True - but I think she'd make a good mother to another child too.

I'd love for Peter to start pining for Leanne if she splits with Nick and/or if Peter marries Carla, but Leanne rejecting him. That would funny.

I think they will put Leanne and Peter together again more than ever now. The are more at ease together than they look being a part of the other two couples and they connect in a much more immediate and direct way.
Of course the more the writers make an effort to make us believe this will never happen and that both Leanne and Peter have settled into their own separate lives, the greater the impact of the drama will be when they do actually discover each other again.
That's how I would play it anyhow.

Independent - yes

Adopting? Not for me. I don't want her playing mum again to someone else's kid. Leanne deserves a child of her own and I'd preferably not want it to be with Nick or Peter. In fact, I think Leanne would benefit with a totally fresh OH. Having her ping-pong between Nick and Peter is lazy and I think it really limits her character. Ideally, this baby reveal should kill of N&L for good and be the beginning of independent Leanne who doesn't feel she needs a man to survive. Depending on how long JD stays on the Street, Leanne could easily still be around when fresh meat is brought in, character-wise, and Leanne could be steered towards that rather than the same old recycled plots.

Mm true. That is what I think Leanne needs - a completely fresh new man. Not someone on the street, a new person.

I think Leanne and Peter should be reunited after a while to see what happens. They'll have a pretty great relationship if that did happen and they could put it all behind them. I actually think i'll stop watching corrie if this doesn't happen and my mother said she'll do the same.

It may well happen some day, but I think Leanne can stand perfectly well alone, if not better as a character without Peter.

Do you not think it would make Leanne seem weak to go back to Peter after everything?

It would only her look weak if she was doing it for the wrong reasons and if one or other was not committed. Otherwise if the got past, well, the past, as it were, they would become a very strong couple with the ability to deal with anything thrown at them. And Leanne can be vulnerable, but never weak.

Just as long as Leanne gets revenge for a little while. After the way Peter's treated her, he doesn't deserve her. He needs to discover HER again while she's running away from him and rejecting him. Some sweet little justice lol.

Don't get me wrong, that's exactly how I see it too, I would love to see Peter Barlow really suffer.He has got terminally smug and at the same time really bloated,deluded and middle aged. Ideally Leanne should have an opportunity to take his heart and pulverise it into a fine powder
There's no doubt that they do work well together and the incarnation of him when he was with Leanne was my favourite Peter,Jane Danson brought him to life I never like him as a character before that. Maybe this should tell me something?

Anyway I wondered if anyone else had seen the digital spy chat with Georgia Taylor where she's saying she'd come back to Corrie for the right storyline?. And also that Jane keeps asking her?
There might be a good chance of this happening.
I've feeling they're reintroducing a lot of the old character to raise the sense of continuity for the show again, especially since they lost quite a few old timers and legends in the more or less recent past.
It would breath some new life into Leanne to have her outspoken and feisty sister back. They could get up to a whole different grown up type mischief and run rings round the rest of them. Really hope this happens.
Also want to see Leanne with some real family.

As has been quoted by various people, Leanne and Peter are probably younger versions of Deirdre and Ken.


Not on the internet for a while, but shall be with you all in spirit.

Bless you for that K9, we all know it
I hope you have a great well deserved holiday

I'd quite like Toyah back. I think Leanne would benefit greatly from it. She's not really been integrated into the Price dynamic properly imo, so their family vibe doesn't convince me too much; Toyah's more proper family. I daresay the fun side of Leanne would resurface too, if Toyah came back.


Hello k9fan *waves* Hope you're good We'll be awaiting your return!

Oh dear, Nick and Leanne don't seem to be working. I genuinely liked them for a while together, but I agree that they don't really have the chemistry, they seem like good friends a lot of the time, it's a shame we haven't seen much of their home life really. Wonder what's going to happen with Leanne in the future!

Jane is looking so pretty these days, the haircut definitely suits her (was a bit unsure at first) but I think she looks positively lovely!

No MAC, they really don't work as a couple. It was a huge mistake to throw the pair of them back together. Leanne was blatantly on the rebound and has pretty much said time and time again how Nick isn't the one she truly wants. The shambles at Christmas was an ideal opportunity to split these two up for good, but they had Nick turn into a super-doormat for some bizarre reason

Christmas was an utter farce in my mind, regardless of whether it meant anything or not, I think it was shoddy and the writing was abysmal, it let all characters involved down!

In one way I'm glad Leanne's been with Nick as I've enjoyed watching her recently, but I agree, I think they do need to split as her hearts not in it, and Nick to be honest doesn't trust her. Leanne needs a fresh start!

There was never any proper aftermath either. Everything was resolved by the end of the week and it's not been mentioned again. It's like Corrie was sucked into the twilight zone for a week


BIB - I almost feel as if there should be tally to record just how many times Leanne has said "You don't trust me, do you?" to Nick lately! It's like the writers are oh-so-subtly () saying that N&L are too weak to survive.

I remember how insecure Leanne was with Peter trusting her, post Nick affair. Deep down, she was convinced he hadn't really forgiven her and she was genuinely upset by that idea. It seems like a different story with Nick. Nick doesn't trust her, but she's actually defensive about it rather than feeling guilty about making him feel that way (like she was with Peter). It's like Corrie knows the relationship is a joke and they're going out of their way to prove it.

