Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - V

[Son of Cain]

So the Weatherfield legal system continues on its own merry way. Hope admits arson on Wednesday and just two days later she's appearing in court. Presumably they don't have many cases up there and can just fit in dates as soon as they like. Also, either Social Services and their CAMHS work ultra fast in providing reports (without actually seeing Hope) or they don't bother with such trivial things.

Bet your heart skipped a beat when Imran agreed with you about Weatherfield's Leagal System, saying it has it's own system based on guesswork. Hope may have been dealt with swiftly, but I think Todd still holds the record, being arrested one day and out the next with a Community Service Order.

[flappinfanny]

I hope Alina is gone soon, she is getting on my every last nerve.

[Dennis tanner]

I hope Alina is gone soon, she is getting on my every last nerve.

Me too. She deserves better than Tyronne

[Son of Cain]

How can Tyrone afford an expensive engagement ring when his credit card was maxed out not so long ago?

[Son of Cain]

If they are going to do a story about asthma caused by traffic pollution, they really should show more traffic. In the closing shot there are nine cars parked on the street, all stationary, so not pumping out fumes. Before the latest parking problems, we hardly ever saw any cars in The Street, now it just looks like almost every road in the country. I am not saying traffic pollution is not major problem, but for Liam to develope asthma overnight when we rarely actually see any moving traffic on the street, is stretching crediblity a bit far..

[parkerman]

If they are going to do a story about asthma caused by traffic pollution, they really should show more traffic. In the closing shot there are nine cars parked on the street, all stationary, so not pumping out fumes. Before the latest parking problems, we hardly ever saw any cars in The Street, now it just looks like almost every road in the country. I am not saying traffic pollution is not major problem, but for Liam to develope asthma overnight when we rarely actually see any moving traffic on the street, is stretching crediblity a bit far..

Exactly what I thought while watching tonight. He has suddenly got asthma overnight from non-existent moving traffic.

Apart from the nonsense asthma story, this whole storyline about residents' parking doesn't ring true anyway. Normally, the local council would look at the area as a whole and introduce residents' parking to all the streets in the area if it was felt beneficial to residents - they wouldn't just pick off one road, knowing it would make matters worse for residents in nearby streets - or at least carry out a consultation exercise with residents in the area. Especially if, as the storyline goes, people are parking in Coronation Street because it's near the tram stop as that would probably put it high on the list for residents' parking - above Inkerman Street. In any case, if it's near the tram stop, why weren't people parking there before?

[Son of Cain]

I wait with bated breathe to see if Maria will suffer any consequences for smashing up the van. Very convenient that Kevin had left that enormous crowbar lying handy, I am wondering what he would need such a thing for working on cars.

Thinking back to moving traffic, about the only time we see a car moving is when it is necessary to have someone run over.

[parkerman]

Just a thought about the upcoming trial. It is being portrayed as a "play-off" between Corey and Kelly as to who murdered Seb, with the odds in favour of Corey because his father has lots of money to spend on a crack legal and forensic team. While, of course, there is no doubt this will help, what seems to be forgotten in all this is that it is the Crown Prosecution Service who will be making out the case against Corey, not Imran. His sole job is to defend Kelly and, while that might mean trying to implicate Corey, that is not his primary objective - it is to prove Kelly innocent. The main issue is what evidence the CPS presents, not which defence team can implicate the other better.

[Perdita]

Just a thought about the upcoming trial. It is being portrayed as a "play-off" between Corey and Kelly as to who murdered Seb, with the odds in favour of Corey because his father has lots of money to spend on a crack legal and forensic team. While, of course, there is no doubt this will help, what seems to be forgotten in all this is that it is the Crown Prosecution Service who will be making out the case against Corey, not Imran. His sole job is to defend Kelly and, while that might mean trying to implicate Corey, that is not his primary objective - it is to prove Kelly innocent. The main issue is what evidence the CPS presents, not which defence team can implicate the other better.

It will all be rather unrealistic, I am sure

[Dennis tanner]

Just a thought about the upcoming trial. It is being portrayed as a "play-off" between Corey and Kelly as to who murdered Seb, with the odds in favour of Corey because his father has lots of money to spend on a crack legal and forensic team. While, of course, there is no doubt this will help, what seems to be forgotten in all this is that it is the Crown Prosecution Service who will be making out the case against Corey, not Imran. His sole job is to defend Kelly and, while that might mean trying to implicate Corey, that is not his primary objective - it is to prove Kelly innocent. The main issue is what evidence the CPS presents, not which defence team can implicate the other better.

He doesn't need to prove that Kelly is innocent. He just needs to persuade the jury that she might not be guilty