Family Affairs
‘THERE wasnt a dry eye in Weatherfield this week as little Billy Platt was buried after his brief 24 hours as a cast member.
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The sight of his little shoebox-sized coffin in the back of the hearse caused even hardened hearts like Blanches to crack. Sarah has told Todd to keep away from the funeral but, when he turned up anyway, she didnt have any strength left to fight him.
Even Gail showed some sympathy with the weeping Todd and agreed that he and Eileen could say goodbye to Billy at his graveside.
Martin decided to take matters into his own hands, however, and to mete out some old school Northern justice. When he ran into Karl at Weatherfield General, he started laying into him.
Thats for Sarah and the baby, he grunted as he booted Karl in the stomach proving that an intimate knowledge of anatomy isnt just good for nursing people back to health but also for putting them into comas.
Karl decided not to press charges, but Martin was still suspended from his job anyway; although what he actually does other than loiter in corridors and drink tea has never been really made clear.
Martin has offered to take David camping for a few days to try and get the family back to normal and so that he can avoid Katy, whos taken to practically stalking him. The couple split up when Katy let slip that shed known about Karl and Todd for ages.
Yer not in the playground now Katy! fumed Martin, Its not a game of who fancies who. Much to dad Tommys delight, Katy has moved back home, but Katys determined to win Martin back. I cant live without im, mam, she whined.
Unfortunately, she tried to do this by sending him a Happy Birthday Granddad card before finding out that Billy had died. Not surprisingly, Martin was less than impressed. At least he didnt kick her head in though.
New character Danny provided some much-needed light relief this week. In under a week hed renamed Karen and Janice bloshy and lippy, bedded Sunita and got more work out of the factory girls than Mike had in a year.
Danny boy wasnt smiling for long, however, as his wife turned up unexpectedly, just as he was letting Sunita in for second helpings. Thatll be the pizza delivery girl, he told his wife, earning himself a deserved slap from Sunita.
Sunitas set to deliver up something altogether more worrying in nine months from now itll be interesting to see how he explains that away.
Theres more bed-hopping going on in Weatherfield as Bev and Charlie betray Shelly by sleeping together again. Shelly had stood Charlie up to go out with Sunita so Bev decided to ply Charlie with free drinks.
Id never stand you up, she purred into his ear.
No, Bev always prefers to do it lying down.’
Posted: 11th, June 2004 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