Hello all, just checking back in. I hope all's well.
Have a fab holiday, k9.



I wouldn't be totally against having a story line where Leanne adopted a child. I think it certainly would be meaty and interesting, but I tend to agree with MsW that the most satisfying outcome would be Leanne having her own child. It would be a struggle, but worthwhile IMO.




I felt bad for Leanne last night. I thought she was definitely thriving at organising the student night (but, writers, hello, in JULY?) and in then networking and being determined to put things right. It probably would have been a success if not for David's interference. So, as she pointed out, she had the dual mistrust from NIck, firstly, over Peter and her birthday, where she had done nothing wrong, and then, secondly, over the failure last night, which, as we know, wasn't her fault.

Even before the reveal of the massive secret, they're on such shaky ground. And, as we said before, it really hasn't been difficult for David to open the little cuts in their relationship and turn them into a big, gaping wound.

I wonder how much of David's revenge will be revealed...if it will be clear that everything was being worsened because he was manipulating everything.


BIB: Yes, absolutely, it all deserved better than that, because the big drama just seemed to come and go with little of the actual repercussions being played out.

BIB2: It all feels like a bit of a waste, tbh. They started off on shaky ground, got better, then they got married under a cloud and now David's doing his best to help ruin it all. Not exactly conducive to a good long-term future.

Gunner! *frantic wave*


Don't get me started on that complete SOR of 1) Student night in July and 2) The police turning up right away after a lame anonymous tip-off But anyway.....

Yeah, Leanne's idea/approach wasn't a huge catastrophe - David was the problem. I'm finding it really hard to believe that no-one has sussed out David by now. It's so unsubtle! His glares and evil smirks are right out there for all to see!

As an aside, good continuity for Nick to reference Leanne's insurance scam with the restaurant.


I'd imagine that David would most likely admit screwing around with everyone in the aftermath. I don't think he'd admit to sabotaging Nick's marriage unless there really was no way back for him and Leanne. I think he wants to be certain that he's ruined Nick's life before he owns up. I can't see him keeping it to himself forever more - he'd love to boast about how devious he's been

*frantic wave back*

It's getting a bit silly now that Kylie, Nick and Gail haven't sussed it out. David was almost giddy with glee last night when Kylie suggested that Leanne and Nick are on the rocks.

I have to agree about the continuity, I think that cutting comment really fitted in the heat of the moment and felt quite true, albeit all the more damaging to Leanne as she has tried hard to escape from her past.

During last night's episode I think I just felt tired of the same old, going round in circles, Leanne on the defensive stuff.
I just really got to thinking that she doesn't seem to have much of a support system around her. She had a moment of crisis at work. While she can't really expect full support from Nick in the current position, why isn't she unloading on Stella or anything? I have to echo that I think bringing back Toyah would be excellent.

There just seems to be no escape from the defensive, stand-offish mode that she's stuck in. She never seems to have many moments of fun, nothing to break the tension all around her. I had a tough time at work a few weeks ago and I did all I could to break out of the upset – went for drinks with friends, talked about it, watched some Friends DVDs and had a good laugh, danced like a loony to my favourite songs. While Leanne did the positive thing in trying to drum up more business, last night she was back in the same old funk, carrying on without really dealing with anything, more arguments rearing their ugly head. It's like she's just battling, battling, battling all the time. I don't know if they're trying to make it come across as if she's just really strong and doesn't entertain bullshit (which is definitely true) but it's just rather wearing and sad.

I don't know, I just don't know why this constant sadness prevails. I suppose the tension just has to be there so that David's revenge works.

I totally agree with the BIB. Reading the spoiler on the ep thread, I was just like :yawn::yawn: There's only so much David can really do re wrecking Nick's marriage - and that's just making N&L argue all the time. It's just too dull to be that interested in, especially when all the scenes are essentially the same.
As you say though, take Leanne away from the Platt SL, and you've only got the Prices to see her with. Of course, Leanne's on the warpath there with Karl so still we have no break from the negativity


You're spot on here. She hasn't even got one singe friend to unwind with; and the only one she did have was turned into her enemy. I can't see any sign of Leanne blowing off some steam (in a good way) anytime soon either :sleep:
The main forum is full of posts that complain about Leanne's constant attitude, but it's the writers that seem to insist on keeping her this way - and I have no idea why! a character who's constantly miserable is never entertaining (I'm looking at you Chesney!) and I think it's a bit unfair on JD for COrrie to be keeping her character stuck in this way.

Btw, sorry to hear you had a rough time at work Hope everything's picked up?

BIB: Bring back Karl and the warpath, at least that has some oomph in it!

I did enjoy Leanne making up with Nick tonight, though. She should threaten him with the cruet more often! Also, at least that scene also got to the root of her discontent a little better, i.e. that she felt like a failure. Yep, that definitely makes you upset, and it must have felt worse coming from her other half. Once she had explained that, it definitely all made a lot more sense. She wasn't miserable for no reason, but she still has little balance as a whole.

Thanks, it's fine now. As I said, I did plenty to cheer myself up.

Happy Friday, have a sunny weekend all!

Checking in even though there's not been any significant Leanne action

https://twitter.com/itvcorrie/status/357539662367166465

Great photo there! I think it's safe to assume that Leanne isn't going to boycott the wedding (if it even goes ahead!)

Thanks for the pic, it's great. Love that colour, especially the nail varnish. Should be a good few episodes.