Hello, all.

I've finally caught up on Corrie after all the tennis.

The Leanne/Dan story line has been interesting. While she had to bow to this threats after he told her he would reveal everything to Simon, I liked that she was still strong in the Bistro when she realised that he also had a lot to lose if his daughter found out.

The deterioration of Leanne and Simon's relationship is really sad. The birthday trainers incident was a bit annoying with Carla coming to the rescue as such. Moreover, I don't know why he can't quite see that Leanne is still grieving, too – she's not going to be in the right frame of mind to get everything perfect. His non-reaction to Deirdre's death was very sad; it seems he just feels that everyone either leaves him or dies.

Gah, I know


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Ahh, are you a tennis fan? I was so disappointed that Andy Murray and Maria Sharapova lost the semis I use to play quite a bit of tennis as a teenager. Our neighbours had a tennis court across the road from us

Yeah Leanne will keep a strong head re Dan especially when it heats up next week.

I agree with you, surely Simon is older enough to be sympathetic to Leanne's needs and realise she is still struggling and actually help and support her, not criticism. I found Simon's reaction very hard to watch for personal reasons mainly, I reacted almost identical to Simon after my dad passed away (I was 13) I went to my room and watched the Home and Away omnibus.

I have to say that the screenshots of the hostage situation did make me LOL I don't really know what to make of the preview clip; it all looks a bit mad, quite frankly!!


I was too. It just had to be her, didn't it? Carla's never been particularly mumsy to Simon so I hope that this isn't going to be a regular thing. I know that Simon and Carla made some sort of peace but I'm not convinced that it's enough to justify her being the hero of the hour with the shoes; it's just another kick in the teeth for Leanne. I am thinking that all this crap being thrown at Leanne is a bit much and it makes it worse that she's got virtually no-one to turn to. I know that the Nazirs are there but I really want Eva back.


I imagine Sarah will mention something to Liz and that'll kick off Liz asking Leanne about Dan. Speaking of that, I've seen the preview clip and JD's fab (as always) with recounting her past with Dan.


Think Leanne may be regretting that at the moment!


As scarily accurate as everyone around him dying is, I thought his non-reaction to Deirdre's death was very unnerving. I imagine he'd be perfect as the next soap psychopath if TPTB wanted to go down that route.

Hope you enjoyed the tennis!


I'm very aware of what I've written above now so just want to say that I'm not applying my psychopath-in-the-making view of Simon to you too, Gracie! I know that there's not a one-size-fits-all reaction to losing a loved one.


I love the fact that JD's being deliberately vague in who's going to find out and help her when SB didn't leave anything to the imagination and just said right out that it was going to be Zeedan

Tonight's episode was great. That was the kind of tribute to Deirdre that should've been running through the entire funeral. It was good to see Peter again, despite the utter cockwomble he turned into under The Hat.

Ha, we moan for months that Leanne isn't getting any screen time, and then when she does, it's all complete misery. We really didn't need that Dan story in there IMO, as Simon's abuse could have easily kicked off with Kal and Deirdre dying but it obviously tied in with Tony going AWOL, so to add some extra drama (and more ratings!) they thought they would give Leanne some more misery.

I breathed a sigh of relief this week when I saw Cath T has returned from maternity leave. I am so disappointed that it wasn't Eva going to find out about Simon's abuse, that would have really cemented them being close sisters for me.


Jane was absolutely fabulous with Leanne's chat to Liz about her prossie days. Much have been awful for Leanne to have to drag up her past again, at least Liz was understanding.


Ah don't worry! I promise I'm not David Platt 2.0


The Wednesday ep was awesome! One of the eps I think we've seen under Blackburn. I'm glad Anne finally got a fitting tribute

Geez, I had to laugh at Peter giving Tracy parenting advice on Wednesday when he is buggering off to Antigua for 6 months and ditching his son. Oh and Tracy was right about normal people getting the train the night before and not leaving last minuet. Loved how Leanne knew something was up when Peter was dithering about telling Simon. Thank god for Nick, so good to see him hanging out with Simon and trying to ease the pressure off Leanne by taking him out as they were very close when Leanne and Nick were married, nice to see the writers haven't forgotten that.

In other news, Jane isn't taking part in the live episode at all, as she said in this interview. Tbh I am disappointed as she was so fantastic in the last one but going on Blackburn's past stunts, I would rather go on holiday than take part in his fanfare. And not to mention the stress she would have had for the last one would have been insane.

