Heading into February 2025. CORONATION STREET THREAD. **NO SPOILERS PLEASE.** :)

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January flew by in the blink of an eye
Leanne and Steve are getting close
Cassie is drugging Ken day after day
Dose after dose after dose

Abi witnessed Mason's very sad death
She's struggling to keep it together
Carla and Swain are still an item
I wonder if they'll last forever

Bethany and Daisy are always at war
Over Daniel I know what a surprise
Gemma and Chesney are off on a trip
And Nick and Toyah are making us roll our eyes

Kevin may have cancer that's all that he needs
But Tim and Sally seem sound
Amy seems troubled I hope she's OK
And with Leanne and Tracey, mischief is abound

David and Shona are always on their toes
Scared of Harvey's heavies coming at them
Eva has left, will a few more will leave soon?
Will things be quite different by the next full moon?

All the old regulars don't appear much these days
Or any funny storylines or good feeling
It's just like The Bill with all convicts and thugs
And crime and violence that just leaves us reeling

Daisy is pregnant but who's the daddy
She doesn't seem to want to know
I wonder if we'll ever know or she'll keep it a secret
Now that she's decided she is going to keep it!

DeeDee's still pregnant I think but she's gone quiet
Lauren's been cleared of her 'crime.'
Debbie's still sassy, and Ronnie's still sexy
And Kit is in Corrie all the time!

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It’s completely lost its way. Scenes are either hospital or police station these days.

The new - awful - neighbours making friends with Gemma and Chesney.

Isn't he the guy with the silver van that has been stalking Chesney? That row over the vase. I reckon it was part of some weird plan they have cooked up.

Whatever I really hope these characters aren't permanent.

How would she get pregnant in a prison, isn't that a step too far

It's all such unbelievable nonsense now. Completely lost the plot

Probably- but what a ridiculous OTT plot!

And 99% of this episode has been at the hospital. It’s like watching Holby.

Aren't transplant patients kept in ICU for ages after the op, where they'd be on an open ward, hooked to loads of monitors and high staffing levels sat very close by. Oh, plus locked doors and visitors buzzed in and out.

She looks like Maria if you ordered her on Temu

😂He just chucked himself off the stairs

That was the most ridiculous fall down stairs ever!! He fell forward into a wall then somehow toppled sideways over a bannister???

Google tells me this:

What you Cannot do after a kidney transplant?

If your recovery is going well, after 8 weeks, you will usually be encouraged to start moderate exercise. This could be walking, jogging, swimming or cycling. Most sports and activities are possible but you should avoid heavy contact sports (rugby, martial arts, boxing) as these risk damaging your new kidney

And for Rob, as the donor:

How long does it take to recover after kidney donation?

You should be able to return to normal activities four to six weeks after surgery. If you have a physical job, and need to return to work before six weeks, you can ask your employer if you can do paperwork or other work that involves little to no physical activity

Carla has some super strength, rolling around in agony one minute and pushing someone down the stairs the next! How did Lisa know where she was?!

I I remember correctly, when Carla had her first kidney transplant she was out of hospital almost the next day and straight into the Rovers putting a bottle of wine into her mouth

The writers have excelled themselves tonight. Roaring with laughter here.

When, for the love of all things holy, are they getting rid of Gemma and Chesney? Everything about them irritates/depresses me in equal measure. They are the most pointless characters in any soap!

I was nearly sick when she mentioned her love voucher

I haven't watched yet, I've recorded it so I can fast forward through the most ridiculous bits! But from the comments that'll be about 80% of it 😆

(So Kev is 60. Unfortunately due to Michael Levell's lifestyle he now looks a lot older, Kev in Classic in 2005 looks so young and fresh faced. Abi is more than mid 30s, the actress is 43 and I guess Abi is similar.)

I remember when Denise Welch was his 'older woman's. He looks older than her now.

It does happen in real life though.

@zanahoria - the famous Natalie Horrocks! I had almost forgotten her.

If Kev was paired with Sal it would be far less noticeable how much he has aged, they have done him no favours putting him with Abi.

Whose kidney did Carla have the first time? I can't remember

Sal looks pretty good for 61

@MonkeyAround

I'm quite surprised by that tbh

I think they are after money?

He was very smug when he got that tenner off Ches
What happened to the 20K??

Her half brother, Aidan, who later committed suicide.