Coronation Street Double Episode Review Monday 2 September 2013

Very pleased to see Jason using his brain tonight and trying to reignite Dev's enthusiasm, which Dev himself calls an obsession, into finding out exactly what brought about Sunita's death. Karl threatened to kill Jason so naturally Jason is very alert to anything which might incriminate Karl. Surely Karl would realise that buying Craig a computer game is odd. (Perhaps that's Barlow's Buys first sale?) But Beth is right to demand to see Karl. Stella, the poor deluded one, is convinced that Beth has got the wrong end of the stick and when asked if he did buy Craig a game, he denies it because literally, he didn't-but he did give him the money, which he admits to but he did it because he's a nice guy, he claims. Jason is there with Dev, both listening very carefully to what Beth is saying. The anger soon goes out of Beth though when offered a a drink on the house which she rightly sees as a bribe. A rum and coke it is, for Beth.

Craig is excellent as a teenage boy full of angst. He appears so vulnerable and of course, wily Karl can use him to his own advantage. It is so cruel of Karl to allow Craig  to carry on believing that he is the cause of the death of two people and that he is not going to the police out of concern for Craig. Surely Stella and everyone else will realise eventually to what levels Karl has stooped. Comeuppance won't be too long now and Gloria, probably his biggest fan, will be shocked that she was duped so easily, unless of course she starts to claim that she suspected him all along.

Sinead and Chesney are giving it another go. She is so likeable - no pretension, no airs and graces and with the self-confidence and self-belief that she's too good to be messed about. You're a lucky man Chesney. Sinead should take classes for young women who allow themselves to be messed around.

Peter is doing very well in the factory. Comforting Sally and making tea and jokes, though he feels they are lost on these 'intellectual pygmies.' Michelle does swiftly point out that Peter is hardly Jeremy Paxman. She is feeling put out still by Peter's presence in the factory, and though he does it out of a spirit of care and thoughtfulness, Steve was misguided in thinking that pleading with Carla for time off for Michelle was a good thing to do.

Now to the real story of tonight and the heartbreaking news that Hayley's cancer is inoperable.With treatment, though the surgeon was quick to point out that everyone is different, and that he is speaking in averages, she might have a year, and without treatment just six months. If anyone needed evidence that often bad things happen to some of the nicest people, we have Roy and Hayley.  

Everything tonight concerning Roy and Hayley was poignantly convincing. Hayley's need to to give Roy instructions about her life and what he needed to do was very psychologically real, the human need to get organised and put one's affairs in order. 'Literary nibbles' at the book group, where they don't discuss the book, was such an insightful and revelatory detail expressed so succinctly. The focus on the clock, the six hours in surgery required  for success, and the fact that she came back at ten past five. The emphasis on time was very moving, as time is all we all have.  




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