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If I'm honest, the BIB was exactly what I thought when I heard that Dan was going to be an ex-client. I did a lot of eye-rolling and said "this is probably going to be ridiculous" too but, after tonight's episodes, I've changed my mind because I thought the Dan invading the flat like actually created a bit of tension. I know I scoffed at the promo pictures but I was genuinely taken in by it. JD was great and she really made me feel scared for Leanne after Curly Simon and McMutton had made their escape; loved the way she flew at Dan in rage too! It was horrible to see her breaking down as Dan told Simon about her past He took genuine pleasure in poisoning Simon's mind - what a scumbag! The only silver lining at the end of all of that was that Simon showed he wasn't devoid of all feeling for Leanne as he was truly worried about her still being in danger, but we all know that's not going to last

Good to hear that CT is back though! I hope a proper sisterly bond is worked on this time. However I imagine Eva's going to be spending a lot of time with Shayne Ward's character and then (presumably) back to Jason once his new SL gets going (what is it with The Hat and beating up characters, by the way? Dude has issues...).


Until she decided the most tactful way to deal with Dan, without endangering Leanne and Simon's relationship, was to publically humiliate the guy in front of his boss and daughter...In fact, she also took a bit of a warped delight in letting his daughter know so rather hypocritical in berating him for doing the same to Simon. She did sort of enjoy telling Tracy that Amy was trapped in the burning flat too; weird Don't get me wrong, Dan's pure filth but it really wasn't a smart move to announce it like that. What did Liz think was going to happen? He was just going to slink off in shame? She was made aware of his violent tendencies so why provoke him in that way and not expect payback?? Stupid, McMutton, very stupid.


Peter is a hypocrite and I'm glad Tracy called him out on the way he's behaved around Simon. I liked Peter's speech about Amy though. I thought CG's performance was spot on and, for once, KF didn't have me cringing with embarrassment at her. Although all this turning over a new leaf stuff with Tracy would be far more convincing if she admitted she's a murderer but that's not looking likely so I'll just carry on dreaming about it!!


I was going to say, maybe it's one of those things that she only wants to do once due to how much pressure she'd be under. Or maybe she thinks it could be a damp squib this times around because The Hat's ideas are generally naff. The tram crash was amazing and it had a strong SL running through it with the love square.

"It’s nice to show that vulnerable side, but equally I'm very protective of her feisty side, and I think viewers like her when she's strong. So I don't want her to be trampled on too much".

Maybe someone should tell The Hat about the latter part of that quote...


See! Worried that she mmight be killed by an unhinged woman beater but is perfectly fine with following his lead; right after she's been patched up at the hospital too, how horrible for her

BIB: Yeah, love a bit of tennis. The Davis Cup was really exciting at the weekend. I'm a Rafa fan, but otherwise I cheer on Federer and Murray. I do like Sharapova, too. Crikey, the last time I played tennis it was with a wooden racquet!


BIB1: I did, thanks. Hope you're alright?

BIB2: Yeah, not really keeping it under his hat, is he?


I liked it that beforehand, when Liz brought up her concerns to Steve and Michelle, Michelle referred to Leanne as "an honest girl". It shows that she's come a long way since her past and that people are able to think of her in a good light in the present.

Liz and Leanne's chat was good. It did make me a bit upset when Leanne seemed to accept that violence was just part and parcel of it all. Her discomfort and sadness really came through, as well as her fear about Simon finding out.


In fairness to Blackburn, the Emmerdale live ep from 2012 (I think it was the 50th anniversary) was really well done. Fair enough if it was Jane's choice, though. The tram crash is still legendary in my opinion. What a performance.



BIB1: I thought last night was good in parts, but some of it did make me laugh. Especially the bit where, after dragging Leanne around and locking the door again, Dan dragged the chair to obstruct the door and then plonked himself down like he was making himself right at home! "I'm just your friendly kidnapper, here to put my feet up!"

I suppose it was shock, but Liz and Simon surely could have done something (or do we need Ken for that?) to help out? Dan wasn't armed or anything and there were plenty of kitchen implements to hand in the vicinity. At one point, with Leanne cowering in the corner near a stack of board games, I did wonder if she might fling the Ker-Plunk at Dan and leave him reeling with rainbows of straws in front of his eyes for ever more!

