Sunday Comments October 21

Maria really is terrified as you would be and so far, Jason knew nothing about it. He's happily packing his stuff in stolen Underworld boxes to move in to the flat. It's a tiny flat over a salon, sharing the same building space with the flat over the Taxi firm. Yet it's got Kirk, little Liam and Marcus in there already along with Maria. Even given that Jason will be sleeping in Maria's room, surely that flat can't be more than a two bedroom?

So yes, Maria finally told Jason and you know he'd be supportive. Today's the day Maria gets the results. David's narked that she's still not at work but at least Marcus could handle him. What's the expression? David's all mouth and no trousers? Jason is being such a nice bloke but he did forget his mother's birthday. Maria is all in the clear, luckily, and later, possibly out of relief and champagne? She and Marcus kissed! But then we know Maria has had a crush on him for ages. or it could have been all that champagne they'd been drinking all after noon.

Jason walks in and interrupts the kiss and Marcus couldn't possibly look guiltier!! I don't think Marcus was offended,  just really confused because he enjoyed the kiss too!  Jason of course doesn't notice but he wouldn't. Later Marcus blamed his mood on Sean being at the party but his upset and mood were distracting him from Aiden who didn't really pick up on the signals. But Marcus seems to have picked a fight with Aiden and has disappeared. Oh you knew he'd show up eventually, though. "We need to talk" was inevitable. Marcus is confused and with Jason's arrival, they didn't really get to delve into it anyway. Maria got Aiden and Marcus back together. And ... I just don't take to Aiden. He seems quite nice but I think he looks shifty.

Jason's lovely, he really is, but he's just not The One, is he? I never really thought she was over the moon with him, more that he was the man of the moment, maybe a bit of a nod to the past. Jason has moved in now and Maria is making him breakfasts to assuage her guilty conscience over that kiss with Marcus.

Mandy is planning to move back to Nottingham but we can't have that, can we so Lloyd offered her the spare room in his flat. That's a two bed flat too, you notice. All these spare rooms must be the size of closets! Naturally Jenna shows up on the day Mandy moves in and isn't happy about it. Mandy says she knows her own daughter but doesn't know whether to call or show up. So she calls and shows up and Jenna doesn't. It's a tough situation all around really. Jenna's world has turned upside down and she blames her mother. I'm sure it will all work out in the end.


Kirsty is back to work and everyone is happy to see her... except Fiz of course. Tyrone still says he loves Kirsty but all this tension and fear is bound to eat away at that love. Fiz really wants Tyrone out of that situation but she can't push too hard or he'll push her away too. And she shouldn't be winding Kirsty up either because Tyrone will wear it. I can understand Kevin being annoyed but Kirsty's right, Tyrone has carried the load plenty of times and if Tommy had been mobile and in anyone's good books, he would still be there.

Tyrone is doing ok looking after the baby but his cooking skills still need a bit of work. Oh and Kevin needs a good smack. 


I notice Eileen's home has indeed been redecorated. After all those years of dark walls, they're now a pale lavendar and the paper in the front door area is floral in a muted similar colour. Nice stripey curtains too in the back of the room. Nice and updated, isn't it?

It's Eileen's birthday. It's been a long year for her since she got her head caught in the railings last year and met Paul! Big surprise party with all these non-speaking extras playing old friends that we've never seen before and never heard Eileen even speak of before. Lots of silvery confetti and she won't thank them for that. That stuff lingers. She'll still be picking up bits of that next summer! Plenty of awkward between Sean, Marcus and Aiden.

Roy and Hayley are off to California and Mary has her feet behind the counter. Roy wasn't happy at first but then he never is until he gets used to it. I wonder if Anna can get through the 2 weeks or whatever it is without throttling Mary.

Mary's big idea is a Spanish night at the cafe with the clever "Cafe Ole" title. It's not such a bad idea, either though the "bring your own booze" bit might be illegal, I don't know. Wouldn't you need a license for that since it's not technically a private party? Now you all know I've not been liking Mary for some time but bloody hell this was brilliant, with her shaking her maracas and trilling Spanish Songs and her enthusiasm even talked Anna around.

I have to say though, She only came up with the idea and distributed flyers on the morning of the day and the place was packed that night, even emptying out the Bistro, not the usual type of clientele that would patronize a little back street cafe, Spanish theme night or not. Not usually anyway. But oh what the heck! It was so successful that Mary intends on doing more of them. I'd say those are fighting words!

