October 4, 2019 - The What Theory

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10/05/19 • 105 min

The Talk of the Street: A Coronation Street Podcast

Another week peppered with If You’ve Been Affected By This Storyline storylines, but done incredibly well. Paul realizes that his memory of events with Kel may be unreliable and in the Alley of Doom (h/t @merseytart), he comes to a startling realization. Jade is getting her feet under Fiz’s table and her mitts in Fiz’s sideboard and seems to be ingratiating herself very well, with perhaps only Evelyn wondering if our Brummie Mary Poppins is all she’s cracked up to be. Kev’s sister, Debbie, makes a very welcome return and despite being off the show for decades, looks like she’s never been away. She arrives with some sad news about Auntie Vi and some potentially awesome news about Kev’s bank account. Michelle continues to be a cow and not content with keeping two women on the go, Robert takes to impersonating Steve McDonald to get a cheffing job. Asha’s date with Corrie Corey ends up with spilled drinks, an assault from Pastel-Blue with a splurge gun, a birds and the bees talk from Mary, and a heart-breaking scene with Dev who realizes that helping his daughter is going to require more than telling her everything is going to be okay. Adam continues his pursuit of Gary, but not like that. Fiz gets a job, loses the job, gets the same job back again. A woman decides not to buy clogs.

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September 27, 2019 - Her With The Teeth

Gary finds Ryan’s lackadaisical approach to debt repayment unacceptable while Adam finds Manchester’s worst private investigator. More concerning than Weatherfield High’s choice of high school musical is what Asha managed to smuggle back in her carry-on from her recent trip to India. Hope’s grasp on mathematics leaves a lot to be desired as does the professionalism of Jade, one of the teacher assistants at that fancy school in Birmingham, who Fiz introduces into the home. Michael approaches James with his suspicions on James’s sexuality and is disappointed to find out that, aside from Ed, everyone already knows. Elsewhere, Max’s sideline to get a one-way ticket to Barbados is revealed, an old photograph triggers Paul into remembering more about his relationship with Kel, and Billy would like some salad with his omelette.

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October 9, 2019 - Emotionally Stunted Manchild

A shortened week on The Cobbles sees Ken deliver a soliloquy to beat all soliloquies. Ali and Maria’s hugely questionable relationship come to a perhaps temporary closure when he falls asleep at vital moments during the plot line. Dev takes Asha to see an utterly fabulous Dr Gaddas but still manages to ground Asha and Aadi simultaneously. Robert is presented with something of a Sophie’s Choice between waking up to a naked Michelle in Majorca or just getting on with his work in the Bistro kitchen. Sophie is off to Cambodia so Brooke Vincent can finally have her baby, David teaches that bloke with all the pen on his face how to cut hair, Ken is a jolly good fellow, and Emily’s Skype call is hugely disappointing. But Norris is back, so that’s okay.