Tragedy! Now the Phelan’s gone and we can go on, no tragedy!
Hiya! It’s just Jordan with my thoughts on Friday’s trip to Weatherfield, with drama higher than Amy Winehouse sitting atop the Blackpool Tower. It would be simply rude to than to do other than dedicate most of the review to the explosive culmination to one of the most controversial Corrie characters ever.
As morning dawned in the middle of nowhere, where Eileen and Pat are supposed to be spending quiet holiday together, but things are becoming increasingly fractious between the pair. Phelan is desperately trying to sneak away without Eileen and eventually gets his way, after a heated row. Eileen is straight on the phone - as soon as she can get a signal - to best mate Liz , after which she feels compelled to follow Phelan. As we know, he is trying to get away following the discovery of the bodies he thought he’d concealed a few months ago. He turns up on the boat he claimed to be using for fishing, much to his annoyance. Another row is quickly set ablaze and a frustrated Eileen cuts herself on a sharp item in her picnic hamper, which she cleverly kicks into the water. While all this is going on, Gary Windass is sat with the police, trying desperately to prove that Phelan is a murderer. Desperate times call for desperate measures and he smashes up the concrete Phelan buried the bodies in and used to dispose of his mobile phone. The phone is then traced back to the man himself and time is running out for the Street’s latest murderer. Tim hurriedly phones Eileen to tell her to get away, but is forced to leave a message. As she finally manages to get the message, her face falls as she realises just who she is married to. One of the weirdest Corrie effects of recent times took place, in which sheep were sped up ridiculously and daylight turned to darkness. The less said about that, the better. Yet another row explodes, this time by the edge of the water, as Eileen reels in all that her husband has done. Phelan tries every which way to wriggle out of his crimes, to no avail, so eventually confesses all. Wondering how she could be so stupid, Eileen listens as he breathily explains that he not only caused the deaths of four people but kept two of them locked up in a cellar. All of this culminates after one dramatic speech too many and Phelan finds himself hanging by his fingertips over the sea. Eileen does some labour style breathing as Phelan screams for help. When she fails to comply, he threatens her with the promise of killing Todd, to which she responds how any hard faced mother would: by repeatedly stomping on his fingers and sending him to an icy death. Back in Weatherfield, the gang are rallying round trying to get to wherever Eileen is. They eventually find her, and Liz races to her best friend’s side. In a heartfelt closing scene, Liz tells Eileen that she is innocent and promises that it is over now. Unfortunately, Liz, it is far from over, considering Eileen effectively murdered Pat. Given the recent length of storylines, something tells me that they will find a way to drag is storyline out for another ten years yet.
Elsewhere, Eva is unable to feel the baby kicking. As we know, she got herself accidentally pregnant by Aidan and is now keeping said pregnancy a secret from all but Toyah, who is to bring the baby up as her own, after failing to tell anyone that her surrogate miscarried. Complicated stuff. Anyway, at the hospital, it turns out that the baby is absolutely fine and it was just having a bit of a lazy day in the womb. However, this incident has propelled Eva into a life-evaluating meltdown. She calls Aidan, which she later claims was accidental, and is seen in a hospital corridor crying. Yes, Eva, carrying a baby for someone else is much harder than it seems. Just ask Tina McIntyre. Oh wait. Also, the lovely gem of a story which featured Audrey Roberts (I just accidentally typed ‘Rovers’ – and thought it too funny not to report), who is in hospital following a mugging, trying her hand at DJing on the hospital radio after being accidentally locked in the studio without the main host. She manages to bluff her way through some radio jokes, introduces a classic Diana Ross song and even blags a potential date with the hospital radio host, who is as it turns out, is Tim's suddenly mentioned dad. Oh - and as well as all that, Fiz and Tyrone finally put their childish differences aside for the sake of their children and Simon betrayed his parents' trust again by smashing up a car with the hoodie squad.
All in all, a good couple of episodes! I am very pleased to see an end to Phelan, but it has to be said that despite the storyline, actor Connor McIntyre has given one of the best Corrie performances in recent years.
As always,
Thanks for reading!
Jordan
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