Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Apr. 22/12)
Sweet Revenge I’m sure everyone who has ever lost a love to a lying, two-faced schemer stood up and cheered when Becky got back at Tracy. I sure did. What…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Apr. 1/12)
SPOILER The minister comes to see Sophie and Sian about their blessing and goes to the Barlow house by mistake. He talks to Tracy, she finds salvation and publicly confesses…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Jan. 1/12)
Differentness Once they’d decided it was necessary, Hayley and Roy didn’t have a chance to tell Mother Cropper the truth about Hayley’s sex change. Tracy Barlow, trademark sneer in place,…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Dec. 25/11)
Mother of the Year An anonymous call to Child Services, Max taken back into care “while we investigate.” Becky's way of handling this will not earn her any mother of…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Dec. 18/11)
Paradise Lost Dreams seemingly attained: Paradise found. Awakening to reality: Paradise lost. Three scenes this week showed this, in very different ways with different levels of drama. Tyrone loses Tuesday,…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Nov. 13/11)
Bad Becky Wednesday, Becky going at Kylie then the Platts, followed by her going at Liz, and finally, the fabulous moment of throwing Liz’s favourite clothes in a puddle. And…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Aug. 21/11)
Cheap Tricks Thursday just before a commercial break: Kylie, obviously still in the Greater Manchester area. Oh no, I groaned, I thought she was gone. I like Max and the…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Apr. 3/11)
Our Father A woman battering at the factory door, the menfolk trying to decide whether to help, and nary an official of civil authority in sight. In a situation dire…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Mar. 13/11)
Baby Tigers A few weeks ago, we had the grown-up tigresses going at it. Rita and Audrey over Lewis and Alf and many years of shared history. This Wednesday it…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Jan. 30/11)
Needs a home Tuesday, Becky reaching to the computer screen, to the girl with the challenging eyes. Chloe, 9 years old, seven siblings most of them in Scotland, needs a…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Dec. 26/10)
Loss The biggie of the week was Monday’s three-scene telling of Becky’s miscarriage. The look on her face when she leaves the bathroom, the surreptitious tippling of vodka, the screaming…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Nov. 21/10)
What he really thinks My pick is Joe, speaking for us all in telling Gail what he really thinks. But before that, a note on Becky. She shone this week,…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Oct. 24/10)
Trifecta No one scene jumped out at me this week. But three spoke a bit, for different reasons. First, the penultimate scene with Steve and Becky. A close up of…