Because he's taken Carla's place as head of the factory and everybody knows you need to get on the drink because of the stress of running a knicker factory.

The acting in last night's episodes was an all-time low, especially the scenes in the back room of the Rovers when Saskia confronted Michelle. Saskia & Will's acting was dire and as for Steve's reaction to his wife's alleged infidelity (where's the flipping roll-eyes?!!).

Then there was Steve and Tim in the cab office. As someone mentioned up-thread, why was it played for laughs? Doesn't Steve realise how lucky he is to have Michelle? He should be fighting (well, obviously not ACTUALLY fighting, with his broken arm) for his woman, who he's so lucky to have, instead, he sits in that chair looking like someone's popped his balloon. By the way, where's his dog?

I now only watch to see how dire it is and so that I can come on here and moan. I am now also actively listening for the regular references from all and sundry in Corrieland to Michelle's wonderfulness and how lucky we all are to have her on our screens. When Saskia said that she shouldn't have left Will with 'that face' - well, I wouldn't inflict 'that face' on my OH either as it looks like that of a slapped ar$e.

How many bedrooms does that place have? It's more like a large Victorian size B & B with 10 bedrooms than a terrace house. Maybe Jason and Todd share a room with bunk beds?

Do you know when I read the threads on this forum I can't believe how many situations and/or people I don't even remember I sit here scratching my head.

Do you all think they are trying to cram too many people into each episode or has the cast always been this huge?

Because Steve abandoned her, leaving her to run three businesses and it made her feel all sad and lonely, so at the first sign of a bloke showing her any interest, she put on her best tart dress and all but shags him. But they were only ON the bed because everyone knows that the only place you can have sex is IN the bed. So how can it possibly be her fault? If Steve hadn't decided to get depressed and have to get away from her to convalesce, none of this would have happened. It's so unfair! So that's why she's the victim in all of this.

That would have been awkward when Eva lived there.

Thanks I obviously missed that bit

Was it Tim's beer? How did he get it?

All the scenes with Michelle, Steve and Will were dreadful. A lot of it, especially Steve in the cab office was like a very bad situation comedy.
Will is an awful actor, he was no better in Mr Selfridge

And if TPTB take the storyline down the path that has been hinted at we will no doubt have miss perfect and wonderful Michelle being even more self righteous and indignant with Steve being portrayed as the bad guy even further, but I still won't have any sympathy for her due to all 'oh look at wonderful Michelle, Steve is lucky to have her' nonsense that TPTB keep trying to promote they need to stop laying it on so thick as it's getting tedious..

Bringing the company into disrepute is a valid reason for sacking someone. It doesn't mean you have to.

In the early 90's at a large company where I was working, there was an employee who got on the front page of the local rag for kerb crawling. He kept his job. People who understood the company politics far better than I did, said he would have been sacked instantly if the journalist had published the company's name in the article.

And more recently when Jason had his bunk up with Gemma.

Ok, I'd never heard of that one before.


And Todd brings odd men back, but mainly so that others can see him on the way out. Since it's clear Sean and Billy aren't sleeping on the sofa, that's four bedrooms needed.

Could someone remind me where the Platts are moving to? It can't be their own house, because that's been partly demolished. Plus, being a crime scene, I doubt the police would allow anything to happen at the property.

Audrey's, maybe? But that's outside the street, and the force field prevents them leaving the street for other than short periods.

We don't know where they're moving to. We don;t knw how many, if any, are going to get banged up.

At the moment they're living in Carla's flat.

But last night they did move back home, because someone made the remark that the police could have tidied up before they left, but from what I could see there wasn't that much mess apart from the draws from the kitchen being on the dining table.

I missed that - wasn't really concentrating.

They just moved back home? Didn't Gail throw a wobbly? Where's she going to sleep? What about thr gaping hole where the window to the annexe used to be?

Because Weatherfield is a crime free area, so they don't even need to employ very good police officers which is why when a real crime is committed, such as Callum's murder, they are so incompetent they arrest the wrong people.



She won't, she's a councillor now you know with a reputation to maintain. Her constituents look up to her and she can't be seen having a brewery in her own home.
And it's Councillor Metcalfe if you please.

It was only David, Kyle and Sarah and they only showed the Lounge/dining room/kitchen no scenes of Gail's annexe at all and they didn't even mention it, and Gail was nowhere to be seen for some reason.

She can use one of the many spare rooms in the TARDIS house.

Sean's bedroom is the front downstairs room, he's been there for about 12 years. It's only a two bedroom house , Todd and Jason shared a room when they first moved in as boys. They seem to find it impossible to move out, for some reason.

The breakfast scene last night made me laugh, I had to stop and think how many men live there there now, do they take it in turns to sit at the poky table with it's two chairs? Also , Eileem having one of those fiddly toast rack things with the toast cut into triangles, which normally posh people would have?

They could all move into Eileen's Tardis upstairs.......

*edited ha ha just saw I crossed with another re the Tardis bedrooms

Just wondering does Billy now live at Eileen's hovel now as well? Do his parishioners have to come to Eileen's if they want to speak to him about things?

He hears their confessions in Eileen's back passage

What I don't get is they seem to be promoting the myth that what anybody tells Billy is in confidence and cannot be repeated to anyone, maybe someone should point out that Billy is not a Catholic priest and that he is actually a C of E vicar so the in confidence rules do not apply.

I'm surprised that Eileen hasn't invited Gail (her long time 'best friend' ) to come and stay with her, in Gail's hour of need.
She could bunk up with Eileen and Phelan, after all he hasn't had Gail yet, and Eileen and Gail always like to share their men.
Much more convenient when they are under the same roof and in the same bed.