So tonight we visited the cobbles for our usual Monday double bill of Coronation Street. But we may ask ourselves what is the point of these double episodes on Mondays and Fridays now?! The double episodes on a Monday alone used to be very effective as there was always a good cliffhanger that encouraged the viewers to tune back in at 8.30 to see what happens next... but now the '7.30 cliffhanger' has become what I can only describe as, very lame! Tonight's cliffhanger involved Lewis kissing Deirdre. Gripping, eh!? and the deed was done right in front of a blindingly obvious CCTV camera! How refreshing to see that Deirdre hasn't truly changed though... she will always be tempted to stray away from Ken and do a bit of dirty cheating. The sooner Lewis is found out though, the better! I find him extremely irritating and I can't say the storyline is gripping me all that much, as the exact same story was done in Emmerdale only a few weeks ago! (and it was better too) I guess the only thing I can hope for is that Audrey will knock him into next week when she finds out he's a con artist! Now that would be great to watch!
However, I was thoroughly entertained with other parts of the episode. I adore Natasha and will admit to a bit of a crush on her! The actress, Rachel Leskovac played serial killer Kelly in Holby City all those years ago and once again in Coronation Street, she is demonstrating her brilliant acting talent. She's been in the show ages though and she's been so criminally underused, it's unbelievable! Why can't Nick see how lucky he is to have a woman like Natasha?! She is probably the most attractive woman on the Street! Admittedly, she is a bit needy but I really feel for her at the moment as everything seems to be going wrong for her. Nick won't move in with her or help her buy the salon, Gail doesn't offer to help, and on top of that her pregnancy test reveals positive! And let's not forget, Maria's constant jibes towards her about how Nick isn't the type for commitment! Natasha looks so hurt and vulnerable, I am feeling really bad for her! All she needs is a hug! Rachel is playing it so well though.
Fiz jetted off abroad, leaving John devastated. I didn't like the 'stealing Colin Fishwick's identity to teach' at first, but now I'm finding it very funny especially John's constant saying "All I want to do is teach!".. I've never known someone so passionate about teaching a bunch of teenagers that they'd steal someone's identity! Charlotte, his partner in crime is also bonkers but brilliant! I've found her so funny. After everything that's happened, she's still determined to get her claws into John. She believes they have a future together! What a delusional human being! I hope she comes back though as a regular character ideally, please!
On a final note, some brilliant interaction between characters in these episodes between the likes of Maria and Rita and Jack and Molly. I loved Jack's appearance and how he served as a voice of reason, making Molly see sense and making the right decision in regards to looking after herself and her unborn child.
To Thursday's episode...
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