The big story this week is Todd's return. But it's not all it should be and it seems Todd's come back under a cloud. He's dumped Jules and been sacked but hasn't told any of this to Eileen who hears it from a man Todd's been dating and just dumped. Even worse, he let the other fella, Alex, pay for a holiday and then left him standing at the gate. Alex has blown Todd's cover and was frantic to find out why he's been treated so badly. Eileen soon realized Alex was right. She kept bringing up topics and Todd keeps lying and looking shifty when she turns her back.
Meanwhile, miserable Alex is in the pub insulting Manchester and Sean isn't best pleased but Alex joins him at the bar. Turns out Todd was cheating on Jules with Alex and it was Jules that did the dumping when he found out. Well there's the inevitable confrontation, Todd was busted and Alex wants his money. He gets it from Eileen and now she's very, very disappointed. Todd continued to lie to her and spin the story and Eileen seemed to buy it but Jason sure didn't. Turns out Eileen knew darn well Todd was lying. Todd blames Eileen for idealizing him to the point where he has to lie.
It seems like they've taken another nice character and turned him into a wastrel and a liar. But then, the last time Todd visited he was stuck up and arrogant so maybe this is the end of an ongoing process? Todd is painful to watch, all that spin and arrogance. He's sucking in Sean to his side and Sean believed every word. But emotional blackmail aside, she doesn't want to lose her son and Todd knew it. Jason will be a harder sell than Eileen. Todd says he was looking for work. Somehow I don't believe him. Maybe he could be Kirk's next packing apprentice. HAH! Later in the same show, Julie told Todd there was a job in packing. I KNEW it!!! Of course it wasn't good enough for Todd. He's slowly sucking in Julie as well, playing on her need to be an auntie.
Nick's memory has a long way to go. Will it ever really come back? Good to see that they aren't curing him overnight, though. At least his memory isn't so bad, he did remember Todd who pretended he was an old friend of Todd's. Why would Todd even think Nick would hire him? It served to rehash the old history between Todd and the Platts.
Roy's in obsession mode again, intent on redecorating the bedroom. Anna and Mary don't think he'll manage it by Friday but he won't allow them to help. He snaps at Mary when he finds out she has gone up to the flat to fill up some garbage bags with stuff and finally, Anna insists that he tell her what's wrong because something clearly is. She may regret asking that! Her kindness is weighing on Roy. Anna really can't understand why he's not spending every moment he can with Hayley but we know he can barely stand to look her in the eye just now. He blurted it out and shocked Anna to her core and now she's got to keep the secret, too.
Well, now Anna has a big secret to keep and it's heavy on her shoulders. Roy and Hayley are never going to see eye to eye on it and even Anna can sort of see Hayley's side of things. Well at least she rescued Roy from paper hanging hell and just in time, too because Hayley was released early! Clearly she's been avoiding him, too and she didn't like Roy's wallpaper choice either.
Roy's still fussing over Hayley who wants to visit dying Jane. I really like Carla and Hayley's friendship. Roy is still avoiding talking the big talks with Hayley and avoiding the hard situations like visiting Jane. He delayed and delayed, passive aggressively making sure that Hayley got to the hospice late but sadly, Jane died the night before. Surprised nobody contacted Hayley or at least Roy seeing as her husband said Jane considered Hayley a good friend.
It's not fair that Hayley blamed Roy, though. If Jane died the night before, it didn't matter how much he delayed their arrival at the hospice. Oh wait, he'd diverted Hayley from visiting Jane the other day, that's what she's upset about. Jane's death has really thrown Hayley. She's snapping at Roy but knows she shouldn't. I think it's a reality check and she's scared. Now the pair of them can't stop arguing. Hayley's desperate and Roy can't accept it.
Why is Roy cleaning the paint off the brushes. I guess he managed to get all the wallpaper off but he only had a bit of it off earlier in the show. He must have stripped like a demon!
Mary's conversation has turned her into Grace's latest target for disdain. She's such a brat and Faye might be seeing the light. Not enough to drop her as a friend, though, and Owen's dislike of Grace is growing. Anna's blinders are getting bigger. Throwing rocks at the motor home was Grace's next little game and then spraying insults on it, making Mary feel bullied. They were practically caught red handed yet Anna still refuses to believe it's true.
Wow, Amy. Haven't seen her in ages aside from the Halloween party. Michelle is back, too. I'm not really sure what it was Steve was trying to create out of toilet rolls and scraps but it looked worse than what Amy could probably make! Steve's project turned out to be every bit as rubbish as we thought. He never was much of a student and now he feels a bit bad for letting Amy down. He got the wrong war for Armistice Day so he's decided to enrol in college for a night course. You know he's doing it to try to get out of more work and he is, doubling the amount of time away from work that it's actually going to take, But it's not right that they're all taking the mick out of him, too.
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