Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[lizann]

Loved Carla's line about Johnny being " a back street Darth Vader ". Can just imagine a deep voice saying, " I AM YOUR FATHER CARLA! "

epic coincidence timing of the storyline with new star wars film out

loch neasa monster lol line from amy to liz

[Snagglepus]

Why didn't Tracy tell the prison staff Rob had been making phone calls from his cell.

[flappinfanny]

My main concern was, who has nicked the Christmas decorations in the street and where did all the fake snow go?

Best bit of tonight's double bill was Alison King, nothing else to say really apart from PING PONG!

[tammyy2j]

Why didn't Tracy tell the prison staff Rob had been making phone calls from his cell.

Rob also getting so many visits in the space of a few days is that really allowed thought it was one or two max per week

Tracy getting some comeuppance from Rob and Robert is delightful

[mariba]

Perhaps Tyrone should react by feeling optimistic and working less, but the truth is people react in an infinite variety of ways to any given situation. None of us know how we'll react to any experience until we've lived through it; all we can do is hope we'll react wisely.

People react differently-that's true, but the fact that the Corrie writers decided for them to react in this materialistic way, doesn't make me to have much sympathy on these characters. I haven't grown to like this storyline at all-firstly because I think Fiz and Ty together are very poor actors, those kids can't act either(especially Hope should be able to speak more..like April in Emmerdale-lovely little girl). All and all, on top of all this, when the storyline is so badly written, only focusing on Tyrone's spending-as if that would be the first thing in every parent's mind with a sick child, it just doesn't touch me in any way. It's just another meaningless and oh so boring corrie storyline. It all just feels fake and unrealistic. That's my opinion.

[parkerman]

Sorry, just another pedantic table tennis point. Gary said "27-28, O'Driscolls". O'Driscoll then served and won the next point and apparently won the match. What 27-28, O'Driscolls, means is the score is 27-28 with O'Driscoll to serve and as the server's score is always given first, if O'Driscoll won the next point, the score would be 28-28 not a win for the O'Driscolls.

I think that's at least three mistakes they have made during this table tennis nonsense. If they are going to do it, it wouldn't hurt to get it right. It would take about 10 minutes of research!

[Perdita]

Why didn't Tracy tell the prison staff Rob had been making phone calls from his cell.

Just for once she was probably too shocked to have been dumped again to think about revenge ... might still think of something once she can be back to her usual self pitying vindictive self ... Her alleged character transformation obviously only lasted to confess to Carla that she had lit and left the burning candle causing the fire ... nothing more nice from her since

[Splashy]

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[Splashy]

Tracy the ball crusher (table tennis) I prefer Whiff Waff myself.

ATM the show is boring me, Tyrone historically the nasty angry man who plays victim when abused but passes on the abuse to others like when he Cheses van crushed and Fiz the dead body carrying granny swindler who risked Hopes life in prison being a nark. The S/L is sad but badly portrayed.

Made me ponder, did they dress the old street for the xmass epp leaving the new one free for usual filming?

[Dazzle]

People react differently-that's true, but the fact that the Corrie writers decided for them to react in this materialistic way, doesn't make me to have much sympathy on these characters. I haven't grown to like this storyline at all-firstly because I think Fiz and Ty together are very poor actors, those kids can't act either(especially Hope should be able to speak more..like April in Emmerdale-lovely little girl). All and all, on top of all this, when the storyline is so badly written, only focusing on Tyrone's spending-as if that would be the first thing in every parent's mind with a sick child, it just doesn't touch me in any way. It's just another meaningless and oh so boring corrie storyline. It all just feels fake and unrealistic. That's my opinion.

I agree with the bits in bold. The story has been poorly written and shallow, and is seemingly just a plot device for another of the street's families to get into debt. I don't mind that part, or Tyrone's spending to treat Hope, but the emotional side needed to be explored in much more depth. The acting is definitely part of the problem too. Fiz doesn't engender my sympathy at all, while Tyrone only does a little. Good actors would have been able to make me feel heartbroken for them even if the writing wasn't up to scratch.