James Bain, former casting director from late 80s to late 90s

Would someone actually be on remand for revenge porn?

Why the hell was Carla in the Rovers talking to Michelle about Robert when Tracy was standing next the them?

And then why were Carla and Michelle next seen drinking in the bistro? Wasn't Michelle working in the Rovers?

Bistro cabaret as per usual with staff arguing and then celebrating round the bar area.

Anna and Kevin. What a farce. So Sally might be what? Upset? Shocked? Who cares?

No, and in all likely hood it wouldnt reach Crown Court but would be dealt with at a Magistrates Court but i bet corrie go for a full trial and prison sentence, another absolute rarity in these cases

I don't care how good a chef Robert is, any employee who showed that much disrespect to their boss would be fired. And with the amount of food that's been sent back since he joined he doesn't seem like a good chef at all. How does that place get any good reviews when arguments like the 3+ that we saw tonight are a constant feature when going to the bistro. The place only has 2 chefs as well and yet both of them weren't even in the kitchen at various stages. So the waiting time for food in that place must be quite a while, especially if one of them is still learn how to cut into meat correctly. Zeedan doesn't exactly show much respect to any of his bosses either. And did Zeedan really say wicked? Who on Earth says that? Nick and Carla really are the perfect match, they can both keep businesses running that in the real world would have gone out of business a long time ago.

How did Sally not hear Kevin when she was walking down the stairs to leave when Anna could hear what was happening right at the bottom of the stairs when they were going up. And why are they trying to ruin Sally? In the past few months she's cheated on her fiance, stuck her nose in where it's not wanted and hasn't even been that funny whilst doing these things.

The only characters in tonight's episode that I actually like are Tim, Ruby and Roy. And even with Roy he's been overused a lot over the past 2 years so I'd be thankful for him leaving if it wasn't for him being better than the other unlikable characters on the show.

The lack of consequences on this show is evident yet again. What's the consequences of Steph's pictures being posted on Facebook? The occasional text from someone who she's probably never met. If corrie wanted to do this storyline right then they should have given it to Bethany (but made it separate to the Callum crap). Shown her having actual friends (although to be fair, who'd want to be friends with her?) and give her a boyfriend, make them break up and have him get the revenge. Then she'd have to deal with everyone in school having seen the pictures, her friends may lose respect for her



It could have gone off in any direction for her character including self harming or struggling with her loneliness or at the very least, highlighting that this sort of thing has an actually effect on people instead of being almost forgotten about after a weekend away with her boyfriend like what has happened when the storyline has been given to Steph. This type of thing would have a much larger effect on someone who's still in school instead of someone who's more mature and will barely see anyone who has actually seen these pictures.



We see it time and time again where a character does a stupid thing but gets away with it. The Windasses' money problems resulted in Anna asking for a food parcel one time and after that they didn't seem to be poor again. When Maria got back from Ireland everyone quickly forgot that she had been texting Tyrone pretending to be Kirsty. Having been abandoned by her own parents you'd think that Faye would have cared at least a little bit about the fact that she's abandoned her own child. Tyrone, Luke and a bunch of other forgettable characters stole and lost a bunch of t-shirts but as soon as Fiz screamed at the people in the right they ran off as if they were in the wrong for being a bit peeved off. Carla guzzles down red wine like there's no tomorrow but yet it's treated like it's not a problem at all. And what was her punishment for gambling away all of her money? She got to keep 60% of her magical business that she's lucky is still running. Andy committed a serious crime and not only has he not been reported for it but he's not best friends with the dad of the person he was impersonating. David, Kylie and Sarah get the odd worry and feeling of guilt but at the end of the day Kylie is guilty of manslaughter and David and Sarah are guilty of aiding and abetting but none of them are in prison and at most only one of them will be at them most when they wrap up this storyline. And worst of all Tracy's actions which were bad enough in itself eventually lead to the death of 2 people and yet she isn't in prison, isn't under investigation and the characters on the street don't treat her any differently than normal. There's probably more examples but I've probably thought more in depth about this show than the people who are paid to do it have done today (well yesterday now).

Rant over.

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Great post John!!

The scene in the bistro (which almost amounts to every scene) where Carla comes in dazed and confused about the 'big news' was just convoluted. I could see where the writer was going with it, but it didn't work. Too many characters, too many different conversations.


