Wonderland or whatever it was?

No !!-but then I.expect the worst with some
characters.!!

Im glad smellovision never got going.
Ritas everyday clothes are ok-ish but
Id be.worried about being overpowered
by "moth balls" whenever she gave her
"occasion-wear" an outing!

[Dazzle]

Did you not think it was a bit odd Dame Reeta Lynn OBE waltzing Down Coronation Street in her Doctor Zhivago hat warbling 'Winter Wonderland or whatever it was?

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.

[maidmarian]

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.

I think when.SB decided Corrie was going
to.have an Happy Christmas- it was no holds
barred and he got a bit carried away!

And generally( even if a bit OTT )-it was more
cheery than usual stats of most people
who.are murdered -its by some one they
know . And most murders in the family
circle take place over Xmas etc.

I read some comments in the papers which
said their readers not impressed by
happiness & cheer on Corrie.
Not sure how accurate the research was tho?!

[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.......

[Dazzle]

I read some comments in the papers which
said their readers not impressed by
happiness & cheer on Corrie.
Not sure how accurate the research was tho?!

I've read about that too and I think the tabloids are grossly exaggerating (for once!). They appear to have cherry picked a few negative tweets in order to create a sensational headline. I see nothing wrong with a bit of harmless sentimentality on Christmas Day, even if it wasn't the most scintillating viewing.

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! (This happened in EastEnders for non-viewers of that soap.)

We got Tracy having a very bad day, along with plenty of Sally and Tim shenanigans, so that kept me happy.

[lizann]

leanne was too tame with tracy and where was gary, izzy and jake

sinead don't play drunk that good

[lizann]

leanne was too tame with tracy and where was gary, izzy and jake

sinead don't play drunk that good

[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.

[mariba]

I am sure Ty is not the only one, in real life parents get into serious debt to provide for what they consider a perfect Christmas, and of course Hope might not have another one, so I can understand why he did it On the whole I enjoyed Corrie, a lot of cheer for a change rather than disaster and death

Why didn't they let them go to Lapland instead?! I for one wouldn't have missed them..That way they could have still had Ty's debt storyline(which looks inevitable..yawn..). By the way-who has said and where that it would possibly be Hope's last christmas?? I thought she's meant to be getting better.. Even if it was, this is just too much..it just doesn't feel realistic-that's what I have the problem with.

[Dazzle]

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.

Possibly not in real life, although he's rather cute. I think they've got great chemistry and bounce off each other really well, but these things are always subjective and not everyone will agree.

By the way-who has said and where that it would possibly be Hope's last christmas??

They were told by a doctor that Hope's got an 80% chance of survival, to which Tyrone replied she has a 20% chance of death - a response I find understandable in the circumstances.