The scriptwriters are having a laugh with this one : do they think it's 1850? A single mother with a young son being jailed two days before Christmas.

A huge extenuating circumastance would be the fact that Maria was recently wrongfully remanded in custody for several weeks for a murder that hadn't even been committed and her solicitor would definitely be able to cite this in court when pleading for a lenient sentence (as all factors are taken into account when sentencing is being passed down).

I would be happy if she got life - she is very very annoying and can't act her way out of a paper bag

At least it's given Aiden a few months to decide how best to rid himself of Eva.

I think I've missed a couple of episodes but why were people having Christmas lunch and exchanging presents before Christmas?

I'm confused

Maria was having a lunch as she was expecting to be sent down before Christmas. Simon and Leanne are going away to Toyah's for Christmas, so they gave him all his presents at the Barlows' house before he went away.

And in both they all get their own rooms.

peter shared a cell when he was inside, gail shared a cell with tracey and deirdre shared a cell with Tyone's mother

And didn't David share with Graham in the YPI ?

Stupid, unbelievable jail sentence for Maria, and Phelan still in a private room in hospital, both make Corrie difficult to watch, GET REAL script writers!

Virtually anything that involves crimes or courts or police on Corrie is ludicrous and unbelievably far fetched.

that is right

I haven't bothered watching the last couple of episodes, but has anything been mentioned about what happens to Pablo?

Nope.

Probably yet another plot that dies a sudden death when maria goes to prison.

The script writers have less than general knowledge when creating these ridiculous story lines.

It seems the Great White Hope, Kate Oates is even worse than her predecessor. - which is saying a lot.

why was maria telling Liam about Pablo when he was in Cyrprus when she married him, so would already know him

and where will Liam Live?
will the writers have the sensible idea of Kirk and Beth moving into Maria's flat
or will he slum it at number 5 with his Aunt, Uncle, two Cousins and Chesney

why is it in soaps at Christmas that every household has Christmas tunes playing in the background

watch next week when in the space of one episode all the trees, decks and card will be gone and Christmas would have left the building.

LOL! Love it!

Please please please bring Graham back, one of my all time favourite characters.

You mean you don't? I love the old Christmas pop songs, but not so keen on the traditional carols unless they are sung by Aled Jones

I dont mind Christmas songs but playing in EVERY house in the street?

10 degrees C where I live on the south coast yesterday. Was it cold in Manchester because there was snow falling outside Maria's cell window?

Yes, I know it was filmed weeks ago but he soaps do seem to have snow at Christmas.

Why wouldn't Tracy know Toyah?

She did. She said she was Leanne's step-sister. She also described her as one of those do gooders/great unwashed who wanted to save the Ozone.

But it was as if she was describing someone she had never met, not someone she lived next to for years and who was her brother's sister in law.

This is one from the other day but I don't think it's been mentioned
When Maria and Liam were having their duvet day, Maria popped the dvd into the player and it started playing straightaway - that never happens, you get a load of bumph first!

well i wasn't expecting 'her' to be Peter's girlfriend. that was a clever twist

and a hell of a lot better Christmas episode than last year Christmas in corryland

The back yards seemed to have stretched somewhat, and when was that brick extension built on the back? And how did Jude know that Mary was in the cafe?
I wasn't impressed by tonight's ep, too messy.

But how long before Peter bleeds 'our Toyah' dry and dumps her?

I can't believe she came back for this.