Little sympathy for Ty, I can't believe things were so bad that he had to take a payday loan. Again with these 'hardship' storylines, I'm not sure what message Blackburn and the writers are trying to send here; are they intentionally glamourising the accessibility of legalised loan sharks so you can have a nice Christmas? I'm saying that because there will be no closure to this storyline. In five months time, Fiz and Tyrone will be laughing and Hope will be cured. The writers will give off the impression that they have paid off their debts, they are on top of their finances and everything is hunky dory, when it's not. They did the same with Anna, when she waddled off to the foodbank.

Fiz should've taken the initiative and cancelled the Lapland thing if it bothered her. OK, maybe it's easy for me to say that in hindsight, but I know my missus would've done so in her freetime if I was up to me neck with work.

This is just another in a long line of poorly thought-out Corrie storylines. The wrong family, no afterthought, no planning, no direction and no purpose.


And why was Nick happy to discuss it right in front of customers and Leanne? He always seems to deal with queries in a dull, sarcastic tone.

And then you had Leanne giving off a look of distain at Carla, who was seated next to her cheerleader Miss Hell. I do like that hostile side of Leanne when everyone else just about mollycoddles Carla Barla.


Thought Anna could've blown out those candles, peeled 17 carrots, had a quickie with Kev and run a mile for England, the time it took all three to get upstairs!!

You speak on behalf of many Belligerence. I've begun to drift away in the past 2 weeks since New Year. Background noise at best now. Absolutely nothing holds my interest. I'm now preferring to watch 1980's editions of comedy Sorry with Ronnie Corbett at 7.30pm on BBC4 rather than CS. I no longer care about missing episodes either. Literally none of the characters are believable or authentic anymore. The same stories are coming and going around in ever decreasing circles.

There was a pathetic scene with Fiz whining on again this week when she said that she didn't like the thought of strangers operating on her child. I thought good god woman give it a rest. What would she prefer? Taking Hope in her arms to the familiarity of Underword where she can be cut open and then sewn up by Beth on one of the machines! How they've managed to make it so nobody watching actually empathises with Fiz is quite an achievement in itself for all the wrong reasons.

Sums it up!

I was thinking only last night that the old style tight community of a range of characters interacting in day-to-day life has been lost in favour of a style where we have overattention on a group of characters, then they're forgotten while another group takes over ...

Connors OR Platts OR Windass/Webster .... etc etc

Fiz has decided to go back to work to solve their money problems, and get's her job back just by asking Aiden, always the same in that factory , people leave and come back whenever it suits them. Thing is, how are they going to any better off, they must be saving a fortune on childminders fees for two kids, and I'm sure she would be entitled to some kind of benefits for staying at home to look after a sick child? Also, what about the sick child, who's going to look after her? Would any mother really leave her to go back to work, and just for possibly the minimum wage, which will be mostly eaten up by childcare fees? Such a pair of thickos, can't stand them or their grotty house.

Is Simon a well behaved young teenager now? Did the two counselling sessions he attended sort out all his problems? Is this another forgotten storyline for Corrie?


Completely agree, particularly on Carla and her drinking and Andy's fraud. As for Tracy, even Zeedan seems to have forgotten she killed his dad now.

I agree. Anyone else would have told Robert to eff off! But after that article he's the best thing since Jamie Oliver et al and the bistro couldn't lose him. *Rolleyes*

Were we really meant to accept that scene where Sally and co took ages to get up the stairs while Anna Windass played out a Brian Rix farce?

Carla and her misery!




All Carla did last night was go between the bistro and the Rovers. This was clearly so that the marvellous Michelle Connor could be included. They have to give her something to do. She never has any SLs of her own. And did you note how Michelle suddenly popped up at the bistro? Wasn't she working at the Rovers? And that bl@@dy eyeliner is getting more outlandish than ever.

Good point about the debt. In one way, Christmas was all for show for the viewers. We got to see a completely OTT Christmas scene with snow and Dame Rita singing and walking arm in arm with someone - Norris?. How utterly nauseating was that? And that it snowed in Weatherfield just for Christmas Day. Pfft. OTT cheesy crap but meant to leave the viewers feeling happy and Christmasy. Awwww.


Me too!

Dear Fiz. The viewers are meant to feel sympathy for her. Poorly daughter and a d!ickhead partner. Awww. The problem is she can't act the SL to gain sympathy. Everytime she get these SLs she just comes across as a dislikable, whiny cow.


This. ^^^


Sounds like you've been THINKING! Not a skill known back at Corrie HQ.

