This Week's Corrie

After 35 years of watching Coronation Street I lost the habit at the beginning of this year after a spell in hospital. Free at last!!

However, having read your post I am, for the first time, tempted to start watching again.

It is a bit OTT this week. The Liz/Tony/Tracy situation was enough for me! I like it best when there is more humour though.

Haven't watched it for a couple of years now.

Watched this week. Appalling direction/ acting if that's where the fault was.

A burning block of flats with no other residents!?

Carla was on deaths door after in hailing smoke, yet Leanne, bloke and Amy stood in burning flat having a conversation!

All the other Corrie lot stood and looked on, didn't know where to get a ladder, penny drops - the builders yard! Also very large ladder, easily managed.

David, Jenny didn't hear a thing or go out to look. When they found out were very calm.

So unrealistic for many reasons! Could have been dramatic, but way below standard!

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So many similar story lines being run between all the Soaps at the minute have they got no decent script writers any more.

You're spot on J52. Complete tosh! They will soon be rating all soaps by the number of disaster scenarios they can devise or by maniacs-per-square-yard!

I gave it a miss this week, mostly because it's been on at a time to interfere with other viewing. And also because it threatened to be the usual high drama rubbish.

Thank you for the round-up Suzied.

I've watched corrie on and off since it started. Faye's pregnancy led me into an "off" phase. I didn't want that child to have a baby. I like the Carla character and watched 3 of this week's episodes because of her central involvement and also because I want Steve and Michelle to be happy. There - how sad am I.

I enjoyed the scene when Tracey returned from setting the flat on fire and Ken groaned "what have you done now". Tracey's response was excellent. See I can suspend belief about some story lines, but that little Faye was beyond me

I thought that was one of the more realistic (unfortunately) storylines in Corrie of late.

I agree with others that the fire scenario was daft - where were the other residents of the flats, and surely a fire alarm would have gone off?
Leanne, Amy and Kal standing around in the burning room acting 'terrified' without making for the obvious route out was just cringey...

Yes it probably was Ana and well done from the bits I did see.

Your summary of the daft fire scenario is spot on. I kept wondering why none of the other residents were leaving the building. As for Leanne and Kal running into that level of flames n smoke - I don't think so. Funny that the ring road stopped the fire engines arriving.

Anyroadup - I did like Sean's new hair cut and I enjoyed the awful Amy creeping round Carla. I may watch the other 2 on catch up over the weekend. Maybe I'm getting hooked again…..

I only hope that the fire scenario does not drag on for weeks with everybody accusing Carla of killing Kal. It is time that Tracey got her commupence.(spelling?)

I agree it was pretty daft but I must have suspended disbelief while watching it as I found it quite gripping.

But also very depressing - three storylines that were really grim. I agree with Charleygirl, I hope this Carla situation doesn't drag on for weeks. It's quite ridiculous but I find these deceit/betrayal/blame storylines quite upsetting.

It's nice to have a bit of drama but I prefer it when it's interspersed with humour.

It'll be interesting when Tony comes back: he still owns half the pub and Tracy's shop.

I haven't watched the 2 episodes I missed yet, so didn't know Kal is dead. One of the reasons I stopped watching months ago was the scripts were so miserable. I don't mind misery and drama but Corrie has a record for interspersing those story lines with humour. I hope Tracey gets her just deserts this time

Kylie coming back will be interesting. I agree a bit misery overload at the moment, but I'm still watching!

I don't enjoy the disasters on Corrie at all. It's the dynamics and banter between the characters that draw me to watch it. I agree with others - why no alarms going off, neighbours running out of their adjoining flats? Some of the plots are so ridiculous that Corrie quietly forgets them, like Michelle's son who was swapped at birth - neither son at the wedding but the whole street involved. I would happily watch Roy, the Platts and Steve forever, but am not impressed with scripts about wedding planning, nail treatments and feeble excuses for absence from the programme like Lloyd being stuck somewhere in the North Sea.

How will Tracey get her comeuppance ?

I think she'll say something about Amy flushing the toilet and it will show she was in the flat.

Amy has already said, innocently, she didn't get up after going to bed.

Any other theories? x

Just watched the omnibus-what a load of tosh. The three standing on the balcony looking down at the crowd and Amy not able to get on the ladder was laughable, as was Leane saying "Yes" at the bottom of the ladder as Kal waited patiently for the explosion. Used to love Corrie for the quirky story lines and the amusing characters now it seems to lurch from one drama to the next when are the writers going to realise it's the funny stuff that makes Corrie different from the rest.

Maybe CCTV will have caught Tracy entering the building? Hope so anyway. Baddies in Corrie generally get their comeuppance but Davids has taken ages! We may have to wait a long time for Tracy to get her just desserts.

I agree about the funny stuff being the best part about Corrie. Did anyone catch Sean describing Jason as a 'good-looking, virulent young man' in the gay pub?

I watch Corrie regularly but found this week's dramas very OTT - agree with virtually every post here. The only thing is I did see other people (flat owners) leaving the building - this was on the staircase while Leanne and Kal were going up I could swear I saw strangers coming down in a hurry - maybe I was mistaken and it was my mind playing tricks - anyone else notice? There weren't many of them only about half a dozen. Just thought I'd mention it. I like how Sally and whatshisname (window cleaner) seem to be panning out quite nicely into the new Jack and Vera - hope this continues. The humour is the best part by far.

Yes I saw people leaving the building too. Its not just you jomatie

jomarie sorry!

Yes, Sally and Tim are becoming a good double act. They can't be the new Jack n Vera though, they're irreplaceable, though Tyrone n Fizz are another good double act. I so hope the writers don't cause problems in that relationship