Coronation Street Thread - As broadcast - ****NO SPOILERS****. From start August 2024.

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So, currently broadcast (and just caught up with) Friday 2nd August. Recap:

Lauren - given birth to baby boy at 24 weeks after Joel hid labour inducing drugs in her soup
Jack - been charged with arson with intent to endanger life (Hope seemed pleased!)
Paul - going to donate his corneas to MND research, much to Bernie's dismay
Beth - lost box of fake t-shirts and told Carla where to stuff her job

What else?

Gemma looked amazing at the NTA's (Dolly Rose Campbell.) I couldn't believe how different she looked. She looks like a hideous scruffy little skank on Coronation Street, but looked gorgeous at the NTA's. It's like Cilla off Classic Corrie. She looks like an angry bulldog there, but in real life, she's actually quite pretty with a really sweet smile and sparkling eyes.

It's amazing how an ugly personality can make you look ugly too... Although Gemma hasn't got an ugly personality as a character, she's just a really. common skank!

Actually, all the ladies looked absolutely amazing at the NTA's. There really are some attractive women in Coronation Street.

It looks like the topping on a lemon meringue pie!

I've just watched the clip of Jemma s wedding again. That dress!!!!!! 👀😁🥳

I agree she was good at Paul's bedside. No over playing it. just terribly sad.

In real life he's had a transplant.

Calling another woman, albeit a character, skunk is awful.

Him and Rowan, big hair

I love David and I can forgive his wild hair. Just about. He needs to ask Maria to cut it for him.

I struggle to find polite words to accurately describe Gemma because she is such a cartoon character. I don't think she's particular nice, she is often rude and whiny (and let's not forget the stealing).

It would be great if Paul's death led to some changes, like Gemma de-chavving, Summer bucking up a bit, and Billy winding in the dramatics.

So where is Dev, did he go to India? I missed that. Just to make Bernie feel even more alone.

I really felt for Bernie, so alone in it all and trying to keep busy and not cry because she'll never stop. I've been there, it's how I deal with grief but it will catch up with her eventually.

Ugh, bloody knew it, they're all going to have huge drama about not telling Billy that Paul had gasped his last before the phone call...

Irritating as the latest studies show the dying person can still hear you for quite a while (a really scarily long time actually!) after that last breath, so in reality, he WOULD almost certainly have heard him.

Maybe dr gadass will have read it and tell them. Or Dev in Readers Digest on plane.
David knows about death of a partner. In fact most characters have been through grief....

Is there anyone on the street who hasn't experienced the death of a partner or a child, or some sort of major life changing health drama?

After wracking my brain ...
Brian
The Baileys (? Dee Dee was close to Paul?)

Hmm, you might be on to something with Brian...

The Baileys - the youngest one, the footbally one nearly died at a charity football match with a sudden heart attack.

I’m just obsessed with the horrible Joel storyline. I think everyone involved in it is great. I’m warming more and more to Lisa.

Kit seems to have disappeared thought he would have been at Billy's with all the others.

Kit wasn’t at the hospital either, was he? He dashed off when it seemed Billy wasn’t going to be there. I though he was going to do some dramatic police thing to get him there, but he just vanished.

Did they even tell Kit that Paul has died? He wasn’t featured at all on Friday as far as I remember, and Gemma didn't mention him. First there was no Todd, now no Kit.

I was amazed that Lisa knew that Paul had died. In fact the whole street seemed to know within a few hours.

It is a very close knit community.
And everyone has a broken toaster and kettle so they are constantly in Roy's. Where is Roy?

When my friend died, everyone knew within half an hour because her husband went on his Whatsapp group, and they then texted everyone else who needed to know. We didn't even need to turn up in Roys Rolls.

In Ireland we have rip.ie with listings. And local radio read out the death notices.
I hope Paul has a good funeral. He deserves it.

I think there will be ructions because Bernie wants to organise a right old shindig and Billy wants a churchified affair, but in the end it will work out, and we’ll all be crying.

I feel the arguments , hand wringing , shouting and what nots ..is not need after such a poignant death .

Corrie and Peter did the MND story so well ....I really don't want them to spoil it with soap opera drama .

Or at least , if there has to be a bit of drama ....it is not dragged out.

I think Todd will intervene and it will be lovely.

Billy is obviously going to find out that Paul was already dead, so more drama and self pity. I suspect he and Bernie will row over the funeral and she'll blurt it out. And then he'll find out Todd knew too, and Billy will blame everyone and behave badly. So never mind about Paul, it's all about Billy. Again.

Poor Summer being stuck with Billy.