Now Gary is in full freak out mode and if Izzy hasn't noticed the tension between Gary and Tina before she sure will now. The battle is on to stop Katy telling Izzy. I can see why she's worried, of course but sometimes a mistake really is just a mistake. Gary loves Izzy, he really does, he had a crush and the feelings about the baby got all mixed up in it. Katy's not going to tell but she'll be keeping a sharp eye out. If it was my sister, i'd still probably tell her and let them explain it themselves. Tough position to be in.
High and mighty Katy is now stalking Tina and Gary who is so bleedin' obvious. It's bringing Tommy closer to Tina who's getting fed up with the whole clan. Tina quit the builders' yard job and Owen seems suspicious. Why would he be? On the surface, she's saying that she's pregnant and two jobs is too much. It's perfectly reasonable. And she's getting fed up with the Windasses and Rita knows something's up too.
Peter and Rob finally come to a parting of the ways and about time too. Rob and Peter both bend Carla's ear about the other one and Carla can see it's just not working out. Rob then decides Carla owes him. For what, I can't imagine. I suppose because in three weeks he's managed to get the bookies' taking up a bit? Rob is resentful but is coming back to the factory. Well he does still own 30 percent right? Why was he so intent on getting hold of a share of the bookies' too? Greedy guts.
Can Rob ever stop banging on about Peter and Carla? You'd think Tracy would be bored to tears by now. I am waiting for her to roll her eyes once Rob turns away and leaves. Michelle is furious that Rob is coming back and he's planning on making the best of it. Michelle causes so much face ache that Carla has to marginalize Rob in the factory to keep the peace and that's not going to work. Carla insists he go back to distribution. There was plenty of work for both he and Carla and Michelle before but since Michelle is taking more responsibility, Carla reckons now there's just too much butting heads in that tiny little office.
So now Rob's lifelong resentment has even more fuel and he's not going to let Carla get away with it, with Tracy egging him on. Rob started back at the factory and was all sweet and manners to Carla. Sure sign something's up. Ah, he's going to engineer a heist of an order of silk worth 20K and letting Carla claim the insurance. A. What's the point aside from delaying the order and B. Who on earth would he manage to find to buy it? There can't be that many local knicker factories.
Tracy handed over the goods and tore her shirt. Did it look to you like she was hoping for an added romp with the guy she was dealing with? I wonder if she hit herself or if she let the guy do it and she abandoned the van as well. She said the first thing she did was call the police but she was very late getting back to the factory and that's where they miraculously turned up. Carla is highly suspicious and she knows Rob is perfectly capable of arranging this scam and Rob knows she suspects. Peter thinks he can tell if Tracy is lying so he's going to have her go over the whole story again. and he is certain it's a scam. Carla's still unsure of what to do. The van ended up being burned out. Could they tell if there was silk in the back?
Roy has clearly been deeply affected by his father's death. He doesn't seem to be able to settle into anything without coming back to the subject but refuses to talk about it when Sylvia or Hayley try to bring up the subject. You notice that Roy's name was on the headstone as one of the surviving children. That really seemed to get to Roy.
Roy doesn't think he has the emotions expected of him regarding his father's death but he clearly has some. Is Roy heading for a breakdown? By bottling it all up inside, as Roy always does, is already having an effect. His whole world is upside down and he is lashing out at all and sundry and playing litter police.
The pub is going to be open soon. Gloria wanted to help redo it all but her tastes are far more glam than Stella's. Karl reckons he can't sleep because he wants it to be right for Stella but really, he probably can't face the reopening of the scene of his crimes.
Dev is managing but not well. Stella is trying to be sensitive, in a hard spot to want to celebrate opening the pub but not wanting to shove bad memories in his face either. It'll be low key. Oh yes. Cut to Gloria buying balloons and banners.
Karl's working hard, probably harder than he ever has! It's interesting to see some of the little details of the pub starting to come out. I like the window in the back room though normally it's covered in curtains.
Karl isn't doing a very good job and Stella reckons he's working too hard. That's because he doesn't know how to work hard. Gloria wanting a guided tour in the middle of the big push to finish was thoughtless too. Later in the shop, Glo and Karl get to see first hand how Dev isn't coping all that well and it looks like the kids aren't either.
So the pub is open. Do you like it? I do, the bricky red textured wallpaper is much nicer than the old stuff and the paler upholstery is a nice contrast though it's going to get dirty fast. I hope they stain-treated it. I like that they apparently got all second hand pub furniture because that's a bit more lived-in. I like the photo of Betty that DOESN'T have the appalling landlady inscription on it.
It wasn't without its drama though. Tina has been over tired and complaining about back pain and is tetchy and fed up to the back teeth of all things Windass. She raked Gary over the coals, she snapped at Izzy who's really getting concerned and yes, you guessed it, mere minutes after Izzy told Katy that Gary was a loyal guy and Katy says he's not, Izzy overheard Tina and Gary arguing and Tina let the cat out of the bag, walked back into the pub and doubled over in labour.
Dev doesn't know what to do with mail that comes for Sunita. I'd just mark on it "Return to sender" and chuck it back. Dev should be talking to Peter, at least he's been there with a child that has had a hard time with family issues and loss. Oh. Mary is in situ in the house? I guess she did get hired on as nanny. Well that was stupid...Dev is messed up and seems surprised when she suggests Aadi is feeling the same way. Little boy. lost his mother. Mother accused of burning down the pub. How do you think he's feeling?? See, it all revolves around Dev and it always has.
Dev is not coping well with Aadi in particular and Mary advises him that if he demonstrates that he's coping better himself, it might help Aadi as well so Dev decides to go to the pub opening after all. He walks in on a speech, a speech that Stella wasn't going to make but Gloria put her on a spot. She toasted to present and absent friends that made a lump in my throat. Yep, a lot of memories under that roof.
Meanwhile Chesney is intent on self improvement and has bought some dumbbells. There's probably a reason they're called that, at least where Ches is concerned. Chesney says he's not doing the weight lifting for Katy but you know he is. He says he's sick of being pushed around. He also needed Dutch courage of a beer before his date. He still misses Katy. It's still weird seeing him drinking beer and buying vodka after watching him grow up from a little boy.
Sinead is back but Chesney doesn't seem interested but she is. Naturally Katy and Ryan would come in while Chesney is on a date. Cue Chesney moaning and bitching about Katy leaving Joseph again. It's clear to me and to Sinead that Chesney really is just putting on a show for Katy. Really stupid that Ryan and Katy would make a point of sitting directly across from Chesney and Sinead and both of them childishly making a fuss of their partners. Sheesh. Then when Sinead didn't want to "go inside" with him, he got all rude again. I don't think he really wanted the date in the first place.
Laughed at Steve giving Chesney relationship advice. As Ches pointed out, last person who would be one to give really good advice since he never seems to learn from his own mistakes.
Where's Rob living anyway? He's not staying over at the Barlows' because he and Tracy went back to his place but he was living in Carla's flat and she's sold it. What on earth has Steve done to his head! I always wonder why people paint the walls a really nice colour and then paper over it. Why not just paint it white?
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2 comments:
Was wondering the same thing about Steve's head!
The pubs OK. I was hoping for more of a makeover. It pretty much looks the same with a few tweaks.
I'm sick of the Tina/Gary/Izzy story, mostly because Tina made such a big deal out of it. She's not a child, I would expect that she could understand the strong emotions that develop since she's carrying his child. In reality she would not have invited him alone, into her apartment, over and over for private discussions.
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