In all seriousness, though, Leanne's fear really came through and I liked Liz trying to talk Dan down, even if it was a bit transparent.

I liked the scene between Zeedan and Simon where Zeedan was trying to get across to him how important family is and how he wished he hadn't argued with Kal as much.


Absolutely. So sad that it's just a fleeting moment.

Agreed that Liz exposing the truth about Dan in the Rovers was ill-thought out and led to the situation we had last night.

Ok, I'm not even going to try to hide it: I got weepy at the end of Wednesday's episode. JD did it again through sheer believable emotion The disintergration of her and Simon's was all so horrible to watch but that last scene did it for me. The way the camera panned around a broken Leanne to show that picture of her and Simon hugging was such a horribly bittersweet touch. I started tearing up when Chesney buzzed to check she was ok; trying to sound breezy but with a shaking voice and tears in her eyes was heartbreaking. Next thing, she was sliding down the door and starting to sob and that was it, I was gone. Leanne just looks so defeated, like she's lost her spark and it's so sad to watch. Traumatic childhood or not, Simon's become a right little bastard I'd never condone violence towards children, but since he's a fictional character I feel no guilt in saying that I'd like to see Leanne snap and give him a good pasting!! But...back to Soapland: Leanne's being far, far too soft on him and I can only put a lot of that down to all the crap that's been flung her way recently. Like I said before, her spark's gone and she looks totally drained so I'm not surprised she's in no fit state to lay down the law to Simon. That being said, her feeble pleas to talk everything out with Simon are obviously never going to get through since he's too angry to reason with, plus he's storming out every five seconds so Leanne's got no chance of controlling him with just words at the moment.

On the plus side, I'm really glad Zeedan's moved out of scowling, "she's a slapper" mode and is actively involved in Leanne's life. It was nice to see him going up to the flat to try and 'save' Leanne, as well as helping out after Dan had been carted away. If one good thing is going to come out of this abuse SL then I imagine it'll be Leanne's relationship with Zeedan strengthening and she needs all the friends she can get right now. That's another thing that was made very clear at the end of Wednesday's episode - just how alone Leanne is right now Hurry up and get back to the cobbles, Eva, you sister needs you!

Hope everyone's good? Yes, Gunner, I'm ok, thanks I'm a bit worn out though because it's been a bit of a busy week, as was last weekend! Going to make this weekend a lazy one, so I can recover

First off, JD has been absolutely outstanding this past week, from the hostage situation to her breaking down in the flat after Simon was in bed. God I hope she wins something at next year's BSAs.


Yes after watching it, I thought it was fantastic but I just wish it was a bit more spread out. I loved the way she attacked Dan, a true Battersby Dan was an odious little man, it wasn't Leanne who went gobbing off to his daughter, it was McMutton. The tension was great as I felt scared for Leanne (even Liz) and what he was going do to them. As Dan started to tell Simon, you could see Leanne's face slowly drop and her sadness of finding out. Great to see Leanne would do anything to protect Simon from Dan.


I can understand Liz was furious as she had every right to be and finding out Dan was another wrong 'un probably tipped her over the edge after the whole Tony saga. But knowing what Dan was like and the fact he has a past of violence, any normal woman would just finish it by saying it's not working out etc especially she knew what was at stake, it took Leanne a lot of guts to spill the beans about Dan as she had to bring up her past which she would want left behind.


I haven't picked up a racket in years either, well not since I left home.


BIB - yes, I loved that. So nice to see that most of the street are no longer judging her on her call girl days, great of Michelle to say that, especially with Leanne's history with the Connors. Thats one of my favourite things about Leanne, she has developed so much since 1997, from the teenage tearaway to a desperate and alone women and then to a loving mother.


Ah I don't watch Emmerdale, just with the upcoming stories that are going to coincide with the live episode I didnt think Blackburn's episode was going to be any good but I suppose I better hold judgement.



I agree with this, Dan is hardly a strong man, just a drunken tosser. I would have thought Liz might have tried something especially as we got her hit and punch Tony in the next episode. Or throw a chair at him etc.



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You are absolutely right, Leanne was on the straight and narrow when got together with Peter as I think she finally learnt her lesson after that disastrous lottery scam with Janice as I think Janice had to do community service, it also ruined Leanne's relationship with that Bookie. She was the stability for Simon and Peter which was great as thats when we saw Leanne in a new light. Admittedly I wouldn't best pleased finding out my mum was previously a prostitute, I wouldn't hold it against her and certainly not call her in that rude manner.


