Sunday Comments, January 3

Lines of the week:

• Tina to Joe "You're a flamin loser!"
  
• Gail "Go to your room" David "I'm 18!" Gail "I'm 50. Go to your flamin' room!"
  
• Ted to Ken "Certain opportunities are easier to grasp than others"
  
• Audrey to Gail "Why do you get yourself in this situation time and time again!"
  
• Becky about Roy "he only wanted me to do the right thing. Nobody ever did before so i never gave a toss either"
  
• Jason to Becky "You want your wedding cake and eat it too, you!"
  
• Becky to Kevin "Toast the bride! It's the Law!" Kevin "You seem pretty toasted already!"
  
• Luke "The soon to be Corpse Bride on me roof!"
  
• Registrar "This is Weatherfield. Not Las Vegas!!"
  
• Steve "Why does nothing every go right for me!!!!" Liz "Because you're an idiot"
  

Happy New Year to you all!!

Joe has just made an enemy of David. For life. He nailed it, too, Joe did take the job and he did put pressure on Tina to change her story but he also did it because he didn't want her to perjure herself in court. I think the financial side of it was the larger motivation. I agree, i think Joe is a loser and he's got a volatile temper too. Well the Platts hollered and accused back and forth and allllll the dirty laundry came rattling out of the closet with all the skeletons. Gail finally threw Joe out. I wonder if it will stick. I figure Tina came for her stuff when she knew that David would be there so that they *could* talk. I hope that they do stay split up because though she was good for David in the start, it hasn't really changed him and he's dragged her down. Just like i think Joe will drag Gail down. Ted as always tries to play peacemaker. Now that she knows about the depression she's feeling all sorry for him again and is taking him back after finding him shaking in the lockup under an old blanket. Don't take him to the doctor, or anything, oh no. Just a nice hot cup of tea and he'll be fine. ;) Audrey doesn't like Joe and has no time for him anymore.

Well it looks like Tony has Maria convinced. He's clever that one, admits everything to her but makes it sound as if it was all a fairy tale, something Maria's imagination conjured up. But the more he gets his hooks into Maria and the business, the more Tom looks resentful and sulky.

Ken's worried about Peter and hopes he had more about him than his father. I doubt that very much. Peter is a bigamist and can't seem to stay faithful. Out of sight, out of mind. He's equally as weak. But at least he's got Simon a bunny. This one is a boy bunny but Simon wants to call it Leanne.

It's wedding week! Hen night? Stag? Hayley has an odd way of promoting a good marraige. The occasional hair wash? But even so, both of the Croppers are clearly happy together and Becky clearly does love them even if Roy can barely tolerate her group hugs. Blanche has a bet on with Eddie that the wedding won't happen and others are putting on bets too and the hen night went up the spout. Lloyd at least owned up to joining in. Becky took it all surprisingly well, far better than Steve who finally told everyone off in public and declared his love.

So the wedding. Becky actually looked nice, i liked the big pink fluffy dress on her. She didn't get the cleavage she wanted but she still looked good. It was very Becky. However it all went kind of wrong, aided and abetted by first Liz sending champagne and Blanche who put temptation in the bride's way via a large bottle of cider. Mind you, she started off on her own, with dutch courage. It was quite touching, her chats with Jason (aw poor Jase, did you see his lickle face when he saw her in her dress? and why didn't Natasha come get her?), and with Hayley and it was quite funny, spraying champers off the roof of Underworld and staggering up the aisle. Typical Becky. And Hayley lied through her teeth so the registrar would go back and conduct the ceremony, she who couldn't normally tell a lie if her life depended on it. (But what on earth was she wearing!) And the music for going down the "aisle"! Bonnie and Clyde with a curtsey at the end!!!! Brilliant! She didn't even get through the ceremony but doesn't realize it! Steve as usual, too spineless to tell her. Ok, yes, i know it was over the top but i still loved it all! Especially where she was so jubilant on the roof, screaming about overcoming all the people that said she'd amount to nothing, because she's officially loved!

Bloody Liz, she almost made a new fresh start with Becky but the wedding fiasco sent her back down Sarcastic Road. Becky went into a panic because she thought she lost her wedding ring. I don't know who Liz was more angry with, Becky or Steve! Even worse, though, Michelle was the one that spilled the beans to Becky about the non-wedding and you know, as much as she was the wronged woman, that's really below the belt after she already told Becky about the ring, too. Still, that was also down to Blanche who promised not to say anything to Becky, only she didn't promise not to tell anyone else and telling Michelle, knowing Michelle would be likely to take the opportunity for revenge yet again, that was below the belt too.

I laughed at the teenagers. Sian is googly eyed over Ryan but when he finally asks her out, she's iffy about it, not wanting to seem too eager so Sophie accepts for her. Typical teens! THey're so cute! Someone who's not cute is Uncle Umed. leering at the women in the pub,

Dev is pathetic. And Jason is a miracle worker. From one episode to the very next, all of a sudden the gallery is taking shape! Tara is sure taking no prisoners spending Dev's money and Umed is not happy about that. Maria is back and forth about whether to sell LadRags. She's finally come round and doesn't think Tony's a murderer anymore and now he can start putting his little control feelers in. Partly he doesnt' want Luke to get any further roots in Weatherfield and partly it's to keep Maria off the track, I think.

Liz is ticked off at Lloyd for not admitting to Umed that she's his girlfriend. I'd be a bit upset too. I don't know why Liz was so upset at not going to the wedding anyway. She didn't think it would last and doesn't approve of Becky anyway.