Gail and Nick come barging into the cafe with all guns blazing but it's true it's only one night. For now. It would never be every night anyway and Roy may put the blocks on it. Or not if it continues to be really successful and Mary does all the work. The place was packed to the rafters by 7 when Norris and party arrived. Gosh they eat early don't they? In Spain you wouldn't get a restaurant that filled until 11 p.m.! 

Gail has decided to come up with a plan of her own. Even though the Cafe only put one special night on which did, of course, attract customers away from the Bistro, Nick is now offering breakfast every day. That's a bit more unfair don't you think? It's not as if the cafe was open every night. Mary is not going to take this rivalry lying down, because that's just not the sort of woman she is. Any excuse for vengeance, right? Breakfast at the Bistro didn't work out as well as he hoped though. It's too late, though, Mary's on a mission. This time it's Russian Night.

I'm not quite sure why David and Kylie have no money. They can't have much in the way of expenses, possibly contributing a bit to the household but no proper rent, no car, both have jobs even if not highly paid. Kylie wants to become a stylist now, reckoning she'll make more money than doing nails. She would. Will she be any good at it though? I think if Sarah Platt and Candice Stowe can do it,

Kylie certainly can but she shouldn't just jump in with no instruction either so she plans to go back to college. But David doesn't think it's a good idea because they won't need another stylist. That's not really fair. There's no reason he couldn't help her get started.  Gloria is a bag of nerves, wondering who the mystery judge is. Beth has given her a good idea, she needs to figure out how to suss out the judge. Where's Stella? Did she go on holiday and not tell us? Not that I miss her, mind you.


Ken has thrown himself into his new career whole heartedly and he and Wendy have even taken the same side for the good of the school. Technology is important but possibly for a primary school, the library upgrade is the better option and you knew Ken would vote for books over computers. That's no surprise. He and Wendy are now socializing and Brian is lurking around spying on them and relishing the scandal. Wendy's a bit of a pack rat,  hanging on to his birthday present for 20 years! 

Ken hasn't told Deirdre yet about Wendy appearing back in his life and you knew she was going to go through the roof. And it's lies, lies and damned lies with Ken. Why break a habit of a lifetime? He used to do it so well but Deirdre caught him in one lie and now her suspicions are roused. He's getting careless in his old age. Ken could have told Deirdre straight away about Wendy but knowing how she'd react, he's keeping it quiet but he's already showing all the signs of a man sneaking around to see a woman even if it's on a professional basis.

Signs that Deirdre would know very well. You know someone that long, you must be able to tell something's up. Well as things go, you can't keep it secret for long and Deirdre certainly got an OMG eyeful! she caught him in the final lie when she found out Brian was going to the funeral. Busted! Neat that she got Rita to go with her. She went with Rita awhile back when Rita was searching for Dennis.

"I want to know where you've been...and who with" Brilliant! Those were the same words Deirdre said to him 20 years ago! Nice touch! He gave up and admitted it all and he's got no right to call her down for spying on him and being narky. Not after all the lies he's been telling. You can't blame Deirdre for being upset and feeling threatened. Tracy's opinion is to be confrontational, typically and that's what Deidre did. It was quite a good confrontation, too. Straight and to the point. Ken gave up his cufflinks and slunk to his birthday drinks in the pub in his  birthday pullover, making excuses for Deirdre's absence with everyone knowing the truth. I'm glad Tracy took a piece out of him, too. Now Ken knows that everyone knows and feels they're all judging him.

Deirdre decided to lay down the law. Ken defended himself as an upright citizen duty bound to the students but Deirdre says she deserves better. She gave him the ultimate ultimatum, the job her her. Is that fair? I rather think it is under the circumstances, even if there's nothing going on. The trouble is, he'll dig his heels i and she'll push him right to Wendy.


Sally is taking Michelle's point of view though she doesn't really know the half of it but she's gentler with Ryan. Good heavens, though, he's cooking and hoovering? And it's distracting him from Tracy's wiles. That's not good so Tracy needs to stir the pot a bit more with Michelle. Trying to make her feel like Sally is taking over and possibly has nefarious motives for keeping Ryan under her roof and it worked too. Michelle lashed out at Sally in the factory without any real good reason except Sally's supermom attitude but Tracy's the one that pushed the buttons. Because it looked like the attack was unprovoked, everyone else walked out too! Ooops!

Oh there's Rob. We've not seen him for awhile. Michelle whined to Rob that Sally doesn't like me, she thinks she's better than me... Yeah. She admitted that she'd done wrong. She doesn't see that it was all Tracy's instigation, does she? I don't know why Michelle thought she could apologize to Sally in private when she'd humiliated her in front of the staff. The apology should rightly be in front of them as well. Tracy stuck her oar in just for fun, enjoying Michelle's awkward situation.


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