On Monday, viewers were party to a sighting of that rarest of Weatherfield inhabitants, Sean Tully. Granted, this was only a fleeting glimpse but there he was, in his natural habitat behind the bar of the Rovers, calling Timothy West 'cock', à la Bet Lynch.
No doubt many readers will be flexing their typing fingers, ready to respond to the "how do you solve..." question by answering "get rid".
Admittedly, the character of Sean has gone off the boil of late and seems to have been sidelined. A once funny Street resident has spent the past year either moping around or beefing out scenes in the factory. Sean's low-point came in a December episode where all he did was walk into the Rovers and hang his coat up.
When Sean first appeared, around ten years ago, he was welcomed as a real breath of fresh air. Yes, he was camp and catty, yet he had some excellent one-liners. His introduction to the Rovers was a great idea as he followed in a great tradition of bar staff. Rather him than some of the other disasters that have occupied that space - remember that Lauren person or Natalie's grim niece? I digress.
Presumably Sean is knocking-on forty and yet still doesn't seem to have any roots. Is he another Bet Lynch, someone desperately looking for love but putting everyone off because of his needy attitude? Sean used to be the Street's good friend, shoulder to cry on, person to have a laugh with at a party. Now he's free of that slightly moribund relationship with Marcus, is it time for him to settle down? Does he need friends other than Fiz and the increasingly dreadful Julie?
Sean used to be and, with the right storylines, probably could be a good character again. Remember - the challenge is to give Sean a new lease of life. Over to you!
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