Sunday Comments, November 2

Lines of the week:

• Carla to Maria "Gold digging bitch" Maria "Stay away from Liam and all!" Carla "Make me!"
  
• Vera about 42 Hampton Gardens "It's common!" Jack "how can it be common? it's a bungalow!"
  
• David to a very shocked Gail "I'm knackered, me. Have you ever read Animal Farm?"
  
• Carla "Nobody tells me what to do darlin, especially a hair dresser with candy floss for brains"
  
• Ryan, sadly, to Michelle "You're not my mum" (ouch)
  
• Vera "There's plenty of years left in me" and "You can stop talking like it's a wake!" (*sigh*)
  
• Jack to Vera "You still smell allright!" and "I've never loved anybody else shall i go and get your slippers"
  

Excellent, excellent stuff this week!

Well that was the first girl fight of the year. Trust me on this, the slaps and attacks by women on other women and some men this year will be legion in their numbers. What does Carla do? Rise to the challenge and brought Liam some comfort food. Bacon, sausage and cheeky cheese. Sounds like a heart attack in a pot! The pair of them slinging darts at each other over the casserole and Liam sticking up for Maria, good lad. But Carla's got Maria on the defensive, Carla has the measure of Maria and she knows Maria's worried. Everything Carla does has Maria clinging onto Liam to show ownership including gushing about Liam to Tony and suggesting he marry Carla (to get Carla out of her hair!) and now Carla's allowed a mistaken hotel booking so that she and Liam have to share a room on a business trip.

Did you see Gail's face when she saw Tina and David, very clearly post-mambo? Picture... thousand words! She's unusually accepting of David having a girlfriend and a sexual relationship.

Aw poor Sophie, her little heart is broken. Sally's nerves are frayed and Rita arrived to provide some comfort and tea. Sally's right, Rosie isn't showing any remorse. Rita thinks Rosie fell for the wrong fella but that's the awful thing. There was no "falling" at all. Rosie only did it all along for a game. Sally's got to the point where she can admit she doesn't like Rosie very much and Rosie isn't doing much to encourage her mother liking her either. Rosie did get quite a surprise when Sally sat her down, adult to adult and washed her hands of her. Really, though, you know Sally and Kevin would continue to be in Rosie's corner if the circumstances called for it but Rosie is going to have to live with her own choices now. And after all Sophie was complaining that what Rosie did was going to make it embarassing for her, she turns around and joins in the Rosie-baiting herself!! I wonder if Rosie wailed on her like she did on that chick the day she started back in Weatherfield High?

Jamie and Violet are picking out names but the daddy's name is probably pushing the envelope. I do think it would be nice to use "Sean" as the middle name though. Lauren seems to thrive on causing trouble. Vikki is going to sell underwear at home parties! I wonder if it's going to be sexy stuff or stern, sensible stuff? I'm not so sure she should trust Janice and that it's going to go smoothly! Roger was kicking off already, just because Janice didn't clear it with him first.

I laughed at Jack and Vera discussing mobile phones, Vera thinking she might like one to take up texting and Jack telling her she wouldn't be able to see it anyway. They're wonderful, they are. Ty and Molly are going to buy the house and Jack almost looked a bit disappointed that he'd have to move, don't you think? Just in passing. Lovely gesture Paul made, having that old photo frame.Vera then dragged Jack to Blackpool to measure up and she was so excited. This was probably one of the saddest weeks in Coronation Street that i can remember. I know that Corrie will go on without Vera Duckworth just as it did with other beloved iconic characters such as Hilda, Elsie, Ena, Annie Walker and Bet but it won't seem the same. Liz Dawn has emphysema and the pressure and stress of filming has got too much for her so she decided to leave. And it looks like Ty and Molly might let Paul stay... and pay rent! Now the question is going to be, with Vera gone, will Jack still sell Molly and Tyrone the house? He won't move to Blackpool, he was only doing it for his Vee. Molly was anxious to get the decorating books out and pull down the stone cladding! If that goes, Vera will haunt them forever!

Michelle continued to lie to Ryan about Nick and avoid Nick like the plague. If she thinks he's ticked off now, you just wait until he finds out the truth and everyone lied to him about it! Ryan's 16. Rosie dismissed his invitation to his party. After all, she's like totally 17 now! Then Ryan turned around and did the same to Sophie and Kayleigh who are only 13 year old kids ;) Now of course Michelle is curious about Alex but you don't see her out stalking a child like Nick did with Ryan and he is still being all aggressive and creepy. Ryan finds out and is furious and i can't blame him. it's not like he was a child. 16 is plenty old to understand. At least he wouldn't have thought a pedophile or nutter was after him. Alex's mum, Wendi, she seems a heck of a lot more sympathetic than her plonker of a husband and she makes a heck of a lot of sense. Except with so many people knowing the truth, i think Alex deserves to know too.