So, long time favourite Anne Foster - bookies stopped taking bets on her weeks ago - was, as many fans had long suspected - unveiled as her son Frank's murderer. I think it had seemed obvious that it was her for a while - the tensions and slightly unhealthy relationship between her and Frank had been flagged up from the start. But I did still wonder that the all too obvious hints, such as Frank's missing watch, might have been yet another red herring and Jenny just might have been revealed as the surprise murderess in a final twist ? But not so. But you don't bring in a fairly big name actress Gwen Taylor for a bit part role (and the actress who played Jenny was pretty wooden) and Taylor made the part of neurotic, needy Anne very much her own.
Anne, it emerged, had killed her evil son with the lead piping, sorry hit him with the whisky bottle, after she overheard his admission to Carla that he'd raped her and Frank then insulted her as a "silly old woman" and refused to hand over his father's watch. Taylor's undoubted acting skills as the deranged, hurt, rejected mother driven to filicide (very Greek tragedy!) came to the fore in the final dramatic showdown scene with Carla, as Sally, who also learnt the truth, after spotting Anne with the watch, lay stricken at the bottom of the stairs. Carla , cool. calm and sympathetic, persuaded Anne, in a tense denouement, to drop the knife she was carrying or there could have been more murder victims.
Kevin arrived on the scene to call an ambulance for the unconscious Sally, whom I'm sure will survive as Sally Dynenor isn't leaving the soap any time soon!. The ending of the "Cluedo" whodunnit storyline was well-handled and a tour de force for Gwen Taylor but the whole saga has dragged on a bit and now it's back to Coronation Street business as normal.
In other news, Kylie, surely not one of nature's Miss Jean Brodies, found home schooling her young son was not an easy task.
Tina asked out Tommy for a date and Sunita knew it was Karl who had been raiding the Rovers' till to fund his gambling - but didn't tell his partner Stella who suspected all the other employees. He rewarded Sunita with a kiss on the cheek.
In other news, Kylie, surely not one of nature's Miss Jean Brodies, found home schooling her young son was not an easy task.
Tina asked out Tommy for a date and Sunita knew it was Karl who had been raiding the Rovers' till to fund his gambling - but didn't tell his partner Stella who suspected all the other employees. He rewarded Sunita with a kiss on the cheek.
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