Employee of the Year
So many good storylines and powerful scenes this week! Sunita’s delusions about Karl and Dev’s heartbreak as she tells him the “truth” as she wants to believe it. Izzy’s miscarriage, her heartbreak over telling Gary that she’s afraid to try again and her anger at her father for, basically, his fears being proven right.
Kirsty, the (thanks for small mercies) ex-cop, beating Tyrone with a plastic vacuum nozzle. Sylvia being back, and thanking Roy with an awkward hug for, well, everything. All good storylines and moving scenes.
Kylie, Dispatch Operator
But despite the drama and trauma, the shining moment of the week was Kylie, Dispatch Operator. Like Darryl the Rat recently, Kylie needed only a few seconds of airtime Tuesday to totally upstage everything and everybody else.
The sight of Kylie actually being in control of whether or not people got a cab when and to where they wanted to go was scary but wonderful. If I were Steve, I’d hire her full time. I don’t know if she’d ever get a paying customer in a cab but I bet people would call just to hear what she said to them.
“Listen you impatient old bat, I told you he was on his way. So why don’t you make a brew and stop fussing.
“Hello. Streetcars. How can I help? What number? Is that the one with all the gnomes? You want to get rid, people laugh you know. I’m just telling you the truth — on its way.”
Ryan, not on dispatch
I am not enjoying Ryan, the reason Kylie was on the switch at the cab office. The only improvement I see over the previous Ryan is that his hair is off his face.
I couldn’t bear looking at No. 1 Ryan, thinking about the pimples breeding under that wall of hair over his forehead. But in terms of personality, while No. 1 Ryan didn’t have many winning ways, at least he could be excused for being in the awkward stage of adolescence.
No. 2 Ryan has outgrown that phase. Even his mother is finding it hard to find excuses for him although she certainly is doing her best to rationalize his despicable behaviour to everyone. He got marginally more interesting with the cocaine thing, if only to see how Michelle can so quickly accept his excuses, believe his lies, blame anyone else and time after time say ‘ok, he’s learned his lesson now, he won’t do it again.’ Sure he won’t.
And the sight of Michelle leaning over the top of a toilet stall, scaring the wits out of him as he prepared a line. A priceless moment! Ryan is a truly horrible little weasel – he must be if even Kylie has come to dislike him.
But I forgive him for everything, for putting Kylie on Streetcars’ switchboard duty. She provided a customer experience that I don’t think even Fat Brenda could match.
Jim
27 Aug 2012Priceless about Kylie. I could just see it reading this, hope they keep her in that role just for comic relief. Perhaps another “classic character” developing in the time honoured tradition of switchboard operators: a White Trash Lily Tomlin. Cheers.
Dorothy
27 Aug 2012Hi Jim, yes Kylie is becoming a “classic character”, I think, in the Corrie tradition of complex and strong women. She also could be classic in the sense of Lily Tomlin’s wonderful telephone operator. But I think they will probably never ever let her near that switchboard again! LOL. Thanks for writing.
Lesley Ann Staples
26 Aug 2012Thanks for doing these. I always read when I miss part of the week. Coronation is one of my favourite shows. Keep up the good work.
Cheers
Lesley
Dorothy
27 Aug 2012Thanks, Lesley, glad it’s helpful for you.