Coronation Street - NO SPOILERS! RIP Jonny Connor; and also Natasha (she too is a goner); and will Roy’s lies cost him his honour?

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New thread. I would link from the old one, but it got filled up with… well, I’m sure you can see.

The Dr said Factitious Disorder ( prev Munchausen Syndrome)

Ah, I was wondering ‘What’s the difference between that and Münchausen syndrome?’ Thank you

Why was Bernie immediately suspicious when Grace said Glory was at a friend’s house? All she’d told Bernie was that she was with a babysitter - you’d just assume the friend was babysitting at her own house.

I did enjoy Debbie calling Zeedan ‘Haircut 100’ But my favourite moment was Jenny telling the incredibly dull footballer ‘I’m having a chippy tea and it ent even Friday!’

Bernie has has a personality transplant. She wasn't a good mother to her twins, and probably had a feeling in her waters.
She has changed from a bad person to a dispenser of wisdom along with barms,and a social observer.

Yes, they're changing Bernie into a salt-of-the-earth Northern mum.

Bernie did grow up on sink estates she knows what the crack is. Who can afford endless upteenth babysitters when you have no job? Not like other parents be falling over themselves to do it. She doesn’t appear to have many friends given she’s drinking with old grandma Bernie on a weekday afternoon.

@Clawdy

Yes, they're changing Bernie into a salt-of-the-earth Northern mum.

It’s a bit of a trope in soap opera - the careworn, slightly cynical but good-hearted older woman who didn’t do a great job with her own kids, but becomes a trusted, worldly-wise figure for other younger people when she’s older. Pat Butcher of EastEnders is the obvious example. Similarly, you get the ‘flighty piece’ young mum who makes up for her mistakes with her own children by becoming a caring but no-nonsense grandmother (Audrey Roberts, Diane Sugden).

We should be doing media studies degrees.

@eggandonion

We should be doing media studies degrees.

First class honours all round, I reckon!

And Elsie Tanner, let's not forget her, although she never really morphed into wise grandma.

I'm not sure I can cope with Emma/Curtis fall out. It's just so predictable.

I don’t really understand Grace’s character. If she used to be a nanny - surely she understands the basics of looking after her own child.

I thought she stole nanny child and pretended was hers because she was so devastated about losing own baby. Now she actually has one doesn’t really care? Or was it just to get Michael back and since he just wants to co parent no Need?

She didn’t even seem that into Michael at the beginning! V odd. Maybe it would be best all round if she went to her Aunt’s house in Hull!

The whole grace story has never made sense from the start. When he first saw her she tried to get away from him, didn’t want to see him, next thing she is saying the girl is his baby. Makes no sense, why make that up if you don’t want anything to do with someone? Anyway she goes to prison, comes out pregnant with a lovely personality, moves in with the aggies, all is good, couple months later she is a nasty spiteful alcoholic leaving her baby alone at home to drink during the day in the street.

Once again, I’m not convinced Corrie writers have ever met actual people.

@eggandonion

Bernie has has a personality transplant. She wasn't a good mother to her twins, and probably had a feeling in her waters. She has changed from a bad person to a dispenser of wisdom along with barms,and a social observer.

Yes she was a right so and so, but TE sofa storyline was really stupid.

Grace has such a bad attitude

I ignored the sofa, i missed the start of it and couldn't be bothered catching up.

In summary, @eggandonion:

Grace complained her furniture was shit and demanded a new sofa. Aggie made that face she does, like her dentures have slipped again and she’s pissed off that she can’t afford a bridge, but bought a new sofa anyway. Grace bitched to Bernie in the pub about Aggie, and when Bernie said she wanted the do ‘summat nice for our Gemini an Ches’, Grace hit upon the idea of flogging her the sofa. Aggie immediately recognised it when it was delivered, despite it being a dark green velvet number you see in every home magazine going. To be sure, Aggie rang the shop and they assured her it was a ‘one of a kind’ ex-display model (so quite why they were displaying it given they had no others to sell is anyone’s guess).

Lol and it looked smaller and much more uncomfortable than the one they already had.

I loved how Bernie was thinking of doing something nice for Gemma and chesney- like getting them tattoos!

Grace reminds me a bit of how Tracey used to be.

Im glad i ignored that. But it also reminds me that the man who tries to sell carpets at the door hasnt called recently.

I missed carpetman!

I really am not paying enough attention!

Why are summer, Amy and max all in the same class?

What the !! Has Yasmine not learnt any boundaries with men? Here she is giving keys to a man she doesn’t know. Come
On Yas!

@MaryAndGerryLivingInDerry I think they are in different years but we're just in the same classroom as it was lunchtime and they were preparing for this Ice Ball thing.