Sunday Comments, October 5

Lines of the week:

• Sarah "I don't really look at it as losing a brother, just getting Bethany's bedroom back!"
  
• Jim "I'll tell you this and i'll tell you no more... it'll bring a tear to her eye!"
  
• David to a tinsel covered Darryl "I came to see if Darryl was coming out. Didn't realize he already had done!"
  
• David "They're not mine!!!!!!!"
  
• Betty "Balawi isn't exactly Prestwich, is it?" (about Madonna's recent adoption)
  
• Maria "No one can beat my Liam in the kissing department" Carla "Oh he's not that good" (0oops!)
  
• Blanche to Michelle "Puts it about, your brother. Our Deirdre was a bit like that."
  
• Fiz "I'm grateful i'm with someone that knows the meaning of the word faithful" (ya think?)
  
• Rosie on the phone to room service "A basket of pastries? does that include muffins?" (oh Rosie you have no imagination!)
  

Hiya, i'm back! Didja miss me? We had a nice two week holiday and did some touring around Cape Breton Island with spectacular sunny weather. I did catch the Sunday omni so i'm up to speed and away we go!

Whoah, now that's something, isn't it! Someone says he's really Ryan's father and the son he's raising is the spit of Michelle's dead husband, Dean! How could it not be true? Alex, the lad, is a completely different blood type from either of his parents. The father thinks the babies were switched by mistake in the hospital as infants. Michelle really went hysterical at the idea though, didn't she? Was that reasonable? or was it not? I guess you don't know how you'd react but the son you raised is the son you love. The only way to solve it is dna tests all around. Steve sure found Michelle quickly, didn't he? He must have been waiting outside when they came out. Looks like MIchelle is going to be in serious denial for the moment and not telling Ryan is not really the best way forward. I'm surprised Michelle even has a job with the amount of disappearing, and hand wringing in the back room she's been doing. And I wont to know why Alex's father didn't go straight to the hospital with his baby switch suspicions and why (and yes, SPOILER WARNING here) nobody is going to do it either! Really really a big flaw in this storyline. END SPOILER

Seems to me Nick (Alex's dad) really does come across as persuing this out of spite and he's nearly obsessed. Has anyone every heard of a court order to keep Nick away? It seems to be driving Michelle almost to the evil weed. She must have taken Steve's pack but didn't smoke it after all. Now that the cat is out of the bag, though, she really will have to have that dna test eventually. She's coming around to facing up to it but when will she tell Ryan?

What a horribly mean Christmas party Carla set up! Even Liam was embarassed! Tony to the rescue and even Sally was running for the fizz! And even though Liam wanted them to have a proper party, his nose was out of joint when it came from Tony. Does Rosie not have any other blouses besides that white frilly one? She's wearing *again* this week! Will this storyline every end? I'm so seriously creeped out by her Stape-stalking and him slobbering all over her. I'm even more creeped out by him running around scratching at her skirts every time she says "Jump" and she's given him the ultimatum. It's going to hit the fan this week, though, dear readers, big time! Will Rosie spill the beans? Will John Dump Fizz? Don't miss it!

Sarah's on a mission to sabotage David's new life and it looks like she's going to succeed. Whispering poison in Steven's ear wasn't enough because he figures she's jealous so she's working on her mother! Suggesting the same to her, with David inadvertently adding to the suspicions and then buying the pills off a restaurant customer and setting him up. Even made sure it was Audrey that found them. That's just nasty but you know, i can see where she's coming from! Yes, it seems like it would be a fresh start for David, and on one level it would be good for him, but on another, on Sarah's, he's getting rewarded for bad behaviour. She stitched him up right and proper, did Sarah. Well in a way, it was exactly what he deserved. He did all those things and never took responsibility for them and now he's had a taste of his own medicine. Gail's put her foot down. The only problem is, now, it's given David even more reason to hate his mother and the world and it's anyone's guess what he's going to do now. (Though i'm surprised he didn't smack Sarah one) If you thought he was out of control before, just you wait! Stephen certainly is a bit presumptious telling David to let his mother know where he was going and when he'd be back.

Have i mentioned how great it is to see Jim McDonald again? He and Liz are still pretty friendly and they still have that special something, i think, and Vernon knows it. I'm surprised they even managed a stag do for Vernon. He doesn't seem to have any mates, or at least not handy and nobody has bothered to find out names of the music biz ones. Steve managed to persuade Bill and Dev to go, neither of whom really know Vernon well. Jim took the opportunity to slide into the pub after Vernon left. He's making every effort to show he's changed but it's pretty clear he still loves her. Liz's hen night looked a lot more fun though i'm surprised Carla was there. but the stripper!! He wasn't much of a dancer, was he? I love the friendship between Liz and Deirdre. Mates having a fag and a giggle out the back and confiding in each other. Jim may be the archetype of Liz's ideal fantasy man, and she's always been drawn to men with an edge. Will she really be happy with Vernon? She knows he's never going to treat her badly and she knows he's more reliable than anyone she's ever been with but will she settle for no edge? no excitement even if she knows that those sorts of men always let you down?

Blanche was having a great time with the gossip but Maria sure got a shock. Well Carla's known Liam years. She could have said she'd kissed him yonks ago. I think Carla is right, though. She wouldn't be the other woman, she would want 100% of whatever man she wanted. No sharing. The worst thing is, everyone knows about it. Is Maria making too much of it, though?

Isn't Mel's friend tall! Looks like the fact that she's a cop isn't going to hold Dan back after all. Harry seems to really be having a difficult time with the ex-wife. Wonder if we'll get to meet her? Well Fiz really couldn't expect Chesney to leave Kirk along on his own on Christmas and yes, a bit awkward if Kirk came to dinner. Oooh, Ozzie's getting big and I see he likes to wait for the post! I can well imagine that Steve is a rubbish Christmas pressie shopper!

Steve was running around looking for Liam's mobile number. All he had to do was cross the road and go to the salon. One of Michelle's rings looks like a salad plate, it's so big! Ugly checked/plaid dress Gail was wearing. Looked like a tablecloth or bad bedroom curtains. Sorry. Oh God. Lauren's working in the pub. That means we have to look at that smirk more often. I really could smack it right off her, couldn't you? Sounds Like Jerry is going to have a bit of a low key Christmas.

So it seems the week ended on Christmas eve. Happy Christmas everyone!