Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - IV

[Dazzle]

I am really going to miss Alison King and Corrie are certainly going too. I will especially miss her friendship with Roy which was the only thing 'The Hat' got right. I imagine Alison is happy to be out of this mess. I am sure she will do well. I know in an interview she said wanted to spend more time with her daughter.

I'm not going to miss Carla, not after the hatchet job that's been done on her character in recent times. Overexposure, one crisis after another, misery heaped upon misery, and Carla was a spent force. That's nothing against Alison King though, and I'd welcome her back in the future under a different writing team.

[parkerman]

I agree about the way Carla has been written recently. She was such a strong character once but that was taken away from her and she turned into a hopeless whimpering woman who needed a man, whether her fiancee or her father. That was never the Carla we all knew and loved. Such a shame as Alison King is a very good actor.

If only they could have written her character like they've written Tracy, with such variation and different shades to her character with many subtleties......oh, er, hang on a minute....

[Dazzle]

One of the worst things for me about Carla's exit was that she left in the middle of a police investigation into the crash.

We should have seen her being breathalysed and questioned by the police. Those sorts of scenes would have been far more compelling to me than lengthy and cringeworthy scenes of Carla and Michelle sobbing their goodbyes.

If we're very lucky we'll be rewarded in a few weeks time with one line about whether Carla will face any charges.

Also, whilst I'm on the subject of the crash, a few minutes of tension about whether Cathy would make it wouldn't have gone amiss instead of just abruptly being told she was okay.

[tammyy2j]

I still think Corrie made a huge mistake with having Carla miscarry Peter's baby, it was a new direction for the character mammy Carla

[swmc66]

Was corrie not on on friday. Was it ionly on for 4 nights last week?

[parkerman]

Was corrie not on on friday. Was it ionly on for 4 nights last week?

Yes. Only four nights last week.

[swmc66]

Thanks

[flappinfanny]

Was corrie not on on friday. Was it ionly on for 4 nights last week?

It started last Sunday through to Thursday, sandwiched between Simon Cowell.

[Dazzle]

I suppose the police must have definitively identified the body as Callum since they repeatedly referred to it by his name. Neither they nor his mother appeared to have any doubts it's him.

I hope the Corrie team at least attempt to keep the investigation realistic. I don't mind some artistic licence as long as it doesn't devolve into complete fantasy.

[parkerman]

Is it just a coincidence that both Eastenders and Corrie's long running murder stories are reaching a climax at the same time?