It's been two years since Emily Bishop moved from Coronation Street to Peru. Two years. And last night she was given a brief, but important mention in the Rovers Return.
Ken told Sophie that he knew Emily was back in the country, tending to her niece Freda who wasn't well.
Why mention this, I wonder? And why did Ken tell Sophie and not Norris or Rita?
Could it be that Eileen Derbyshire is really going to reprise her role as Emily in the show? I reckon not. I think the line from Ken was just to keep Emily in our thoughts, as if they would ever go away.
However, it is high time, I feel, for Emily to be killed off - and here's why.
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