I'm not going to lie, I was already welling up when Leanne was talking about her childhood, you can still see all these years later, it still affects her and that was part of the reason her falling off the rails and marrying Nick at such a young age as she did not know what was right and wrong. Great to see Chez checking Leanne is okay (remember he is Leanne's adopted step brother!). When she started crying, it was so obvious that she isn't, it was just so heartbreaking to watch and by then I was a blubbering mess.

Oh your so right about Leanne's spark being gone, she looks so depleted now, she has always managed to fight back and bring out the inner Battersby like after Peter's affair with Carla, the only other time Leanne lost her spark was when Nick slapped her and when her prostitution was discovered. Yes Simon has had a tough childhood but a lot of those things happened years ago when Peter was on the booze (the fire, Peter's drunken behaviour etc). It's not unusual to loose grandparents during childhood / close friends, tbh the only things that stick out is Nick's brain injury, the custody battle, Peter leaving and obviously Lucy dying. Simon's has had two parents and grandparents who love him, it's not like he grown up in poverty etc. I'm such an uncaring person!

Oh gawd, I can't believe I'm saying this but the Nazirs are growing on me, jeez even Yasmen. I quite like Zeedan, it's nice he has taken Simon under his wing. It was good to see Leanne talk with some of the neighbours like Beth outside the Kabin, she needs to mix with more people IMO.

Hope everyone is well!

I agree! She one of the strongest Corrie's got.


I'm also a fan of the character growth over the years. They were doing the same thing with Peter until they decided to forget about his character evolution and have him regressing to the point where he was a chore to watch. There's stilll that gobby Battersby element in Leanne though and that's also realistic; she's not totally changed, she's just mellowed through her life experiences.


You're not The simple fact is that Simon's a demon child who's making it virtually impossible to feel sorry for him!!


Yeah, I'm muddling along ok, thanks! Hope you're good too?

I have to admit that my Nazir hating has kind of stopped now too. Ever since Kal's death, they all seem to have been toned down. Yasmeen's not screeching about books anymore, Sharif's not rambling on about the chickens and Zeedan's actually being nice to Leanne! They're so much more bearable now! I hope they stay like this,


Maybe Zeedan finds out before Eva gets back? Or maybe he finds out and Leanne tells him to keep quiet? If Eva's getting with Shayne Ward then I imagine she'll be out a lot with him/staying over at wherever he'll be living so won't be around the flat to see Simon's outbursts. Clutching at straws here!


Eugh, what depressing, infuriating reading. Bloody Simon

That link was a horrible read, k9. I wouldn't be surprised if the little brat ends up stabbing her or something

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Got to agree with JD here. I know how emotionally drained Leanne is right now but I can't believe she's letting Simon do this to her. Her feeble pleading with him to talk to her coupled with a general passiveness to his outbursts is just enabling him to get worse.

They totally stuffed up Peter's character, after years of character development, they bought him back that lying, cheating alcoholic. Love the Battersby element, I wish we got to see it more often.


Yeah, you could be right about Zeedan finding out before Eva comes back, it just seems so quick, I really do not want this storyline done and dusted in about two months and then all is forgotten after one counselling session (Kylie's drug addiction anyone?). As thats how The Hat works, I hope that it goes on for a few months at least. I would defiantly choose staying over in Shayne Ward's bed than that pokey flat





...or pushing her down the stairs! Especially as she is vulnerable and she has very little fight back power. But like JD says, the emotional abuse is the worst.

God, this is horrendous to watch, at least it's good to know that Leanne won't ditch Simon.

JD always does great interviews and goes into such depth.

Hope your well, MsWilder.

JD is really heartbreaking in these scenes. Great acting from her, but these scenes are tough to watch, especially since Jane Danson conveys such authentic pain. Even though Corrie's writing has not been strong, JD has really enriched her scenes and brings are realness to her work that very few actors in soaps are capable of doing.

Poor Leanne, things are going from bad to worse. I was cheering at that TV when Leanne told Rita to mind her own bloody business when she was inferring with Simon. Also, I can't believe Simon was that stupid, especially with his upbringing.

I just wish Leanne would just tell Ken, she should of realised by now that this problem is not going to go away.

