NEW Corrie thread - will Leanne ‘lawyer up’? Will Geoff get what’s coming? Will the Baileys learn to act? *NO SPOILERS PLEASE*

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Old thread full, so here we go again.

Going back to the last point on the old thread, I agree that they’re writing well for Tracy now. She’s still got her hard side, but they’ve made her caring in a straight talking way, rather than just a full-on bitch.

@excelledyourself

Eileen screeching on Todd the very second Mary shut the door. She'd have totally heard that.

Yes; this was the door through which Gary heard Mick getting aggressive with Todd last week!

@EggsFried

Absolutely ridiculous. As if Eileen would invite gangster Mick into her house when he was pointing a gun at her last time he was there. The way she said "This needs sorting, both of you, inside" was like they were kids who'd had a fight in the playground. And there's no way her talking to him would have got him to let Todd off the hook when he was trying to kill him in the last episode.

This summed up that ridiculous scene perfectly.

Ah, you've missed the big clues in the fake funeral/exorcism scenes. Todd is actually dead, and could appear instantaneously from the attic Rentaghost stylee because he was only there in spirit, and merely had to scrunch up his eyes and hold his nose before melting through the floor.

I've now got the Rentaghost theme tune as an earworm, so thanks for that.

Is Billy still attracted to Todd? Despite everything? Now I feel sorry for Paul.

What was that ridiculous bit about the villains parenting a baby girl? Did I miss something?

Todd is supposedly some kind of man magnet, I think.

Holy Billy has never really got the hang of the temptation part of religion.

I think when the villain baby arrives, Eileen should be godmother and Billy do the christening.
That would put the cat among the pigeons.

DH sat with me while I watched last night, he said Paul looked like a cartoon character.
I can't unsee it now.

The old Todd was quite attractive, the new one not so much.

The new Todd has an instantly forgettable face.
Paul's face has a 'squashed sideways' look about it.

Most clergy would expect to be celibate or married. In the past as a gay man they may have turned a blind eye as they couldn’t get married, but now they can! They have missed a trick with him doing zoom sermons. He does very little work apart from organise bring and buy sales.

Just when the gangster plot couldn’t get any worse his husband is setting on anyone who calls them for trying sleep with him. Pleaseeeeeeee!

Someone should give Gemma the number for the DWP. They are a family of 7 excluding grandma their UC credit would be sufficient to buy washing up liquid!!!

Universal Credit would be the logical solution, in a normal world. Multiple births aren't included in the 2-child limit, are they?

Makes me laugh how he keeps hiding behind his mum.

Todd that is ^^

"If your terraced house needs haunting, just call Rent-A-Todd"

I would imagine Ches and Gemma would be getting a fair bit in UC with 5 children to feed and clothe. 2 child limit doesn't apply to multiple births.

Who owns the house that Gemma, etc live in? Even if Bernie moves out, they can't possibly stay there?

I'm sure there was talk about needing an extension, but I can't remember the outcome. Does Chesney own that house or do they rent?

I forget why Todd disappeared in the first place. (I know the actor was in trouble with the police) was he in debt or legal trouble?

They'd get rent mostly paid; council tax reduction; adult allowances; children's allowances; free adult prescriptions etc; and a food bank referral if they wanted. That's what UC and CTB are there for, especially during Covid-19.

It seems mad that the Corrie writers who brought us Top-Knot Man have never heard of it. Oh wait ...

I think chesney owns the house but I’m not sure how. His mum was married to Les battersby who owned it before so maybe Les and Cilla sold it to him in exchange for a dog lead?

It’s just lazy story writing isn’t it. If they work or not UC will give them chunk of income because there is 7 of them. If they work they don’t get hit by £500 week cap. Which mostly effects those like London who’s rent might well be £400 a week to start with. It doesn’t cost 7 times the price to heat a home. The more you have the more economical it is.

What about Fiz and Tyrone? Did he inherit that house from Jack and Vera? Or a big wad of cash? They're another pair always pleading poverty, which I don't understand.

Smallsteps as far as I remember Summer’s gran was trying to take her back so Todd decided they should go on the lam with summer but Billy wouldn’t so Todd went off with her himself (and then she came back)

The benefit cap isn't £500!

@ColonelNobbyNobbs

Smallsteps as far as I remember Summer’s gran was trying to take her back so Todd decided they should go on the lam with summer but Billy wouldn’t so Todd went off with her himself (and then she came back)

Ahh yes this rings a bell. Thank you.