When exactly is Fiz going back to work? Wouldn't she have just a bit more time off to look after Hope when she comes out of hospital?

When everyone was toasting Robert and the 20% rubbish, there were still diners in the restaurant.

Surely they could have done it once the restaurant was shut!

So as usual Tracy comes out on top again. She gets to set up her flower shop despite Tony taking all the money, and now seems to be reconciling with Robert. Apart from the revelation about Carla's true parentage which nobody really cares about, Rob Donovan's return has been completely pointless.

I find myself mostly switching off mentally when Tracy turns up. I noticed she was at the bar when Carla and Michelle were talking. I can't remember what happened but I guess it was some sort of snide remark as usual. And now next week we have more repetitive crap I don't care about her boring feud with Carla, it should have been put to bed after the minibus crash.

And how did Robert come into money again? He can't even get a place of his own (I think he is staying with a "mate") but can buy a share in the Bistro. And why do shares in businesses just get handed out like sweets in Corrieland? So when a restaurant has a successful night do chefs start demanding a share in their boss' business or else they will walk? And as people pointed out it is laughable Robert is treated like some brilliant chef. He barely works in the kitchen and the food is always being sent back. Oh yes and they have so many bookings, yet we'll only see the street residents dining there with the occasional two extras in the background.

Originally Posted by Brummy Girl

the same happen on wednesday when kirk and beth were at Fizz's and Kirtk answered the door to the elf, guy. took them an age to came through from the hall. was almost like the cut an outdoor scene with Kirk talking to him on the door step before he barged in

Watching the "booking the wedding scene" (a little behind) and Zeedan's offer to make the cake!

Just turned to my wife and said Corrie has moved from much-loved to virtually unwatchable to hilariously bad - which (with the addition of the comments on this thread) weirdly makes it just tolerable.

I was having a glance at the first few pages of the thread in 2009 - and it's evident that we didn't know when we were well off.

Given the ownership of The Rovers, Underworld, The Bistro ... the concept of 100% doesn't seem to exist, percentages are given away at the drop of a hat.

Why not just offer Robert more money, and boot him out if he refuses. They don't need him now, they have Zeedan. (who also seems to spend more time out of the kitchen than in).

That whole scene leading up to that was like some sort of Corrie drinking game the way everybody kept saying "Robert" this, "Robert" that - then I couldn't help laughing when at the end when they all said "To Robert" and took a drink!

It's times like this you wish TV Burp were still going...

Nick is already employing a fraudster (changed identity) and his girlfriend who knew all about the fraud, so in that fantasy restaurant just about anything is possible.

Don't forget the gym and Gary's share!

Have we also had similar things with the builder's yard and the Kabin? Also (the currently forgotten) Streetcars! and the garage! Dev does well to have total control of the corner shop and the Kebab Shop. Watch out Roy and Audrey!

When Fiz left, she was told that her job is safe and waiting for her.

Norris owns the Kabin but before that did Rita give a share to Norris? Did he buy the Kabin or did Rita give him the lot?

Emily gave Norris her house.

Steve funded Michelle in the Rovers and in the event planning business.

When Lloyd returned from a break, Steve gave him his share in the Streetcars back.

Tony bought the builder's yard for Jason.

Audrey gave the hairdressing salon to David and then demanded it back.

Somebody should tell the scriptwriters this is supposed to be the real world, not a game of Monopoly

I believe he originally had a share. But in 2009 his brother Ramsay died and left him a lot of money. Rita decided to retire so sold the Kabin to Norris.

Not that you would think he owned it, as she still hangs around acting like the boss and bitching at him and has also been seen on several occasions helping herself to sweets and items from the shop without his permission. Oh yeah and that time after it was rebuilt after the tram crash and he dared having it renamed so had to revert it back to the Kabin. Of course Corrie are incapable of moving forward.

given all this criminality and never ending bank accounts I think Steve wins hands down for going into debt for child trafficking Max and now minted enough to help out miss hell

How come she's still working there full time seven years later? You would have thought at her age she wouldn't be interested in the drudgery of working in a shop *or* if she enjoyed the job, she wouldn't have sold up and retired.

Initially they did it because Barbara Knox took a break from the show and was gone for a few months, so Rita sold up and decided to go on a cruise. But once she returned Rita went back to working at the Kabin like nothing happened.

I actually liked some of the short-term replacements, like this woman who refused to speak and a man who was the double of Norris (but taller).