My post on the main forum: I think Leanne reacted like any normal parent upon discovering their 12 year old child got pissed on an expensive bottle of Vodka with mates at the restaurant she's works at that could affect trading standards etc. Simon needed to get the law laid on him and that his behaviour will not be tolerated.

It would be the tipping point of the long line of things that have happened in the past few months.

I think Leanne also lost the plot because it would bring back a lot of memories being married to Peter with his struggle with the booze and her not wanting Simon to go the same route as Peter.



^ I totally agree with this, she's been bloody fantastic and about time she got some decent stories.

Hope everyone is well! I have had the vomiting bug, thankfully I seem to be on the mend after a rough couple of days.

Hello, all!

I hope you're feeling better, Gracie?

I hope everyone else is well.

The last few weeks have been difficult viewing Leanne-wise, but Jane has been excellent as per usual.

I don't think her reaction at Simon's drunken state in the Bistro was too OTT – after all, the business could have lost its licence. Not exactly a small matter for a restaurant.

The scene where Simon had fallen asleep and Leanne was telling herself it would be OK was really sad. There does seem to be a cycle of almost quasi-repair and then violence at the moment. She must feel there's a glimmer of hope and then things get worse. I wish she had told Ken what was going on because both Leanne and Simon really need help. I do understand why she covered for him, though.

I'm interested to see at what point Zeedan realises what's going on and what he does in order to help.

Hey, everyone! Sorry I've not posted in a while! Hope everyone's well.

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BIB - sadly that is the reality of domestic violence, Leanne has had a lot of life experience you would think Leanne would know that?

Good to see Zeedan helping in last night's episode and Leanne finally opening up to him, I don't think it's going to much good other than Leanne having someone to confide in as she is just going to keep begging Zeedan not to go to social services or tell anyone.

I did have to at Mary pretending to be a paramedic.

Jane has been doing fantastic these past few weeks, they must be very hard scenes to film.


Ooh thats good Dare I say it, I think Leanne is becoming more likeable again on the main forum, there doesn't seem to be as much hatred as there use to be.

Hope you are well!

I am glad that Eva is back. Hopefully, she and Leanne will be able to support each other.

What has happened to Simon's domestic abuse storyline? Has it fizzled out, as these things do?

Hey k9, I hope you're OK?

Palace doing really well.

I've dipped in and out of Corrie recently, so forgive me if this is a bit patchy or even incorrect, but I believe the following happened:

When Zeedan found out about Leanne being hurt by Simon, he eventually confronted Simon about it and talked to him about it, giving him examples of how he'd dealt with difficult times that he'd been through. Zeedan even offered to move in so that he could stop it from happening again. However, in the end, it was decided (not sure by who?) that Simon should go and stay with Peter for a bit (presumably he's back in the UK now) so that Peter was taking some of the parenting load. Fair enough, but it just seemed like they were fudging over it by sending him away – yes, that prevents the abuse, but there was no getting to the root of the issue or properly talking it out.

Leanne and Eva did discuss Simon on Eva's return, but I don't think Leanne told her what happened – again, I may have missed that.

Not much going on Leanne-wise at the moment. There was a good article on Coronation Street blog about what the writer would like to see for her in the future, though:

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Hello! Hope you guys are doing well MsWilder you okay too? Feels like I haven't been on here in ages, real life is catching up with me (uni etc) so haven't had much time to come on here and the fact Corrie is total rubbish. Kate Oates cannot come sooner enough.

I think sending Simon to Portsmouth (?) was probably just to give Leanne a breather and see if Simon's behaviour improves as a last ditch attempt. I have a feeling when he come back, it will return. I'm not enjoying it that much, I just hate watching Simon do this to Leanne and the total defamation of Simon's character.

Eva hasn't found out yet, which will be hard to cover when Simon comes back as Eva is now back living with them (I think?). Jane said in a Lorraine interview that Eva will support Leanne as Leanne is supporting Eva through the break up with Jason.

Lovely article, I am a regular reader of the Coronation Street blog, love it!

I have became addicted to that medical drama series Always & Everyone on youtube that Jane was in years and years ago. I fall for any old medical drama me

He is due back in a few days.

On Tameside Radio today they mentioned that it is Remembrance Sunday. I agreed that it is a day of remembrance. A day for us to remember that it was 37 years ago today that Jane was born!

I wish Jane Danson could be given a reasonably happy storyline for her character.

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