Corrie Thread - Things starting to improve? Or just wishful thinking? (No spoilers please)

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Jason leaving has to help, he is more wooden than a clothes peg.

I wish Kym Marsh was properly leaving too - I feel they are taunting us with what could have been with all this cruise ship talk.

I liked Erica as Karen Betts in ' Bas girls'

I agree about Erica, she should be given better storylines instead of the ones who really can't act getting them, such as Fizz, Maria, Michelle, Sophie to name a few. Btw what has happened to our Sawphie, not seen her for ages. Not that I'm complaining. But how will the garage cope without her and her clipboard.

Yeah poor old Erica stuck with Dev!!! Ew.

Sophie was hanging around during the roses/carnations drama in the pub. Looking all concerned of course.

Agree about Erica, she seems wasted. There does seem to be a heap of characters just hanging around devoid of storylines. Plus a whole heap of terrible actors. I think the problem is that a lot of the characters mentioned were engaging child/teen actors on the soap and haven't matured into decent adult actors. (How could they? They've played the same role for the duration of their acting career)

I really hope they don't show too many scenes of Simon and Tracey's daughter together. I find them unbearable to watch. Simons acting is terrible and other one not far behind. I've seen better at the school nativity.

Coronation street has real form for bringing in well known actors and then underusing / not knowing what to do with them.They did the same with Jimi Mistry. Unfortunatley the new producer seems to love Maria - one of her first actions was to renew Samia Ghadie's contract. Not looking good for the future.

They also do really badly when they decide to bring in a new ethnic family - they then seem to have no decent storylines prepared for them. (e.g. - Craig Charles' long lost daughter and mother, the Nazir's - opening a community centre- really? top businessman decides to buy Anna's backstreet house) It all just seems to go nowhere.

I really want Leanne to be happy. Wish the baby was Nick's after all, but even Corrie can't be as far fetched as that........

Unfortunatley the new producer seems to love Maria

Why? she's the most boring and pointless character on the street after Andy. She gets a storyline every four years or so, usually gets a bit intense and obsessive over a bloke and then spends the intervening time doing cut and colours and having the odd Chardonnay at the Rovers.

I can only think that they see her as a sort of every woman a sort of cipher for who they imagine their viewers are.

Well if they are going to do things with Maria they need to sort out the gay, fake marriage farce. i.e. send her to prison! For a long, long time!!

I hate how everyone works, socialises, meets their partners, goes to jail all from that one small street.

I agree, not one of them has to go into Manchester to work.

She must be the only one in Corrie who hasn't done a bit of porridge.

I really think that the government should look at Coronation Street when it comes to the employment of ex-offenders. You could have done more bird that Norman Stanley Fletcher and still get a job within walking distance from your home.

Nope. And there's always a job in the rovers/knicker factory/Devs shop and an empty flat or Eileen's to stay in for any new arrival on the street.

Eileen's house and the Rovers are like the tardis.

Is it me or have they recently made Eileen's kitchen a little bigger?

Also houses decor just seem to change completely.

I wish they'd change the decor in Sally's kitchen. That yellow wallpaper is horrible. And don't get me started on Fiz and Tyrones!!

fortunately Fizz, Tyrone and 'the girls' have been missing since Hope's recovery.

Yes the structural features in the Nazir's house (the staircase and bannister) seem to have completely changed in the past few weeks and has had a full makeover without anyone noticing.

Tyrone and Fizz house is vvv bizarre. That awful blue wall paper I think it is...with random pictures on the wall that clash completely. Don't get me started on the Sofa...

Remember the Ogdens house with the duck murals and Hilda's singing.

The other day there was a comment about Maria being 'gay-friendly' as she'd previously had a gay ex-boyfriend (Marcus). No mention of the fact she's currently married to a gay man

Example of how to try make Maria more interesting bring her back few episodes where you are thinking who's this guy.... Then nothing!

Pink it looks like they haven't redecorated since the Duckworth's died and Ty just shoved up a few of his car pictures etc. Which is what a lad in his 20s who inherited an older person's house would probably have done.

Like Dylan, a friend's husband moved to the NW from Scotland when he was 6 and still has a strong Scottish accent, so I suppose that could be the same with Peter. I'm very pleased the lovely Peter will be returning.