New New Corrie thread

Calendargirl

If Bernie gets spared jail until Paul dies, she should then serve her time afterwards.

Don’t see why she should be let off indefinitely.

I'm not sure that the British system allows people to defer sentences. I think that community service would be a more sensible sentence than jail - she's not a danger to anyone.

Didn't Max's girlfriend smash up the barber's?

I was wondering that too.

I am confused what happened to David and Maria's barber shop? why is he now working for Audrey in the salon?

If Bernie gets spared jail until Paul dies, she should then serve her time afterwards.

Don’t see why she should be let off indefinitely.

Grannynannywanny

Paul’s “I need my Mum” at the end of Bernie’s court hearing brought a big lump to my throat.

It was so sad. Even mums like Bernie are still mums, and she does love him. I hope she is spared jail.

Paul’s “I need my Mum” at the end of Bernie’s court hearing brought a big lump to my throat.

Going back to Amy, it seems Summer (not the best support with all her own previous issues, not to mention it was her ex who caused all the Amy trouble in the first place) is her only real confidant, although she, Amy, has had counselling.

Surely she would confide more in her own parents? Yes, I know I’m talking about Steve and Tracy, not the most stable of couples, but they both love their daughter and would be so upset to know she is still struggling so much.

When did she go back to Uni, by the way? I thought she had packed it all up and just worked in the corner shop?

Oh, and obviously more drama and angst coming up with Asha and Roy’s niece, whose name escapes me! The shadowy figure of this saintly paramedic, Isla, is going to put a cat among the pigeons I predict.

I agree that Dev and Bernie are highly unlikely. There have been hints that they are ‘intimately compatible’, but that’s not a basis for a long-term relationship where nothing else fits. Dev has always been such a ridiculous snob - there is no way he’d be attracted to Bernie.

Paul is the odd one out in that family. He does have criminal tendencies, but he’s nowhere near as ‘rough’ as Bernie and Gemma. Maybe that’s because women are held to higher standards than men, but it does stand out.

Dev and Bernie are the most unbelievable couple ever, ever, ever They really are an unattractive family Gemma is pretty awful even when she shows her human side
Billy looks more like a Smurf ever time I see him
Afraid I m another fed up with Amy’s troubles I like her and she’s a good actress but it’s turning into another Stephen dragging on and on

I wouldn’t want to live next door to them, but on a human level I think it would be harsh if she can’t be around when her son dies.

I think I saw a documentary about people in parts of the US being able to defer prison sentences to put their affairs in order if they aren’t an immediate danger to the community. I don’t know if that can happen here (I doubt it), but I t makes far more sense than the story in ‘Time’ where a mother is ‘sent down’ immediately and ends up losing everything. If she could have sorted out her rent, and found someone to look after her children she would have been far less likely to reoffend.

But life in Soapland is based on actors’ availability and whether other storylines need characters to be available, not on what would be sensible .

Bernie has hardly lived a virtuous life. Dread to think how much petty thieving, shoplifting, handling previous stolen goods has gone on in her life. She’s fortunate if she has escaped incarceration before now, but think she has mentioned how she has previously ‘done time’.

And I reiterate that she and Dev are sooo unsuited. Does anyone really think that Dev would be interested in her with her background?

What will they say at the golf club when they hear she is in prison?

(And does Gemma ever shut her mouth? It is always hanging open).

I really hope that Bernie can say goodbye to Paul (her little Apollo ). Maybe the judge will take pity on them and give her community service? That’s a good way to bring in new characters and stories, too.

Is the prison set going to get another outing?

It’s not something she would just forget though, or just get over, particularly when someone mentions it directly. Have I missed something? Why were they in the community centre in the first place for the girl to come and talk about it ?

I think the reason that stories can seem overdone is that they limit the cast members to a few at any given time, so whilst they complete the stories faster than they used to (Stephen notwithstanding!) current stories are featured in every episode for a while, and they seem more intense as a result. I wish they would go back to the old way of having all of them in most episodes - it gave them much more scope for light relief when there were several stories overlapping.

I agree, Amy’s rape has been done to death (not minimising anyone’s real life experience of rape.)

Oh perlease don't let's have Amy's 'rape' rehashed. Haven't we seen enough of that? Can't the writers think of something else?

Calendargirl

Billy’s back made a miraculous recovery.

Could hardly move in the morning, then skipping about like a two year old later on.

My back went into spasm about a year ago. i was in agony like Billy but mine lasted several weeks. I couldn’t even lower myself to sit on the loo and had to have OH lead me from the bed, along landing to loo and lower me while I was yelping!

I keep watching hoping it ill improve but, it's such rubbish and rehashing the amy rape issue is scraping the bottom and shows they don't know what to do with the actress.

MND is awful. We lost someone very close to it and it was particularly cruel and something we will never forget

I'm sure Billy had forgotten his back pain in favour of his sex life

Haven’t we heard enough of Amy’s trauma? Talk about rehashing an old story.

Billy’s back made a miraculous recovery.

Could hardly move in the morning, then skipping about like a two year old later on.

I expect the writers have consulted MND organisations to make sure what they portray is reasonably accurate. Paul and Billy's relationship seems to be very close and loving.
MND is such an awful, awful illness.

I agree, sodapop. I'm not sure that MND is physically painful, (although I may well be wrong). I'm sure Paul would have more on his mind a lot of the time, but I can understand his wanting to feel intimacy with the man he loves, and to feel desired as he used to be, too. It's cruel for that to be taken away as well as everything else.

Do you not think he would take the chance of loving his partner while it was still possible - almost. It wasn't just about sex Clawdy that's how I saw it anyway.

I really don't think someone living in constant pain, with partner having to help you use the toilet ( it was mentioned during the PIP assessment ) would be that bothered about their sex life........